In httpclient what is the most elegant/correct way to turn HttpEntity to a String?

Question

I'm fetching a web page using the Apache httpcomponents Java library. After connecting the result I get is an `HttpEntity` which has a method `getContent()` which returns an `InputStream` and also has a method `writeTo()` which writes to an OutputStream. I want to turn the result into a String for extracting information. What is the most elegant (and safe) way to do this? Some possible solutions: - Write to a `ByteArrayOutputStream` and then convert those bytes to a String with a String constructor - use InputStreamReader to read straight from the stream, and put into a StringBuilder Both of these feel a bit ugly. Would you recommend choosing one of these or something else?

Accepted Answer

What about (pseudo):

```
BasicResponseHandler handler = new org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler ();    
String str = httpClient.execute(request, handler);
```

You would have to handle exceptions on your own in this case.

In httpclient what is the most elegant/correct way to turn HttpEntity to a String?

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