What exactly is 'Jsoup.connect(String url)'?

Question

What I mean is; does the method connect(String url) in 'Jsoup'-static-class contain in its' source-code a call to a native http-client such as HttpURLConnection ? Or is it entirely it's own thing? If the latter, is it wise to use it in an Android environment?? Because it's recommended to use either Google-client or Java's-http-url-connection, in such a case.

Answer 1

Jsoup#connect just checks if the URL is valid.

It uses its own HttpConnection class and returns a Connection object also from Jsoup .

You should maybe look at the JavaDoc for Document .

Answer 2

Well... it appears it does! Thus it can work in Android.