Checking if a URL exists or not

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Better solution for HTTP : 

public static boolean exists(String URLName){
    try {
      HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
      // note : you may also need
      //        HttpURLConnection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false)
      HttpURLConnection con =
         (HttpURLConnection) new URL(URLName).openConnection();
      con.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
      return (con.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
       return false;
    }
  }

If you are looking for any other URL try this code 

  public static boolean exists(String URLName){
      boolean result = false;
      try {
          url = new URL("ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/");
          //url = new URL("ftp://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD123/");//this will fail

          input = url.openStream();

           System.out.println("SUCCESS");
           result = true;

            } catch (Exception ex) {
               Logger.getLogger(NewClass.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
         return result;
  }

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