Java: How to check if a web page exists/available?

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class URLUtils {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(URLUtils.checkIfURLExists("http://www.google.com/"));
	}

	public static boolean checkIfURLExists(String targetUrl) {
		HttpURLConnection httpUrlConn;
		try {
			httpUrlConn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(targetUrl)
					.openConnection();

			// A HEAD request is just like a GET request, except that it asks
			// the server to return the response headers only, and not the
			// actual resource (i.e. no message body).
			// This is useful to check characteristics of a resource without
			// actually downloading it,thus saving bandwidth. Use HEAD when
			// you don't actually need a file's contents.
			httpUrlConn.setRequestMethod("HEAD");

			// Set timeouts in milliseconds
			httpUrlConn.setConnectTimeout(30000);
			httpUrlConn.setReadTimeout(30000);

			// Print HTTP status code/message for your information.
			System.out.println("Response Code: "
					+ httpUrlConn.getResponseCode());
			System.out.println("Response Message: "
					+ httpUrlConn.getResponseMessage());

			return (httpUrlConn.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
			return false;
		}
	}

}

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