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+package org.gcube.dataanalysis.seadatanet;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+
+import org.gcube.contentmanagement.lexicalmatcher.utils.AnalysisLogger;
+
+public class Downloader {
+
+	public static void downloadFile(String fileurl, String destinationFile) throws Exception{
+		try {
+			URL smpFile = new URL(fileurl);
+			URLConnection uc = (URLConnection) smpFile.openConnection();
+			InputStream is = uc.getInputStream();
+			AnalysisLogger.getLogger().debug("Retrieving file from " + fileurl + " to :" + destinationFile);
+			inputStreamToFile(is, destinationFile);
+			is.close();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw e;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void inputStreamToFile(InputStream is, String path) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+		FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File(path));
+		byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
+		int len = 0;
+		while ((len = is.read(buf)) > 0)
+			out.write(buf, 0, len);
+		out.close();
+	}
+	
+	public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
+		downloadFile("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12809149/2_Reviewed.jpg","test.jpg");
+	}
+}