code: public static String readUrlContentQuietly( String url, Logger logger ) {
  
  		String result = "";
  		try {
  			result = readUrlContent( url );
  
  		} catch( Exception e ) {
  			logger.severe( "Content of URL " + url + " could not be read." );
  			logException( logger, e );
  		}
  
  		return result;
  	}
docs: Reads the content of an URL (assumed to be text content).
  @param url an URL
  @return a non-null string
  @throws IOException
  @throws URISyntaxException