Playing Streaming Sampled Audio

 
 try {
     // From file
     AudioInputStream stream =
        AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(
          new File("audiofile"));
     
     // From URL
     stream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(
       new URL("http://hostname/audiofile"));
     
     // At present, ALAW and ULAW encodings must be
       // converted
     // to PCM_SIGNED before it can be played.
     AudioFormat format = stream.getFormat();
     if (format.getEncoding() !=
       AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED) {
         format = new AudioFormat(
                 AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED, 
                 format.getSampleRate(), 
                 format.getSampleSizeInBits()*2,
                 format.getChannels(), 
                 format.getFrameSize()*2, 
                 format.getFrameRate(), 
                 true);        // big endian
         stream = AudioSystem.getAudioInputStream(
           format, stream);
     }
     SourceDataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(
         //The next two lines should be in one line
         SourceDataLine.class, stream.getFormat(),
           //The next two lines should be in one line
           ((int)stream.getFrameLength(
             )*format.getFrameSize()));
     
     //The next two lines should be in one line
     SourceDataLine line = (SourceDataLine)
       AudioSystem.getLine(info);
     line.open(stream.getFormat());
     line.start();
     
     int numRead = 0;
     byte[] buf = new byte[line.getBufferSize()];
    
    //The next two lines should be in one line
     while ((numRead = stream.read(buf,
        0, buf.length)) >= 0) {
         int offset = 0;
         while (offset < numRead) {
             offset += line.write(buf, offset,
                numRead-offset);
         }
     }
     line.drain();
     line.stop();
 } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
 } catch (IOException e) {
 } catch (LineUnavailableException e) {
 } catch (UnsupportedAudioFileException e) {
 }