Android and HttpRequest I

public String getHttpRequest(String urlstr) {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
String result="";

try
{
HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpEntity entity = null;
HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(urlstr);
HttpResponse rp = hc.execute(httpget);

if(rp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK)
{
entity = rp.getEntity();
result = EntityUtils.toString(entity);
}
else
{
result="err";
}
hc.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
catch (Exception se)
{
result=se.getMessage();
}
return result;
}