TCPLineStream *stream=new TCPLineStream("google.com",80,"\r\n");

    if (!stream->open())
        return NULL;
    
    // we append a single \r\n here - the stream will add another one, which finishes the request to the server
    // one could append headers here, and send an empty line at the end
    stream->sendLine(string("GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\r\n"));

    string firstLine=stream->readLine();
    // response must be for HTTP/1.0, and be 200
    if (0!=firstLine.compare("HTTP/1.0 200 OK")) {
        printf("call not sucessfull, response=%s\n",firstLine.c_str());
        return NULL;
    }
    // read headers
    while (true) {
        string line=stream->readLine();
        printf("header=[%s]\n",line.c_str());
        if (0==line.length())
            break;
    }
    while (true) {
	// give a initial length for the received line (will be expanded on demand, but this makes it somewhat faster)
        string line=stream->readLine(1500);
        printf("content=[%s]\n",line.c_str());
        if (0==line.length())
            break;
    }
    stream->close();