get json response from url

public static JSONObject executeHttpGet(String uri) throws Exception{

        Log.d("test","Loading Uri:"+uri);

    HttpGet req = new HttpGet(uri);

    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();

    HttpResponse resLogin = client.execute(req);

    BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(resLogin.getEntity().getContent()));

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    String s = null;

    while ((s = r.readLine()) != null) {

    sb.append(s);

    }

       Log.d("test", "Response"+sb.toString());

    return new JSONObject(sb.toString());

    }