edu.northwestern.at.utils

Class URLUtils

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.utils.URLUtils

public class URLUtils
extends java.lang.Object

URL utilities.

This static class provides various utility methods for manipulating URIs/URLs.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	URLUtils() Don't allow instantiation but do allow overrides.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getFileNameFromURL(java.net.URL url, java.lang.String outputDirectoryName) Get a file name from a URL.
static java.net.URL	getURLFromFileNameOrURL(java.lang.String fileNameOrURL) Get URL from file name or URL.
static boolean	isURL(java.lang.String possibleURL) Check if string is a valid URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

URLUtils

protected URLUtils()

Don't allow instantiation but do allow overrides.

Method Detail

getURLFromFileNameOrURL

public static java.net.URL getURLFromFileNameOrURL(java.lang.String fileNameOrURL)

Get URL from file name or URL.

Parameters:

fileNameOrURL - The file name or URL string.

Returns:

A URL for the specified file name or URL.

getFileNameFromURL

public static java.lang.String getFileNameFromURL(java.net.URL url,
                                  java.lang.String outputDirectoryName)

Get a file name from a URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL.

outputDirectoryName - The output directory name.

Returns:

The file name stripped of its original path with the specified output directory attached.

isURL

public static boolean isURL(java.lang.String possibleURL)

Check if string is a valid URL.

Parameters:

possibleURL - String to check for being a URL.

Returns:

true if string is a URL.