java.net.URL Question

[Lee H]

Hi,
Is there an easy way of verifying that a given string is a valid URL/URI
(In other words, that it is according to the syntax specified in
rfc2396. I don't mean to check if the resource exists, or even if the
host exist, just that it is syntactically valid).

(Constructors of java.net.URL throw MalformedURLException only if the
protocol is unknown).

 

[Real Gagnon]

Is there an easy way of verifying that a given string is a valid URL/URI

(In other words, that it is according to the syntax specified in
rfc2396. I don't mean to check if the resource exists, or even if the
host exist, just that it is syntactically valid).

See (long url)
<http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/validator/xref/org/apache/commons/validator/UrlValidator.html>

Bye