com.marringtons.net.HTTP
Class URL

java.lang.Object
  com.marringtons.net.HTTP.URL

public class URL

extends Object

This class contains static helper methods for preparing and comparing URLs.

Author:

Paul Marrington

Constructor Summary

URL()

Method Summary

static String	getHost(String url) Given a URL (with or without the http:// or other protocol), extract the host name and port.
static boolean	sameHosts(String url1, String url2) Given 2 URLs, compare and see if they come from the same host/port.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URL

public URL()

Method Detail

getHost

public static String getHost(String url)

Given a URL (with or without the http:// or other protocol), extract the host name and port.

 getHost("http://google.com/whatever.html").equals("google.com");
 

Parameters:

url - to look at

Returns:

host portion of URL (including port if supplied)

sameHosts

public static boolean sameHosts(String url1,
                                String url2)

Given 2 URLs, compare and see if they come from the same host/port. Note that unlike the rest of the URL, the host name is case insensitive.

Parameters:

url1 - First URL to compare.

url2 - Second URL to compare.

Returns:

true if the 2 urls represent the same host/port (but possibly different paths).