Here you can find the source of isUri(String input)
public static boolean isUri(String input)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww .j a va2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (C) 2003-2010 eXo Platform SAS. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static final String URL_PATTERN = "((mailto\\:|(news|(ht|f)tp(s?))\\://){1}\\S+)"; public static boolean isUri(String input) { try { if (input == null) return false; Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(URL_PATTERN).matcher(input); return matcher.find(); } catch (Exception e) { return false; } } }