Java URI Create createURI(String extension)

Description

Creates a simple URI for the provided extension.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
extension	The extension for the test URI file. This file probably will not actually exist. If null , then the file will have no extension.

Return

A correctly formed URI with the provided extension.

Declaration

public static URI createURI(String extension) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2015 UT-Battelle, LLC.//from  ww w .  j  a  va 2 s.c  o  m
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *   Jordan H. Deyton (UT-Battelle, LLC.) - Initial API and implementation 
 *   and/or initial documentation
 *   
 *******************************************************************************/

import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a simple URI for the provided extension. The generated URI will
     * be local.
     * 
     * @param extension
     *            The extension for the test URI file. This file probably will
     *            not actually exist. If {@code null}, then the file will have
     *            no extension.
     * @return A correctly formed URI with the provided extension.
     */
    public static URI createURI(String extension) {
        return createURI(extension, null);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a simple URI for the provided extension.
     * 
     * @param extension
     *            The extension for the test URI file. This file probably will
     *            not actually exist. If {@code null}, then the file will have
     *            no extension.
     * @param host
     *            The host for the file. If null, a local file URI will be
     *            created, otherwise the host name will be used.
     * @return A correctly formed URI with the provided extension.
     */
    public static URI createURI(String extension, String host) {
        String filename = (extension != null ? "kung_fury." + extension : "future_cop");

        URI uri = null;
        if (host == null) {
            uri = new File(filename).toURI();
        } else {
            try {
                uri = new URL("file", host, 10, "/" + filename).toURI();
            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                // This will never happen, because "file" is a valid protocol.
            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
                // This will never happen unless the URL implementation is
                // changed for the worse.
            }
        }
        return uri;
    }
}

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