Java URI Create getURI(final String uri)

Description

Since URIs are often hard-coded, needing to catch a syntax exception is mostly unecessary.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
uri	The URI to construct.

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	If URISyntaxException is encountered.

Return

The URI.

Declaration

public static URI getURI(final String uri) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w w  w .j ava 2  s . c  om*/
 *  Copyright 2013 Eric F. Savage, code@efsavage.com
 *
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *   You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *   limitations under the License.
 */

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Since URIs are often hard-coded, needing to catch a syntax exception is
     * mostly unecessary. Do not use this method on dynamically-constructed
     * URIs.
     * 
     * @param uri
     *            The URI to construct.
     * @return The URI.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             If {@link URISyntaxException} is encountered.
     */
    public static URI getURI(final String uri) {
        try {
            return new URI(uri);
        } catch (final URISyntaxException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Syntax: " + uri);
        }
    }
}

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