Java URI from toURI(String location)

Description

Create a URI instance for the given location String, replacing spaces with "%20" quotes first.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
location	the location String to convert into a URI instance

Exception

Parameter	Description
URISyntaxException	if the location wasn't a valid URI

Return

the URI instance

Declaration

public static URI toURI(String location) throws URISyntaxException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

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

public class Main {
    /**//www .j ava  2s.c om
     * Create a URI instance for the given URL, replacing spaces with "%20"
     * quotes first.
     * <p>
     * Furthermore, this method works on JDK 1.4 as well, in contrast to the
     * <code>URL.toURI()</code> method.
     * @param url
     *            the URL to convert into a URI instance
     * @return the URI instance
     * @throws URISyntaxException
     *             if the URL wasn't a valid URI
     * @see java.net.URL#toURI()
     */
    public static URI toURI(URL url) throws URISyntaxException {
        return toURI(url.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Create a URI instance for the given location String, replacing spaces
     * with "%20" quotes first.
     * @param location
     *            the location String to convert into a URI instance
     * @return the URI instance
     * @throws URISyntaxException
     *             if the location wasn't a valid URI
     */
    public static URI toURI(String location) throws URISyntaxException {
        return new URI(replace(location, " ", "%20"));
    }

    private static String replace(String line, String oldString, String newString) {
        if (line == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int i = 0;
        if ((i = line.indexOf(oldString, i)) >= 0) {
            char[] line2 = line.toCharArray();
            char[] newString2 = newString.toCharArray();
            int oLength = oldString.length();
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(line2.length);
            buf.append(line2, 0, i).append(newString2);
            i += oLength;
            int j = i;
            while ((i = line.indexOf(oldString, i)) > 0) {
                buf.append(line2, j, i - j).append(newString2);
                i += oLength;
                j = i;
            }
            buf.append(line2, j, line2.length - j);
            return buf.toString();
        }
        return line;
    }
}

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