Java URL Create createUrl(final String spec)

Description

Creates a new URL from the specified URL spec.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
spec	URL spec to create a URL from

Exception

Parameter	Description
IllegalArgumentException	if the specified URL spec is a malformed URL

Return

a new from the specified URL spec

Declaration

public static URL createUrl(final String spec) throws IllegalArgumentException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**//from  www .  j ava2  s.com
     * Creates a new {@link URL} from the specified URL spec.
     * 
     * <p>
     * Primary goal of this factory method is to suppress the {@link MalformedURLException} that comes with the {@link URL}'s constructor, it is thrown in a
     * "shadowed" manner, wrapped in an {@link IllegalArgumentException} (which is a {@link RuntimeException}).
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param spec URL spec to create a {@link URL} from
     * @return a new {@link URL} from the specified URL spec
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified URL spec is a malformed URL
     * 
     * @see #createUrl(URL, String)
     * @see URL#URL(String)
     */
    public static URL createUrl(final String spec) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        return createUrl(null, spec);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link URL} from the specified URL context and spec.
     * 
     * <p>
     * Primary goal of this factory method is to suppress the {@link MalformedURLException} that comes with the {@link URL}'s constructor, it is thrown in a
     * "shadowed" manner, wrapped in an {@link IllegalArgumentException} (which is a {@link RuntimeException}).
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param context URL context in which to interpret the URL spec
     * @param spec URL spec to create a {@link URL} from
     * @return a new {@link URL} from the specified URL spec
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified URL spec is a malformed URL
     * 
     * @see #createUrl(String)
     * @see URL#URL(URL, String)
     */
    public static URL createUrl(final URL context, final String spec) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        try {
            return new URL(context, spec);
        } catch (final MalformedURLException mue) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Malformed URL: " + spec, mue);
        }
    }
}

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