Here you can find the source of isAbsolute(String uri)
static boolean isAbsolute(String uri)
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright 2004-2006, 2009 Elliotte Rusty Harold //from www .ja v a 2s. c om This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA You can contact Elliotte Rusty Harold by sending e-mail to elharo@metalab.unc.edu. Please include the word "XOM" in the subject line. The XOM home page is located at http://www.xom.nu/ */ public class Main { static boolean isAbsolute(String uri) { int colon = uri.indexOf(':'); if (colon < 1) return false; // We assume the URI has already been verified as a potentially // legal URI. Thus we don't have to check everything here. /*if (!Verifier.isAlpha(uri.charAt(0))) return false; for (int i = 1; i < colon; i++) { if (!Verifier.isSchemeCharacter(uri.charAt(i))) return false; } */ return true; } }