Java URL to Host Name getHost(String url)

Description

Returns the hostname or ip address portion of a url.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	a parameter

Return

a hostname or ip address

Declaration

public static String getHost(String url) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* ww w  .  java2 s  .c om*/
 * Copyright 2012 James Moger
 *
 * 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.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns the hostname or ip address portion of a url.
     * 
     * @param url
     * @return a hostname or ip address
     */
    public static String getHost(String url) {
        try {
            URL u = new URL(url);
            return u.getHost();
        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
        return url;
    }
}

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