org.encog.util.http
Class URLUtility

java.lang.Object
  org.encog.util.http.URLUtility

public final class URLUtility
extends Object

URLUtility: A set of useful utilities for processing URL's.

Field Summary

static String	INDEX_FILE The name of the usual default document.
static int	SPECIAL_CHAR_LIMIT Beyond this number are special chars.

Method Summary

static URL	constructURL(URL base, String url, boolean stripRef) Construct a URL from its basic parts.
static boolean	containsInvalidURLCharacters(String url) Returns true if the URL contains any invalid characters.
static String	convertFilename(String base, URL url, boolean mkdir) Convert a filename for local storage.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SPECIAL_CHAR_LIMIT

public static final int SPECIAL_CHAR_LIMIT

Beyond this number are special chars.

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Constant Field Values

INDEX_FILE

public static final String INDEX_FILE

The name of the usual default document.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

constructURL

public static URL constructURL(URL base,
                               String url,
                               boolean stripRef)
                        throws IOException

Construct a URL from its basic parts.

Parameters:

base - The base URL.

url - The URL that was found on the base URL's page.

stripRef - True if the URL's reference should be stripped.

Returns:

The new URL, built upon the base URL.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if any IO error occurs.

containsInvalidURLCharacters

public static boolean containsInvalidURLCharacters(String url)

Returns true if the URL contains any invalid characters.

Parameters:

url - The URL to be checked.

Returns:

True if the URL contains invalid characters.

convertFilename

public static String convertFilename(String base,
                                     URL url,
                                     boolean mkdir)

Convert a filename for local storage. Also create the directory tree.

Parameters:

base - The local path that forms the base of the downloaded web tree.

url - The URL path.

mkdir - Should the directory structure be created.

Returns:

The resulting local path to store to.