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      URL Class

      Java Tutorial

      This Java tutorial is tailored for newcomers, offering a journey from basic principles to complex Java programming techniques. Completing this tutorial equips you with a solid understanding of Java, preparing you for advanced learning. You'll emerge ready to tackle the challenges of becoming a top-tier software engineer, with the skills to innovate and excel in the vast world of software development.

      URL Class

      What is a URL?

      URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator and represents a resource on the World Wide Web, such as a Webpage or FTP directory.
      This section shows you how to write Java programs that communicate with a URL. A URL can be broken down into parts, as follows 
      protocol://host:port/path?query#ref
      Examples of protocols include HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and File. The path is also referred to as the filename, and the host is also called the authority.

      Example

      The following is a URL to a web page whose protocol is HTTP 
      https://www.amrood.com/index.htm?language=en#j2se
      Notice that this URL does not specify a port, in which case the default port for the protocol is used. With HTTP, the default port is 80.

      Java URL Class

      The URL class is a part of the java.net package. URL class represents a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Where, URLs are used for identifying online resources (for example: webpages, images used in the webpages, videos, files, etc.)
      The URL class provides several constructors and methods for creating, parsing, and manipulating URLs (or, URL objects).

      URL Class Declaration

      public final class URL
         extends Object
            implements Serializable

      URL Class Constructors

      The java.net.URL class represents a URL and has a complete set of methods to manipulate URL in Java.
      The URL class has several constructors for creating URLs, including the following
      Sr.No.
      Constructors & Description
      1
      public URL(String protocol, String host, int port, String file) throws MalformedURLException
      Creates a URL by putting together the given parts.
      2
      public URL(String protocol, String host, int port, String file, URLStreamHandler handler) throws MalformedURLException
      Creates a URL by putting together the given parts with the specified handler within a specified context.
      3
      public URL(String protocol, String host, String file) throws MalformedURLException
      Identical to the previous constructor, except that the default port for the given protocol is used.
      4
      public URL(String url) throws MalformedURLException
      Creates a URL from the given String.
      5
      public URL(URL context, String url) throws MalformedURLException
      Creates a URL by parsing together the URL and String arguments.
      6
      public URL(URL context, String url, URLStreamHandler handler) throws MalformedURLException
      Creates a URL by parsing together the URL and String arguments with the specified handler within a specified context.

      URL Class Methods

      The URL class contains many methods for accessing the various parts of the URL being represented. Some of the methods in the URL class include the following
      Sr.No.
      Method & Description
      1
      public equals(Object obj)
      This method compares this URL for equality with another object.
      2
      public String getAuthority()
      This method returns the authority of the URL.
      3
      public Object getContent()
      This method returns the contents of this URL.
      4
      public Object getContent(Class<?>[] classes)
      This method returns the contents of this URL.
      5
      public int getDefaultPort()
      This method returns the default port for the protocol of the URL.
      6
      public String getFile()
      This method returns the filename of the URL.
      7
      public String getHost()
      This method returns the host of the URL.
      8
      public String getPath()
      This method returns the path of the URL.
      9
      public int getPort()
      This method returns the port of the URL.
      10
      public String getProtocol()
      This method returns the protocol of the URL.
      11
      public String getQuery()
      This method returns the query part of the URL.
      12
      public String getRef()
      This method returns the reference part of the URL.
      13
      public String getUserInfo()
      This method returns the userInfo part of the URL.
      14
      public int hashCode()
      This method creates and return an integer suitable for hash table indexing.
      15
      public URLConnection openConnection()
      This method returns a URLConnection instance that represents a connection to the remote object referred to by the URL.
      16
      public URLConnection openConnection(Proxy proxy)
      This method acts as openConnection(), except that the connection will be made through the specified proxy; Protocol handlers that do not support proxing will ignore the proxy parameter and make a normal connection.
      17
      public InputStream openStream()
      This method opens a connection to this URL and returns an InputStream for reading from that connection.
      18
      public boolean sameFile(URL other)
      This method compares two URLs, excluding the fragment component.
      19
      public static void setURLStreamHandlerFactory(URLStreamHandlerFactory fac)
      This method sets an application's URLStreamHandlerFactory.
      20
      public String toExternalForm()
      This method constructs and return a string representation of this URL.
      21
      public String toString()
      This method constructs and return a string representation of this URL.
      22
      public String toURI()
      This method returns a URI equivalent to this URL.
      • java.lang.Object

      Example of URL Class

      The following URLDemo program demonstrates the various parts of a URL. A URL is entered on the command line, and the URLDemo program outputs each part of the given URL.
      // File Name : URLDemo.java
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.net.URL;
      
      public class URLDemo {
      
         public static void main(String [] args) {
            try {
               URL url = new URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm?language=en#j2se");
               
               System.out.println("URL is " + url.toString());
               System.out.println("protocol is " + url.getProtocol());
               System.out.println("authority is " + url.getAuthority());
               System.out.println("file name is " + url.getFile());
               System.out.println("host is " + url.getHost());
               System.out.println("path is " + url.getPath());
               System.out.println("port is " + url.getPort());
               System.out.println("default port is " + url.getDefaultPort());
               System.out.println("query is " + url.getQuery());
               System.out.println("ref is " + url.getRef());
            } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
            }
         }
      }
      A sample run of the this program will produce the following result

      Output

      URL is https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm?language=en#j2se
      protocol is https
      authority is www.tutorialspoint.com
      file name is /index.htm?language=en
      host is www.tutorialspoint.com
      path is /index.htm
      port is -1
      default port is 443
      query is language=en
      ref is j2se