testing URLs

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Hi all,

I'm trying to make a simple browser that will try to display web pages
and will also check for user's mistakes such as omission of "http://" or
"www". What I'm having difficulty with, is how to test if a page
is downloaded (that is if the URL is correct) after "setPage" method is called.

Would this be a proper way to do it?

if(editorPane.getPage().toString().equals(""))
//then the URL is not working

Thanks a lot
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[r035198x]

Hi all,

I'm trying to make a simple browser that will try to display web pages
and will also check for user's mistakes such as omission of "http://" or
"www". What I'm having difficulty with, is how to test if a page
is downloaded (that is if the URL is correct) after "setPage" method is called.

Would this be a proper way to do it?

if(editorPane.getPage().toString().equals(""))
//then the URL is not working

Thanks a lot
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Form your code a URL is not valid only if it is the empty string.
Is that how you want your URL checker to behave?

Have a look at the specs for the URL class itself.

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Form your code a URL is not valid only if it is the empty string.
Is that how you want your URL checker to behave?

Have a look at the specs for the URL class itself.

Thank you for your reply.
I want my URL checker to tell me if the URL attempted is valid or not. I read the URL class you suggested but I can't find any method suitable for that.
Any more hints?

Thanks again

[r035198x]

Thank you for your reply.
I want my URL checker to tell me if the URL attempted is valid or not. I read the URL class you suggested but I can't find any method suitable for that.
Any more hints?

Thanks again

Don't just read it to get a ready made method to solve the problem.
For example when you read the specs for that class, when does it say a MalformedURLException is thrown?

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Don't just read it to get a ready made method to solve the problem.
For example when you read the specs for that class, when does it say a MalformedURLException is thrown?

Ok, got it.

Thanks a lot