final class URL implements Serializable

Purpose

Represent a Universal Resource Locator (i.e., a Web resource).

Class method summary

static void setURLStreamHandlerFactory(URLStreamHandlerFactory f) Sets the URLStreamHandlerFactory of the program to f.

Constructor Summary

	URL(String s) Constructs a new URL object using s.
	URL(String p, String h, int n, String f) Constructs a new URL object using protocol p, host h, port number n, and file f.
	URL(String p, String h, int n, String f, URLStreamHandler u) Constructs a new URL object using protocol p, host h, port number n, file f, and handler u.
	URL(String p, String h, String f) Constructs a new URL object using protocol p, host h, and file f.
	URL(URL u, String s) Constructs a new URL object by using s within URL context u.
	URL(URL u, String s, URLStreamHandler h) Constructs a new URL object by using s with handler h within URL context u.

Instance method summary

	boolean equals(Object v) Returns true if and only if v is an instance of URL specifying the same Web resource.
	String getAuthority() Returns the authority of this URL.
	Object getContent() Returns the contents of this URL.
	Object getContent(Class[] t) Returns the first contents of this URL that matches a type in t.
	int getDefaultPort() Returns the default port number of the protocol associated with this URL.
	String getFile() Returns the file name of this URL.
	String getHost() Return the host name of this URL.
	String getPath() Returns the path of this URL.
	int getPort() Returns the port number of this URL.
	String getProtocol() Returns the protocol of this URL.
	String getQuery() Returns the query part of this URL.
	String getRef() Returns the anchor of this URL.
	String getUserInfo() Returns the user information of this URL.
	int hashCode() Returns the hash code of this URL.

	URLConnection openConnection() Returns a URLConnection representing a connection to the Web resource represented by this URL.
	InputStream openStream() Returns an InputStream for reading the opened connection to this URL.
	boolean sameFhile(URL u) Returns true if this URL is the same as u excluding their fragment components; otherwise, returns false.
	protected void set(String p, String h, int n, String f, String r)   Sets the protocol, host, port number, file, and internal reference fields of this URL to respectively p, h, n, f, and r.
	protected void set(String p, String h, int n, String a, String u, String path, String q, String r)   Sets the protocol, host, port number, authority, user information, file, query, and internal reference fields of this URL to respectively p, h, n, a, u, f, q, and r.
	String toExternalForm()   Returns a String representation of the value of this URL.
	String toString() Returns a String representation of the value of this URL.