org.ops4j.net
Class URLUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.ops4j.net.URLUtils

public class URLUtils
extends Object

Url related utility methods.

Since:

0.5.0, January 16, 2008

Author:

Niclas Heldman, Alin Dreghiciu

Method Summary

static URLConnection	prepareForAuthentication(URLConnection connection) Prepares an url connection for authentication if necessary.
static URLConnection	prepareForSSL(URLConnection connection) Prepares an url connection for authentication if necessary.
static InputStream	prepareInputStream(URL url, boolean acceptAnyCertificate) Prepare url for authentication and ssl if necessary and returns the input stream from the url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

prepareForAuthentication

public static URLConnection prepareForAuthentication(URLConnection connection)

Prepares an url connection for authentication if necessary.

Parameters:

connection - the connection to be prepared

Returns:

the prepared conection

prepareForSSL

public static URLConnection prepareForSSL(URLConnection connection)

Prepares an url connection for authentication if necessary.

Parameters:

connection - the connection to be prepared

Returns:

the prepared conection

prepareInputStream

public static InputStream prepareInputStream(URL url,
                                             boolean acceptAnyCertificate)
                                      throws IOException

Prepare url for authentication and ssl if necessary and returns the input stream from the url.

Parameters:

url - url to prepare

acceptAnyCertificate - true if the certicate check should be skipped

Returns:

input stream from url

Throws:

IOException - re-thrown