Java Regex URL Validate isUrl(String test)

Description

Checks if given string is uri.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
test	string to check.

Return

true if test matches URI_PATTERN, false otherwise.

Declaration

public static boolean isUrl(String test) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/***********************************************************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2008 empolis GmbH and brox IT Solutions GmbH. All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying
 * materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * //from  w  w  w. j a  v  a  2  s .  com
 * Contributors: Dmitry Hazin (brox IT Solutions GmbH) - initial creator
 * Sebastian Voigt (brox IT Solutions GmbH)
 * 
    
 **********************************************************************************************************************/

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Pattern that checks if given string is URI (string begins and ends with word-char, contains no '>' or '<', has an
     * internal dot or slash).
     */
    private static final Pattern URI_PATTERN = Pattern
            .compile("(?:\\w|[\\.]{0,2}/)[\\S&&[^<>]]*(?:\\.|/)[\\S&&[^<>]]*(?:\\w|/)");

    /**
     * Checks if given string is uri.
     * 
     * @param test
     *          string to check.
     * @return true if test matches URI_PATTERN, false otherwise.
     */
    public static boolean isUrl(String test) {
        final Matcher uriMatcher = URI_PATTERN.matcher(test);
        return uriMatcher.find();
    }
}

Related

1. isUrl(String aUrl)
2. isURL(String f)
3. isUrl(String s)
4. isUrl(String s)
5. IsUrl(String str)
6. isUrl(String text)
7. isURL(String url)
8. isUrl(String url)
9. isURL(String url)