The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e134. Parsing a URL

    try {
        URL url = new URL("http://hostname:80/index.html#_top_");
    
        String protocol = url.getProtocol();    // http
        String host = url.getHost();            // hostname
        int port = url.getPort();               // 80
        String file = url.getFile();            // index.html
        String ref = url.getRef();              // _top_
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    }

Related Examples

e132. Creating a URL
e133. Converting Between a URL and a URI
e135. Sending a POST Request Using a URL
e136. Getting Text from a URL
e137. Getting an Image from a URL
e138. Getting a Jar File Using a URL
e139. Accessing a Password-Protected URL

See also: Datagram    Encodings    HTTP    Hostnames and IP Addresses    Multicast    Sockets

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