Question

Need help in JAVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How would you test if a URL is valid?

Like this?

   public Character testValid( String url) {
       {
       URL inputURL = new URL("myURL");
      

Answer 1

public boolean testValid( String url) {
    try {
      URI inputURL = new URL("myURL").toURI();
      System.out.println("Valid url");
      return true;
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
      System.out.println("Not a valid URL");
    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
      System.out.println("Not a valid URL");
    }
    return false;
}