UrlUtil (Vaadin Platform (vaadin-platform-javadoc) 23.0.3 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.vaadin.flow.internal.UrlUtil

```
public class UrlUtil
extends Object
```
Internal utility class for URL handling.
For internal use only. May be renamed or removed in a future release.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`encodeURI(String uri)`	Encodes a full URI.
`static String`	`encodeURIComponent(String path)`	Encodes a path segment of a URI.
`static boolean`	`isExternal(String url)`	checks if the given url is an external URL (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - isExternal
```
public static boolean isExternal(String url)
```
    checks if the given url is an external URL (e.g. staring with http:// or https://) or not.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - is the url to be checked.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the url is external otherwise false.
  - encodeURI
```
public static String encodeURI(String uri)
```
    Encodes a full URI.
    Corresponds to encodeURI in JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI
    The path can contain / and other special URL characters as these will not be encoded. See encodeURIComponent(String) if you want to encode all special characters.
    The following characters are not escaped: A-Za-z0-9;,/?:@&=+$-_.!~*'()#
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - the uri to encode
  - encodeURIComponent
```
public static String encodeURIComponent(String path)
```
    Encodes a path segment of a URI.
    Corresponds to encodeURIComponent in JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent
    The following characters are not escaped: A-Za-z0-9-_.!~*'()
    
    Parameters:
    
    path - the path to encode