1/**
2 * Copyright (C) 2010 the original author or authors.
3 * See the notice.md file distributed with this work for additional
4 * information regarding copyright ownership.
5 *
6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9 *
10 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11 *
12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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17 */
18
19package com.beust.jcommander.converters;
20
21import com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException;
22
23import java.net.MalformedURLException;
24import java.net.URL;
25
26/**
27 * Convert a string into a URI.
28 *
29 * @author samvv
30 */
31public class URLConverter extends BaseConverter<URL> {
32
33	public URLConverter(String optionName) {
34		super(optionName);
35	}
36
37	public URL convert(String value) {
38		try {
39			return new URL(value);
40		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
41			throw new ParameterException(
42					getErrorString(value, "a RFC 2396 and RFC 2732 compliant URL"));
43
44		}
45	}
46}