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package org.scijava.io;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * {@link Location} backed by a {@link URL}.
 *
 * @author Curtis Rueden
 */
public class URLLocation extends AbstractLocation {

	/** The URL backing this location. */
	private final URL url;

	public URLLocation(final URL url) {
		this.url = url;
	}

	// -- URLLocation methods --

	/** Gets the associated {@link URL}. */
	public URL getURL() {
		return url;
	}

	// -- Location methods --

	/**
	 * Gets the associated {@link URI}, or null if this URL is not formatted
	 * strictly according to to RFC2396 and cannot be converted to a URI.
	 */
	@Override
	public URI getURI() {
		try {
			return getURL().toURI();
		}
		catch (final URISyntaxException exc) {
			return null;
		}
	}

}

Add a location type backed by a remote URL
Add a location type backed by a remote URL
