URLHelper (mindsmine JEMS)

java.lang.Object
- com.shaiksphere.mindsmine.jems.URLHelper

```
public final class URLHelper
extends Object
```
A collection of useful static methods to deal with URLs.

Since:

3.5.0

Author:

Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali

See Also:

URL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`appendQuery(String url, String param, Object value)`	Appends content to the query string of a URL, handling logic for whether to place a question mark or ampersand.
`static boolean`	`isValidURL(String url)`	Returns `true` if the passed string is a valid URL, `false` otherwise.

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

- Method Detail
  - isValidURL
```
public static boolean isValidURL(String url)
```
    Returns true if the passed string is a valid URL, false otherwise.
    
    Example Usage:
    URLHelper.isValidURL("http://userid@example.com") // true URLHelper.isValidURL("www.example.com/main.html") // false
    Parameters:
    
    url - to check
    
    Returns:
    
    if the string is a valid URL
    
    Since:
    
    3.5.0
  - appendQuery
```
public static String appendQuery(String url,
                                 String param,
                                 Object value)
```
    Appends content to the query string of a URL, handling logic for whether to place a question mark or ampersand.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - The URL to append to.
    
    param - The parameter key to append to the URL.
    
    value - The parameter value to append to the URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    The resulting URL
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - for Invalid URL or empty arguments
    
    Since:
    
    3.5.0