Java Utililty Methods URL Normalize

String normalize(final String taintedURL)
normalize

return taintedURL.trim()
 .replaceAll(SPACES, DASH)
 .replaceAll(CODES, EMPTY)
 .replaceAll(SPECIAL_CHARS, EMPTY).toLowerCase();

String normalize(String absoluteURL)
This method removes "."

if (absoluteURL == null) {
 return absoluteURL;
if (absoluteURL.indexOf('.') < 0) {
 return absoluteURL;
Stack tokens = new Stack();
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(absoluteURL, URL_PATH_SEP_STR, true);
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String normalize(String url)
Normalizes a given URL by applying URI#normalize() , removing trailing "/" and making sure the path part starts with "/".

String pathSeparator = "/";
URI uri = new URI(url);
uri = uri.normalize();
String path = uri.getPath();
if (!path.startsWith(pathSeparator)) {
 path = pathSeparator + path;
if (path.endsWith(pathSeparator)) {
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String normalize(String url)
normalize

if (null == url) {
 return null;
if (!url.startsWith("http://")) {
 return normalize("http://" + url);
URL u;
try {
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String normalize(String url)
normalize

return getRidOfHash(getRidOfHttps(url));

String normalize(String url_str)
normalize

url_str = clean(url_str);
url_str = removewww(url_str);
url_str = translateWhiteSpaces(url_str);
return url_str;

URL normalize(URL u)
normalize an URL,

String proto = u.getProtocol().toLowerCase();
String host = u.getHost().toLowerCase();
int port = u.getPort();
if (port != -1) {
 if (url_defport != null) {
 try {
 int udp;
 udp = ((Integer) url_defport.invoke(u, (Object[]) null)).intValue();
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URL normalize(URL url)
normalize

String stringUrl = url.toString();
if (!"/".equals(stringUrl.substring(stringUrl.length() - 1))) {
 stringUrl += "/";
return new URL(stringUrl);

URL normalize(URL url)
normalize

try {
 File file = toFile(url);
 if (file != null) {
 return file.toURI().toURL();
 } else {
 return toURI(url).toURL();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
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String normalizeBaseUrl(String networkUrl)
normalize Base Url

if (!networkUrl.endsWith("/")) {
 return networkUrl + "/";
return networkUrl;