URL toExternalForm() method in Java with Examples
Last Updated :
31 Dec, 2018
The toExternalForm() function is a part of URL class. The function toExternalForm() returns the string representation of a specified URL. The string is created by calling the toExternalForm() function of the stream protocol handler for this object.
Function Signature:
public String toExternalForm()
Syntax:
url.toExternalForm()
Parameter: This function does not require any parameter
Return Type: The function returns String Type
Below programs illustrates the use of toExternalForm() function:
Example 1: Given a URL we will to the string representation of the URL
import java.net.*;
class Solution {
public static void main(String args[])
{
URL url = null ;
try {
url = new URL( "https:// www.geeksforgeeks.org" );
String _ExternalForm = url.toExternalForm();
System.out.println( "URL = " + url);
System.out.println( " String representation= "
+ _ExternalForm);
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
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Output:
URL = https:// www.geeksforgeeks.org
String representation= https:// www.geeksforgeeks.org
Example 2:
import java.net.*;
class Solution {
public static void main(String args[])
{
URL url = null ;
try {
url= new URL( "https:// www.geeksforgeeks.org#Arnab_Kundu" );
String _ExternalForm = url.toExternalForm();
System.out.println( "URL = " + url);
System.out.println( " String representation= "
+ _ExternalForm);
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
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Output:
URL = https:// www.geeksforgeeks.org#Arnab_Kundu
String representation= https:// www.geeksforgeeks.org#Arnab_Kundu
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