Package edu.yale.its.tp.cas.util

Class SecureURL

java.lang.Object

edu.yale.its.tp.cas.util.SecureURL

public class SecureURL
extends Object

A class housing some utility functions exposing secure URL validation and content retrieval. The rules are intended to be about as restrictive as a common browser with respect to server-certificate validation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SecureURL()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	main(String[] args)	For testing only...
static String	retrieve(String url)	Retrieve the contents from the given URL as a String, assuming the URL's server matches what we expect it to match.
static String	retrieve(String url, Boolean force_https)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SecureURL

public SecureURL()

Method Details

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

For testing only...

Throws:

IOException

retrieve

public static String retrieve(String url)
                       throws IOException

Retrieve the contents from the given URL as a String, assuming the URL's server matches what we expect it to match.

Throws:

IOException

retrieve

public static String retrieve(String url,
 Boolean force_https)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException