Method toUrlUnsafe

src/main/java/org/htmlunit/util/UrlUtils.java:230–260

Constructs a URL instance based on the specified URL string, taking into account the fact that the specified URL string may represent an "about:..." URL, a "javascript:..." URL, or a data:... URL. Unlike #toUrlSafe(String), the caller need no

(final String url)

     * @throws MalformedURLException if the URL string cannot be converted to a URL instance
     */
    public static URL toUrlUnsafe(final String url) throws MalformedURLException {
        WebAssert.notNull("url", url);

        final String protocol = StringUtils.substringBefore(url, ":").toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);

        if (protocol.isEmpty() || UrlUtils.isNormalUrlProtocol(protocol)) {
            final URL response = new URL(url);
            if (response.getProtocol().startsWith("http")
                    && StringUtils.isEmptyOrNull(response.getHost())) {
                throw new MalformedURLException("Missing host name in url: " + url);
            }
            return response;
        }

        if (JavaScriptURLConnection.JAVASCRIPT_PREFIX.equals(protocol + ":")) {
            return new URL(null, url, JS_HANDLER);
        }

        if (ABOUT.equals(protocol)) {
            if (ABOUT_BLANK.equalsIgnoreCase(url)) {
                return URL_ABOUT_BLANK;
            }
            return new URL(null, url, ABOUT_HANDLER);
        }

        if ("data".equals(protocol)) {
            return new URL(null, url, DATA_HANDLER);
        }

        return new URL(null, url, AnyHandler.INSTANCE);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Encodes illegal characters in the specified URL's path, query string and anchor according to the URL