Class FakeURL

java.lang.Object

FakeURL

public final class FakeURL
extends java.lang.Object

FakeURL is a mock class for java.net.URL. Intended for use when an actual internet connection is not available perhaps due to Tomcat security policy.

Version:

11/8/12

Author:

J. Dalbey

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FakeURL(java.lang.String spec) Creates a FakeURL object from the String representation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.io.InputStream	openStream() Opens a simulated connection to this FakeURL and returns an InputStream for reading from that connection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FakeURL

public FakeURL(java.lang.String spec)
        throws java.net.MalformedURLException

Creates a FakeURL object from the String representation.

Parameters:

spec - the String to parse as a URL.

Throws:

java.net.MalformedURLException - If the string specifies an unknown protocol.

Method Detail

openStream

public final java.io.InputStream openStream()
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Opens a simulated connection to this FakeURL and returns an InputStream for reading from that connection. Pretends to read the content from this URL and returns an InputStream containing a String representing the content. It sleeps for 50 milliseconds to simulate the delay of a network http request.

Returns:

an input stream for reading from the URL connection.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.