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+/*
+ * This file is part of Dependency-Check.
+ *
+ * Dependency-Check is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Dependency-Check is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * Dependency-Check. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+package org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jeremy Long (jeremy.long@gmail.com)
+ */
+public final class UrlStringUtils {
+
+    /**
+     * Private constructor for a utility class.
+     */
+    private UrlStringUtils() {
+    }
+    /**
+     * A regular expression to test if a string contains a URL.
+     */
+    private static final Pattern CONTAINS_URL_TEST = Pattern.compile("^.*(ht|f)tps?://.*$", Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+    /**
+     * A regular expression to test if a string is a URL.
+     */
+    private static final Pattern IS_URL_TEST = Pattern.compile("^(ht|f)tps?://.*", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+
+    /**
+     * Tests if the text provided contains a URL. This is somewhat limited
+     * search in that it only looks for (ftp|http|https)://
+     *
+     * @param text the text to search
+     * @return true if the text contains a url, otherwise false
+     */
+    public static boolean containsUrl(String text) {
+        return CONTAINS_URL_TEST.matcher(text).matches();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests if the given text is url.
+     *
+     * @param text the string to test
+     * @return returns true if the text is a url, otherwise false
+     */
+    public static boolean isUrl(String text) {
+        return IS_URL_TEST.matcher(text).matches();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Takes a URL, in String format, and adds the important parts of the URL
+     * to a list of strings.</p>
+     * <p>Example, given the following input:</p>
+     * <code>"https://www.somedomain.com/path1/path2/file.php?id=439"</code>
+     * <p>The function would return:</p>
+     * <code>{"somedomain", "path1", "path2", "file"}</code>
+     *
+     * @param text a URL
+     * @return importantParts a list of the important parts of the URL
+     * @throws MalformedURLException thrown if the URL is malformed
+     */
+    public static List<String> extractImportantUrlData(String text) throws MalformedURLException {
+        final ArrayList<String> importantParts = new ArrayList<String>();
+        final URL url = new URL(text);
+        final String[] domain = url.getHost().split("\\.");
+        //add the domain except www and the tld.
+        for (int i = 0; i < domain.length - 1; i++) {
+            final String sub = domain[i];
+            if (!"www".equalsIgnoreCase(sub)) {
+                importantParts.add(sub);
+            }
+        }
+        final String document = url.getPath();
+        final String[] pathParts = document.split("[\\//]");
+        for (int i = 0; i < pathParts.length - 2; i++) {
+            if (!pathParts[i].isEmpty()) {
+                importantParts.add(pathParts[i]);
+            }
+        }
+        if (!pathParts[pathParts.length - 1].isEmpty()) {
+            final String fileNameNoExt = pathParts[pathParts.length - 1].replaceAll("\\..*{0,5}$", "");
+            importantParts.add(fileNameNoExt);
+        }
+        return importantParts;
+    }
+}