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package org.apache.ivy.core;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Resolve an file or url relatively to its context.
 */
public abstract class RelativeUrlResolver {

    /**
     * Resolve the url in the context of context.
     * 
     * @param context
     *            The URL of the ressource containing the reference url
     * @param url
     *            a relative or absolution url string
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    public abstract URL getURL(URL context, String url) throws MalformedURLException;

    /**
     * Relsovle file or url path relatively to a context. file is considered first. If file is not
     * defined, url will be considered.
     * 
     * @param context
     *            The URL of the ressource containing the reference file or url
     * @param file
     *            a relative or absolute path
     * @param url
     *            a relative or absolution url string
     * @return the resulting url or null if faile and url are null.
     * @throws MalformedURLException
     */
    public URL getURL(URL context, String file, String url) throws MalformedURLException {
        if (file != null) {
            File f = new File(file);
            if (f.isAbsolute()) {
                return f.toURI().toURL();
            } else {
                return getURL(context, file);
            }
        } else if (url != null) {
            return getURL(context, url);
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }
}