Java - URL getUserInfo() Method with Examples

Description

The Java URL getUserInfo() method returns the UserInfo part of this URL.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.net.URL.getUserInfo() method

public String getUserInfo()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

the UserInfo part of this URL, or null if one does not exist.

Exception

NA

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getUserInfo() method for a valid url with https protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getUserInfo() method, we're getting the UserInfo and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https","www.tutorialspoint.com","/index.htm");
         String result = url.getUserInfo();
         System.out.println(result);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

null

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getUserInfo() method for a valid url. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getUserInfo() method, we're getting the UserInfo and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/index.htm?language=en#j2se");
         String result = url.getUserInfo();
         System.out.println(result);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

null

Example 3

The following example shows the usage of Java URL getUserInfo() method for a valid url with file protocol. In this example, we're creating an instance of URL class. Now using getUserInfo() method, we're getting the UserInfo and printing the same −

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class UrlDemo {
   public static void main(String [] args) {
      try {
         URL url = new URL("file","www.tutorialspoint.com","/index.htm?language=en#j2se");
         String result = url.getUserInfo();
         System.out.println(result);
      } catch (IOException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Output

null