X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fjavascript%2Fweb%2FWebResource.java;h=1896b652239a05e429460a79ea1a471c3085d64f;hb=551b3a8e53ff6b43f9d0bce08759e46f49373bed;hp=c55e9bac9158e5a2ec748c473f32284c4f37cb53;hpb=070cda5fcdc40af294bf8267f9c32104ce9bfd82;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/javascript/web/WebResource.java b/src/jalview/javascript/web/WebResource.java
index c55e9ba..1896b65 100644
--- a/src/jalview/javascript/web/WebResource.java
+++ b/src/jalview/javascript/web/WebResource.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package jalview.javascript.web;
 
 import jalview.util.Platform;
 
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 /*
  *  A JavaScript-only proxy for com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource
@@ -64,8 +66,13 @@ public class WebResource
      */
     public ClientResponse get(Class<?> c)
     {
-      return new ClientResponse(Platform.getFileAsString(uri.toString()),
-              encoding);
+      try
+      {
+        return new ClientResponse(new URL(uri.toString()), encoding);
+      } catch (MalformedURLException e)
+      {
+        return null;
+      }
     }
   }