JAL-3633 ensure check both http:// or https:// for urls

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / util / HttpUtils.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/HttpUtils.java b/src/jalview/util/HttpUtils.java
index a5a9460..74f77a2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/util/HttpUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/util/HttpUtils.java
@@ -64,4 +64,9 @@ public class HttpUtils
     return false;
   }
 
+  public static boolean startsWithHttpOrHttps(String file)
+  {
+    return file.startsWith("http://") || file.startsWith("https://");
+  }
+
 }