/**
* If the url appears relative to an authority, i.e. it starts with "/", then convert it to be
* absolute using the server URL (including context path) provided by the ServerService.
*
* @param url a context-relative url path to convert into absolute url.
* @return absolute URL if input was a url path, otherwise returns the input string.
*/
String makeContextAbsoluteURL(String url) {
if (null != url && url.startsWith("/")) {
// change relative URL into absolute using the base server URL
try {
final URL newUrl = new URL(serverService.getConnParams().getServerUrl() + url);
url = newUrl.toExternalForm();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return url;
}
