Metacat

    /**

     * Get a base url from the schema url. If url=http://www.example.com/example.xsd,

     * http://www.example.com/ will be returned.

     * 

     * @param uri

     *            the uri from which to extract the base url

     * @return a string holding the base url. null will be return if it is not url.

     */

      public static String getBaseUrlFromSchemaURL(String url) 

      {

        String baseURL = null;        

        if (url != null && (url.indexOf("http://") != -1 || url.indexOf("https://") !=-1)) 

        {

          int slash = url.lastIndexOf('/');

          if (slash > -1) 

          {

            baseURL = url.substring(0,slash+1);

          }

        } 

        return baseURL;

      }