This method generates a new WebResource object from this object (WebResource object).

If the URI specified in the parameter contains a path component beginning with a forward slash (/), the path of the Web resource URI stored in the generated WebResource object is replaced. If a path component beginning with a forward slash (/) does not exist, the path of the Web resource URI stored in the generated WebResource object is the path where that path component is added in the path of this object (WebResource object).

If the URI specified in the parameter contains a query parameter, this query parameter becomes the query parameter for the Web resource URI stored in the generated WebResource object. If the Web resource URI stored in this object contains a query parameter, the query parameter is replaced.

public WebResource uri(URI uri)

uri

This is the Web resource URI.

The method returns the generated WebResource object.

• Specify the correct URI in the uri parameter. The uri parameter is not automatically URL encoded. Specify the URL-encoded value in the uri parameter as and when required.
• The entity of this object (WebResource object) is not copied to the WebResource object generated with this method.
• The NullPointerException exception is thrown if null is specified in the uri parameter.