getURI

Returns the value of the requested column as a URL.

Note that there are three “URL” classes and you need to choose wisely:

java.net.URL

Java 1.0 class to handle URLs. Tries to resolve the URL on the net. Will hang and throw exception when this fails. Try to avoid if at all possible.

java.net.URI

Java 1.4 replacement for java.net.URL. Use when you need a instance which is java.io.Serializable.

android.net.Uri

Android replacement for java.net.URL. Use when you need a instance which is android.os.Parcelable.

Parameters

See also

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