[URI-Creation] Difference Between URI.create() and new URI() (#12937)

* [URI-Creation] Difference Between URI.create() and new URI()

* [URI-Creation] split test methods for invalid & valid inputs

core-java-modules/core-java-networking-4/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-networking-4</artifactId>
+    <name>core-java-networking-4</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.core-java-modules</groupId>
+        <artifactId>core-java-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-networking-4</finalName>
+    </build>
+</project>

core-java-modules/core-java-networking-4/src/test/java/com/baeldung/uricreation/UriCreationUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.uricreation;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+public class UriCreationUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    void givenValidUriString_whenUsingConstructor_shouldGetExpectedResult() {
+        try {
+            URI myUri = new URI("https://www.baeldung.com/articles");
+            assertNotNull(myUri);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            fail();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenInvalidUriString_whenUsingConstructor_shouldGetExpectedResult() {
+        assertThrows(URISyntaxException.class, () -> new URI("I am an invalid URI string."));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenValidUriString_whenUsingCreateMethod_shouldGetExpectedResult() {
+        URI myUri = URI.create("https://www.baeldung.com/articles");
+        assertNotNull(myUri);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenInvalidUriString_whenUsingCreateMethod_shouldGetExpectedResult() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> URI.create("I am an invalid URI string."));
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/pom.xml

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
         <module>core-java-lang-syntax-2</module>
         <module>core-java-networking</module>
         <module>core-java-networking-2</module>
+        <module>core-java-networking-4</module>
         <module>core-java-nio</module>
         <module>core-java-nio-2</module>
         <module>core-java-numbers</module>