in src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/docck/AbstractCheckDocumentationMojo.java [451:463]
private String getURLProtocol( String url )
throws MalformedURLException
{
URL licenseUrl = new URL( url );
String protocol = licenseUrl.getProtocol();
if ( protocol != null )
{
protocol = protocol.toLowerCase();
}
return protocol;
}