chore: Align on constructing URIs without create()

helper-cli/src/main/kotlin/commands/classifications/ImportCommand.kt

@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@
 
 private enum class LicenseClassificationProvider(val url: String) {
     DOUBLE_OPEN("https://github.com/doubleopen-project/policy-configuration/raw/main/license-classifications.yml") {
-        override fun getClassifications(): LicenseClassifications = yamlMapper.readValue(URI.create(url).toURL())
+        override fun getClassifications(): LicenseClassifications = yamlMapper.readValue(URI(url).toURL())
     },
     ECLIPSE("https://www.eclipse.org/legal/licenses.json") {
         override fun getClassifications(): LicenseClassifications {
-            val json = jsonMapper.readValue<EclipseLicenses>(URI.create(url).toURL())
+            val json = jsonMapper.readValue<EclipseLicenses>(URI(url).toURL())
 
             logger.info { "Importing Eclipse license classifications dated ${json.meta["updated"]}." }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         }
     },
     LDB_COLLECTOR("https://github.com/maxhbr/LDBcollector/raw/generated/ort/license-classifications.yml") {
-        override fun getClassifications(): LicenseClassifications = yamlMapper.readValue(URI.create(url).toURL())
+        override fun getClassifications(): LicenseClassifications = yamlMapper.readValue(URI(url).toURL())
     };
 
     abstract fun getClassifications(): LicenseClassifications

plugins/advisors/vulnerable-code/src/test/kotlin/VulnerableCodeTest.kt

@@ -284,23 +284,23 @@ class VulnerableCodeTest : WordSpec({
         "fixup a wrongly escaped ampersand" {
             val u = """https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_category_management_planning_\\&_optimization:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"""
 
-            URI.create(u.fixupUrlEscaping()) shouldBe URI(
+            URI(u.fixupUrlEscaping()) shouldBe URI(
                 """https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_category_management_planning_%26_optimization:16.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"""
             )
         }
 
         "fixup a wrongly escaped slash" {
             val u = """https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apple:swiftnio_http\/2:*:*:*:*:*:swift:*:*"""
 
-            URI.create(u.fixupUrlEscaping()) shouldBe URI(
+            URI(u.fixupUrlEscaping()) shouldBe URI(
                 """https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:apple:swiftnio_http/2:*:*:*:*:*:swift:*:*"""
             )
         }
 
         "fixup a wrongly escaped plus" {
             val u = """https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:hyperion_bi\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"""
 
-            URI.create(u.fixupUrlEscaping()) shouldBe URI(
+            URI(u.fixupUrlEscaping()) shouldBe URI(
                 """https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:oracle:hyperion_bi%2B:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"""
             )
         }

plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/main/kotlin/Bazel.kt

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ class Bazel(
                 "Archive override URL(s) for module '$moduleName': ${urlsAsString.removeSurrounding("[", "]")}"
             }
 
-            val urls = urlsAsString.removeSurrounding("[", "]").split(',').map { URI.create(it) }
+            val urls = urlsAsString.removeSurrounding("[", "]").split(',').map { URI(it) }
 
             val patches = patchesAsString.takeUnless { BUILDOZER_MISSING_VALUE in it }?.let {
                 logger.warn {

plugins/package-managers/carthage/src/test/kotlin/CarthageTest.kt

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class CarthageTest : WordSpec() {
 
             "parse a binary dependency url" {
                 mockkStatic("kotlin.io.TextStreamsKt")
-                every { URI.create("https://host.tld/path/to/binary/spec.json").toURL().readBytes() } returns
+                every { URI("https://host.tld/path/to/binary/spec.json").toURL().readBytes() } returns
                     File("src/test/assets/Carthage-binary-specification.json").readText().toByteArray()
 
                 val cartfile = File("src/test/assets/Cartfile-binary.resolved")
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class CarthageTest : WordSpec() {
 
             "parse mixed dependencies" {
                 mockkStatic("kotlin.io.TextStreamsKt")
-                every { URI.create("https://host.tld/path/to/binary/spec.json").toURL().readBytes() } returns
+                every { URI("https://host.tld/path/to/binary/spec.json").toURL().readBytes() } returns
                     File("src/test/assets/Carthage-binary-specification.json").readText().toByteArray()
 
                 val cartfile = File("src/test/assets/Cartfile-mixed.resolved")

plugins/version-control-systems/git/src/test/kotlin/GitTest.kt

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class GitTest : WordSpec({
     }
 })
 
-private val TestUri = URIish(URI.create("https://www.example.org:8080/foo").toURL())
+private val TestUri = URIish(URI("https://www.example.org:8080/foo").toURL())
 
 /**
  * Mocks the utility function to query password authentication for the test URI. Return the [result] provided.

utils/ort/src/main/kotlin/OkHttpClientHelper.kt

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fun OkHttpClient.Builder.addBasicAuthorization(username: String, password: Strin
  */
 fun OkHttpClient.downloadFile(url: String, directory: File): Result<File> {
     if (url.startsWith("file:/")) {
-        val source = File(URI.create(url))
+        val source = File(URI(url))
         val target = directory.resolve(source.name)
         return runCatching { source.copyTo(target) }
     }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ fun OkHttpClient.downloadFile(url: String, directory: File): Result<File> {
  * [Result] wrapping an [IOException] (which might be a [HttpDownloadError]) on failure.
  */
 fun OkHttpClient.downloadText(url: String): Result<String> {
-    if (url.startsWith("file:/")) return runCatching { File(URI.create(url)).readText() }
+    if (url.startsWith("file:/")) return runCatching { File(URI(url)).readText() }
 
     return download(url).mapCatching { (_, body) ->
         body.use { it.string() }

utils/ort/src/main/kotlin/storage/S3FileStorage.kt

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class S3FileStorage(
             S3Client.builder()
                 .region(Region.of(awsRegion))
                 .credentialsProvider(provider)
-                .endpointOverride(if (customEndpoint != null) URI.create(customEndpoint) else null)
+                .endpointOverride(if (customEndpoint != null) URI(customEndpoint) else null)
                 .build()
         } else {
             if (awsRegion != null) {

utils/ort/src/test/kotlin/UtilsTest.kt

@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class UtilsTest : WordSpec({
             val host = "www.example.org"
             val port = 442
             val scheme = "https"
-            val url = URI.create("https://foo:[email protected]").toURL()
+            val url = URI("https://foo:[email protected]").toURL()
 
             val auth = OrtAuthenticator().requestPasswordAuthenticationInstance(
                 host,

utils/spdx/build.gradle.kts

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ScanCodeLicenseTextProvider : SpdxLicenseTextProvider {
 
     private val spdxIdToScanCodeKeyMap: Map<String, String> by lazy {
         val jsonSlurper = JsonSlurper()
-        val url = URI.create("https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org/index.json").toURL()
+        val url = URI("https://scancode-licensedb.aboutcode.org/index.json").toURL()
 
         logger.quiet("Downloading ScanCode license index...")