'use strict'

/**
 * Determines whether the specified URL is absolute
 *
 * @param {string} url The URL to test
 * @returns {boolean} True if the specified URL is absolute, otherwise false
 */
export default function isAbsoluteURL(url) {
    // A URL is considered absolute if it begins with "<scheme>://" or "//" (protocol-relative URL).
    // RFC 3986 defines scheme name as a sequence of characters beginning with a letter and followed
    // by any combination of letters, digits, plus, period, or hyphen.
    return /^([a-z][a-z\d+\-.]*:)?\/\//i.test(url)
}