Javascript: regular expression to validate URL

function isValidURL(url) {
  var pattern = /(http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/;
  return pattern.test(url);
}

GWT JSNI method:

public native boolean isValidUrl(String url) /*-{
    var pattern = /(http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?/;
    return pattern.test(url);
}-*/;