Added overloaded constructor to support backwards compatibility with string parameters

Author: scottschluer

RestSharp.Tests/UrlBuilderTests.cs

@@ -147,6 +147,19 @@ public void GET_with_Uri_containing_tokens()
             Assert.Equal(expected, output);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void GET_with_Url_string_containing_tokens()
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest();
+            request.AddUrlSegment("foo", "bar");
+            var client = new RestClient("http://example.com/{foo}");
+
+            var expected = new Uri("http://example.com/bar");
+            var output = client.BuildUri(request);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, output);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void GET_with_Uri_and_resource_containing_tokens()
         {
@@ -160,5 +173,28 @@ public void GET_with_Uri_and_resource_containing_tokens()
 
             Assert.Equal(expected, output);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void GET_with_Url_string_and_resource_containing_tokens()
+        {
+            var request = new RestRequest("resource/{baz}");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("foo", "bar");
+            request.AddUrlSegment("baz", "bat");
+            var client = new RestClient("http://example.com/{foo}");
+
+            var expected = new Uri("http://example.com/bar/resource/bat");
+            var output = client.BuildUri(request);
+
+            Assert.Equal(expected, output);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void GET_with_Invalid_Url_string_throws_exception()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<UriFormatException>(delegate
+                {
+                    var client = new RestClient("invalid url");
+                });
+        }
 	}
 }

RestSharp/RestClient.cs

@@ -64,12 +64,21 @@ public RestClient()
 		/// Sets the BaseUrl property for requests made by this client instance
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="baseUrl"></param>
-		public RestClient(Uri baseUrl)
-			: this()
+		public RestClient(Uri baseUrl) : this()
 		{
 			BaseUrl = baseUrl;
 		}
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the BaseUrl property for requests made by this client instance
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="baseUrl"></param>
+        public RestClient(string baseUrl) : this()
+        {
+            var uri = new Uri(baseUrl);
+            BaseUrl = uri;
+        }
+
 		private IDictionary<string, IDeserializer> ContentHandlers { get; set; }
 		private IList<string> AcceptTypes { get; set; }