URL url = new URL(yourUrl, "/api/v1/status.xml");
根据javadocs的说法,该构造函数只是将任何资源附加到域的末尾,因此您需要创建2个url:
URL domain = new URL("http://example.com");URL url = new URL(domain + "/files/resource.xml");来源:http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/net/URL.html



