Andrea we have a similar class in uDig called URLUtils that handles a lot of these issues; I would love to compare implementations etc... So yes the issue is very real; in particular the Java File classes do not have any great way of dealing with the "root" items: - C: D: on windows - ie drive letters - \\host.port\share on windows - wacka wacka paths - / on unix - root
Jody On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Andrea Aime<aa...@opengeo.org> wrote: > Hi all, > a GT2 user provided this patch: > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOT-2568 > > that deals with deficiencies of File.toURL to deal > with special characters. I checked on the net and > confirmed the issue is real. > > The patch is quite mechanic, but also very extensive > (60kb) so I would like to get some feedback from other > devs before applying. > > Cheers > Andrea > > -- > Andrea Aime > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Geotools-devel mailing list > Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
