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Oleg Kalnichevski commented on HTTPCLIENT-587: ---------------------------------------------- Gordon, URI code in HttpClient is broken beyond redemption and will be removed as of next major version. I would not like to spend a single cycle on trying to fix numerous problems with URI class unless absolutely necessary. Does this problem affect a production system or it is just nit picking? Oleg > derelativizing of relative URIs with a scheme is incorrect > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HTTPCLIENT-587 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-587 > Project: Jakarta HttpClient > Type: Bug > Versions: 3.0.1 > Reporter: Gordon Mohr > > URI constructor "public URI(URI base, URI relative) throws URIException" > assumes that if given 'relative' URI has a scheme, it should provide an > authority and complete path to the constructed URI. However, a URI can have a > scheme but still be relative, requiring the authority and base path of the > 'base' URI. > Demonstration code: > URI base = new URI("http://www.example.com/some/page";); > URI rel = new URI("http:boo"); > URI derel = new URI(base,rel); > derel.toString(); > (java.lang.String) http:boo > In fact, derel should be "http://www.example.com/some/boo";. > RFC2396 is a little confused about this; section 3.1 states ""Relative URI > references are distinguished from absolute URI in that they do not begin with > a scheme name." But, in section 5, there are several sentences talking about > relative URIs that begin with schemes (and how this prevents using relative > URIs that have leading path segments that look like scheme identifiers). > RFC3896, which supercedes RFC2396, removes the implication a relative URI > cannot begin with a scheme, leaving the other text explcitly discussing > relative URIs with schemes. > Both Firefox (1.5) and IE (6.0) treat "http:boo" the same as "boo" for > purposes of derelativization against an HTTP base URI, which would give the > final URI "http://www.example.com/some/boo"; in the example above. > Even relative URIs like "http:../../boo" are explicitly legal. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
