I thought perhaps if I needed an answer to this question, others
might as well. I also figure that someone on this list has the
answer to this one at their fingertips...
For those programming in Java, the java.net.URL class is
ubiquitous. But creating a URL with 'xmldb' such as
xmldb:xindice-embed:///db/documentation/overview
will result in
[java] java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: xmldb
[java] at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:586)
[java] at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:476)
[...]
which never feels all that much like a warm puppy or a cold beer.
So the question is: how does one register a new protocol in Java
so that you can create xmldb URLs and obtain a valid String when
doing getProtocol()?
Secondly, is the protocol "xmldb" or "xmldb:xindice-embed"? If not
the latter, what component of the URL is "xindice-embed" in the
URL scheme of things? I don't see this in the URL RFC.
Thanks!
Murray
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Murray Altheim http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
Knowledge Media Institute
The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks, MK7 6AA, UK .
"Ours is a dangerous time with two relatively new threats,
both of them exacerbated by the Iraq invasion and this
administration's policies. One is the threat of future
terrorism by Osama and al Qaeda. The other is the threat
to our freedoms and our constitutional republic. These
are dangers that were never faced before in my lifetime."
-- Daniel Ellsberg
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