part taken from URI class comment:

"A hierarchical URI is either an absolute URI whose scheme-specific part begins with a slash character, or a relative URI, that is, a URI that does not specify a scheme. Some examples of hierarchical URIs are:

http://www.pharo-project.org/home
file:///~/calendar

A hierarchical URI is subject to further parsing according to the syntax
[scheme:][//authority][path][?query][#fragment]
where the characters :, /, ?, and # stand for themselves. The scheme-specific part of a hierarchical URI consists of the characters between the scheme and fragment parts.

The authority part of a hierarchical URI is, if specified, either server-based or registry-based. A server-based authority parses according to the  syntax
[user-info@]host[:port]
where the characters @ and : stand for themselves. Nearly all URI schemes currently in use are server-based. An authority part that does not parse in this way is considered to be registry-based.

The path component of a hierarchical URI is itself said to be absolute if it begins with a slash character ('/'); otherwise it is relative. The path of a hierarchical URI that is either absolute or specifies an authority is always absolute."


Le 4 mai 2011 � 21:20, laurent laffont a �crit :

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