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Posted to dev@nutch.apache.org by Nick Lothian <nl...@educationau.edu.au> on 2005/08/11 08:17:37 UTC

RE: extend java.net.URL?

> 
> Hi, All,
> 
> I need to extend java.net.URL, in order to handle newer/more schemes.
> The problem is that java.net.URL is final, not meant to be subclassed.
> Since URL is extensively used in nutch, I am also reluctant 
> to replace every one with my own MyURL. It seems I will have 
> to hack java.net.URL source directly. This is not portable 
> though. I am wondering if there are better alternatives, or 
> some tricks can be applied.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 

Do pluggable protocol handlers do what you want? (eg:
http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/protocolhandlers/)

Nick

Re: extend java.net.URL?

Posted by Dawid Weiss <da...@cs.put.poznan.pl>.
Pluggable protocols work quite nice. I remember I created a pluggable 
protocol for opening application resources once; worked like a charm.

D.

John X wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 03:47:37PM +0930, Nick Lothian wrote:
> 
>>>Hi, All,
>>>
>>>I need to extend java.net.URL, in order to handle newer/more schemes.
>>>The problem is that java.net.URL is final, not meant to be subclassed.
>>>Since URL is extensively used in nutch, I am also reluctant 
>>>to replace every one with my own MyURL. It seems I will have 
>>>to hack java.net.URL source directly. This is not portable 
>>>though. I am wondering if there are better alternatives, or 
>>>some tricks can be applied.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>
>>Do pluggable protocol handlers do what you want? (eg:
>>http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/protocolhandlers/)
> 
> 
> Hi, Nick,
> 
> How could I have missed that! That's the one. Thanks a lot.
> 
> John
> 
> 
>>Nick
>>
> 
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Re: extend java.net.URL?

Posted by John X <jo...@neasys.com>.
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 03:47:37PM +0930, Nick Lothian wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, All,
> > 
> > I need to extend java.net.URL, in order to handle newer/more schemes.
> > The problem is that java.net.URL is final, not meant to be subclassed.
> > Since URL is extensively used in nutch, I am also reluctant 
> > to replace every one with my own MyURL. It seems I will have 
> > to hack java.net.URL source directly. This is not portable 
> > though. I am wondering if there are better alternatives, or 
> > some tricks can be applied.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John
> > 
> 
> Do pluggable protocol handlers do what you want? (eg:
> http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/protocolhandlers/)

Hi, Nick,

How could I have missed that! That's the one. Thanks a lot.

John

> 
> Nick
> 
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