Re: FileURLConnection

[Erwin Bolwidt]

Nic Ferrier wrote:

> Erwin Bolwidt <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Why don't you use the javax.naming abstractions? I know Tomcat uses it  
> > with success. It is very extensible  
>
> Using JNDI is not an option.
[...]


> > and it seems better than changing the API of a standard API
> > class... 
> I didn't propose that, see the next point.

> > you couldn't compile the code (without pre-processing) on
> > any other implementation of Java's standard APIs; that doesn't feel
> > quite right.
> I could compile the code.
>
> What I said I wanted to do was change the FileURLConnection
> class. This is an implementation class in package:
>
>   gnu.java.net.protocol.file

Alright, my mistake.
But note that I sent this e-mail to you personally, and not to classpath.
I don't follow classpath as closely as I would like, one reason being 
that probably clicked on too many Sun licenses to contribute much. And 
since I e-mailed you privately in the past, I thought it would be 
alright to just mail you my comment. I didn't intend for the reply to be 
Cc:-ed to classpath...

Best,
 Erwin