[cpp-netlib-devel] URI processing (Was Re: Work Left)

[Glyn M. <gly...@gm...>]

Kim,

2008/10/7 Kim Gräsman <kim...@gm...>

> I think I was having problems with the different shapes of different
> types of URIs, and that each scheme should probably be represented by
> its own class. I'm not sure, for example, what the HTTP client should
> do if it's presented with an FTP URL.
>

I don't know if its worth the hassle of having a distinct class for each
scheme.  I was thinking about building URIs using directives in a similar
way to what we have with messages:

boost::network::uri uri;
uri << scheme("http")
    << authority("www.boost.org")
    << path("path")
    << query("x=5")
    << fragment("bananas")
    ;
boost::network::http::request request(uri);
OR
boost::network::http::request request(uri.string());

And for parsing:
std::string scheme = boost::network::uri::scheme(uri);
std::string authority = boost::network::uri::authority(uri);

etc.

Is this too simplistic?  Do you see any problems with this approach?

Glyn