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[Htmlparser-developer] malformed url

[Amit R. <ra...@ma...>]

hi,

 =09trying to parser "www.google.com" gives <<Error! URL www.google.com=20
Malformed!>> on linux.

=09if i give "http://www.google.com", it works.

1. is this behaviour expected?

=09following code throws exception:
=09URL url =3D new URL(resourceLocn); in HTMLParser, method openConnectio=
n()=20
bombs. Although API explains why this should bomb but I wanted to know=20
whether this is expected?

If not, should we append "http://" to the front.

Somik,

 This is another reason why HTMLParser should throw exception. If you see=
=20
HTMLStringFilter example, even though HTMLParser has bombed, there is no =
way=20
in which HTMLStringFilter can know it should stop instead it goes on with=
=20
rest of its processing.

Regards,
Amit.

Re: [Htmlparser-developer] malformed url

[Somik R. <so...@ya...>]

Dear Amit,
  trying to parser "www.google.com" gives <<Error! URL www.google.com=20
Malformed!>> on linux.

if i give "http://www.google.com, it works.

1. is this behaviour expected?

 Yes, this is expected. Previously, the parser used to look for http. =
This would cause problems when the protocol was different - like ftp, or =
something else.. In order to not restrict the protocol, this checking =
has been removed.=20

OTOH, I agree with your observation about throwing exceptions in the =
constructor. I have added that capability now, and its in CVS.

Regards,
Somik