/* Handler.java -- "file" protocol handler for java.net
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package gnu.java.net.protocol.file;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;
import java.net.URLStreamHandler;

/**
 * This is the protocol handler for the "file" protocol.
 * It implements the abstract openConnection() method from
 * URLStreamHandler by returning a new FileURLConnection object (from
 * this package).  All other methods are inherited
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
 */
public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler
{
  /**
   * A do nothing constructor
   */
  public Handler()
  {
  }

  /**
   * This method returs a new FileURLConnection for the specified URL
   *
   * @param url The URL to return a connection for
   *
   * @return The URLConnection
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
   */
  protected URLConnection openConnection(URL url) throws IOException
  {
    // If a hostname is set, then we need to switch protocols to ftp
    // in order to transfer this from the remote host.
    String host = url.getHost();
    if ((host != null) && (! host.equals("")))
      {
	// Reset the protocol (and implicitly the handler) for this URL.
	// Then have the URL attempt the connection again, as it will
	// get the changed handler the next time around.
	// If the ftp protocol handler is not installed, an 
	// exception will be thrown from the new openConnection() call.
	setURL (url, "ftp", url.getHost(), url.getPort(), url.getFile(),
	        url.getRef());
	return url.openConnection();
      }

    return new Connection(url);
  }
} // class Handler