// Handler.java - URLStreamHandler for file protocol.

/* Copyright (C) 1999  Free Software Foundation

   This file is part of libgcj.

This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
Libgcj License.  Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
details.  */

package gnu.gcj.protocol.file;

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

/**
 * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
 * @date April 13, 1999.
 */

/**
 * Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well
 * as "The Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
 * Status:  Minimal functionality.
 */

public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler
{
  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.
    if (! url.getHost().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.
	url.set("ftp", url.getHost(), url.getPort(), url.getFile(),
		url.getRef());
	// Until the ftp protocol handler is written, this will cause
	// a NullPointerException.
	return url.openConnection();
      }

    return new Connection(url);
  }
}