URL guarantees that the ftp protocol handler is present, worth re-considering this?

[Guy Korland]

What about including sftp?

On Monday, October 15, 2012, Alan Bateman wrote:

>
> java.net.URL guarantees that 5 protocol handlers are present: http, https,
> ftp, file and jar.
>
> ftp a legacy protocol and I'm wondering whether it's time to consider
> removing it from the list. I'm not suggesting we don't continue to include
> it, rather just removing the guarantee that it is always present. The
> motivation for bringing this up is modules and compact profiles where it
> might be desirable to not include the ftp protocol handler for footprint
> reasons.
>
> -Alan
>


-- 
Regards,
Guy Korland
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