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

[Dmitry Samersoff]

Alan,

Looks ok for me.

-Dmitry

On 2012-10-15 20:14, 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


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