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
- URL guarantees that the ftp protocol handler is present, ... Alan Bateman
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