PreferredClassProvider PreferredClassLoader - URI's or URL's?

[Peter Firmstone]

Dennis,

You utilise URIClassLoader which uses URI instead of URL, I've noticed 
that it's MPL, GPL or LGPL licensed so we can't distribute it with River.

I've been looking into a subtle performance issue with 
PreferredClassProvider and PreferredClassLoader, an array of URL's are 
used as keys in a Map in PreferredClassProvider, I believe that this has 
a lot to do with the performance issues that Chris is experiencing with 
Reggie as posted on the user list.

Any thoughts about making PreferredClassProvider and 
PreferredClassLoader use URI internally?

Regards,

Peter.