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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Joe,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There are a number of different types of resource names. One of them is a URI the other is URL (I=Indenter L=Locator). They are ways for locating and identifying resources so that computers can find and work with them. I would recommend googling a bit about URI and URL to understand better what they are used for. The section I pointed out was a method that gave you the protocol (scheme) for the URL. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>URL class >> urlClassForScheme: scheme<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> (scheme isNil or: [scheme = 'http']) ifTrue: [^HttpUrl].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> scheme = 'https' ifTrue: [^HttpUrl].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> scheme = 'ftp' ifTrue: [^FtpUrl].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> scheme = 'file' ifTrue: [^FileUrl].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> scheme = 'mailto' ifTrue: [^MailtoUrl].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> scheme = 'browser' ifTrue: [^BrowserUrl].<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> ^GenericUrl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is a class side method that returns the class you should use to work with the resource. You asked why there were url methods on FileDirectory. The answer is that a url instead of starting with http as in http://mydomain.com/somefilename can start with file:// as in file://somefilename and this is how we get to FileDirectory (well eventually through FileUrl), that’s what I was trying to point out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> beginners-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:beginners-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Alotta<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>> On May 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4898427&i=0" target="_top">[hidden email]</a>> wrote: <br>> <br>> Have a look at the Hierarchy for the class Url <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Notice the class method: #urlClassForScheme: <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> That should give you a better understanding of why url methods are in FileDirectory. <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> For browser like methods see HTTPClient. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br>Sorry, Ron, all I got from this email after a day of trying to understand it, is that I do not have the background to grasp what you are trying to tell me. It seems you need to know all of this already before you know how to use it. <br><br>I thought the purpose of encapsulation is that you do not need to know the inner workings of an object to use it. <br><br>Is there something more basic about urls and httpclients that I can start with? <br><br>Sincerely, <br><br>Joe. <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=3 width=300 style='width:2.5in' align=left></div><p class=MsoNormal>View this message in context: <a href="http://forum.world.st/FileDirectory-tp4897377p4898427.html">Re: FileDirectory</a><br>Sent from the <a href="http://forum.world.st/Squeak-Beginners-f107673.html">Squeak - Beginners mailing list archive</a> at Nabble.com.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>