okay, thank you. And thank you for the wikipedia article.
<br/><br/>sincerely,
<br/><br/>Joe.
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<div class='shrinkable-quote'><br/>> On May 31, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <<a href="/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4898727&i=0" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">[hidden email]</a>> wrote:
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<br/>> Hi Joe,
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<br/>> 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.
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<br/>> URL class >> urlClassForScheme: scheme
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<br/>> (scheme isNil or: [scheme = 'http']) ifTrue: [^HttpUrl].
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<br/>> scheme = 'https' ifTrue: [^HttpUrl].
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<br/>> scheme = 'ftp' ifTrue: [^FtpUrl].
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<br/>> scheme = 'file' ifTrue: [^FileUrl].
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<br/>> scheme = 'mailto' ifTrue: [^MailtoUrl].
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<br/>> scheme = 'browser' ifTrue: [^BrowserUrl].
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<br/>> ^GenericUrl
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<br/>> 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 <a href="http://mydomain.com/somefilename" target="_top" rel="nofollow" link="external">http://mydomain.com/somefilename</a> 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.
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<br/>> All the best,
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<br/>> Ron
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<br/>> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Joseph Alotta
<br/>> Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:16 PM
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<br/>> Subject: [Newbies] Re: FileDirectory
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<br/>> > On May 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Ron Teitelbaum [via Smalltalk] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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<br/>> > Have a look at the Hierarchy for the class Url
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<br/>> > Notice the class method: #urlClassForScheme:
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<br/>> > That should give you a better understanding of why url methods are in FileDirectory.
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<br/>> > For browser like methods see HTTPClient.
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<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.
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<br/>> I thought the purpose of encapsulation is that you do not need to know the inner workings of an object to use it.
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<br/>> Is there something more basic about urls and httpclients that I can start with?
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<br/>> Sincerely,
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<br/>> Joe.
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