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+// Handler.java - URLStreamHandler for file protocol.
+
+/* Copyright (C) 1999  Cygnus Solutions
+
+   This file is part of libgcj.
+
+This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
+Libgcj License.  Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
+details.  */
+
+package gnu.gcj.protocol.file;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.net.URLStreamHandler;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
+ * @date April 13, 1999.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well
+ * as "The Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
+ * Status:  Minimal functionality.
+ */
+
+public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler
+{
+  protected URLConnection openConnection(URL url) throws IOException
+  {
+    // If a hostname is set, then we need to switch protocols to ftp
+    // in order to transfer this from the remote host.
+    if (! url.getHost().equals(""))
+      {
+	// Reset the protocol (and implicitly the handler) for this URL.
+	// Then have the URL attempt the connection again, as it will
+	// get the changed handler the next time around.
+	url.set("ftp", url.getHost(), url.getPort(), url.getFile(),
+		url.getRef());
+	// Until the ftp protocol handler is written, this will cause
+	// a NullPointerException.
+	return url.openConnection();
+      }
+
+    return new Connection(url);
+  }
+}