Name: skT45625			Date: 04/06/2000


java version "1.2.2-RC2"
Classic VM (build 1.2.2-RC2-K, green threads, javacomp)

This bug is related to previous bug report #4269444

Test code:
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import java.net.*;

class Test {
    public static final void main(String[] args)
	throws MalformedURLException
    {
	URL url = new URL("file", "localhost", "foobar");
	System.out.println(url);
    }
}
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Actual Output:
file://localhostfoobar

Expected Output:
file://localhost/foobar

Details:
The toString() and toExternalForm() methods on java.net.URL and
java.net.URLStreamHandler leave out the slash following the hostname in the
string form.  All are based on this implementation in URLStreamHandler.java:
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    /**
     * Converts a <code>URL</code> of a specific protocol to a
     * <code>String</code>.
     *
     * @param   u   the URL.
     * @return  a string representation of the <code>URL</code> argument.
     */
    protected String toExternalForm(URL u) {
	String result = u.getProtocol() + ":";
	if ((u.getHost() != null) && (u.getHost().length() > 0)) {
	    result = result + "//" + u.getHost();
	    if (u.getPort() != -1) {
		result += ":" + u.getPort();
	    }
	}
	result += u.getFile();
	if (u.getRef() != null) {
	    result += "#" + u.getRef();
	}
	return result;
    }
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It seems that this line:
result += u.getFile();

should be changed to include the slash:
result += "/" + u.getFile();

HOWEVER, a previous bug (#4269444) mentioned that the slash should be left out
when there's no file in the URL.  So the correct code should test this case:

if ((u.getFile() != null) && (u.getFile() != ""))
  result += "/" + u.getFile();

[I'm not sure that the null case is necessary]
[Note the conditional changed from the original report]
(Review ID: 103388) 
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