[SAGA-RG] URL class in SAGA?

[Andre Merzky]

I seem to remember that the topic of an URL class was, once
upon a time, discussed by the group, but I can't find any
notes nor mails about it.

From what I remember, the consensus was that several
languages do have a native URL/URI class (e.g. Java), and
that then the language bindings should allow to use these
classes instead or additionally to strings.

However, Ole and Hartmut argued that the C++ bindings should
have an URL class, too, as the task of generating and
parsing teh URLs would be left as a tedious excercise to the
end user.

Now, if we are going to specify URL classes for basically
all bindings, then we may as well consider to use a simple
URL class in the spec.  OTOH, that might be overkill, and
the bindings may be just the right place to deal with that
topic.

As I am blessed with a very poor memory, I really can't
remember if that was discussed already, or if I for example
was opposed to an URL class myself :-P  Anyway, I'd like to
raise the question (again), and would love to hear your
opinions.

Thanks, Andre.


PS.: _if_ we would include an URL class in the spec, I'd
insist on keeping it as simple and small as possible.  No
need for fancyness here - setters and getters for the URL
elements is all what we basically need, right?

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