rubysl-uri 0.0.1 → 1.0.0

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data/.travis.yml

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+language: ruby
+env:
+  - RUBYLIB=lib
+script: bundle exec mspec
+rvm:
+  - 1.8.7
+  - rbx-nightly-18mode

data/README.md

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-# RubySL::Uri
+# Rubysl::Uri
 
 TODO: Write a gem description
 
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 1. Fork it
 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
-3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Added some feature'`)
+3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
 5. Create new Pull Request

data/Rakefile

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-#!/usr/bin/env rake
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"

data/lib/rubysl/uri.rb

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+require "rubysl/uri/uri"
+require "rubysl/uri/version"

data/lib/rubysl/uri/uri.rb

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+#
+# URI support for Ruby
+#
+# Author:: Akira Yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org>
+# Documentation:: Akira Yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org>, Dmitry V. Sabanin <sdmitry@lrn.ru>
+# License:: 
+#  Copyright (c) 2001 akira yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org>
+#  You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same term as Ruby.
+# Revision:: $Id: uri.rb 16038 2008-04-15 09:41:47Z kazu $
+# 
+# See URI for documentation
+#
+
+module URI
+  # :stopdoc:
+  VERSION_CODE = '000911'.freeze
+  VERSION = VERSION_CODE.scan(/../).collect{|n| n.to_i}.join('.').freeze
+  # :startdoc:
+
+end
+
+require 'uri/common'
+require 'uri/generic'
+require 'uri/ftp'
+require 'uri/http'
+require 'uri/https'
+require 'uri/ldap'
+require 'uri/ldaps'
+require 'uri/mailto'

data/lib/rubysl/uri/version.rb

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+module RubySL
+  module URI
+    VERSION = "1.0.0"
+  end
+end

data/lib/uri.rb

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+require "rubysl/uri"

data/lib/uri/common.rb

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+# = uri/common.rb
+#
+# Author:: Akira Yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org>
+# Revision:: $Id: common.rb 14178 2007-12-10 09:31:55Z matz $
+# License:: 
+#   You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same term as Ruby.
+#
+
+module URI
+  module REGEXP
+    #
+    # Patterns used to parse URI's
+    #
+    module PATTERN
+      # :stopdoc:
+
+      # RFC 2396 (URI Generic Syntax)
+      # RFC 2732 (IPv6 Literal Addresses in URL's)
+      # RFC 2373 (IPv6 Addressing Architecture)
+
+      # alpha         = lowalpha | upalpha
+      ALPHA = "a-zA-Z"
+      # alphanum      = alpha | digit
+      ALNUM = "#{ALPHA}\\d"
+
+      # hex           = digit | "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" |
+      #                         "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f"
+      HEX     = "a-fA-F\\d"
+      # escaped       = "%" hex hex
+      ESCAPED = "%[#{HEX}]{2}"
+      # mark          = "-" | "_" | "." | "!" | "~" | "*" | "'" |
+      #                 "(" | ")"
+      # unreserved    = alphanum | mark
+      UNRESERVED = "-_.!~*'()#{ALNUM}"
+      # reserved      = ";" | "/" | "?" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" |
+      #                 "$" | ","
+      # reserved      = ";" | "/" | "?" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | 
+      #                 "$" | "," | "[" | "]" (RFC 2732)
+      RESERVED = ";/?:@&=+$,\\[\\]"
+
+      # uric          = reserved | unreserved | escaped
+      URIC = "(?:[#{UNRESERVED}#{RESERVED}]|#{ESCAPED})"
+      # uric_no_slash = unreserved | escaped | ";" | "?" | ":" | "@" |
+      #                 "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | ","
+      URIC_NO_SLASH = "(?:[#{UNRESERVED};?:@&=+$,]|#{ESCAPED})"
+      # query         = *uric
+      QUERY = "#{URIC}*"
+      # fragment      = *uric
+      FRAGMENT = "#{URIC}*"
+
+      # domainlabel   = alphanum | alphanum *( alphanum | "-" ) alphanum
+      DOMLABEL = "(?:[#{ALNUM}](?:[-#{ALNUM}]*[#{ALNUM}])?)"
+      # toplabel      = alpha | alpha *( alphanum | "-" ) alphanum
+      TOPLABEL = "(?:[#{ALPHA}](?:[-#{ALNUM}]*[#{ALNUM}])?)"
+      # hostname      = *( domainlabel "." ) toplabel [ "." ]
+      HOSTNAME = "(?:#{DOMLABEL}\\.)*#{TOPLABEL}\\.?"
+
+      # RFC 2373, APPENDIX B:
+      # IPv6address = hexpart [ ":" IPv4address ]
+      # IPv4address   = 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT
+      # hexpart = hexseq | hexseq "::" [ hexseq ] | "::" [ hexseq ]
+      # hexseq  = hex4 *( ":" hex4)
+      # hex4    = 1*4HEXDIG
+      #
+      # XXX: This definition has a flaw. "::" + IPv4address must be
+      # allowed too.  Here is a replacement.
+      #
+      # IPv4address = 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT
+      IPV4ADDR = "\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}"
+      # hex4     = 1*4HEXDIG
+      HEX4 = "[#{HEX}]{1,4}"
+      # lastpart = hex4 | IPv4address
+      LASTPART = "(?:#{HEX4}|#{IPV4ADDR})"
+      # hexseq1  = *( hex4 ":" ) hex4
+      HEXSEQ1 = "(?:#{HEX4}:)*#{HEX4}"
+      # hexseq2  = *( hex4 ":" ) lastpart
+      HEXSEQ2 = "(?:#{HEX4}:)*#{LASTPART}"
+      # IPv6address = hexseq2 | [ hexseq1 ] "::" [ hexseq2 ]
+      IPV6ADDR = "(?:#{HEXSEQ2}|(?:#{HEXSEQ1})?::(?:#{HEXSEQ2})?)"
+
+      # IPv6prefix  = ( hexseq1 | [ hexseq1 ] "::" [ hexseq1 ] ) "/" 1*2DIGIT
+      # unused
+
+      # ipv6reference = "[" IPv6address "]" (RFC 2732)
+      IPV6REF = "\\[#{IPV6ADDR}\\]"
+
+      # host          = hostname | IPv4address
+      # host          = hostname | IPv4address | IPv6reference (RFC 2732)
+      HOST = "(?:#{HOSTNAME}|#{IPV4ADDR}|#{IPV6REF})"
+      # port          = *digit
+      PORT = '\d*'
+      # hostport      = host [ ":" port ]
+      HOSTPORT = "#{HOST}(?::#{PORT})?"
+
+      # userinfo      = *( unreserved | escaped |
+      #                    ";" | ":" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | "," )
+      USERINFO = "(?:[#{UNRESERVED};:&=+$,]|#{ESCAPED})*"
+
+      # pchar         = unreserved | escaped |
+      #                 ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | ","
+      PCHAR = "(?:[#{UNRESERVED}:@&=+$,]|#{ESCAPED})"
+      # param         = *pchar
+      PARAM = "#{PCHAR}*"
+      # segment       = *pchar *( ";" param )
+      SEGMENT = "#{PCHAR}*(?:;#{PARAM})*"
+      # path_segments = segment *( "/" segment )
+      PATH_SEGMENTS = "#{SEGMENT}(?:/#{SEGMENT})*"
+
+      # server        = [ [ userinfo "@" ] hostport ]
+      SERVER = "(?:#{USERINFO}@)?#{HOSTPORT}"
+      # reg_name      = 1*( unreserved | escaped | "$" | "," |
+      #                     ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" )
+      REG_NAME = "(?:[#{UNRESERVED}$,;:@&=+]|#{ESCAPED})+"
+      # authority     = server | reg_name
+      AUTHORITY = "(?:#{SERVER}|#{REG_NAME})"
+
+      # rel_segment   = 1*( unreserved | escaped |
+      #                     ";" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | "," )
+      REL_SEGMENT = "(?:[#{UNRESERVED};@&=+$,]|#{ESCAPED})+"
+
+      # scheme        = alpha *( alpha | digit | "+" | "-" | "." )
+      SCHEME = "[#{ALPHA}][-+.#{ALPHA}\\d]*"
+
+      # abs_path      = "/"  path_segments
+      ABS_PATH = "/#{PATH_SEGMENTS}"
+      # rel_path      = rel_segment [ abs_path ]
+      REL_PATH = "#{REL_SEGMENT}(?:#{ABS_PATH})?"
+      # net_path      = "//" authority [ abs_path ]
+      NET_PATH   = "//#{AUTHORITY}(?:#{ABS_PATH})?"
+
+      # hier_part     = ( net_path | abs_path ) [ "?" query ]
+      HIER_PART   = "(?:#{NET_PATH}|#{ABS_PATH})(?:\\?(?:#{QUERY}))?"
+      # opaque_part   = uric_no_slash *uric
+      OPAQUE_PART = "#{URIC_NO_SLASH}#{URIC}*"
+
+      # absoluteURI   = scheme ":" ( hier_part | opaque_part )
+      ABS_URI   = "#{SCHEME}:(?:#{HIER_PART}|#{OPAQUE_PART})"
+      # relativeURI   = ( net_path | abs_path | rel_path ) [ "?" query ]
+      REL_URI = "(?:#{NET_PATH}|#{ABS_PATH}|#{REL_PATH})(?:\\?#{QUERY})?"
+
+      # URI-reference = [ absoluteURI | relativeURI ] [ "#" fragment ]
+      URI_REF = "(?:#{ABS_URI}|#{REL_URI})?(?:##{FRAGMENT})?"
+
+      # XXX:
+      X_ABS_URI = "
+        (#{PATTERN::SCHEME}):                     (?# 1: scheme)
+        (?:
+           (#{PATTERN::OPAQUE_PART})              (?# 2: opaque)
+        |
+           (?:(?:
+             //(?:
+                 (?:(?:(#{PATTERN::USERINFO})@)?  (?# 3: userinfo)
+                   (?:(#{PATTERN::HOST})(?::(\\d*))?))?(?# 4: host, 5: port)
+               |
+                 (#{PATTERN::REG_NAME})           (?# 6: registry)
+               )
+             |
+             (?!//))                              (?# XXX: '//' is the mark for hostport)
+             (#{PATTERN::ABS_PATH})?              (?# 7: path)
+           )(?:\\?(#{PATTERN::QUERY}))?           (?# 8: query)
+        )
+        (?:\\#(#{PATTERN::FRAGMENT}))?            (?# 9: fragment)
+      "
+      X_REL_URI = "
+        (?:
+          (?:
+            //
+            (?:
+              (?:(#{PATTERN::USERINFO})@)?       (?# 1: userinfo)
+                (#{PATTERN::HOST})?(?::(\\d*))?  (?# 2: host, 3: port)
+            |
+              (#{PATTERN::REG_NAME})             (?# 4: registry)
+            )
+          )
+        |
+          (#{PATTERN::REL_SEGMENT})              (?# 5: rel_segment)
+        )?
+        (#{PATTERN::ABS_PATH})?                  (?# 6: abs_path)
+        (?:\\?(#{PATTERN::QUERY}))?              (?# 7: query)
+        (?:\\#(#{PATTERN::FRAGMENT}))?           (?# 8: fragment)
+      "
+      # :startdoc:
+    end # PATTERN
+
+    # :stopdoc:
+
+    # for URI::split
+    ABS_URI = Regexp.new('^' + PATTERN::X_ABS_URI + '$', #'
+                         Regexp::EXTENDED, 'N').freeze
+    REL_URI = Regexp.new('^' + PATTERN::X_REL_URI + '$', #'
+                         Regexp::EXTENDED, 'N').freeze
+
+    # for URI::extract
+    URI_REF     = Regexp.new(PATTERN::URI_REF, false, 'N').freeze
+    ABS_URI_REF = Regexp.new(PATTERN::X_ABS_URI, Regexp::EXTENDED, 'N').freeze
+    REL_URI_REF = Regexp.new(PATTERN::X_REL_URI, Regexp::EXTENDED, 'N').freeze
+
+    # for URI::escape/unescape
+    ESCAPED = Regexp.new(PATTERN::ESCAPED, false, 'N').freeze
+    UNSAFE  = Regexp.new("[^#{PATTERN::UNRESERVED}#{PATTERN::RESERVED}]",
+                         false, 'N').freeze
+
+    # for Generic#initialize
+    SCHEME   = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::SCHEME}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    USERINFO = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::USERINFO}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    HOST     = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::HOST}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    PORT     = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::PORT}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    OPAQUE   = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::OPAQUE_PART}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    REGISTRY = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::REG_NAME}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    ABS_PATH = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::ABS_PATH}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    REL_PATH = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::REL_PATH}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    QUERY    = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::QUERY}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    FRAGMENT = Regexp.new("^#{PATTERN::FRAGMENT}$", false, 'N').freeze #"
+    # :startdoc:
+  end # REGEXP
+
+  module Util # :nodoc:
+    def make_components_hash(klass, array_hash)
+      tmp = {}
+      if array_hash.kind_of?(Array) &&
+          array_hash.size == klass.component.size - 1
+        klass.component[1..-1].each_index do |i|
+          begin
+            tmp[klass.component[i + 1]] = array_hash[i].clone
+          rescue TypeError
+            tmp[klass.component[i + 1]] = array_hash[i]
+          end
+        end
+
+      elsif array_hash.kind_of?(Hash)
+        array_hash.each do |key, value|
+          begin
+            tmp[key] = value.clone
+          rescue TypeError
+            tmp[key] = value
+          end
+        end
+      else
+        raise ArgumentError, 
+          "expected Array of or Hash of components of #{klass.to_s} (#{klass.component[1..-1].join(', ')})"
+      end
+      tmp[:scheme] = klass.to_s.sub(/\A.*::/, '').downcase
+
+      return tmp
+    end
+    module_function :make_components_hash
+  end
+
+  module Escape
+    include REGEXP
+
+    #
+    # == Synopsis
+    #
+    #   URI.escape(str [, unsafe])
+    #
+    # == Args
+    #
+    # +str+::
+    #   String to replaces in.
+    # +unsafe+::
+    #   Regexp that matches all symbols that must be replaced with codes.
+    #   By default uses <tt>REGEXP::UNSAFE</tt>.
+    #   When this argument is a String, it represents a character set.
+    #
+    # == Description
+    #
+    # Escapes the string, replacing all unsafe characters with codes.
+    #
+    # == Usage
+    #
+    #   require 'uri'
+    #
+    #   enc_uri = URI.escape("http://example.com/?a=\11\15")
+    #   p enc_uri
+    #   # => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"
+    #
+    #   p URI.unescape(enc_uri)
+    #   # => "http://example.com/?a=\t\r"
+    #
+    #   p URI.escape("@?@!", "!?")
+    #   # => "@%3F@%21"
+    #
+    def escape(str, unsafe = UNSAFE)
+      unless unsafe.kind_of?(Regexp)
+        # perhaps unsafe is String object
+        unsafe = Regexp.new("[#{Regexp.quote(unsafe)}]", false, 'N')
+      end
+      str.gsub(unsafe) do |us|
+        tmp = ''
+        us.each_byte do |uc|
+          tmp << sprintf('%%%02X', uc)
+        end
+        tmp
+      end
+    end
+    alias encode escape
+    #
+    # == Synopsis
+    #
+    #   URI.unescape(str)
+    #
+    # == Args
+    #
+    # +str+::
+    #   Unescapes the string.
+    #
+    # == Usage
+    #
+    #   require 'uri'
+    #
+    #   enc_uri = URI.escape("http://example.com/?a=\11\15")
+    #   p enc_uri
+    #   # => "http://example.com/?a=%09%0D"
+    #
+    #   p URI.unescape(enc_uri)
+    #   # => "http://example.com/?a=\t\r"
+    #
+    def unescape(str)
+      str.gsub(ESCAPED) do
+        $&[1,2].hex.chr
+      end
+    end
+    alias decode unescape
+  end
+
+  include REGEXP
+  extend Escape
+
+  @@schemes = {}
+  
+  #
+  # Base class for all URI exceptions.
+  #
+  class Error < StandardError; end
+  #
+  # Not a URI.
+  #
+  class InvalidURIError < Error; end
+  #
+  # Not a URI component.
+  #
+  class InvalidComponentError < Error; end
+  #
+  # URI is valid, bad usage is not.
+  #
+  class BadURIError < Error; end
+
+  #
+  # == Synopsis
+  #
+  #   URI::split(uri)
+  #
+  # == Args
+  #
+  # +uri+::
+  #   String with URI.
+  #
+  # == Description
+  #
+  # Splits the string on following parts and returns array with result:
+  #
+  #   * Scheme
+  #   * Userinfo
+  #   * Host
+  #   * Port
+  #   * Registry
+  #   * Path
+  #   * Opaque
+  #   * Query
+  #   * Fragment
+  # 
+  # == Usage
+  #
+  #   require 'uri'
+  #
+  #   p URI.split("http://www.ruby-lang.org/")
+  #   # => ["http", nil, "www.ruby-lang.org", nil, nil, "/", nil, nil, nil]
+  #
+  def self.split(uri)
+    case uri
+    when ''
+      # null uri
+
+    when ABS_URI
+      scheme, opaque, userinfo, host, port, 
+        registry, path, query, fragment = $~[1..-1]
+
+      # URI-reference = [ absoluteURI | relativeURI ] [ "#" fragment ]
+
+      # absoluteURI   = scheme ":" ( hier_part | opaque_part )
+      # hier_part     = ( net_path | abs_path ) [ "?" query ]
+      # opaque_part   = uric_no_slash *uric
+
+      # abs_path      = "/"  path_segments
+      # net_path      = "//" authority [ abs_path ]
+
+      # authority     = server | reg_name
+      # server        = [ [ userinfo "@" ] hostport ]
+
+      if !scheme
+        raise InvalidURIError, 
+          "bad URI(absolute but no scheme): #{uri}"
+      end
+      if !opaque && (!path && (!host && !registry))
+        raise InvalidURIError,
+          "bad URI(absolute but no path): #{uri}" 
+      end
+
+    when REL_URI
+      scheme = nil
+      opaque = nil
+
+      userinfo, host, port, registry, 
+        rel_segment, abs_path, query, fragment = $~[1..-1]
+      if rel_segment && abs_path
+        path = rel_segment + abs_path
+      elsif rel_segment
+        path = rel_segment
+      elsif abs_path
+        path = abs_path
+      end
+
+      # URI-reference = [ absoluteURI | relativeURI ] [ "#" fragment ]
+
+      # relativeURI   = ( net_path | abs_path | rel_path ) [ "?" query ]
+
+      # net_path      = "//" authority [ abs_path ]
+      # abs_path      = "/"  path_segments
+      # rel_path      = rel_segment [ abs_path ]
+
+      # authority     = server | reg_name
+      # server        = [ [ userinfo "@" ] hostport ]
+
+    else
+      raise InvalidURIError, "bad URI(is not URI?): #{uri}"
+    end
+
+    path = '' if !path && !opaque # (see RFC2396 Section 5.2)
+    ret = [
+      scheme, 
+      userinfo, host, port,         # X
+      registry,                        # X
+      path,                         # Y
+      opaque,                        # Y
+      query,
+      fragment
+    ]
+    return ret
+  end
+
+  #
+  # == Synopsis
+  #
+  #   URI::parse(uri_str)
+  #
+  # == Args
+  #
+  # +uri_str+::
+  #   String with URI.
+  #
+  # == Description
+  #
+  # Creates one of the URI's subclasses instance from the string.
+  #  
+  # == Raises
+  #
+  # URI::InvalidURIError
+  #   Raised if URI given is not a correct one.
+  #
+  # == Usage
+  #
+  #   require 'uri'
+  #
+  #   uri = URI.parse("http://www.ruby-lang.org/")
+  #   p uri
+  #   # => #<URI::HTTP:0x202281be URL:http://www.ruby-lang.org/>
+  #   p uri.scheme 
+  #   # => "http" 
+  #   p uri.host 
+  #   # => "www.ruby-lang.org" 
+  # 
+  def self.parse(uri)
+    scheme, userinfo, host, port, 
+      registry, path, opaque, query, fragment = self.split(uri)
+
+    if scheme && @@schemes.include?(scheme.upcase)
+      @@schemes[scheme.upcase].new(scheme, userinfo, host, port, 
+                                   registry, path, opaque, query, 
+                                   fragment)
+    else
+      Generic.new(scheme, userinfo, host, port, 
+                  registry, path, opaque, query, 
+                  fragment)
+    end
+  end
+
+  #
+  # == Synopsis
+  #
+  #   URI::join(str[, str, ...])
+  #
+  # == Args
+  #
+  # +str+::
+  #   String(s) to work with
+  #
+  # == Description
+  #
+  # Joins URIs.
+  #
+  # == Usage
+  #
+  #   require 'uri'
+  #
+  #   p URI.join("http://localhost/","main.rbx")
+  #   # => #<URI::HTTP:0x2022ac02 URL:http://localhost/main.rbx>
+  #
+  def self.join(*str)
+    u = self.parse(str[0])
+    str[1 .. -1].each do |x|
+      u = u.merge(x)
+    end
+    u
+  end
+
+  #
+  # == Synopsis
+  #
+  #   URI::extract(str[, schemes][,&blk])
+  #
+  # == Args
+  #
+  # +str+:: 
+  #   String to extract URIs from.
+  # +schemes+::
+  #   Limit URI matching to a specific schemes.
+  #
+  # == Description
+  #
+  # Extracts URIs from a string. If block given, iterates through all matched URIs.
+  # Returns nil if block given or array with matches.
+  #
+  # == Usage
+  #
+  #   require "uri"
+  #
+  #   URI.extract("text here http://foo.example.org/bla and here mailto:test@example.com and here also.")
+  #   # => ["http://foo.example.com/bla", "mailto:test@example.com"]
+  #
+  def self.extract(str, schemes = nil, &block)
+    if block_given?
+      str.scan(regexp(schemes)) { yield $& }
+      nil
+    else
+      result = []
+      str.scan(regexp(schemes)) { result.push $& }
+      result
+    end
+  end
+
+  #
+  # == Synopsis
+  #
+  #   URI::regexp([match_schemes])
+  #
+  # == Args
+  #
+  # +match_schemes+:: 
+  #   Array of schemes. If given, resulting regexp matches to URIs
+  #   whose scheme is one of the match_schemes.
+  # 
+  # == Description
+  # Returns a Regexp object which matches to URI-like strings.
+  # The Regexp object returned by this method includes arbitrary
+  # number of capture group (parentheses).  Never rely on it's number.
+  # 
+  # == Usage
+  #
+  #   require 'uri'
+  #
+  #   # extract first URI from html_string
+  #   html_string.slice(URI.regexp)
+  # 
+  #   # remove ftp URIs
+  #   html_string.sub(URI.regexp(['ftp'])
+  # 
+  #   # You should not rely on the number of parentheses
+  #   html_string.scan(URI.regexp) do |*matches|
+  #     p $&
+  #   end
+  #
+  def self.regexp(schemes = nil)
+    unless schemes
+      ABS_URI_REF
+    else
+      /(?=#{Regexp.union(*schemes)}:)#{PATTERN::X_ABS_URI}/xn
+    end
+  end
+
+end
+
+module Kernel
+  # alias for URI.parse.
+  #
+  # This method is introduced at 1.8.2.
+  def URI(uri_str) # :doc:
+    return uri_str if uri_str.is_a? URI
+
+    URI.parse(uri_str)
+  end
+  module_function :URI
+end