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+/**
+ * uri.c: set of generic URI related routines 
+ *
+ * Reference: RFC 2396
+ *
+ * See Copyright for the status of this software.
+ *
+ * Daniel.Veillard@w3.org
+ */
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#define INCLUDE_WINSOCK
+#include "win32config.h"
+#else
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <libxml/xmlmemory.h>
+#include <libxml/uri.h>
+#include <libxml/xmlerror.h>
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *		Macros to differenciate various character type		*
+ *			directly extracted from RFC 2396		*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * alpha    = lowalpha | upalpha
+ */
+#define IS_ALPHA(x) (IS_LOWALPHA(x) || IS_UPALPHA(x))
+
+
+/*
+ * lowalpha = "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f" | "g" | "h" | "i" | "j" |
+ *            "k" | "l" | "m" | "n" | "o" | "p" | "q" | "r" | "s" | "t" |
+ *            "u" | "v" | "w" | "x" | "y" | "z"
+ */
+
+#define IS_LOWALPHA(x) (((x) >= 'a') && ((x) <= 'z'))
+
+/*
+ * upalpha = "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" | "G" | "H" | "I" | "J" |
+ *           "K" | "L" | "M" | "N" | "O" | "P" | "Q" | "R" | "S" | "T" |
+ *           "U" | "V" | "W" | "X" | "Y" | "Z"
+ */
+#define IS_UPALPHA(x) (((x) >= 'A') && ((x) <= 'Z'))
+
+/*
+ * digit = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" | "8" | "9"
+ */
+
+#define IS_DIGIT(x) (((x) >= '0') && ((x) <= '9'))
+
+/*
+ * alphanum = alpha | digit
+ */
+
+#define IS_ALPHANUM(x) (IS_ALPHA(x) || IS_DIGIT(x))
+
+/*
+ * hex = digit | "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" |
+ *               "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f"
+ */
+
+#define IS_HEX(x) ((IS_DIGIT(x)) || (((x) >= 'a') && ((x) <= 'f')) || \
+	    (((x) >= 'A') && ((x) <= 'F')))
+
+/*
+ * mark = "-" | "_" | "." | "!" | "~" | "*" | "'" | "(" | ")"
+ */
+
+#define IS_MARK(x) (((x) == '-') || ((x) == '_') || ((x) == '.') ||	\
+    ((x) == '!') || ((x) == '~') || ((x) == '*') || ((x) == '\'') ||	\
+    ((x) == '(') || ((x) == ')'))
+
+
+/*
+ * reserved = ";" | "/" | "?" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | ","
+ */
+
+#define IS_RESERVED(x) (((x) == ';') || ((x) == '/') || ((x) == '?') ||	\
+        ((x) == ':') || ((x) == '@') || ((x) == '&') || ((x) == '=') ||	\
+	((x) == '+') || ((x) == '$') || ((x) == ','))
+
+/*
+ * unreserved = alphanum | mark
+ */
+
+#define IS_UNRESERVED(x) (IS_ALPHANUM(x) || IS_MARK(x))
+
+/*
+ * escaped = "%" hex hex
+ */
+
+#define IS_ESCAPED(p) ((*(p) == '%') && (IS_HEX((p)[1])) &&		\
+	    (IS_HEX((p)[2])))
+
+/*
+ * uric_no_slash = unreserved | escaped | ";" | "?" | ":" | "@" |
+ *                        "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | ","
+ */
+#define IS_URIC_NO_SLASH(p) ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_ESCAPED(p)) ||\
+	        ((*(p) == ';')) || ((*(p) == '?')) || ((*(p) == ':')) ||\
+	        ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) || ((*(p) == '=')) ||\
+	        ((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) || ((*(p) == ',')))
+
+/*
+ * pchar = unreserved | escaped | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | ","
+ */
+#define IS_PCHAR(p) ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_ESCAPED(p)) ||	\
+	        ((*(p) == ':')) || ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) ||\
+	        ((*(p) == '=')) || ((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) ||\
+	        ((*(p) == ',')))
+
+/*
+ * rel_segment   = 1*( unreserved | escaped |
+ *                 ";" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | "," )
+ */
+
+#define IS_SEGMENT(p) ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_ESCAPED(p)) ||	\
+          ((*(p) == ';')) || ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) ||	\
+	  ((*(p) == '=')) || ((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) ||	\
+	  ((*(p) == ',')))
+
+/*
+ * scheme = alpha *( alpha | digit | "+" | "-" | "." )
+ */
+
+#define IS_SCHEME(x) ((IS_ALPHA(x)) || (IS_DIGIT(x)) ||			\
+	              ((x) == '+') || ((x) == '-') || ((x) == '.'))
+
+/*
+ * reg_name = 1*( unreserved | escaped | "$" | "," |
+ *                ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" )
+ */
+
+#define IS_REG_NAME(p) ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_ESCAPED(p)) ||	\
+       ((*(p) == '$')) || ((*(p) == ',')) || ((*(p) == ';')) ||		\
+       ((*(p) == ':')) || ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) ||		\
+       ((*(p) == '=')) || ((*(p) == '+')))
+
+/*
+ * userinfo = *( unreserved | escaped | ";" | ":" | "&" | "=" |
+ *                      "+" | "$" | "," )
+ */
+#define IS_USERINFO(p) ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_ESCAPED(p)) ||	\
+       ((*(p) == ';')) || ((*(p) == ':')) || ((*(p) == '&')) ||		\
+       ((*(p) == '=')) || ((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) ||		\
+       ((*(p) == ',')))
+
+/*
+ * uric = reserved | unreserved | escaped
+ */
+
+#define IS_URIC(p) ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_ESCAPED(p)) ||		\
+	            (IS_RESERVED(*(p))))
+
+/*
+ * Skip to next pointer char, handle escaped sequences
+ */
+
+#define NEXT(p) ((*p == '%')? p += 3 : p++)
+
+/*
+ * Productions from the spec.
+ *
+ *    authority     = server | reg_name
+ *    reg_name      = 1*( unreserved | escaped | "$" | "," |
+ *                        ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" )
+ *
+ * path          = [ abs_path | opaque_part ]
+ */
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *			Generic URI structure functions			*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * xmlCreateURI:
+ *
+ * Simply creates an empty xmlURI
+ *
+ * Returns the new structure or NULL in case of error
+ */
+xmlURIPtr
+xmlCreateURI(void) {
+    xmlURIPtr ret;
+
+    ret = (xmlURIPtr) xmlMalloc(sizeof(xmlURI));
+    if (ret == NULL) {
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		"xmlCreateURI: out of memory\n");
+	return(NULL);
+    }
+    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(xmlURI));
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlSaveUri:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an xmlURI
+ *
+ * Save the URI as an escaped string
+ *
+ * Returns a new string (to be deallocated by caller)
+ */
+xmlChar *
+xmlSaveUri(xmlURIPtr uri) {
+    xmlChar *ret = NULL;
+    const char *p;
+    int len;
+    int max;
+
+    if (uri == NULL) return(NULL);
+
+
+    max = 80;
+    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlMalloc((max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+    if (ret == NULL) {
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+	return(NULL);
+    }
+    len = 0;
+
+    if (uri->scheme != NULL) {
+	p = uri->scheme;
+	while (*p != 0) {
+	    if (len >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    ret[len++] = *p++;
+	}
+	if (len >= max) {
+	    max *= 2;
+	    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+	    if (ret == NULL) {
+		xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		return(NULL);
+	    }
+	}
+	ret[len++] = ':';
+    }
+    if (uri->opaque != NULL) {
+	p = uri->opaque;
+	while (*p != 0) {
+	    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    if ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) ||
+	        ((*(p) == ';')) || ((*(p) == '?')) || ((*(p) == ':')) ||
+	        ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) || ((*(p) == '=')) ||
+	        ((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) || ((*(p) == ',')))
+		ret[len++] = *p++;
+	    else {
+		int val = *(unsigned char *)p++;
+		int hi = val / 0x10, lo = val % 0x10;
+		ret[len++] = '%';
+		ret[len++] = hi + (hi > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		ret[len++] = lo + (lo > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+	    }
+	}
+	if (len >= max) {
+	    max *= 2;
+	    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+	    if (ret == NULL) {
+		xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		return(NULL);
+	    }
+	}
+	ret[len++] = 0;
+    } else {
+	if (uri->server != NULL) {
+	    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    ret[len++] = '/';
+	    ret[len++] = '/';
+	    if (uri->user != NULL) {
+		p = uri->user;
+		while (*p != 0) {
+		    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+			max *= 2;
+			ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+				(max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+			if (ret == NULL) {
+			    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			    return(NULL);
+			}
+		    }
+		    if ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) ||
+			((*(p) == ';')) || ((*(p) == ':')) ||
+			((*(p) == '&')) || ((*(p) == '=')) ||
+			((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) ||
+			((*(p) == ',')))
+			ret[len++] = *p++;
+		    else {
+			int val = *(unsigned char *)p++;
+			int hi = val / 0x10, lo = val % 0x10;
+			ret[len++] = '%';
+			ret[len++] = hi + (hi > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+			ret[len++] = lo + (lo > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		    }
+		}
+		if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		ret[len++] = '@';
+	    }
+	    p = uri->server;
+	    while (*p != 0) {
+		if (len >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		ret[len++] = *p++;
+	    }
+	    if (uri->port > 0) {
+		if (len + 10 >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		len += sprintf((char *) &ret[len], ":%d", uri->port);
+	    }
+	} else if (uri->authority != NULL) {
+	    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			(max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    ret[len++] = '/';
+	    ret[len++] = '/';
+	    p = uri->authority;
+	    while (*p != 0) {
+		if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		if ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) ||
+                    ((*(p) == '$')) || ((*(p) == ',')) || ((*(p) == ';')) ||
+                    ((*(p) == ':')) || ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) ||
+                    ((*(p) == '=')) || ((*(p) == '+')))
+		    ret[len++] = *p++;
+		else {
+		    int val = *(unsigned char *)p++;
+		    int hi = val / 0x10, lo = val % 0x10;
+		    ret[len++] = '%';
+		    ret[len++] = hi + (hi > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		    ret[len++] = lo + (lo > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		}
+	    }
+	} else if (uri->scheme != NULL) {
+	    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			(max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    ret[len++] = '/';
+	    ret[len++] = '/';
+	}
+	if (uri->path != NULL) {
+	    p = uri->path;
+	    while (*p != 0) {
+		if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		if ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || ((*(p) == '/')) ||
+                    ((*(p) == ';')) || ((*(p) == '@')) || ((*(p) == '&')) ||
+	            ((*(p) == '=')) || ((*(p) == '+')) || ((*(p) == '$')) ||
+	            ((*(p) == ',')))
+		    ret[len++] = *p++;
+		else {
+		    int val = *(unsigned char *)p++;
+		    int hi = val / 0x10, lo = val % 0x10;
+		    ret[len++] = '%';
+		    ret[len++] = hi + (hi > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		    ret[len++] = lo + (lo > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	if (uri->query != NULL) {
+	    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			(max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    ret[len++] = '?';
+	    p = uri->query;
+	    while (*p != 0) {
+		if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		if ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_RESERVED(*(p)))) 
+		    ret[len++] = *p++;
+		else {
+		    int val = *(unsigned char *)p++;
+		    int hi = val / 0x10, lo = val % 0x10;
+		    ret[len++] = '%';
+		    ret[len++] = hi + (hi > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		    ret[len++] = lo + (lo > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	if (uri->fragment != NULL) {
+	    if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		max *= 2;
+		ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			(max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		if (ret == NULL) {
+		    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			    "xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		    return(NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	    ret[len++] = '#';
+	    p = uri->fragment;
+	    while (*p != 0) {
+		if (len + 3 >= max) {
+		    max *= 2;
+		    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret,
+			    (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+		    if (ret == NULL) {
+			xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+				"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+			return(NULL);
+		    }
+		}
+		if ((IS_UNRESERVED(*(p))) || (IS_RESERVED(*(p)))) 
+		    ret[len++] = *p++;
+		else {
+		    int val = *(unsigned char *)p++;
+		    int hi = val / 0x10, lo = val % 0x10;
+		    ret[len++] = '%';
+		    ret[len++] = hi + (hi > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		    ret[len++] = lo + (lo > 9? 'A'-10 : '0');
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	if (len >= max) {
+	    max *= 2;
+	    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, (max + 1) * sizeof(xmlChar));
+	    if (ret == NULL) {
+		xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			"xmlSaveUri: out of memory\n");
+		return(NULL);
+	    }
+	}
+	ret[len++] = 0;
+    }
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlPrintURI:
+ * @stream:  a FILE* for the output
+ * @uri:  pointer to an xmlURI
+ *
+ * Prints the URI in the stream @steam.
+ */
+void
+xmlPrintURI(FILE *stream, xmlURIPtr uri) {
+    xmlChar *out;
+
+    out = xmlSaveUri(uri);
+    if (out != NULL) {
+	fprintf(stream, "%s", out);
+	xmlFree(out);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlCleanURI:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an xmlURI
+ *
+ * Make sure the xmlURI struct is free of content
+ */
+void
+xmlCleanURI(xmlURIPtr uri) {
+    if (uri == NULL) return;
+
+    if (uri->scheme != NULL) xmlFree(uri->scheme);
+    uri->scheme = NULL;
+    if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+    uri->server = NULL;
+    if (uri->user != NULL) xmlFree(uri->user);
+    uri->user = NULL;
+    if (uri->path != NULL) xmlFree(uri->path);
+    uri->path = NULL;
+    if (uri->fragment != NULL) xmlFree(uri->fragment);
+    uri->fragment = NULL;
+    if (uri->opaque != NULL) xmlFree(uri->opaque);
+    uri->opaque = NULL;
+    if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+    uri->authority = NULL;
+    if (uri->query != NULL) xmlFree(uri->query);
+    uri->query = NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlFreeURI:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an xmlURI
+ *
+ * Free up the xmlURI struct
+ */
+void
+xmlFreeURI(xmlURIPtr uri) {
+    if (uri == NULL) return;
+
+    if (uri->scheme != NULL) xmlFree(uri->scheme);
+    if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+    if (uri->user != NULL) xmlFree(uri->user);
+    if (uri->path != NULL) xmlFree(uri->path);
+    if (uri->fragment != NULL) xmlFree(uri->fragment);
+    if (uri->opaque != NULL) xmlFree(uri->opaque);
+    if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+    if (uri->query != NULL) xmlFree(uri->query);
+    memset(uri, -1, sizeof(xmlURI));
+    xmlFree(uri);
+}
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *			Helper functions				*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#if 0
+/**
+ * xmlNormalizeURIPath:
+ * @path:  pointer to the path string
+ *
+ * applies the 5 normalization steps to a path string
+ * Normalization occurs directly on the string, no new allocation is done
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or an error code
+ */
+int
+xmlNormalizeURIPath(char *path) {
+    int cur, out;
+
+    if (path == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    cur = 0;
+    out = 0;
+    while ((path[cur] != 0) && (path[cur] != '/')) cur++;
+    if (path[cur] == 0)
+	return(0);
+
+    /* we are positionned at the beginning of the first segment */
+    cur++;
+    out = cur;
+
+    /*
+     * Analyze each segment in sequence.
+     */
+    while (path[cur] != 0) {
+	/*
+	 * c) All occurrences of "./", where "." is a complete path segment,
+	 *    are removed from the buffer string.
+	 */
+	if ((path[cur] == '.') && (path[cur + 1] == '/')) {
+	    cur += 2;
+	    if (path[cur] == 0) {
+		path[out++] = 0;
+	    }
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * d) If the buffer string ends with "." as a complete path segment,
+	 *    that "." is removed.
+	 */
+	if ((path[cur] == '.') && (path[cur + 1] == 0)) {
+	    path[out] = 0;
+	    break;
+	}
+
+	/* read the segment */
+	while ((path[cur] != 0) && (path[cur] != '/')) {
+	    path[out++] = path[cur++];
+	}
+	path[out++] = path[cur];
+	if (path[cur] != 0) {
+	    cur++;
+	}
+    }
+
+    cur = 0;
+    out = 0;
+    while ((path[cur] != 0) && (path[cur] != '/')) cur++;
+    if (path[cur] == 0)
+	return(0);
+    /* we are positionned at the beginning of the first segment */
+    cur++;
+    out = cur;
+    /*
+     * Analyze each segment in sequence.
+     */
+    while (path[cur] != 0) {
+	/*
+	 * e) All occurrences of "<segment>/../", where <segment> is a
+	 *    complete path segment not equal to "..", are removed from the
+	 *    buffer string.  Removal of these path segments is performed
+	 *    iteratively, removing the leftmost matching pattern on each
+	 *    iteration, until no matching pattern remains.
+	 */
+	if ((cur > 1) && (out > 1) &&
+	    (path[cur] == '/') && (path[cur + 1] == '.') &&
+	    (path[cur + 2] == '.') && (path[cur + 3] == '/') &&
+	    ((path[out] != '.') || (path[out - 1] != '.') ||
+	     (path[out - 2] != '/'))) {
+	    cur += 3;
+	    out --;
+	    while ((out > 0) && (path[out] != '/')) { out --; }
+	    path[out] = 0;
+            continue;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * f) If the buffer string ends with "<segment>/..", where <segment>
+	 *    is a complete path segment not equal to "..", that
+	 *    "<segment>/.." is removed.
+	 */
+	if ((path[cur] == '/') && (path[cur + 1] == '.') &&
+	    (path[cur + 2] == '.') && (path[cur + 3] == 0) &&
+	    ((path[out] != '.') || (path[out - 1] != '.') ||
+	     (path[out - 2] != '/'))) {
+	    cur += 4;
+	    out --;
+	    while ((out > 0) && (path[out - 1] != '/')) { out --; }
+	    path[out] = 0;
+            continue;
+	}
+        
+	path[out++] = path[cur++]; /* / or 0 */
+    }
+    path[out] = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * g) If the resulting buffer string still begins with one or more
+     *    complete path segments of "..", then the reference is 
+     *    considered to be in error. Implementations may handle this
+     *    error by retaining these components in the resolved path (i.e.,
+     *    treating them as part of the final URI), by removing them from
+     *    the resolved path (i.e., discarding relative levels above the
+     *    root), or by avoiding traversal of the reference.
+     *
+     * We discard them from the final path.
+     */
+    cur = 0;
+    while ((path[cur] == '/') && (path[cur + 1] == '.') &&
+	   (path[cur + 2] == '.'))
+	cur += 3;
+    if (cur != 0) {
+	out = 0;
+	while (path[cur] != 0) path[out++] = path[cur++];
+	path[out] = 0;
+    }
+    return(0);
+}
+#else
+/**
+ * xmlNormalizeURIPath:
+ * @path:  pointer to the path string
+ *
+ * Applies the 5 normalization steps to a path string--that is, RFC 2396
+ * Section 5.2, steps 6.c through 6.g.
+ *
+ * Normalization occurs directly on the string, no new allocation is done
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or an error code
+ */
+int
+xmlNormalizeURIPath(char *path) {
+    char *cur, *out;
+
+    if (path == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+
+    /* Skip all initial "/" chars.  We want to get to the beginning of the
+     * first non-empty segment.
+     */
+    cur = path;
+    while (cur[0] == '/')
+      ++cur;
+    if (cur[0] == '\0')
+      return(0);
+
+    /* Keep everything we've seen so far.  */
+    out = cur;
+
+    /*
+     * Analyze each segment in sequence for cases (c) and (d).
+     */
+    while (cur[0] != '\0') {
+	/*
+	 * c) All occurrences of "./", where "." is a complete path segment,
+	 *    are removed from the buffer string.
+	 */
+	if ((cur[0] == '.') && (cur[1] == '/')) {
+	    cur += 2;
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * d) If the buffer string ends with "." as a complete path segment,
+	 *    that "." is removed.
+	 */
+	if ((cur[0] == '.') && (cur[1] == '\0'))
+	    break;
+
+	/* Otherwise keep the segment.  */
+	while (cur[0] != '/') {
+            if (cur[0] == '\0')
+              goto done_cd;
+	    (out++)[0] = (cur++)[0];
+	}
+        (out++)[0] = (cur++)[0];
+    }
+ done_cd:
+    out[0] = '\0';
+
+    /* Reset to the beginning of the first segment for the next sequence.  */
+    cur = path;
+    while (cur[0] == '/')
+      ++cur;
+    if (cur[0] == '\0')
+	return(0);
+
+    /*
+     * Analyze each segment in sequence for cases (e) and (f).
+     *
+     * e) All occurrences of "<segment>/../", where <segment> is a
+     *    complete path segment not equal to "..", are removed from the
+     *    buffer string.  Removal of these path segments is performed
+     *    iteratively, removing the leftmost matching pattern on each
+     *    iteration, until no matching pattern remains.
+     *
+     * f) If the buffer string ends with "<segment>/..", where <segment>
+     *    is a complete path segment not equal to "..", that
+     *    "<segment>/.." is removed.
+     *
+     * To satisfy the "iterative" clause in (e), we need to collapse the
+     * string every time we find something that needs to be removed.  Thus,
+     * we don't need to keep two pointers into the string: we only need a
+     * "current position" pointer.
+     */
+    while (1) {
+        char *segp;
+
+        /* At the beginning of each iteration of this loop, "cur" points to
+         * the first character of the segment we want to examine.
+         */
+
+        /* Find the end of the current segment.  */
+        segp = cur;
+        while ((segp[0] != '/') && (segp[0] != '\0'))
+          ++segp;
+
+        /* If this is the last segment, we're done (we need at least two
+         * segments to meet the criteria for the (e) and (f) cases).
+         */
+        if (segp[0] == '\0')
+          break;
+
+        /* If the first segment is "..", or if the next segment _isn't_ "..",
+         * keep this segment and try the next one.
+         */
+        ++segp;
+        if (((cur[0] == '.') && (cur[1] == '.') && (segp == cur+3))
+            || ((segp[0] != '.') || (segp[1] != '.')
+                || ((segp[2] != '/') && (segp[2] != '\0')))) {
+          cur = segp;
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        /* If we get here, remove this segment and the next one and back up
+         * to the previous segment (if there is one), to implement the
+         * "iteratively" clause.  It's pretty much impossible to back up
+         * while maintaining two pointers into the buffer, so just compact
+         * the whole buffer now.
+         */
+
+        /* If this is the end of the buffer, we're done.  */
+        if (segp[2] == '\0') {
+          cur[0] = '\0';
+          break;
+        }
+        strcpy(cur, segp + 3);
+
+        /* If there are no previous segments, then keep going from here.  */
+        segp = cur;
+        while ((segp > path) && ((--segp)[0] == '/'))
+          ;
+        if (segp == path)
+          continue;
+
+        /* "segp" is pointing to the end of a previous segment; find it's
+         * start.  We need to back up to the previous segment and start
+         * over with that to handle things like "foo/bar/../..".  If we
+         * don't do this, then on the first pass we'll remove the "bar/..",
+         * but be pointing at the second ".." so we won't realize we can also
+         * remove the "foo/..".
+         */
+        cur = segp;
+        while ((cur > path) && (cur[-1] != '/'))
+          --cur;
+    }
+    out[0] = '\0';
+
+    /*
+     * g) If the resulting buffer string still begins with one or more
+     *    complete path segments of "..", then the reference is
+     *    considered to be in error. Implementations may handle this
+     *    error by retaining these components in the resolved path (i.e.,
+     *    treating them as part of the final URI), by removing them from
+     *    the resolved path (i.e., discarding relative levels above the
+     *    root), or by avoiding traversal of the reference.
+     *
+     * We discard them from the final path.
+     */
+    if (path[0] == '/') {
+      cur = path;
+      while ((cur[1] == '.') && (cur[2] == '.')
+             && ((cur[3] == '/') || (cur[3] == '\0')))
+	cur += 3;
+
+      if (cur != path) {
+	out = path;
+	while (cur[0] != '\0')
+          (out++)[0] = (cur++)[0];
+	out[0] = 0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return(0);
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * xmlURIUnescapeString:
+ * @str:  the string to unescape
+ * @len:   the lenght in bytes to unescape (or <= 0 to indicate full string)
+ * @target:  optionnal destination buffer
+ *
+ * Unescaping routine, does not do validity checks !
+ * Output is direct unsigned char translation of %XX values (no encoding)
+ *
+ * Returns an copy of the string, but unescaped
+ */
+char *
+xmlURIUnescapeString(const char *str, int len, char *target) {
+    char *ret, *out;
+    const char *in;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(NULL);
+    if (len <= 0) len = strlen(str);
+    if (len <= 0) return(NULL);
+
+    if (target == NULL) {
+	ret = (char *) xmlMalloc(len + 1);
+	if (ret == NULL) {
+	    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		    "xmlURIUnescapeString: out of memory\n");
+	    return(NULL);
+	}
+    } else
+	ret = target;
+    in = str;
+    out = ret;
+    while(len > 0) {
+	if (*in == '%') {
+	    in++;
+	    if ((*in >= '0') && (*in <= '9')) 
+	        *out = (*in - '0');
+	    else if ((*in >= 'a') && (*in <= 'f'))
+	        *out = (*in - 'a') + 10;
+	    else if ((*in >= 'A') && (*in <= 'F'))
+	        *out = (*in - 'A') + 10;
+	    in++;
+	    if ((*in >= '0') && (*in <= '9')) 
+	        *out = *out * 16 + (*in - '0');
+	    else if ((*in >= 'a') && (*in <= 'f'))
+	        *out = *out * 16 + (*in - 'a') + 10;
+	    else if ((*in >= 'A') && (*in <= 'F'))
+	        *out = *out * 16 + (*in - 'A') + 10;
+	    in++;
+	    len -= 3;
+	    out++;
+	} else {
+	    *out++ = *in++;
+	    len--;
+	}
+    }
+    *out = 0;
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlURIEscape:
+ * @str:  the string of the URI to escape
+ *
+ * Escaping routine, does not do validity checks !
+ * It will try to escape the chars needing this, but this is heuristic
+ * based it's impossible to be sure.
+ *
+ * Returns an copy of the string, but escaped
+ */
+xmlChar *
+xmlURIEscape(const xmlChar *str) {
+    xmlChar *ret;
+    const xmlChar *in;
+    unsigned int len, out;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(NULL);
+    len = xmlStrlen(str);
+    if (len <= 0) return(NULL);
+
+    len += 20;
+    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlMalloc(len);
+    if (ret == NULL) {
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		"xmlURIEscape: out of memory\n");
+	return(NULL);
+    }
+    in = (const xmlChar *) str;
+    out = 0;
+    while(*in != 0) {
+	if (len - out <= 3) {
+	    len += 20;
+	    ret = (xmlChar *) xmlRealloc(ret, len);
+	    if (ret == NULL) {
+		xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+			"xmlURIEscape: out of memory\n");
+		return(NULL);
+	    }
+	}
+	if ((!IS_UNRESERVED(*in)) && (*in != ':') && (*in != '/') &&
+	    (*in != '?') && (*in != '#')) {
+	    unsigned char val;
+	    ret[out++] = '%';
+	    val = *in >> 4;
+	    if (val <= 9)
+		ret[out++] = '0' + val;
+	    else
+		ret[out++] = 'A' + val - 0xA;
+	    val = *in & 0xF;
+	    if (val <= 9)
+		ret[out++] = '0' + val;
+	    else
+		ret[out++] = 'A' + val - 0xA;
+	    in++;
+	} else {
+	    ret[out++] = *in++;
+	}
+    }
+    ret[out] = 0;
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *			Escaped URI parsing				*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIFragment:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI fragment string and fills in the appropriate fields
+ * of the @uri structure.
+ * 
+ * fragment = *uric
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIFragment(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur = *str;
+
+    if (str == NULL) return(-1);
+
+    while (IS_URIC(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->fragment != NULL) xmlFree(uri->fragment);
+	uri->fragment = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIQuery:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse the query part of an URI
+ * 
+ * query = *uric
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIQuery(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur = *str;
+
+    if (str == NULL) return(-1);
+
+    while (IS_URIC(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->query != NULL) xmlFree(uri->query);
+	uri->query = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIScheme:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI scheme
+ * 
+ * scheme = alpha *( alpha | digit | "+" | "-" | "." )
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIScheme(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+    if (!IS_ALPHA(*cur))
+	return(2);
+    cur++;
+    while (IS_SCHEME(*cur)) cur++;
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->scheme != NULL) xmlFree(uri->scheme);
+	/* !!! strndup */
+	uri->scheme = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIOpaquePart:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI opaque part
+ * 
+ * opaque_part = uric_no_slash *uric
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIOpaquePart(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+    if (!IS_URIC_NO_SLASH(cur)) {
+	return(3);
+    }
+    NEXT(cur);
+    while (IS_URIC(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->opaque != NULL) xmlFree(uri->opaque);
+	uri->opaque = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIServer:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse a server subpart of an URI, it's a finer grain analysis
+ * of the authority part.
+ * 
+ * server        = [ [ userinfo "@" ] hostport ]
+ * userinfo      = *( unreserved | escaped |
+ *                       ";" | ":" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | "," )
+ * hostport      = host [ ":" port ]
+ * host          = hostname | IPv4address
+ * hostname      = *( domainlabel "." ) toplabel [ "." ]
+ * domainlabel   = alphanum | alphanum *( alphanum | "-" ) alphanum
+ * toplabel      = alpha | alpha *( alphanum | "-" ) alphanum
+ * IPv4address   = 1*digit "." 1*digit "." 1*digit "." 1*digit
+ * port          = *digit
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIServer(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur;
+    const char *host, *tmp;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+
+    /*
+     * is there an userinfo ?
+     */
+    while (IS_USERINFO(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (*cur == '@') {
+	if (uri != NULL) {
+	    if (uri->user != NULL) xmlFree(uri->user);
+	    uri->user = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+	}
+	cur++;
+    } else {
+	if (uri != NULL) {
+	    if (uri->user != NULL) xmlFree(uri->user);
+	    uri->user = NULL;
+	}
+        cur = *str;
+    }
+    /*
+     * This can be empty in the case where there is no server
+     */
+    host = cur;
+    if (*cur == '/') {
+	if (uri != NULL) {
+	    if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+	    uri->authority = NULL;
+	    if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+	    uri->server = NULL;
+	    uri->port = 0;
+	}
+	return(0);
+    }
+    /*
+     * host part of hostport can derive either an IPV4 address
+     * or an unresolved name. Check the IP first, it easier to detect
+     * errors if wrong one
+     */
+    if (IS_DIGIT(*cur)) {
+        while(IS_DIGIT(*cur)) cur++;
+	if (*cur != '.')
+	    goto host_name;
+	cur++;
+	if (!IS_DIGIT(*cur))
+	    goto host_name;
+        while(IS_DIGIT(*cur)) cur++;
+	if (*cur != '.')
+	    goto host_name;
+	cur++;
+	if (!IS_DIGIT(*cur))
+	    goto host_name;
+        while(IS_DIGIT(*cur)) cur++;
+	if (*cur != '.')
+	    goto host_name;
+	cur++;
+	if (!IS_DIGIT(*cur))
+	    goto host_name;
+        while(IS_DIGIT(*cur)) cur++;
+	if (uri != NULL) {
+	    if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+	    uri->authority = NULL;
+	    if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+	    uri->server = xmlURIUnescapeString(host, cur - host, NULL);
+	}
+	goto host_done;
+    }
+host_name:
+    /*
+     * the hostname production as-is is a parser nightmare.
+     * simplify it to 
+     * hostname = *( domainlabel "." ) domainlabel [ "." ]
+     * and just make sure the last label starts with a non numeric char.
+     */
+    if (!IS_ALPHANUM(*cur))
+        return(6);
+    while (IS_ALPHANUM(*cur)) {
+        while ((IS_ALPHANUM(*cur)) || (*cur == '-')) cur++;
+	if (*cur == '.')
+	    cur++;
+    }
+    tmp = cur;
+    tmp--;
+    while (IS_ALPHANUM(*tmp) && (*tmp != '.') && (tmp >= host)) tmp--;
+    tmp++;
+    if (!IS_ALPHA(*tmp))
+        return(7);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+	uri->authority = NULL;
+	if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+	uri->server = xmlURIUnescapeString(host, cur - host, NULL);
+    }
+
+host_done:
+
+    /*
+     * finish by checking for a port presence.
+     */
+    if (*cur == ':') {
+        cur++;
+	if (IS_DIGIT(*cur)) {
+	    if (uri != NULL)
+	        uri->port = 0;
+	    while (IS_DIGIT(*cur)) {
+	        if (uri != NULL)
+		    uri->port = uri->port * 10 + (*cur - '0');
+		cur++;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}	
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIRelSegment:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI relative segment
+ * 
+ * rel_segment = 1*( unreserved | escaped | ";" | "@" | "&" | "=" |
+ *                          "+" | "$" | "," )
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIRelSegment(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+    if (!IS_SEGMENT(cur)) {
+	return(3);
+    }
+    NEXT(cur);
+    while (IS_SEGMENT(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->path != NULL) xmlFree(uri->path);
+	uri->path = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIPathSegments:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ * @slash:  should we add a leading slash
+ *
+ * Parse an URI set of path segments
+ * 
+ * path_segments = segment *( "/" segment )
+ * segment       = *pchar *( ";" param )
+ * param         = *pchar
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIPathSegments(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str, int slash) {
+    const char *cur;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+
+    do {
+	while (IS_PCHAR(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+	if (*cur == ';') {
+	    cur++;
+	    while (IS_PCHAR(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+	}
+	if (*cur != '/') break;
+	cur++;
+    } while (1);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	int len, len2 = 0;
+	char *path;
+
+	/*
+	 * Concat the set of path segments to the current path
+	 */
+	len = cur - *str;
+	if (slash)
+	    len++;
+
+	if (uri->path != NULL) {
+	    len2 = strlen(uri->path);
+	    len += len2;
+	}
+        path = (char *) xmlMalloc(len + 1);
+	if (path == NULL) {
+	    xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		    "xmlParseURIPathSegments: out of memory\n");
+	    *str = cur;
+	    return(-1);
+	}
+	if (uri->path != NULL)
+	    memcpy(path, uri->path, len2);
+	if (slash) {
+	    path[len2] = '/';
+	    len2++;
+	}
+	path[len2] = 0;
+	if (cur - *str > 0)
+	    xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, &path[len2]);
+	if (uri->path != NULL)
+	    xmlFree(uri->path);
+	uri->path = path;
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIAuthority:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse the authority part of an URI.
+ * 
+ * authority = server | reg_name
+ * server    = [ [ userinfo "@" ] hostport ]
+ * reg_name  = 1*( unreserved | escaped | "$" | "," | ";" | ":" |
+ *                        "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" )
+ *
+ * Note : this is completely ambiguous since reg_name is allowed to
+ *        use the full set of chars in use by server:
+ *
+ *        3.2.1. Registry-based Naming Authority
+ *
+ *        The structure of a registry-based naming authority is specific
+ *        to the URI scheme, but constrained to the allowed characters
+ *        for an authority component.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIAuthority(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    const char *cur;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+
+    /*
+     * try first to parse it as a server string.
+     */
+    ret = xmlParseURIServer(uri, str);
+    if (ret == 0)
+        return(0);
+
+    /*
+     * failed, fallback to reg_name
+     */
+    if (!IS_REG_NAME(cur)) {
+	return(5);
+    }
+    NEXT(cur);
+    while (IS_REG_NAME(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+	uri->server = NULL;
+	if (uri->user != NULL) xmlFree(uri->user);
+	uri->user = NULL;
+	if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+	uri->authority = xmlURIUnescapeString(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIHierPart:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI hirarchical part
+ * 
+ * hier_part = ( net_path | abs_path ) [ "?" query ]
+ * abs_path = "/"  path_segments
+ * net_path = "//" authority [ abs_path ]
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIHierPart(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    int ret;
+    const char *cur;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+
+    if ((cur[0] == '/') && (cur[1] == '/')) {
+	cur += 2;
+	ret = xmlParseURIAuthority(uri, &cur);
+	if (ret != 0)
+	    return(ret);
+	if (cur[0] == '/') {
+	    cur++;
+	    ret = xmlParseURIPathSegments(uri, &cur, 1);
+	}
+    } else if (cur[0] == '/') {
+	cur++;
+	ret = xmlParseURIPathSegments(uri, &cur, 1);
+    } else {
+	return(4);
+    }
+    if (ret != 0)
+	return(ret);
+    if (*cur == '?') {
+	cur++;
+	ret = xmlParseURIQuery(uri, &cur);
+	if (ret != 0)
+	    return(ret);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseAbsoluteURI:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI reference string and fills in the appropriate fields
+ * of the @uri structure
+ * 
+ * absoluteURI   = scheme ":" ( hier_part | opaque_part )
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseAbsoluteURI(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    int ret;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    ret = xmlParseURIScheme(uri, str);
+    if (ret != 0) return(ret);
+    if (**str != ':')
+	return(1);
+    (*str)++;
+    if (**str == '/')
+	return(xmlParseURIHierPart(uri, str));
+    return(xmlParseURIOpaquePart(uri, str));
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseRelativeURI:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  pointer to the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an relative URI string and fills in the appropriate fields
+ * of the @uri structure
+ * 
+ * relativeURI = ( net_path | abs_path | rel_path ) [ "?" query ]
+ * abs_path = "/"  path_segments
+ * net_path = "//" authority [ abs_path ]
+ * rel_path = rel_segment [ abs_path ]
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseRelativeURI(xmlURIPtr uri, const char **str) {
+    int ret = 0;
+    const char *cur;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+    if ((cur[0] == '/') && (cur[1] == '/')) {
+	cur += 2;
+	ret = xmlParseURIAuthority(uri, &cur);
+	if (ret != 0)
+	    return(ret);
+	if (cur[0] == '/') {
+	    cur++;
+	    ret = xmlParseURIPathSegments(uri, &cur, 1);
+	}
+    } else if (cur[0] == '/') {
+	cur++;
+	ret = xmlParseURIPathSegments(uri, &cur, 1);
+    } else if (cur[0] != '#' && cur[0] != '?') {
+	ret = xmlParseURIRelSegment(uri, &cur);
+	if (ret != 0)
+	    return(ret);
+	if (cur[0] == '/') {
+	    cur++;
+	    ret = xmlParseURIPathSegments(uri, &cur, 1);
+	}
+    }
+    if (ret != 0)
+	return(ret);
+    if (*cur == '?') {
+	cur++;
+	ret = xmlParseURIQuery(uri, &cur);
+	if (ret != 0)
+	    return(ret);
+    }
+    *str = cur;
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURIReference:
+ * @uri:  pointer to an URI structure
+ * @str:  the string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI reference string and fills in the appropriate fields
+ * of the @uri structure
+ * 
+ * URI-reference = [ absoluteURI | relativeURI ] [ "#" fragment ]
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or the error code
+ */
+int
+xmlParseURIReference(xmlURIPtr uri, const char *str) {
+    int ret;
+    const char *tmp = str;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    xmlCleanURI(uri);
+
+    /*
+     * Try first to parse aboslute refs, then fallback to relative if
+     * it fails.
+     */
+    ret = xmlParseAbsoluteURI(uri, &str);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+	xmlCleanURI(uri);
+	str = tmp;
+        ret = xmlParseRelativeURI(uri, &str);
+    }
+    if (ret != 0) {
+	xmlCleanURI(uri);
+	return(ret);
+    }
+
+    if (*str == '#') {
+	str++;
+	ret = xmlParseURIFragment(uri, &str);
+	if (ret != 0) return(ret);
+    }
+    if (*str != 0) {
+	xmlCleanURI(uri);
+	return(1);
+    }
+    return(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlParseURI:
+ * @str:  the URI string to analyze
+ *
+ * Parse an URI 
+ * 
+ * URI-reference = [ absoluteURI | relativeURI ] [ "#" fragment ]
+ *
+ * Returns a newly build xmlURIPtr or NULL in case of error
+ */
+xmlURIPtr
+xmlParseURI(const char *str) {
+    xmlURIPtr uri;
+    int ret;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(NULL);
+    uri = xmlCreateURI();
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	ret = xmlParseURIReference(uri, str);
+        if (ret) {
+	    xmlFreeURI(uri);
+	    return(NULL);
+	}
+    }
+    return(uri);
+}
+
+/************************************************************************
+ *									*
+ *			Public functions				*
+ *									*
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * xmlBuildURI:
+ * @URI:  the URI instance found in the document
+ * @base:  the base value
+ *
+ * Computes he final URI of the reference done by checking that
+ * the given URI is valid, and building the final URI using the
+ * base URI. This is processed according to section 5.2 of the 
+ * RFC 2396
+ *
+ * 5.2. Resolving Relative References to Absolute Form
+ *
+ * Returns a new URI string (to be freed by the caller) or NULL in case
+ *         of error.
+ */
+xmlChar *
+xmlBuildURI(const xmlChar *URI, const xmlChar *base) {
+    xmlChar *val = NULL;
+    int ret, len, index, cur, out;
+    xmlURIPtr ref = NULL;
+    xmlURIPtr bas = NULL;
+    xmlURIPtr res = NULL;
+
+    /*
+     * 1) The URI reference is parsed into the potential four components and
+     *    fragment identifier, as described in Section 4.3.
+     *
+     *    NOTE that a completely empty URI is treated by modern browsers
+     *    as a reference to "." rather than as a synonym for the current
+     *    URI.  Should we do that here?
+     */
+    if (URI == NULL) 
+	ret = -1;
+    else {
+	if (*URI) {
+	    ref = xmlCreateURI();
+	    if (ref == NULL)
+		goto done;
+	    ret = xmlParseURIReference(ref, (const char *) URI);
+	}
+	else
+	    ret = 0;
+    }
+    if (ret != 0)
+	goto done;
+    if (base == NULL)
+	ret = -1;
+    else {
+	bas = xmlCreateURI();
+	if (bas == NULL)
+	    goto done;
+	ret = xmlParseURIReference(bas, (const char *) base);
+    }
+    if (ret != 0) {
+	if (ref)
+	    val = xmlSaveUri(ref);
+	goto done;
+    }
+    if (ref == NULL) {
+	/*
+	 * the base fragment must be ignored
+	 */
+	if (bas->fragment != NULL) {
+	    xmlFree(bas->fragment);
+	    bas->fragment = NULL;
+	}
+	val = xmlSaveUri(bas);
+	goto done;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * 2) If the path component is empty and the scheme, authority, and
+     *    query components are undefined, then it is a reference to the
+     *    current document and we are done.  Otherwise, the reference URI's
+     *    query and fragment components are defined as found (or not found)
+     *    within the URI reference and not inherited from the base URI.
+     *
+     *    NOTE that in modern browsers, the parsing differs from the above
+     *    in the following aspect:  the query component is allowed to be
+     *    defined while still treating this as a reference to the current
+     *    document.
+     */
+    res = xmlCreateURI();
+    if (res == NULL)
+	goto done;
+    if ((ref->scheme == NULL) && (ref->path == NULL) &&
+	((ref->authority == NULL) && (ref->server == NULL))) {
+	if (bas->scheme != NULL)
+	    res->scheme = xmlMemStrdup(bas->scheme);
+	if (bas->authority != NULL)
+	    res->authority = xmlMemStrdup(bas->authority);
+	else if (bas->server != NULL) {
+	    res->server = xmlMemStrdup(bas->server);
+	    if (bas->user != NULL)
+		res->user = xmlMemStrdup(bas->user);
+	    res->port = bas->port;		
+	}
+	if (bas->path != NULL)
+	    res->path = xmlMemStrdup(bas->path);
+	if (ref->query != NULL)
+	    res->query = xmlMemStrdup(ref->query);
+	else if (bas->query != NULL)
+	    res->query = xmlMemStrdup(bas->query);
+	if (ref->fragment != NULL)
+	    res->fragment = xmlMemStrdup(ref->fragment);
+	goto step_7;
+    }
+ 
+    if (ref->query != NULL)
+	res->query = xmlMemStrdup(ref->query);
+    if (ref->fragment != NULL)
+	res->fragment = xmlMemStrdup(ref->fragment);
+
+    /*
+     * 3) If the scheme component is defined, indicating that the reference
+     *    starts with a scheme name, then the reference is interpreted as an
+     *    absolute URI and we are done.  Otherwise, the reference URI's
+     *    scheme is inherited from the base URI's scheme component.
+     */
+    if (ref->scheme != NULL) {
+	val = xmlSaveUri(ref);
+	goto done;
+    }
+    if (bas->scheme != NULL)
+	res->scheme = xmlMemStrdup(bas->scheme);
+
+    /*
+     * 4) If the authority component is defined, then the reference is a
+     *    network-path and we skip to step 7.  Otherwise, the reference
+     *    URI's authority is inherited from the base URI's authority
+     *    component, which will also be undefined if the URI scheme does not
+     *    use an authority component.
+     */
+    if ((ref->authority != NULL) || (ref->server != NULL)) {
+	if (ref->authority != NULL)
+	    res->authority = xmlMemStrdup(ref->authority);
+	else {
+	    res->server = xmlMemStrdup(ref->server);
+	    if (ref->user != NULL)
+		res->user = xmlMemStrdup(ref->user);
+            res->port = ref->port;		
+	}
+	if (ref->path != NULL)
+	    res->path = xmlMemStrdup(ref->path);
+	goto step_7;
+    }
+    if (bas->authority != NULL)
+	res->authority = xmlMemStrdup(bas->authority);
+    else if (bas->server != NULL) {
+	res->server = xmlMemStrdup(bas->server);
+	if (bas->user != NULL)
+	    res->user = xmlMemStrdup(bas->user);
+	res->port = bas->port;		
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * 5) If the path component begins with a slash character ("/"), then
+     *    the reference is an absolute-path and we skip to step 7.
+     */
+    if ((ref->path != NULL) && (ref->path[0] == '/')) {
+	res->path = xmlMemStrdup(ref->path);
+	goto step_7;
+    }
+
+
+    /*
+     * 6) If this step is reached, then we are resolving a relative-path
+     *    reference.  The relative path needs to be merged with the base
+     *    URI's path.  Although there are many ways to do this, we will
+     *    describe a simple method using a separate string buffer.
+     *
+     * Allocate a buffer large enough for the result string.
+     */
+    len = 2; /* extra / and 0 */
+    if (ref->path != NULL)
+	len += strlen(ref->path);
+    if (bas->path != NULL)
+	len += strlen(bas->path);
+    res->path = (char *) xmlMalloc(len);
+    if (res->path == NULL) {
+	xmlGenericError(xmlGenericErrorContext,
+		"xmlBuildURI: out of memory\n");
+	goto done;
+    }
+    res->path[0] = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * a) All but the last segment of the base URI's path component is
+     *    copied to the buffer.  In other words, any characters after the
+     *    last (right-most) slash character, if any, are excluded.
+     */
+    cur = 0;
+    out = 0;
+    if (bas->path != NULL) {
+	while (bas->path[cur] != 0) {
+	    while ((bas->path[cur] != 0) && (bas->path[cur] != '/'))
+		cur++;
+	    if (bas->path[cur] == 0)
+		break;
+
+	    cur++;
+	    while (out < cur) {
+		res->path[out] = bas->path[out];
+		out++;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    res->path[out] = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * b) The reference's path component is appended to the buffer
+     *    string.
+     */
+    if (ref->path != NULL && ref->path[0] != 0) {
+	index = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the path includes a '/'
+	 */
+	if ((out == 0) && (bas->server != NULL))
+	    res->path[out++] = '/';
+	while (ref->path[index] != 0) {
+	    res->path[out++] = ref->path[index++];
+	}
+    }
+    res->path[out] = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Steps c) to h) are really path normalization steps
+     */
+    xmlNormalizeURIPath(res->path);
+
+step_7:
+
+    /*
+     * 7) The resulting URI components, including any inherited from the
+     *    base URI, are recombined to give the absolute form of the URI
+     *    reference.
+     */
+    val = xmlSaveUri(res);
+
+done:
+    if (ref != NULL)
+	xmlFreeURI(ref);
+    if (bas != NULL)
+	xmlFreeURI(bas);
+    if (res != NULL)
+	xmlFreeURI(res);
+    return(val);
+}
+
+