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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 "xmlmemory.h"
+#include "uri.h"
+
+/**
+ * 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))
+
+/**
+ * he(x) = 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++)
+
+/**
+ *
+
+ *
+      authority     = server | reg_name
+      server        = [ [ userinfo "@" ] hostport ]
+
+ *    reg_name      = 1*( unreserved | escaped | "$" | "," |
+ *                        ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" | "+" )
+
+ *    userinfo      = *( unreserved | escaped |
+ *                       ";" | ":" | "&" | "=" | "+" | "$" | "," )
+
+      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
+
+      path          = [ abs_path | opaque_part ]
+
+
+     */
+
+/**
+ * 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) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "xmlCreateURI: out of memory\n");
+	return(NULL);
+    }
+    memset(ret, 0, sizeof(xmlURI));
+    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) {
+    if (uri == NULL) return;
+
+    /* TODO !!! URI encoding ... improper ! */
+    if (uri->scheme != NULL) 
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s:", uri->scheme);
+    if (uri->opaque != NULL) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s", uri->opaque);
+    } else {
+	if (uri->authority != NULL)
+	    fprintf(stderr, "//%s", uri->authority);
+
+	/* TODO !!!
+	if (uri->server != NULL) xmlFree(uri->server);
+	 */
+
+	if (uri->path != NULL)
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s", uri->path);
+
+	if (uri->query != NULL)
+	    fprintf(stderr, "?%s", uri->query);
+	if (uri->fragment != NULL)
+	    fprintf(stderr, "#%s", uri->fragment);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * 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->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->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);
+}
+
+/**
+ * xmlURIUnescape:
+ * @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 !
+ *
+ * Returns an copy of the string, but unescaped
+ */
+char *
+xmlURIUnescape(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) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "xmlURIUnescape: 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;
+	} else {
+	    *out++ = *in++;
+	    len--;
+	}
+    }
+    *out = 0;
+    return(ret);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * 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 = xmlURIUnescape(*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 = xmlURIUnescape(*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);
+	uri->scheme = xmlURIUnescape(*str, cur - *str, NULL); /* !!! strndup */
+    }
+    *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 = xmlURIUnescape(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+    }
+    *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 = xmlURIUnescape(*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) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "xmlParseURIPathSegments: out of memory\n");
+	    *str = cur;
+	    return(-1);
+	}
+	if (uri->path != NULL)
+	    memcpy(path, uri->path, len2);
+	if (slash) {
+	    path[len2] = '/';
+	    len2++;
+	}
+	xmlURIUnescape(*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;
+
+    if (str == NULL)
+	return(-1);
+    
+    cur = *str;
+    if (!IS_REG_NAME(cur)) {
+	return(5);
+    }
+    NEXT(cur);
+    while (IS_REG_NAME(cur)) NEXT(cur);
+    if (uri != NULL) {
+	if (uri->authority != NULL) xmlFree(uri->authority);
+	uri->authority = xmlURIUnescape(*str, cur - *str, NULL);
+
+	/* @@ Parse the authority to try to extract server infos !!! */
+    }
+    *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 {
+	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);
+}
+
+/**
+ * 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)
+ */
+xmlChar *
+xmlBuildURI(const xmlChar *URI, const xmlChar *base) {
+    /* TODO */
+    return(NULL);
+}
+
+
+#ifdef STANDALONE
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    int i, ret;
+    xmlURIPtr uri;
+
+    uri = xmlCreateURI();
+    if (argc <= 1) {
+	char str[1024];
+
+        while (1) {
+	    /*
+	     * read one line in string buffer.
+	     */
+	    if (fgets (&str[0], sizeof (str) - 1, stdin) == NULL)
+	       break;
+
+	    /*
+	     * remove the ending spaces
+	     */
+	    i = strlen(str);
+	    while ((i > 0) &&
+		   ((str[i - 1] == '\n') || (str[i - 1] == '\r') ||
+		    (str[i - 1] == ' ') || (str[i - 1] == '\t'))) {
+		i--;
+		str[i] = 0;
+	    }
+	    if (i <= 0)
+		continue;
+
+	    ret = xmlParseURIReference(uri, str);
+	    if (ret != 0)
+		printf("%s : error %d\n", str, ret);
+	    else {
+		xmlPrintURI(stdout, uri);
+		printf("\n");
+	    }
+
+        }
+    } else {
+	for (i = 1;i < argc;i++) {
+	    ret = xmlParseURIReference(uri, argv[i]);
+	    if (ret != 0)
+		printf("%s : error %d\n", argv[i], ret);
+	    else {
+		xmlPrintURI(stdout, uri);
+		printf("\n");
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    xmlFreeURI(uri);
+    exit(0);
+}
+#endif