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  • From: Elliotte Harold - java FAQ <elharo AT metalab.unc.edu>
  • To: jcowan AT reutershealth.com
  • Cc: xom-interest AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] XOM 1.0 alpha 1 is here
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:01:38 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 jcowan AT reutershealth.com wrote:

> Why return the empty string for unknown rather than null? This seems to
> me to be a paradigm case for null, if not indeed an exception.

Because the URI specs are explicit that the empty string refers to the
current document. This is the only sensible base URI for relative
URLs in documents that have no explicit base URI.

--
Elliotte Rusty Harold





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