Class: URI::Generic

Base class for all URI classes. Implements generic URI syntax as per RFC 2396.

Public Methods
+	Alias for #merge
-	Alias for #route_from
==	Compares to URI’s
absolute	Alias for #absolute?
absolute?	Checks if URI is an absolute one
build	See #new
build2	See #new
coerce
component	Components of the URI in the order.
component
default_port	Returns default port
default_port
eql?
find_proxy	returns a proxy URI. The proxy URI is obtained from environment variables such as http_proxy, ftp_proxy, no_proxy, etc. If there is no proper proxy, nil is returned.
fragment=
hash
hierarchical?	Checks if URI has a path
host=
inspect
merge	Merges two URI’s.
merge!	Destructive form of #merge
new	Creates a new URI::Generic instance from ``generic’’ components without check.
normalize	Returns normalized URI
normalize!	Destructive version of #normalize
opaque=
password
password=
path=
port=
query=
registry=
relative?	Checks if URI is relative
route_from	Calculates relative path from oth to self
route_to	Calculates relative path to oth from self
scheme=
select	Selects specified components from URI
to_s	Constructs String from URI
use_registry	DOC: FIXME!
user
user=
userinfo
userinfo=	Sets userinfo, argument is string like ‘name:pass’

Private Methods
check_fragment
check_host
check_opaque
check_password
check_path
check_port
check_query
check_registry
check_scheme
check_user
check_userinfo
escape_userpass
merge0	return base and rel. you can modify `base’, but can not `rel’.
merge_path
path_query
replace!	replace self by other URI object
route_from0
route_from_path
split_path
split_userinfo

Generic