NAME

Regexp::Common::URI::wais -- Returns a pattern for WAIS URIs.

SYNOPSIS

    use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

    while (<>) {
        /$RE{URI}{WAIS}/       and  print "Contains a WAIS URI.\n";
    }

DESCRIPTION

$RE{URI}{WAIS}

Returns a pattern that matches WAIS URIs, as defined by RFC 1738. WAIS URIs have the form:

    "wais:" "//" host [ ":" port ] "/" database
                      [ ( "?" search ) | ( "/" wtype "/" wpath ) ]

Under {-keep}, the following are returned:

$1

The complete URI.

$2

The scheme.

$3

The hostname.

$4

The port, if given.

$5

The database, followed by search or wtype/wpath, if given.

$6

The database.

$7

The part following the database if given, including the question mark or slash.

$8

The search part, if given.

$9

The wtype, if given.

$10

The wpath, if given.

REFERENCES

[RFC 1738]

Berners-Lee, Tim, Masinter, L., McCahill, M.: Uniform Resource Locators (URL). December 1994.

HISTORY

 $Log: wais.pm,v $
 Revision 2.100  2003/03/12 22:23:14  abigail
 Forced 2.100 revision

 Revision 2.1  2003/03/12 22:22:21  abigail
 WAIS URIs.

SEE ALSO

Regexp::Common::URI for other supported URIs.

AUTHOR

Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)

MAINTAINANCE

This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.nl).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT

     Copyright (c) 2001 - 2003, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
       This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
      and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
            (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)