The local protocol handler provides support for artifact style
references to content under the user's local ${dpml.prefs}
directory.
The specification of the local protocol is as follows;
local:[type]:[group]/[name]#[version]
Type and name are required fields. The group and version field is optional.
| type | The type of the artifact - e.g. "properties". |
| group | The group to which the artifact belong, so that naming conflicts can be avoided. It is recommended that the group is multi-leveled and slash separated, where the top level denotes the distinguishable name of the organization. |
| name | The name of the resource. |
| version | Optional opaque identifier. |
Using local URLs are no different from any http or ftp URLs. You
create them by instantiating the java.net.URL class,
and setting the protocol to "local" (no quotes).
The following example local URI identifies a resource named "standard" associated with the "org/acme" group, using a resource type "properties".
local:properties:org/acme/standard
The above uri is equivalent to the following logical file path:
${dpml.prefs}/org/acme/properties/standard.properties