Regexp::Common::URI::news: Returns a pattern for file uris.

SYNOPSIS

    use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

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

DESCRIPTION

Returns a pattern that matches news URIs, as defined by \s-1RFC\s0 1738. News URIs have the form:

"news:" ( "*" | group | article "@" host )

Under \*(C`{-keep}\*(C', the following are returned: The complete \s-1URI\s0. The scheme. The part of the \s-1URI\s0 following \*(L"news://\*(R". Returns a pattern that matches \s-1NNTP\s0 URIs, as defined by \s-1RFC\s0 1738. \s-1NNTP\s0 URIs have the form:

"nntp://" host [ ":" port ] "/" group [ "/" digits ]

Under \*(C`{-keep}\*(C', the following are returned: The complete \s-1URI\s0. The scheme. The part of the \s-1URI\s0 following \*(L"nntp://\*(R". The host and port, separated by a colon. If no port was given, just the host. The host. The port, if given. The group. The digits, if given.

REFERENCES

[\s-1RFC\s0 1738]: Berners-Lee, Tim, Masinter, L., McCahill, M.: Uniform Resource Locators (\s-1URL\s0). December 1994.

RELATED TO Regexp::Common::URI::news…

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

AUTHOR

Damian Conway ([email protected])

MAINTAINANCE

This package is maintained by Abigail ([email protected]).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS

Bound to be plenty.

LICENSE and COPYRIGHT

This module is free software, and maybe used under any of the following licenses:

1) The Perl Artistic License. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL. 2) The Perl Artistic License 2.0. See the file COPYRIGHT.AL2. 3) The BSD Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.BSD. 4) The MIT Licence. See the file COPYRIGHT.MIT.

Regexp::Common::URI::news (3pm)