Custom URI kinda flexible file descriptor

Question

Good afternoon,

I am currently starting to think & prototype about a (.net based) new project which will use MEF extensively and one part will be to plug in new 'storage' types besides a normal file/directory storage (e.g. using scms (clearcase, perforce etc), SAP EDM for long term archiving, OpenText LiveLink etc). Now all of them have the same minimum requirement of R(/W) access, but I need a common format to address all these. I was thinking of using something URI-alike file:// & https:// (livelink uses http(s) for transportation aswell) etc are a common base for all normal ones, but I was wondering whether .Net has functionality to declare new URI types built-in?

What I mean is e.g. that I'd use a similiar format e.g. for clearcase as in 'clearcase:////' or 'sap://identifier' etc etc...

So basically what I am asking and haven't found yet is whether .Net allows me to declare new URI types with its Uri handling classes so I don't have to re-invent the wheel there?

Answer 1

The Uri type itself can handle strange URI schemes, like your clearcase:// and sap:// examples above. The Uri.Scheme property treats these as plain strings.

There are other answers to 'does .NET support custom URIs?', but those depend on what you want to do with them.