if (path.startsWith("http:") || path.startsWith("https:")) {
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }

    protected String convertCrawlingPath(final String path) {
        if (path.startsWith("http:") || path.startsWith("https:") || path.startsWith("smb:") || path.startsWith("smb1:")
                || path.startsWith("ftp:") || path.startsWith("storage:")) {

        String lower = permission.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
        final String aclPrefix;
        if (lower.startsWith(allowPrefix)) {
            lower = lower.substring(allowPrefix.length());
            permission = permission.substring(allowPrefix.length());
            aclPrefix = StringUtil.EMPTY;
        } else if (lower.startsWith(denyPrefix)) {
            lower = lower.substring(denyPrefix.length());

        if (s.startsWith("#")) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }
        if (s.startsWith(CONTAINS)) {
            final String v = s.substring(CONTAINS.length());
            final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(100);
            return ".*" + appendFileterPath(buf, escape(v)) + ".*";
        }
        if (s.startsWith(REGEXP_IGNORE_CASE)) {

                assertTrue(urlQueue.getUrl().startsWith(url1));
            }
            while ((urlQueue = urlQueueService.poll(sessionId2)) != null) {
                assertTrue(urlQueue.getUrl().startsWith(url2));
            }

            dataService.iterate(sessionId1, accessResult -> {
                assertTrue(accessResult.getUrl().startsWith(url1));

                if (!urlValue.startsWith("#")) {
                    final String u;
                    if (!protocolHelper.isValidFileProtocol(urlValue)) {
                        if (urlValue.startsWith("/")) {
                            u = "file:" + urlValue;
                        } else {

                                                </c:if>
                                                <c:if test="${logType.startsWith('search_count_') or logType.startsWith('search_user_')}">
                                                    <th><la:message
                                                            key="labels.searchlog_requested_time"/></th>

            if (name.startsWith(DATA_STORE.getId())) {
                return DATA_STORE;
            }
            if (name.startsWith(THEME.getId())) {
                return THEME;
            }
            if (name.startsWith(INGEST.getId())) {
                return INGEST;
            }
            if (name.startsWith(SCRIPT.getId())) {
                return SCRIPT;
            }

        if (url != null) {
            if (url.startsWith("://")) {
                final String protocol = currentUrl.split(":")[0];
                return new URL(protocol + url);
            }
            if (url.startsWith("//")) {
                final String protocol = currentUrl.split(":")[0];
                return new URL(protocol + ":" + url);
            }
            if (url.startsWith("/") || url.indexOf(':') == -1) {

        if (StringUtil.isBlank(url)) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY; // empty
        }

        if (url.startsWith("file:////")) {
            final String value = decodeUrlAsName(url.substring(9), true);
            return abbreviateSite("\\\\" + value.replace('/', '\\'));
        }
        if (url.startsWith("file:")) {
            final String value = decodeUrlAsName(url.substring(5), true);

        }

        final String p = path.trim();
        if (p.startsWith("#")) {
            return StringUtils.EMPTY;
        }

        if (p.startsWith(GsaConfigParser.CONTAINS)) {
            return ".*" + Pattern.quote(p.substring(GsaConfigParser.CONTAINS.length())) + ".*";
        }

        if (p.startsWith(GsaConfigParser.REGEXP)) {
            return p.substring(GsaConfigParser.REGEXP.length());