return false;
        }

        SmbResourceLocatorImpl o = (SmbResourceLocatorImpl) obj;

        /*
         * If uncertain, pathNamesPossiblyEqual returns true.
         * Comparing canonical paths is definitive.
         */
        if ( pathNamesPossiblyEqual(this.url.getPath(), o.url.getPath()) ) {
            if ( getURLPath().equalsIgnoreCase(o.getURLPath()) ) {
                try {