* required to use SMB URLs with the <code>java.net.URL</code> class. If this
     * method is not called before attempting to create an SMB URL with the
     * URL class the following exception will occur:
     * <blockquote>
     *
     * <pre>
     * Exception MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: smb
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:480)
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:376)

 * and hosts usually registers several names on the network. From a
 * Windows command prompt you can see
 * what names a host registers with the nbtstat command.
 *
 *  * <blockquote>
 *
 * <pre>
 * C:\&gt;nbtstat -a 192.168.1.15
 *
 *        NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
 *
 *    Name               Type         Status
 * ---------------------------------------------

The history of **FastAPI** is in great part the history of its predecessors.

As said in the section [Alternatives](alternatives.md){.internal-link target=_blank}:

<blockquote markdown="1">

**FastAPI** wouldn't exist if not for the previous work of others.

There have been many tools created before that have helped inspire its creation.

 * and hosts usually registers several names on the network. From a
 * Windows command prompt you can see
 * what names a host registers with the nbtstat command.
 *
 *  * <blockquote>
 *
 * <pre>
 * C:\&gt;nbtstat -a 192.168.1.15
 *
 *        NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
 *
 *    Name               Type         Status
 * ---------------------------------------------

     * required to use SMB URLs with the <code>java.net.URL</code> class. If this
     * method is not called before attempting to create an SMB URL with the
     * URL class the following exception will occur:
     * <blockquote>
     *
     * <pre>
     * Exception MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: smb
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:480)
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:376)

     * <blockquote><pre>
     * Exception MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: smb
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:480)
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:376)
     *     at java.net.URL.&lt;init&gt;(URL.java:330)
     *     at jcifs.smb1.smb1.SmbFile.&lt;init&gt;(SmbFile.java:355)
     *     ...
     * </pre></blockquote>
     */

 * directory. SmbFile URLs have the following syntax:
 *
 * <blockquote><pre>
 *     smb1://[[[domain;]username[:password]@]server[:port]/[[share/[dir/]file]]][?param=value[param2=value2[...]]]
 * </pre></blockquote>
 *
 * This example:
 *
 * <blockquote><pre>
 *     smb1://storage15/public/foo.txt
 * </pre></blockquote>
 *
 * would reference the file <code>foo.txt</code> in the share

 *
 * <blockquote>
 *
 * <pre>
 *     smb://[[[domain;]username[:password]@]server[:port]/[[share/[dir/]file]]][?param=value[param2=value2[...]]]
 * </pre>
 *
 * </blockquote>
 *
 * This example:
 *
 * <blockquote>
 *
 * <pre>
 *     smb://storage15/public/foo.txt
 * </pre>
 *
 * </blockquote>
 *