int p1, p2, l1, l2;

        // if unsure return this method returns true

        p1 = path1.lastIndexOf('/');
        p2 = path2.lastIndexOf('/');
        l1 = path1.length() - p1;
        l2 = path2.length() - p2;

        // anything with dots voids comparison
        if ((l1 > 1 && path1.charAt(p1 + 1) == '.') || (l2 > 1 && path2.charAt(p2 + 1) == '.')) {

        SmbResourceLocatorImpl l1 = locator("smb://server/share/file");
        SmbResourceLocatorImpl l2 = locator("smb://SERVER/share/file");
        assertEquals(l1, l2);
        assertEquals(l1.hashCode(), l2.hashCode());

        // Different path -> not equal
        SmbResourceLocatorImpl l5 = locator("smb://server/share/other");
        assertNotEquals(l1, l5);

        int p1, p2, l1, l2;

        // if unsure return this method returns true

        p1 = path1.lastIndexOf('/');
        p2 = path2.lastIndexOf('/');
        l1 = path1.length() - p1;
        l2 = path2.length() - p2;

        // anything with dots voids comparison
        if ((l1 > 1 && path1.charAt(p1 + 1) == '.') || (l2 > 1 && path2.charAt(p2 + 1) == '.')) {

	// limit (8KB), we stop growing the source string once the limit
	// is reached and keep reusing the same source string - that
	// should therefore be always resident in the L1 cache - until we
	// have completed the construction of the result.
	// This yields significant speedups (up to +100%) in cases where
	// the result length is large (roughly, over L2 cache size).
	const chunkLimit = 8 * 1024