char[] in = this.url.getPath().toCharArray();
        char[] out = new char[in.length];
        int length = in.length, prefixLen = 0, state = 0;

        /*
         * The canonicalization routine
         */
        for ( int i = 0; i < length; i++ ) {
            switch ( state ) {
            case 0:
                if ( in[ i ] != '/' ) {