sae.printStackTrace(log);
                throw sae;
            }
        }
    }
/**
 * It is not necessary to call this method directly. This is the
 * <tt>URLConnection</tt> implementation of <tt>connect()</tt>.
 */
    public void connect() throws IOException {
        if (isConnected() && tree.session.transport.tconHostName == null) {
            /* Tree thinks it is connected but transport disconnected

     */

    @Override
    public String toString () {
        return Strings.maskSecretValue(url.toString());
    }


    /* URLConnection implementation */
    /**
     * This URLConnection method just returns the result of <tt>length()</tt>.
     *
     * @return the length of this file or 0 if it refers to a directory
     */
    @Deprecated