diff -r 000000000000 -r 1918ee327afb src/network/access/qnetworkaccessdatabackend.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccessdatabackend.cpp	Mon Jan 11 14:00:40 2010 +0000
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+/****************************************************************************
+**
+** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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+**
+** This file is part of the QtNetwork module of the Qt Toolkit.
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+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "qnetworkaccessdatabackend_p.h"
+#include "qnetworkrequest.h"
+#include "qnetworkreply.h"
+#include "qurlinfo.h"
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+QNetworkAccessBackend *
+QNetworkAccessDataBackendFactory::create(QNetworkAccessManager::Operation,
+                                         const QNetworkRequest &request) const
+{
+    if (request.url().scheme() == QLatin1String("data"))
+        return new QNetworkAccessDataBackend;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+QNetworkAccessDataBackend::QNetworkAccessDataBackend()
+{
+}
+
+QNetworkAccessDataBackend::~QNetworkAccessDataBackend()
+{
+}
+
+void QNetworkAccessDataBackend::open()
+{
+    QUrl uri = request().url();
+
+    if (operation() != QNetworkAccessManager::GetOperation &&
+        operation() != QNetworkAccessManager::HeadOperation) {
+        // data: doesn't support anything but GET
+        QString msg = QObject::tr("Operation not supported on %1")
+                      .arg(uri.toString());
+        error(QNetworkReply::ContentOperationNotPermittedError, msg);
+        finished();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (uri.host().isEmpty()) {
+        setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader, QLatin1String("text/plain;charset=US-ASCII"));
+
+        // the following would have been the correct thing, but
+        // reality often differs from the specification. People have
+        // data: URIs with ? and #
+        //QByteArray data = QByteArray::fromPercentEncoding(uri.encodedPath());
+        QByteArray data = QByteArray::fromPercentEncoding(uri.toEncoded());
+
+        // remove the data: scheme
+        data.remove(0, 5);
+
+        // parse it:
+        int pos = data.indexOf(',');
+        if (pos != -1) {
+            QByteArray payload = data.mid(pos + 1);
+            data.truncate(pos);
+            data = data.trimmed();
+
+            // find out if the payload is encoded in Base64
+            if (data.endsWith(";base64")) {
+                payload = QByteArray::fromBase64(payload);
+                data.chop(7);
+            }
+
+            if (data.toLower().startsWith("charset")) {
+                int i = 7;      // strlen("charset")
+                while (data.at(i) == ' ')
+                    ++i;
+                if (data.at(i) == '=')
+                    data.prepend("text/plain;");
+            }
+
+            if (!data.isEmpty())
+                setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader, data.trimmed());
+
+            setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentLengthHeader, payload.size());
+            emit metaDataChanged();
+
+            QByteDataBuffer list;
+            list.append(payload);
+            payload.clear(); // important because of implicit sharing!
+            writeDownstreamData(list);
+
+            finished();
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // something wrong with this URI
+    QString msg = QObject::tr("Invalid URI: %1").arg(uri.toString());
+    error(QNetworkReply::ProtocolFailure, msg);
+    finished();
+}
+
+void QNetworkAccessDataBackend::closeDownstreamChannel()
+{
+}
+
+void QNetworkAccessDataBackend::closeUpstreamChannel()
+{
+}
+
+bool QNetworkAccessDataBackend::waitForDownstreamReadyRead(int)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool QNetworkAccessDataBackend::waitForUpstreamBytesWritten(int)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE