diff -r 000000000000 -r 1918ee327afb src/xmlpatterns/api/quriloader.cpp
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+++ b/src/xmlpatterns/api/quriloader.cpp	Mon Jan 11 14:00:40 2010 +0000
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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkRequest>
+#include <QtNetwork/QNetworkReply>
+
+#include "qiodevicedelegate_p.h"
+#include "quriloader_p.h"
+
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+
+using namespace QPatternist;
+
+URILoader::URILoader(QObject *const parent,
+                     const NamePool::Ptr &np,
+                     const VariableLoader::Ptr &l) : QNetworkAccessManager(parent)
+                                                   , m_variableNS(QLatin1String("tag:trolltech.com,2007:QtXmlPatterns:QIODeviceVariable:"))
+                                                   , m_namePool(np)
+                                                   , m_variableLoader(l)
+{
+    Q_ASSERT(m_variableLoader);
+}
+
+QNetworkReply *URILoader::createRequest(Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &req, QIODevice *outgoingData)
+{
+    const QString requestedUrl(req.url().toString());
+
+    /* We got a QIODevice variable. */
+    const QString name(requestedUrl.right(requestedUrl.length() - m_variableNS.length()));
+
+    const QVariant variant(m_variableLoader->valueFor(m_namePool->allocateQName(QString(), name, QString())));
+
+    if(!variant.isNull() && variant.userType() == qMetaTypeId<QIODevice *>())
+        return new QIODeviceDelegate(qVariantValue<QIODevice *>(variant));
+    else
+    {
+        /* If we're entering this code path, the variable URI identified a variable
+         * which we don't have, which means we either have a bug, or the user had
+         * crafted an invalid URI manually. */
+
+        return QNetworkAccessManager::createRequest(op, req, outgoingData);
+    }
+}
+
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+