UriValidator is inappropriately case sensitive. about jawampa

[Matthias247]

Hi,
it's bascially the same issue as #11
The validator follows the rules for strict URIs in the WAMP specification. This does not allow uppercase characters.

[twopointzero]

Thanks for the quick reply Matthias.

I revisited the WAMP spec just now and spotted the regexps in question. The closest thing I can find to spec-normative text just mentions "letters" as it applies to this issue, whereas the examples are obviously only in support of lowercase. It is too bad that the WAMP spec isn't clearer in its distinction between what appear to be normative text vs not. Regardless, if the WAMP folks only want to support lowercase then they will actually be deviating from the URI RFC (in particular, section 2.3s definition of "unreserved characters" as then referenced elsewhere throughout the RFC.)

Since you are the one maintaining jawampa, I'm certainly not going to suggest that I somehow force you to deviate from the WAMP spec's current wording. When I have a moment I'll create a fork for my own use and either bring the validator in line with the URI RFC (especially since the validator is also failing out things like encoded characters) or simply relax the validation entirely for my own uses.

EDIT: Looking back on my comment, and just to be clear: I certainly don't take issue with the WAMP spec choosing to be more restrictive. I, for one, appreciate keeping identifiers to a simple, safe, set of characters. The spec just needs to be clearer in terms of how it deviates from the URI RFC if it is going to do so.