android.net vs java.net and the different URI classes

Question

I\'m writing an application with a model object that will expose a Restful interface to some web services. I\'ve noticed that in Android there is a java.net.URI and an andro

Answer 1

Yes, there will be performance benefits. The android team doesn't have to conform to the same backwards compatibility restrictions when coding the android.net package that they do when they're implementing the java.net package. Therefore they can make better optimizations.