Add InternalStyle:rootLength to implement isAbsolute and rootPrefix.

pkg/path/lib/src/style/url.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 library path.style.url;
 
 import '../characters.dart' as chars;
 import '../internal_style.dart';
 import '../utils.dart';
 
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   bool isSeparator(int codeUnit) => codeUnit == chars.SLASH;
 
   bool needsSeparator(String path) {
     if (path.isEmpty) return false;
 
     // A URL that doesn't end in "/" always needs a separator.
     if (!isSeparator(path.codeUnitAt(path.length - 1))) return true;
 
     // A URI that's just "scheme://" needs an extra separator, despite ending
     // with "/".
-    var root = _getRoot(path);
-    return root != null && root.endsWith('://');
+    return path.endsWith("://");

[nweiz, 2014/08/04 20:11:58]

This isn't sufficient; it fails on "foo/bar://".

[Anders Johnsen, 2014/08/05 08:57:13]

I see.

+  }
+
+  int rootLength(String path) {
+    if (path.isEmpty) return 0;
+    if (isSeparator(path.codeUnitAt(0))) return 1;
+    int index = path.indexOf("://");
+    if (index >= 0) {
+      index = path.indexOf('/', index + 3);

[Bob Nystrom, 2014/08/04 17:17:32]

Document this line please.

[Anders Johnsen, 2014/08/05 08:57:13]

Done.

+      if (index > 0) return index;
+      return path.length;
+    }

[nweiz, 2014/08/04 20:11:58]

I believe this also fails on "foo/bar://".

[Anders Johnsen, 2014/08/05 08:57:13]

Done.

+    return 0;
   }
 
   String getRoot(String path) {
-    var root = _getRoot(path);
-    return root == null ? getRelativeRoot(path) : root;
+    int length = rootLength(path);
+    if (length > 0) return path.substring(0, length);
+    return getRelativeRoot(path);
   }
 
   String getRelativeRoot(String path) {
     if (path.isEmpty) return null;
     return isSeparator(path.codeUnitAt(0)) ? "/" : null;
   }
 
   String pathFromUri(Uri uri) => uri.toString();
 
   Uri relativePathToUri(String path) => Uri.parse(path);
   Uri absolutePathToUri(String path) => Uri.parse(path);
-
-  // A helper method for [getRoot] that doesn't handle relative roots.
-  String _getRoot(String path) {
-    if (path.isEmpty) return null;
-
-    // We aren't using a RegExp for this because they're slow (issue 19090). If
-    // we could, we'd match against r"[a-zA-Z][-+.a-zA-Z\d]*://[^/]*".
-
-    if (!isAlphabetic(path.codeUnitAt(0))) return null;
-    var start = 1;
-    for (; start < path.length; start++) {
-      var char = path.codeUnitAt(start);
-      if (isAlphabetic(char)) continue;
-      if (isNumeric(char)) continue;
-      if (char == chars.MINUS || char == chars.PLUS || char == chars.PERIOD) {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      break;
-    }
-
-    if (start + 3 > path.length) return null;
-    if (path.substring(start, start + 3) != '://') return null;
-    start += 3;
-
-    // A URL root can end with a non-"/" prefix.
-    while (start < path.length && !isSeparator(path.codeUnitAt(start))) {
-      start++;
-    }
-    return path.substring(0, start);
-  }
 }