Request for a replacement of QUrl and QString

[netmemberab]

I would suggest to replace the use of QUrl and QString with a basic implementation.

Just because QT is a huge library and including this, just for a simple "Url" support class.

PS) I was patching all places with a very simple Url Class replacement to get the library working.

[mdoerfel]

We would support the removal of Qt from the libemfcpp-ecorecpp runtime because it attracts a wider audience.

The generator mode for an editor library (i.e. the ItemProvider classes) uses Qt5 for artwork. It is already protected with an #ifdef QT5_SUPPORT and we would like to keep it.

Do you have already something in mind for a simple Url class?

emf4cpp uses the scheme part, the path (which identifies the file), and the fragment, which is used to resolve cross-resource references. The Url class should split a string into these components. Additionally, a conversion to and from local file names is quite handy. Further requirements are UTF-8 support and a proper URL-encoding (i.e. no spaces) for all parts.