This static method registers the SMB URL protocol handler which is required to use SMB URLs with the java.net.URL class.
This static method registers the SMB URL protocol handler which is required to use SMB URLs with the java.net.URL class. If this method is not called before attempting to create an SMB URL with the URL class the following exception will occur:
Exception MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: smb at java.net.URL.(URL.java:480) at java.net.URL.(URL.java:376) at java.net.URL.(URL.java:330) at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.(SmbFile.java:355) ...