class Addressable::URI

def site=(new_site)
  if new_site
    if !new_site.respond_to?(:to_str)
      raise TypeError, "Can't convert #{new_site.class} into String."
    end
    new_site = new_site.to_str
    # These two regular expressions derived from the primary parsing
    # expression
    self.scheme = new_site[/^(?:([^:\/?#]+):)?(?:\/\/(?:[^\/?#]*))?$/, 1]
    self.authority = new_site[
      /^(?:(?:[^:\/?#]+):)?(?:\/\/([^\/?#]*))?$/, 1
    ]
  else
    self.scheme = nil
    self.authority = nil
  end
end