code: public void setRawPath(char[] escapedPath) throws URIException {
          if (escapedPath == null || escapedPath.length == 0) {
              _path = _opaque = escapedPath;
              setURI();
              return;
          }
          // remove the fragment identifier
          escapedPath = removeFragmentIdentifier(escapedPath);
          if (_is_net_path || _is_abs_path) {
              if (escapedPath[0] != '/') {
                  throw new URIException(URIException.PARSING,
                          "not absolute path");
              }
              if (!validate(escapedPath, abs_path)) {
                  throw new URIException(URIException.ESCAPING,
                          "escaped absolute path not valid");
              }
              _path = escapedPath;
          } else if (_is_rel_path) {
              int at = indexFirstOf(escapedPath, '/');
              if (at == 0) {
                  throw new URIException(URIException.PARSING, "incorrect path");
              }
              if (at > 0 && !validate(escapedPath, 0, at - 1, rel_segment) 
                  && !validate(escapedPath, at, -1, abs_path) 
                  || at < 0 && !validate(escapedPath, 0, -1, rel_segment)) {
              
                  throw new URIException(URIException.ESCAPING,
                          "escaped relative path not valid");
              }
              _path = escapedPath;
          } else if (_is_opaque_part) {
              if (!uric_no_slash.get(escapedPath[0]) 
                  && !validate(escapedPath, 1, -1, uric)) {
                  throw new URIException(URIException.ESCAPING,
                      "escaped opaque part not valid");
              }
              _opaque = escapedPath;
          } else {
              throw new URIException(URIException.PARSING, "incorrect path");
          }
          setURI();
      }
docs: Set the raw-escaped path.
  
  @param escapedPath the path character sequence
  @throws URIException encoding error or not proper for initial instance
  @see #encode