diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b2d46ee..943143c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ set(ADC_NETWORK_HEADERS
     # net/adc_netmessage.h
     net/adc_netproto.h
     net/adc_netservice.h    
-    net/adc_url.h
+    net/adc_endpoint.h
 )
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
diff --git a/net/adc_endpoint.h b/net/adc_endpoint.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b43e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/adc_endpoint.h
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+#pragma once
+
+
+#include "../common/adc_traits.h"
+
+namespace adc
+{
+
+
+/*
+ *  Very simple various protocols endpoint parser and holder class
+ *
+ *  endpoint:  proto_mark://host_name:port_num/path
+ *             where "part" is optional for all protocol kinds;
+ *
+ *             for "local" kind protocol the endpoint string must consists of
+ *             only "proto_mark" and "host_name" fields
+ *             (e.g.: local://APP_UNIX_SOCKET)
+ *
+ */
+
+class AdcEndpoint
+{
+protected:
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoHostDelim = "://";
+    static constexpr std::string_view hostPortDelim = ":";
+    static constexpr std::string_view portPathDelim = "/";
+
+public:
+    enum proto_id_t : uint8_t {
+        PROTO_ID_LOCAL,
+        PROTO_ID_TCP,
+        PROTO_ID_TLS,
+        PROTO_ID_UDP,
+        PROTO_ID_WS,
+        PROTO_ID_WSS,
+        PROTO_ID_UNKNOWN
+    };
+
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkLocal{"local"};  // UNIX domain
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkTCP{"tcp"};      // TCP
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkTLS{"tls"};      // TLS
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkUDP{"udp"};      // UDP
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkWS{"ws"};        // Websocket
+    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkWSS{"wss"};      // Secure Websocket
+
+    static constexpr std::array validProtoMarks = {protoMarkLocal, protoMarkTCP, protoMarkTLS,
+                                                   protoMarkUDP,   protoMarkWS,  protoMarkWSS};
+
+    /*  Constructors and destructor  */
+
+    AdcEndpoint() = default;
+
+    // full-feature constructor
+    template <traits::adc_input_char_range HT, traits::adc_input_char_range PTT = std::string_view>
+    AdcEndpoint(proto_id_t proto_id, HT&& host, int port = -1, PTT&& path = PTT()) : AdcEndpoint()
+    {
+        setEndpoint(proto_id, std::forward<HT>(host), port, std::forward<PTT>(path));
+    }
+
+
+    bool valid() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid;
+    }
+
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R endpoint() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        if (_protoID == PROTO_ID_LOCAL) {  // only proto mark, host and its delimiter
+            std::ranges::copy(endpointView | std::views::take(3) | std::views::join, std::back_inserter(r));
+        } else {
+            std::ranges::copy(endpointView | std::views::join, std::back_inserter(r));
+        }
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    std::string endpoint() const
+    {
+        //
+        return endpoint<std::string>();
+    }
+
+
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R proto() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return R();
+        }
+
+        const auto& proto = validProtoMarks[_protoID];
+        return R{proto.begin(), proto.end()};
+    }
+
+
+    std::string_view proto() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return std::string_view();
+        }
+
+        return validProtoMarks[_protoID];
+    }
+
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R host() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        std::ranges::copy(_host, std::back_inserter(r));
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R hostView() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return R();
+        }
+
+        return R{_host.begin(), _host.end()};
+    }
+
+    std::string host() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _host;
+    }
+
+    std::string_view hostView() const
+    {
+        //
+        return std::string_view{_host.begin(), _host.end()};
+    }
+
+
+    int port() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid ? _port : -1;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
+    R path() const
+    {
+        R r;
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        std::ranges::copy(_path, std::back_inserter(r));
+
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
+    R pathView() const
+    {
+        if (!_isValid) {
+            return R();
+        }
+
+        return R{_path.begin(), _path.end()};
+    }
+
+    std::string path() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid ? _path : "";
+    }
+
+    std::string_view pathView() const
+    {
+        //
+        return _isValid ? std::string_view{_path.begin(), _path.end()} : std::string_view();
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_input_char_range HT, traits::adc_input_char_range PTT>
+    bool setEndpoint(proto_id_t proto_id, const HT& host, int port, const PTT& path)
+    {
+        if (!std::distance(std::begin(host), std::end(host))) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        switch (proto_id) {
+            case PROTO_ID_LOCAL:
+                // ignore path (always "") and port (just skip)
+                _port = -1;
+                _path.clear();
+
+                break;
+            case PROTO_ID_TCP:
+            case PROTO_ID_TLS:
+            case PROTO_ID_UDP:
+            case PROTO_ID_WS:
+            case PROTO_ID_WSS:
+                if (port <= 0) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                _port = port;
+
+                _path.clear();
+                std::ranges::copy(path, std::back_inserter(_path));
+
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+
+        _isValid = true;
+
+        _protoID = proto_id;
+
+        _host.clear();
+        std::ranges::copy(host, std::back_inserter(_host));
+
+        updateEndpointView();
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    template <size_t N>
+    bool setEndpoint(char (&r)[N])
+    {
+        return setEndpoint(std::string_view(r));
+    }
+
+    template <traits::adc_input_char_range R>
+    bool setEndpoint(const R& r)
+    {
+        auto found = std::ranges::search(r, protoHostDelim);
+
+        if (found.empty()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (found.end() == r.end()) {  // no host, only delimiter!!!
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        auto sz = std::distance(r.begin(), found.begin());
+
+        std::string proto;
+        std::ranges::copy(r | std::views::take(sz), std::back_inserter(proto));
+
+        std::underlying_type_t<proto_id_t> i = 0;
+        proto_id_t id = PROTO_ID_UNKNOWN;
+
+        for (const auto& el : validProtoMarks) {
+            if (std::ranges::equal(el, proto)) {
+                id = static_cast<proto_id_t>(i);
+                break;
+            }
+            ++i;
+        }
+
+        if (id == PROTO_ID_UNKNOWN) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (id == PROTO_ID_LOCAL) {  // remaining part is host
+            _protoID = id;
+            _host.clear();
+            std::ranges::copy(r | std::views::drop(sz), std::back_inserter(_host));
+            _path.clear();
+            _port = -1;
+            _isValid = true;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        sz += proto.size();
+
+        found = std::ranges::search(r | std::views::drop(sz), hostPortDelim);
+
+        if (found.empty()) {  // no host-to-port delimiter
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (found.end() == r.end()) {  // the delimiter is at the end!!!
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        auto pos = std::distance(r.begin(), found.begin());
+        if (pos == sz) {  // empty host field
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        std::string host;
+        std::ranges::copy(r | std::views::drop(sz) | std::views::take(pos - sz), std::back_inserter(host));
+        sz = pos + hostPortDelim.size();
+
+        found = std::ranges::search(r | std::views::drop(sz), portPathDelim);
+        pos = std::distance(r.begin(), found.begin());
+
+        std::string port_str;
+        std::ranges::copy(r | std::views::drop(sz) | std::views::take(pos - sz), std::back_inserter(port_str));
+
+        int port;
+        auto end_ptr = port_str.data() + port_str.size();
+
+        auto [ptr, ec] = std::from_chars(port_str.data(), end_ptr, port);
+        if (ec != std::errc() || ptr != end_ptr) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        sz = pos + portPathDelim.size();
+
+        _path.clear();
+        std::ranges::copy(r | std::views::drop(sz), std::back_inserter(_path));
+
+        _protoID = id;
+        _host = host;
+        _port = port;
+
+        _isValid = true;
+
+        updateEndpointView();
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+protected:
+    bool _isValid{false};
+    proto_id_t _protoID;
+    std::string _host, _path, _portStr;
+    int _port;
+
+    std::array<std::string_view, 7> endpointView{protoMarkLocal, protoHostDelim, "localhost", hostPortDelim,
+                                                 "7777",         portPathDelim,  ""};
+
+    void updateEndpointView()
+    {
+        endpointView[0] = validProtoMarks[_protoID];
+        endpointView[2] = _host.c_str();
+
+        _portStr = std::to_string(_port);
+        endpointView[4] = _port == -1 ? "" : _portStr.c_str();
+
+        endpointView[6] = _path.c_str();
+    }
+};
+
+}  // namespace adc
diff --git a/net/adc_url.h b/net/adc_url.h
deleted file mode 100644
index ddd1083..0000000
--- a/net/adc_url.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,256 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-
-#include "../common/adc_traits.h"
-
-namespace adc
-{
-
-
-/*
- *  Very simple URL parser and holder class
- *
- *  URL:  proto_mark://host_name:port_num/path
- */
-
-class AdcURL
-{
-protected:
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoHostDelim = "://";
-    static constexpr std::string_view hostPortDelim = ":";
-    static constexpr std::string_view portPathDelim = "/";
-
-public:
-    enum proto_id_t { PROTO_ID_LOCAL, PROTO_ID_TCP, PROTO_ID_TLS, PROTO_ID_UDP, PROTO_ID_WS, PROTO_ID_WSS };
-
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkLocal{"local"};  // UNIX domain
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkTCP{"tcp"};      // TCP
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkTLS{"tls"};      // TLS
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkUDP{"udp"};      // UDP
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkWS{"ws"};        // Websocket
-    static constexpr std::string_view protoMarkWSS{"wss"};      // Secure Websocket
-
-    static constexpr std::array validProtoMarks = {protoMarkLocal, protoMarkTCP, protoMarkTLS,
-                                                   protoMarkUDP,   protoMarkWS,  protoMarkWSS};
-
-    /*  Constructors and destructor  */
-
-    AdcURL() = default;
-
-    // full-feature constructor
-    template <traits::adc_input_char_range HT, traits::adc_input_char_range PTT>
-    AdcURL(proto_id_t proto_id, HT&& host, int port, PTT&& path) : AdcURL()
-    {
-        setURL(proto_id, std::forward<HT>(host), port, std::forward<PTT>(path));
-    }
-
-
-    bool valid() const
-    {
-        //
-        return _isValid;
-    }
-
-
-    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
-    R url() const
-    {
-        R r;
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return r;
-        }
-
-        if (_protoID == PROTO_ID_LOCAL) {  // only proto mark, host and its delimiter
-            std::ranges::copy(_urlView | std::views::take(3) | std::views::join, std::back_inserter(r));
-        } else {
-            std::ranges::copy(_urlView | std::views::join, std::back_inserter(r));
-        }
-
-        return r;
-    }
-
-    std::string url() const
-    {
-        //
-        return url<std::string>();
-    }
-
-
-    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
-    R proto() const
-    {
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return R();
-        }
-
-        const auto& proto = validProtoMarks[_protoID];
-        return R{proto.begin(), proto.end()};
-    }
-
-
-    std::string_view proto() const
-    {
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return std::string_view();
-        }
-
-        return validProtoMarks[_protoID];
-    }
-
-
-    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
-    R host() const
-    {
-        R r;
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return r;
-        }
-
-        std::ranges::copy(_host, std::back_inserter(r));
-
-        return r;
-    }
-
-    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
-    R hostView() const
-    {
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return R();
-        }
-
-        return R{_host.begin(), _host.end()};
-    }
-
-    std::string host() const
-    {
-        //
-        return _host;
-    }
-
-    std::string_view hostView() const
-    {
-        //
-        return std::string_view{_host.begin(), _host.end()};
-    }
-
-
-    int port() const
-    {
-        //
-        return _isValid ? _port : -1;
-    }
-
-    template <traits::adc_output_char_range R>
-    R path() const
-    {
-        R r;
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return r;
-        }
-
-        std::ranges::copy(_path, std::back_inserter(r));
-
-        return r;
-    }
-
-    template <traits::adc_char_view R>
-    R pathView() const
-    {
-        if (!_isValid) {
-            return R();
-        }
-
-        return R{_path.begin(), _path.end()};
-    }
-
-    std::string path() const
-    {
-        //
-        return _isValid ? _path : "";
-    }
-
-    std::string_view pathView() const
-    {
-        //
-        return _isValid ? std::string_view{_path.begin(), _path.end()} : std::string_view();
-    }
-
-    template <traits::adc_input_char_range HT, traits::adc_input_char_range PTT>
-    bool setURL(proto_id_t proto_id, HT&& host, int port, PTT&& path)
-    {
-        if (!std::distance(host.begin(), host.end())) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        switch (proto_id) {
-            case PROTO_ID_LOCAL:
-                // ignore path (always "") and port (just skip)
-                _port = -1;
-                _path.clear();
-
-                break;
-            case PROTO_ID_TCP:
-            case PROTO_ID_TLS:
-            case PROTO_ID_UDP:
-            case PROTO_ID_WS:
-            case PROTO_ID_WSS:
-                if (port <= 0) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-
-                _port = port;
-
-                _path.clear();
-                std::ranges::copy(std::forward<PTT>(path), std::back_inserter(_path));
-
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
-
-        _isValid = true;
-
-        _protoID = proto_id;
-
-        _host.clear();
-        std::ranges::copy(std::forward<PTT>(host), std::back_inserter(_host));
-
-        updateURLView();
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    template <traits::adc_input_char_range R>
-    bool setURL(R&& r)
-    {
-        auto found = std::ranges::search(std::forward<R>(r), protoHostDelim);
-
-        if (found.empty()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-protected:
-    bool _isValid{false};
-    proto_id_t _protoID;
-    std::string _host, _path, _portStr;
-    int _port;
-
-    std::array<std::string_view, 7> _urlView{protoMarkLocal, protoHostDelim, "localhost", hostPortDelim,
-                                             "7777",         portPathDelim,  ""};
-
-    void updateURLView()
-    {
-        _urlView[0] = validProtoMarks[_protoID];
-        _urlView[2] = _host.c_str();
-        _portStr = std::to_string(_port);
-        _urlView[4] = _port == -1 ? "" : _portStr.c_str();
-        _urlView[6] = _path.c_str();
-    }
-};
-
-}  // namespace adc
diff --git a/tests/adc_netmsg_test.cpp b/tests/adc_netmsg_test.cpp
index ba67e97..ceb65c3 100644
--- a/tests/adc_netmsg_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/adc_netmsg_test.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 // #include "../common/adc_utils.h"
 // #include "../net/adc_netmessage.h"
 
+#include "../net/adc_endpoint.h"
 #include "../net/adc_netmsg.h"
 
 using namespace adc;
@@ -66,6 +67,19 @@ TEST_CASE("[ADC NET MESSAGE]")
         std::cout << "[" << el << "]";
     }
     std::cout << "\n";
+
+
+    std::cout << "\n\n\n";
+
+    AdcEndpoint ept(AdcEndpoint::PROTO_ID_LOCAL, "SOCK");
+
+    std::cout << "EPT: [" << ept.endpoint() << "]\n";
+    std::cout << "EPT SZ: " << ept.endpoint().size() << "\n";
+
+    char ee[] = "tls://dewlkj.dwed.dwed:8012/dwelk";
+    ept.setEndpoint(ee);
+
+    std::cout << "EPT: [" << ept.endpoint() << "]\n";
 }
 
 /*