apply a quick space replacement (by %20) for few URIs of the configuration file
and remove duplicated entry (encoding) from the Gradle build script.

A special test has also been added in getFile(...) in order to deliver
a clear error message for users using a former version with URIs in their
configuration file (only for file_root_path and metadata_file).

Two embedded DBMS are used: H2 and a little SQLite. JDBC drivers are provided
in the `lib` directory. The databases are created and deleted automatically
by the JUnit tests (see `test/tap/db_testtools/DBTools for more details`).

The ANT and Gradle build scripts have been updated to reflect all these test
modifications.

fixed typo