Package org.apache.axis2.kernel.http.util

Class URIEncoderDecoder

java.lang.Object

org.apache.axis2.kernel.http.util.URIEncoderDecoder

public class URIEncoderDecoder
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
URIEncoderDecoder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	decode(String s)	Decodes the string argument which is assumed to be encoded in the x-www-form-urlencoded MIME content type using the UTF-8 encoding scheme.
static String	quoteIllegal(String s, String legal)	All characters except letters ('a'..'

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

URIEncoderDecoder

public URIEncoderDecoder()

Method Detail

quoteIllegal

public static String quoteIllegal(String s,
                                  String legal)
                           throws UnsupportedEncodingException

All characters except letters ('a'..'z', 'A'..'Z') and numbers ('0'..'9') and legal characters are converted into their hexidecimal value prepended by '%'.

For example: '#' -> %23

Other characters, which are Unicode chars that are not US-ASCII, and are not ISO Control or are not ISO Space chars, are preserved.

Called from URI.quoteComponent() (for multiple argument constructors)

Parameters:

s - java.lang.String the string to be converted

legal - java.lang.String the characters allowed to be preserved in the string s

Returns:

java.lang.String the converted string

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException

decode

public static String decode(String s)
                     throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Decodes the string argument which is assumed to be encoded in the x-www-form-urlencoded MIME content type using the UTF-8 encoding scheme.

'%' and two following hex digit characters are converted to the equivalent byte value. All other characters are passed through unmodified.

e.g. "A%20B%20C %24%25" -> "A B C $%"

Called from URI.getXYZ() methods

Parameters:

s - java.lang.String The encoded string.

Returns:

java.lang.String The decoded version.

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException