Package eu.woolplatform.utils.http

Class URLParameters

java.lang.Object

eu.woolplatform.utils.http.URLParameters

public class URLParameters
extends Object

Methods for creating and parsing URL-encoded parameter strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
URLParameters()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,String>	extractParameters(String url)	Extracts a parameter string from the specified URL and parses it into a map.
static String	extractParameterString(String url)	Extracts a parameter string from the specified URL.
static String	getParameterString(Map<String,String> params)	Creates a URL-encoded parameter string for the specified parameters.
static String	getSortedParameterString(Map<String,String> params)	Creates a URL-encoded parameter string for the specified parameters.
static Map<String,String>	parseParameterString(String paramStr)	Parses a URL-encoded parameter string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLParameters

public URLParameters()

Method Detail

getSortedParameterString

public static String getSortedParameterString(Map<String,String> params)

Creates a URL-encoded parameter string for the specified parameters. They will first be sorted by key. It uses UTF-8.

Parameters:

params - the parameters

Returns:

the parameter string

getParameterString

public static String getParameterString(Map<String,String> params)

Creates a URL-encoded parameter string for the specified parameters. It uses UTF-8.

Parameters:

params - the parameters

Returns:

the parameter string

parseParameterString

public static Map<String,String> parseParameterString(String paramStr)
                                                     throws ParseException

Parses a URL-encoded parameter string. It uses UTF-8.

Parameters:

paramStr - the parameter string

Returns:

the parameters

Throws:

ParseException - if the parameter string is invalid

extractParameterString

public static String extractParameterString(String url)

Extracts a parameter string from the specified URL. It will search for a ? and return everything after that until a possible #. If there is no ? this method returns null.

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

the parameter string or null

extractParameters

public static Map<String,String> extractParameters(String url)
                                                  throws ParseException

Extracts a parameter string from the specified URL and parses it into a map. It uses UTF-8. If the URL doesn't have a parameter string, this method returns null. This is a convenience method for extractParameterString() and parseParameterString().

Parameters:

url - the URL

Returns:

the parameter map or null

Throws:

ParseException - if the parameter string is invalid