Package org.dspace.app.rest.utils

Class URLUtils

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.app.rest.utils.URLUtils

public class URLUtils
extends Object

Utility class to encode or decode URL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	decode(String url)	Decode a given URL
static String	encode(String url)	Encode a given URL
static boolean	urlIsPrefixOf(String pattern, String candidate)	Is one URL a prefix of another?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

decode

public static String decode(String url)

Decode a given URL

Parameters:

url - URL

Returns:

decoded URL

encode

public static String encode(String url)

Encode a given URL

Parameters:

url - URL

Returns:

encoded URL

urlIsPrefixOf

public static boolean urlIsPrefixOf(String pattern,
 String candidate)
                             throws IllegalArgumentException

Is one URL a prefix of another? Ignores credentials, fragments and queries.

Parameters:

pattern - the potential prefix.

candidate - does this URL match the pattern?

Returns:

true if the URLs have equal protocol, host and port, and each element of candidate's path String.equals(java.lang.Object) the corresponding element in pattern's path.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either URL is malformed.