com.autonomy.utilities
Class HTTPUtils

java.lang.Object
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public class HTTPUtils

extends java.lang.Object

Library of functions specifically used for processing HTTP connections

Constructor Summary

HTTPUtils()

Method Summary

static boolean	charNeedsURLEncoding(char c) Returns true if c should be URL Encoded, if it appears as part of a URL
static java.lang.String	getURLContents(java.lang.String sURL) Download the contents of the given URL and store in a String
static java.lang.String	URLDecode(java.lang.String sToDecode, java.lang.String sEncoding) A URL Unescaping function that works with non-ASCII characters on non-English locales
static java.lang.String	URLEncode(java.lang.String sToEncode, java.lang.String sEncoding) A URL Escaping function that works with non-ASCII characters on non-English locales

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HTTPUtils

public HTTPUtils()

Method Detail

getURLContents

public static java.lang.String getURLContents(java.lang.String sURL)

Download the contents of the given URL and store in a String

Parameters:

sURL - URL to download

Returns:

contents of URL, as a String

URLEncode

public static java.lang.String URLEncode(java.lang.String sToEncode,
                                         java.lang.String sEncoding)

A URL Escaping function that works with non-ASCII characters on non-English locales

Parameters:

sToEncode - String to encode

sEncoding - String to represent encoding type

Returns:

URL Escaped string

charNeedsURLEncoding

public static boolean charNeedsURLEncoding(char c)

Returns true if c should be URL Encoded, if it appears as part of a URL

URLDecode

public static java.lang.String URLDecode(java.lang.String sToDecode,
                                         java.lang.String sEncoding)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception

A URL Unescaping function that works with non-ASCII characters on non-English locales

Parameters:

sToDecode - String to decode

sEncoding - String to represent encoding type

Returns:

URL Unescaped string

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if encoding is invalid or sToDecode is not a valid URL escaped string