org.mmbase.util
Class URLEscape

java.lang.Object
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public class URLEscape

extends java.lang.Object

Escapes and Unescapes undesirable characters using % (URLEncoding)

Constructor Summary

URLEscape()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	escapeurl(java.lang.String str) Escape a url.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Method for testing this class from the command line
static java.lang.String	unescapeurl(java.lang.String str) Unescape a url.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLEscape

public URLEscape()

Method Detail

escapeurl

public static java.lang.String escapeurl(java.lang.String str)

Escape a url. Replaces 'invalid characters' with their Escaped code, i.e. the questionmark (?) is escaped with %3F.

Parameters:

url - the urls to escape

Returns:

the escaped url.

unescapeurl

public static java.lang.String unescapeurl(java.lang.String str)

Unescape a url. Replaces escapesequenced with the actual character. i.e %3F is replaced with the the questionmark (?).

Parameters:

url - the urls to unescape

Returns:

the unescaped url.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Method for testing this class from the command line