Package com.restfb.util

Class UrlUtils

java.lang.Object

com.restfb.util.UrlUtils

public final class UrlUtils
extends Object

Since:

1.6.10

Author:

Mark Allen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,List<String>>	extractParametersFromQueryString(String queryString)	For the given queryString, extract a mapping of query string parameter names to values.
static Map<String,List<String>>	extractParametersFromUrl(String url)	For the given url, extract a mapping of query string parameter names to values.
static String	removeQueryParameter(String url, String key)	Remove the given key from the url query string and return the new URL as String.
static String	replaceOrAddQueryParameter(String url, String key, String value)	Modify the query string in the given url and return the new url as String.
static String	urlDecode(String string)	URL-decodes a string.
static String	urlEncode(String string)	URL-encodes a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

urlEncode

public static String urlEncode(String string)

URL-encodes a string.

Assumes string is in StandardCharsets.UTF_8 format.

Parameters:

string - The string to URL-encode.

Returns:

The URL-encoded version of the input string, or null if string is null.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If unable to URL-encode because the JVM doesn't support StandardCharsets.UTF_8.

urlDecode

public static String urlDecode(String string)

URL-decodes a string.

Assumes string is in StandardCharsets.UTF_8 format.

Parameters:

string - The string to URL-decode.

Returns:

The URL-decoded version of the input string, or null if string is null.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If unable to URL-decode because the JVM doesn't support StandardCharsets.UTF_8.

Since:

1.6.5

extractParametersFromQueryString

public static Map<String,List<String>> extractParametersFromQueryString(String queryString)

For the given queryString, extract a mapping of query string parameter names to values.

Example of a queryString is accessToken=123&expires=345.

Parameters:

queryString - The URL query string from which parameters are extracted.

Returns:

A mapping of query string parameter names to values. If queryString is null, an empty Map is returned.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If unable to URL-decode because the JVM doesn't support StandardCharsets.UTF_8.

extractParametersFromUrl

public static Map<String,List<String>> extractParametersFromUrl(String url)

For the given url, extract a mapping of query string parameter names to values.

Adapted from an implementation by BalusC and dfrankow, available at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1667278/parsing-query-strings-in-java.

Parameters:

url - The URL from which parameters are extracted.

Returns:

A mapping of query string parameter names to values. If url is null, an empty Map is returned.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If unable to URL-decode because the JVM doesn't support StandardCharsets.UTF_8.

replaceOrAddQueryParameter

public static String replaceOrAddQueryParameter(String url,
 String key,
 String value)

Modify the query string in the given url and return the new url as String.

The given key/value pair is added to the url. If the key is already present, it is replaced with the new value.

Parameters:

url - The URL which parameters should be modified.

key - the key, that should be modified or added

value - the value of the key/value pair

Returns:

the modified URL as String

removeQueryParameter

public static String removeQueryParameter(String url,
 String key)

Remove the given key from the url query string and return the new URL as String.

Parameters:

url - The URL from which parameters are extracted.

key - the key, that should be removed

Returns:

the modified URL as String