org.apache.commons.codec.net

Class PercentCodec

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.codec.net.PercentCodec

All Implemented Interfaces:

BinaryDecoder, BinaryEncoder, Decoder, Encoder

public class PercentCodec
extends Object
implements BinaryEncoder, BinaryDecoder

Implements the Percent-Encoding scheme, as described in HTTP 1.1 specification. For extensibility, an array of special US-ASCII characters can be specified in order to perform proper URI encoding for the different parts of the URI.

This class is immutable. It is also thread-safe besides using BitSet which is not thread-safe, but its public interface only call the access

Since:

1.12

See Also:

Percent-Encoding

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PercentCodec() Constructs a Percent coded that will encode all the non US-ASCII characters using the Percent-Encoding while it will not encode all the US-ASCII characters, except for character '%' that is used as escape character for Percent-Encoding.
PercentCodec(byte[] alwaysEncodeChars, boolean plusForSpace) Constructs a Percent codec by specifying the characters that belong to US-ASCII that should always be encoded.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	decode(byte[] bytes) Decode bytes encoded with Percent-Encoding based on RFC 3986.
Object	decode(Object obj) Decodes a byte[] Object, whose bytes are encoded with Percent-Encoding.
byte[]	encode(byte[] bytes) Percent-Encoding based on RFC 3986.
Object	encode(Object obj) Encodes an object into using the Percent-Encoding.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PercentCodec

public PercentCodec()

Constructs a Percent coded that will encode all the non US-ASCII characters using the Percent-Encoding while it will not encode all the US-ASCII characters, except for character '%' that is used as escape character for Percent-Encoding.

PercentCodec

public PercentCodec(byte[] alwaysEncodeChars,
                    boolean plusForSpace)

Constructs a Percent codec by specifying the characters that belong to US-ASCII that should always be encoded. The rest US-ASCII characters will not be encoded, except for character '%' that is used as escape character for Percent-Encoding.

Parameters:

alwaysEncodeChars - the unsafe characters that should always be encoded

plusForSpace - the flag defining if the space character should be encoded as '+'

Method Detail

decode

public byte[] decode(byte[] bytes)
              throws DecoderException

Decode bytes encoded with Percent-Encoding based on RFC 3986. The reverse process is performed in order to decode the encoded characters to Unicode.

Specified by:

decode in interface BinaryDecoder

Parameters:

bytes - A byte array which has been encoded with the appropriate encoder

Returns:

a byte array that contains decoded content

Throws:

DecoderException - A decoder exception is thrown if a Decoder encounters a failure condition during the decode process.

decode

public Object decode(Object obj)
              throws DecoderException

Decodes a byte[] Object, whose bytes are encoded with Percent-Encoding.

Specified by:

decode in interface Decoder

Parameters:

obj - the object to decode

Returns:

the decoding result byte[] as Object

Throws:

DecoderException - if the object is not a byte array

encode

public byte[] encode(byte[] bytes)
              throws EncoderException

Percent-Encoding based on RFC 3986. The non US-ASCII characters are encoded, as well as the US-ASCII characters that are configured to be always encoded.

Specified by:

encode in interface BinaryEncoder

Parameters:

bytes - Data to be encoded

Returns:

A byte array containing the encoded data

Throws:

EncoderException - thrown if the Encoder encounters a failure condition during the encoding process.

encode

public Object encode(Object obj)
              throws EncoderException

Encodes an object into using the Percent-Encoding. Only byte[] objects are accepted.

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

obj - the object to encode

Returns:

the encoding result byte[] as Object

Throws:

EncoderException - if the object is not a byte array