Package com.orchestranetworks.dataservices.rest

Class RESTEncodingHelper

java.lang.Object

com.orchestranetworks.dataservices.rest.RESTEncodingHelper

public final class RESTEncodingHelper
extends Object

Helper for REST encoding.

Since:

5.7.1 fix D

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RESTEncodingHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	decode(String anEncoded)	Decodes a given encoded string.
static PrimaryKey	decodePrimaryKey(String anEncodedPrimaryKey)	Decodes an encoded primary key string form into a primary key object.
static String	encode(String aString)	Encodes a given string.
static String	encodePrimaryKey(PrimaryKey aPrimaryKey)	Encodes a given primary key and transforms it into a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

RESTEncodingHelper

public RESTEncodingHelper()

Method Details

encode

public static String encode(String aString)

Encodes a given string.

The provided String is encoded into the application/x-www-form-urlencoded format using the UTF-8 encoding, then the following characters are replaced:

• '+' by '_20',
• '*' by '_2A',
• '-' by '_2D',
• '.' by '_2E',
• '_' by '_5F'
• '%' by '_'.

Parameters:

aString - the String to encode.

Returns:

the encoded String or null.

See Also:

• decode(String)
• URLEncoder.encode(String, String)

encodePrimaryKey

public static String encodePrimaryKey(PrimaryKey aPrimaryKey)

Encodes a given primary key and transforms it into a string.

The encoded primary key representation should be used in the URI path.

Parameters:

aPrimaryKey - corresponds to a primary key to be encoded.

Returns:

the encoded primary key String form or null.

See Also:

• decodePrimaryKey(String)
• encode(String)

decodePrimaryKey

public static PrimaryKey decodePrimaryKey(String anEncodedPrimaryKey)
                                   throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Decodes an encoded primary key string form into a primary key object.

Parameters:

anEncodedPrimaryKey - an encoded primary key to decode.

Returns:

the decoded primary key Object or null.

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - if anEncodedPrimaryKey cannot be decoded.

See Also:

• decode(String)
• encodePrimaryKey(PrimaryKey)
• PrimaryKey.parseString(String)

decode

public static String decode(String anEncoded)
                     throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Decodes a given encoded string.

The provided String is decoded from an application/x-www-form-urlencoded format, using UTF-8 encoding, after the substitution of the following characters:

• '_' by '%',
• '_5F' by '_',
• '_2A' by '*',
• '_2D' by '-',
• '_2E' by '.'

Parameters:

anEncoded - the encoded String.

Returns:

the decoded String.

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException - if anEncoded cannot be decoded.

See Also:

• URLDecoder.decode(String, String)