edu.mayo.bsi.ngsportal.server
Class HTMLCoder

java.lang.Object
  edu.mayo.bsi.ngsportal.server.HTMLCoder

public class HTMLCoder
extends Object

Class to encode and decode all the parameters needed to do a search on the server, or to rebuild the interface on the client.

@author Gregory Dougherty

Constructor Summary

HTMLCoder()

Method Summary

static String	httpDecode(String token) Take a string that was HTML encoded and decode it
static String	httpDecodeParameter(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, String parameter) Extract a HTML encoded parameter from an HTTP Request and decode it
static String[]	httpDecodeParameterValues(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, String parameter) Extract all HTML encoded parameter values from an HTTP Request and decode them
static String	httpEncode(String token) Take a string and encode it so that it can be safely sent via HTTP

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HTMLCoder

public HTMLCoder()

Method Detail

httpEncode

public static String httpEncode(String token)

Take a string and encode it so that it can be safely sent via HTTP

Parameters:

token - String to encode

Returns:

String that is URL safe

httpDecode

public static String httpDecode(String token)

Take a string that was HTML encoded and decode it

Parameters:

token - URL safe string to be decoded

Returns:

The decoded string

httpDecodeParameter

public static String httpDecodeParameter(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                         String parameter)

Extract a HTML encoded parameter from an HTTP Request and decode it

Parameters:

request - Where to get the parameter. Must not be null

parameter - Name of the parameter to be decoded

Returns:

The decoded string, or null if no such parameter

httpDecodeParameterValues

public static String[] httpDecodeParameterValues(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                 String parameter)

Extract all HTML encoded parameter values from an HTTP Request and decode them

Parameters:

request - Where to get the parameter. Must not be null

parameter - Name of the parameter values to be decoded

Returns:

An array of decoded strings, or null if no such parameter