iaik.utils

Class URLDecoder

java.lang.Object

iaik.utils.URLDecoder

public class URLDecoder
extends java.lang.Object

URL decoding utility.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
URLDecoder()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	decode(java.lang.String url) Decodes an URL.
static java.lang.String	decodeISO8859_1(java.lang.String url) Decodes an ISO8859-1 encoded URL.
static java.lang.String	decodeUTF8(java.lang.String url) Decodes an UTF-8 encoded URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLDecoder

public URLDecoder()

Method Detail

decode

public static java.lang.String decode(java.lang.String url)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Decodes an URL. This method assumes that the given URL is UTF-8 encoded. If decoding fails, a second attempt is made using ISO8859-1 encoding.

Parameters:

url - The URL to be decoded.

Returns:

The decoded URL or the input URL, if it is not encoded or an error occurs during decoding.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an error occurs on decoding the URL.

decodeUTF8

public static java.lang.String decodeUTF8(java.lang.String url)
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Decodes an UTF-8 encoded URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL to be decoded.

Returns:

The decoded URL.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If the URL to be decoded is not a valid UTF-8 encoded URL.

decodeISO8859_1

public static java.lang.String decodeISO8859_1(java.lang.String url)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Decodes an ISO8859-1 encoded URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL to be decoded.

Returns:

The decoded URL.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If the URL to be decoded is not a valid ISO8859-1 encoded URL.