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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2005 Tim Pizey
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
9    *
10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
11   * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
12   *
13   * a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
14   *    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
15   *    any later version,
16   *
17   *    or
18   *
19   * b) any version of the Melati Software License, as published
20   *    at http://melati.org
21   *
22   * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
23   * the Melati Software License along with this program;
24   * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
25   * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA to obtain the
26   * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
27   * Melati Software License.
28   *
29   * Feel free to contact the Developers of Melati (http://melati.org),
30   * if you would like to work out a different arrangement than the options
31   * outlined here.  It is our intention to allow Melati to be used by as
32   * wide an audience as possible.
33   *
34   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
35   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
36   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
37   * GNU General Public License for more details.
38   *
39   * Contact details for copyright holder:
40   *
41   *     Tim Pizey <timp At paneris.org>
42   *     http://paneris.org/~timp
43   */
44  package org.melati.util;
45  
46  import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
47  import java.net.URLEncoder;
48  import java.net.URLDecoder;
49  
50  import org.melati.Melati;
51  
52  /**
53   * A utility class to work around need for catch block.
54   */
55  public final class UTF8URLEncoder {
56    
57    private UTF8URLEncoder() {}
58  
59    /**
60     * Encode with default encoding.
61     * @param s the String to encode
62     * @return the encoded String
63     */
64    public static String encode(String s) {
65      return encode(s, Melati.DEFAULT_ENCODING);
66    }
67  
68    /**
69     * Encode with an encoding.
70     * @param s the String to encode
71     * @param encoding the character encoding to use 
72     * @return the encoded String
73     */
74    public static String encode(String s, String encoding) {
75      String encoded = null;
76      try {
77        encoded = URLEncoder.encode(s, encoding);
78      } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
79        throw new UnexpectedExceptionException(e);
80      }
81      return encoded;
82    }
83  
84    /**
85     * Decode using default character encoding.
86     * @param s the String to decode
87     * @return the decoded String
88     */
89    public static String decode(String s) {
90      return decode(s, Melati.DEFAULT_ENCODING);
91    }
92    
93    /**
94     * Decode with an encoding.
95     * @param s the String to decode
96     * @param encoding the character encoding to use 
97     * @return the decoded String
98     */
99    public static String decode(String s, String encoding) {
100     String decoded = null;
101     try {
102       decoded = URLDecoder.decode(s, encoding);
103     } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
104       throw new UnexpectedExceptionException(e);
105     }
106     return decoded;
107   }
108   
109 }