edu.iastate.utils.string
Class ISOCharConverter

java.lang.Object
  edu.iastate.utils.string.ISOCharConverter

public class ISOCharConverter

extends java.lang.Object

Class provides methods to decode ISO encoded characters.

Field Summary

(package private) static java.lang.String

HEX_DIGITS

Constructor Summary

ISOCharConverter()

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	decodeChar(byte[] isoBytes) Decode ISO encoded character
protected static java.lang.String	urlDecode(byte[] bytes) URL encoder does not handle all characters correctly.
static java.lang.String	urlDecodeUTF8(java.lang.String utf8) As java.net.URLDecoder class, but for UTF-8 strings.
protected static java.lang.String	urlEncode(byte[] rs) java.net.URLEncoder.encode() method in JDK < 1.4 is buggy.
static java.lang.String	urlEncodeUTF8(java.lang.String text) As java.net.URLEncoder class, but this does it in UTF8 character set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HEX_DIGITS

static final java.lang.String HEX_DIGITS

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ISOCharConverter

public ISOCharConverter()

Method Detail

decodeChar

public static java.lang.String decodeChar(byte[] isoBytes)

Decode ISO encoded character

Parameters:

isoBytes - Bytes representing the char

Returns:

String representing the encoded char

urlEncodeUTF8

public static java.lang.String urlEncodeUTF8(java.lang.String text)

As java.net.URLEncoder class, but this does it in UTF8 character set.

urlDecodeUTF8

public static java.lang.String urlDecodeUTF8(java.lang.String utf8)

As java.net.URLDecoder class, but for UTF-8 strings.

urlEncode

protected static java.lang.String urlEncode(byte[] rs)

java.net.URLEncoder.encode() method in JDK < 1.4 is buggy. This duplicates its functionality.

urlDecode

protected static java.lang.String urlDecode(byte[] bytes)
                                     throws java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException,
                                            java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

URL encoder does not handle all characters correctly. See Bug parade, bug #4257115 for more information.

Thanks to CJB for this fix.

Throws:

java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException