UTF8URLEncoder.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2005 Tim Pizey
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 * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
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package org.melati.util;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.URLDecoder;

import org.melati.Melati;

/**
 * A utility class to work around need for catch block.
 */
public final class UTF8URLEncoder {
  
  private UTF8URLEncoder() {}

  /**
   * Encode with default encoding.
   * @param s the String to encode
   * @return the encoded String
   */
  public static String encode(String s) {
    return encode(s, Melati.DEFAULT_ENCODING);
  }

  /**
   * Encode with an encoding.
   * @param s the String to encode
   * @param encoding the character encoding to use 
   * @return the encoded String
   */
  public static String encode(String s, String encoding) {
    String encoded = null;
    try {
      encoded = URLEncoder.encode(s, encoding);
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      throw new UnexpectedExceptionException(e);
    }
    return encoded;
  }

  /**
   * Decode using default character encoding.
   * @param s the String to decode
   * @return the decoded String
   */
  public static String decode(String s) {
    return decode(s, Melati.DEFAULT_ENCODING);
  }
  
  /**
   * Decode with an encoding.
   * @param s the String to decode
   * @param encoding the character encoding to use 
   * @return the decoded String
   */
  public static String decode(String s, String encoding) {
    String decoded = null;
    try {
      decoded = URLDecoder.decode(s, encoding);
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
      throw new UnexpectedExceptionException(e);
    }
    return decoded;
  }
  
}