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package org.apache.commons.httpclient;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;


HTTP content conversion routines.
Author:Oleg Kalnichevski, Mike Bowler
Deprecated:use EncodingUtil class
/** * HTTP content conversion routines. * * @author Oleg Kalnichevski * @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a> * * @deprecated use EncodingUtil class */
public class HttpConstants {
Character set used to encode HTTP protocol elements
/** Character set used to encode HTTP protocol elements */
public static final String HTTP_ELEMENT_CHARSET = "US-ASCII";
Default content encoding chatset
/** Default content encoding chatset */
public static final String DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET = "ISO-8859-1";
Log object for this class.
/** Log object for this class. */
private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HttpConstants.class);
Converts the specified string to a byte array of HTTP element characters. This method is to be used when encoding content of HTTP elements (such as request headers)
Params:
  • data – the string to be encoded
Returns:The resulting byte array.
/** * Converts the specified string to a byte array of HTTP element characters. * This method is to be used when encoding content of HTTP elements (such as * request headers) * * @param data the string to be encoded * @return The resulting byte array. */
public static byte[] getBytes(final String data) { if (data == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter may not be null"); } try { return data.getBytes(HTTP_ELEMENT_CHARSET); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) { LOG.warn("Unsupported encoding: " + HTTP_ELEMENT_CHARSET + ". System default encoding used"); } return data.getBytes(); } }
Converts the byte array of HTTP element characters to a string This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response headers)
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • offset – the index of the first byte to encode
  • length – the number of bytes to encode
Returns:The resulting string.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP element characters to a string This * method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as * response headers) * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode * @param length the number of bytes to encode * @return The resulting string. */
public static String getString(final byte[] data, int offset, int length) { if (data == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter may not be null"); } try { return new String(data, offset, length, HTTP_ELEMENT_CHARSET); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) { LOG.warn("Unsupported encoding: " + HTTP_ELEMENT_CHARSET + ". System default encoding used"); } return new String(data, offset, length); } }
Converts the byte array of HTTP element characters to a string This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response headers)
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
Returns:The resulting string.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP element characters to a string This * method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as * response headers) * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @return The resulting string. */
public static String getString(final byte[] data) { return getString(data, 0, data.length); }
Converts the specified string to a byte array of HTTP content charachetrs This method is to be used when encoding content of HTTP request/response If the specified charset is not supported, default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) is applied
Params:
  • data – the string to be encoded
  • charset – the desired character encoding
Returns:The resulting byte array.
/** * Converts the specified string to a byte array of HTTP content charachetrs * This method is to be used when encoding content of HTTP request/response * If the specified charset is not supported, default HTTP content encoding * (ISO-8859-1) is applied * * @param data the string to be encoded * @param charset the desired character encoding * @return The resulting byte array. */
public static byte[] getContentBytes(final String data, String charset) { if (data == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter may not be null"); } if ((charset == null) || (charset.equals(""))) { charset = DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET; } try { return data.getBytes(charset); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) { LOG.warn("Unsupported encoding: " + charset + ". HTTP default encoding used"); } try { return data.getBytes(DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e2) { if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) { LOG.warn("Unsupported encoding: " + DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET + ". System encoding used"); } return data.getBytes(); } } }
Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP request/response If the specified charset is not supported, default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) is applied
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • offset – the index of the first byte to encode
  • length – the number of bytes to encode
  • charset – the desired character encoding
Returns:The result of the conversion.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string This * method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP request/response If * the specified charset is not supported, default HTTP content encoding * (ISO-8859-1) is applied * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode * @param length the number of bytes to encode * @param charset the desired character encoding * @return The result of the conversion. */
public static String getContentString( final byte[] data, int offset, int length, String charset ) { if (data == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter may not be null"); } if ((charset == null) || (charset.equals(""))) { charset = DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET; } try { return new String(data, offset, length, charset); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) { LOG.warn("Unsupported encoding: " + charset + ". Default HTTP encoding used"); } try { return new String(data, offset, length, DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e2) { if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) { LOG.warn("Unsupported encoding: " + DEFAULT_CONTENT_CHARSET + ". System encoding used"); } return new String(data, offset, length); } } }
Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP request/response If the specified charset is not supported, default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) is applied
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • charset – the desired character encoding
Returns:The result of the conversion.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string This * method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP request/response If * the specified charset is not supported, default HTTP content encoding * (ISO-8859-1) is applied * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param charset the desired character encoding * @return The result of the conversion. */
public static String getContentString(final byte[] data, String charset) { return getContentString(data, 0, data.length, charset); }
Converts the specified string to a byte array of HTTP content characters using default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) This method is to be used when encoding content of HTTP request/response
Params:
  • data – the string to be encoded
Returns:The byte array as above.
/** * Converts the specified string to a byte array of HTTP content characters * using default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) This method is to be * used when encoding content of HTTP request/response * * @param data the string to be encoded * @return The byte array as above. */
public static byte[] getContentBytes(final String data) { return getContentBytes(data, null); }
Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string using default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP request/response
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • offset – the index of the first byte to encode
  • length – the number of bytes to encode
Returns:The string representation of the byte array.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string using * default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) This method is to be used when * decoding content of HTTP request/response * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode * @param length the number of bytes to encode * @return The string representation of the byte array. */
public static String getContentString(final byte[] data, int offset, int length) { return getContentString(data, offset, length, null); }
Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string using default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP request/response
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
Returns:The string representation of the byte array.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string using * default HTTP content encoding (ISO-8859-1) This method is to be used when * decoding content of HTTP request/response * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @return The string representation of the byte array. */
public static String getContentString(final byte[] data) { return getContentString(data, null); }
Converts the specified string to byte array of ASCII characters.
Params:
  • data – the string to be encoded
Returns:The string as a byte array.
/** * Converts the specified string to byte array of ASCII characters. * * @param data the string to be encoded * @return The string as a byte array. */
public static byte[] getAsciiBytes(final String data) { if (data == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter may not be null"); } try { return data.getBytes("US-ASCII"); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { throw new RuntimeException("HttpClient requires ASCII support"); } }
Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response headers)
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • offset – the index of the first byte to encode
  • length – the number of bytes to encode
Returns:The string representation of the byte array
/** * Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is * to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response * headers) * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode * @param length the number of bytes to encode * @return The string representation of the byte array */
public static String getAsciiString(final byte[] data, int offset, int length) { if (data == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameter may not be null"); } try { return new String(data, offset, length, "US-ASCII"); } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { throw new RuntimeException("HttpClient requires ASCII support"); } }
Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response headers)
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
Returns:The string representation of the byte array
/** * Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is * to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response * headers) * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @return The string representation of the byte array */
public static String getAsciiString(final byte[] data) { return getAsciiString(data, 0, data.length); } }