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Java » Network Protocol » URLEncoderScreenshots 
Encode a path as required by the URL specification
    
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.util.BitSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/*

 Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.util.PropertyUtil

 Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.

 */

public class Main {


  /**
   * Array containing the safe characters set as defined by RFC 1738
   */
  private static BitSet safeCharacters;

  private static final char[] hexadecimal =
  {'0''1''2''3''4''5''6''7''8''9',
   'A''B''C''D''E''F'};

  static {
      safeCharacters = new BitSet(256);
      int i;
      // 'lowalpha' rule
      for (i = 'a'; i <= 'z'; i++) {
          safeCharacters.set(i);
      }
      // 'hialpha' rule
      for (i = 'A'; i <= 'Z'; i++) {
          safeCharacters.set(i);
      }
      // 'digit' rule
      for (i = '0'; i <= '9'; i++) {
          safeCharacters.set(i);
      }

      // 'safe' rule
      safeCharacters.set('$');
      safeCharacters.set('-');
      safeCharacters.set('_');
      safeCharacters.set('.');
      safeCharacters.set('+');

      // 'extra' rule
      safeCharacters.set('!');
      safeCharacters.set('*');
      safeCharacters.set('\'');
      safeCharacters.set('(');
      safeCharacters.set(')');
      safeCharacters.set(',');

      // special characters common to http: file: and ftp: URLs ('fsegment' and 'hsegment' rules)
      safeCharacters.set('/');
      safeCharacters.set(':');
      safeCharacters.set('@');
      safeCharacters.set('&');
      safeCharacters.set('=');
  }


  /**
   * Encode a path as required by the URL specification (<a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt">
   * RFC 1738</a>). This differs from <code>java.net.URLEncoder.encode()</code> which encodes according
   * to the <code>x-www-form-urlencoded</code> MIME format.
   *
   @param path the path to encode
   @return the encoded path
   */
  public static String encodePath(String path) {
     // stolen from org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet ;)

      /**
       * Note: Here, ' ' should be encoded as "%20"
       * and '/' shouldn't be encoded.
       */

      int maxBytesPerChar = 10;
      StringBuffer rewrittenPath = new StringBuffer(path.length());
      ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream(maxBytesPerChar);
      OutputStreamWriter writer;
      try {
          writer = new OutputStreamWriter(buf, "UTF8");
      catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
          writer = new OutputStreamWriter(buf);
      }

      for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
          int c = path.charAt(i);
          if (safeCharacters.get(c)) {
              rewrittenPath.append((char)c);
          else {
              // convert to external encoding before hex conversion
              try {
                  writer.write(c);
                  writer.flush();
              catch(IOException e) {
                  buf.reset();
                  continue;
              }
              byte[] ba = buf.toByteArray();
              for (int j = 0; j < ba.length; j++) {
                  // Converting each byte in the buffer
                  byte toEncode = ba[j];
                  rewrittenPath.append('%');
                  int low = (toEncode & 0x0f);
                  int high = ((toEncode & 0xf0>> 4);
                  rewrittenPath.append(hexadecimal[high]);
                  rewrittenPath.append(hexadecimal[low]);
              }
              buf.reset();
          }
      }
      return rewrittenPath.toString();
  }




}

   
    
    
    
  
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