org.jasig.portal.utils
Class URLUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.jasig.portal.utils.URLUtil

public class URLUtil
extends Object

The URLUtil class offers static helper methods for manipulating the request parameters and URLs of both HTTP GET and HTTP POST requests and performing redirections based on the new parameters and URLs. and request parameters.

Version:

$Revision: 19776 $

Author:

Andreas Christoforides, achristoforides@unicon.net, Nick Bolton, nbolton@unicon.net

Field Summary

static String	HTTP_GET_REQUEST
static String	HTTP_POST_REQUEST
static int	REDIRECT_URL_LIMIT

Constructor Summary

URLUtil()

Method Summary

static void	redirect(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, String targetNodeId, boolean asRoot, String[] ignoreParams, String charset) Performs a redirect for both HTTP GET and HTTP POST requests based on the the specified target channel and parameters to be ignored.
static void	redirectGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, UPFileSpec up, String[] ignoreParams) Performs a HTTP GET redirect using the specified UPFileSpec and parameters to be ignored.
static void	redirectPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, UPFileSpec up, String[] ignoreParams, String charset) Performs a HTTP POST redirect using the specified UPFileSpec and parameters to be ignored.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

REDIRECT_URL_LIMIT

public static final int REDIRECT_URL_LIMIT

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Constant Field Values

HTTP_GET_REQUEST

public static final String HTTP_GET_REQUEST

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Constant Field Values

HTTP_POST_REQUEST

public static final String HTTP_POST_REQUEST

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

URLUtil

public URLUtil()

Method Detail

redirect

public static void redirect(HttpServletRequest req,
                            HttpServletResponse res,
                            String targetNodeId,
                            boolean asRoot,
                            String[] ignoreParams,
                            String charset)
                     throws PortalException

Performs a redirect for both HTTP GET and HTTP POST requests based on the the specified target channel and parameters to be ignored.

Parameters:

req - An HttpServletRequest object.

res - An HttpServletResponse object.

targetNodeId - The target node Id of a channel.

ignoreParams - An array of String objects containing the parameters to be ignored.

Throws:

PortalException

redirectGet

public static void redirectGet(HttpServletRequest req,
                               HttpServletResponse res,
                               UPFileSpec up,
                               String[] ignoreParams)
                        throws PortalException

Performs a HTTP GET redirect using the specified UPFileSpec and parameters to be ignored.

Parameters:

req - An HttpServletRequest object.

res - An HttpServletResponse object.

up - the uPortal file spec.

ignoreParams - An array of String objects containing the parameters to be ignored.

Throws:

PortalException

redirectPost

public static void redirectPost(HttpServletRequest req,
                                HttpServletResponse res,
                                UPFileSpec up,
                                String[] ignoreParams,
                                String charset)
                         throws PortalException

Performs a HTTP POST redirect using the specified UPFileSpec and parameters to be ignored.

Parameters:

req - An HttpServletRequest object.

res - An HttpServletResponse object.

up - the uPortal file spec.

ignoreParams - An array of String objects containing the parameters to be ignored.

Throws:

PortalException