com.ibm.commerce.me.datatype

Class Utilities

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.commerce.me.datatype.Utilities

public class Utilities
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class providing methods to decode a URL encoded string to String, file to String, replace values in a String

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	COPYRIGHT IBM Copyright field

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Utilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	decodeUrlEncoded(java.lang.String s) This method decodes a "x-www-form-url encoded" to a String.
static java.lang.String	fileToString(java.lang.String fileName) This method reads a file and returns the content as a String
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) main entry point of the program.
static java.lang.String	replaceString(java.lang.String src, java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) This method replaces all the occurrences of key in the String src with value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COPYRIGHT

public static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT

IBM Copyright field

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Utilities

public Utilities()

Method Detail

decodeUrlEncoded

public static java.lang.String decodeUrlEncoded(java.lang.String s)

This method decodes a "x-www-form-url encoded" to a String.

Note: Here we are not bothered about < or >

Parameters:

s - the String to decode

Returns:

the newly decoded String

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException: - Raised when a '#' character is not followed by a numerical string.

fileToString

public static java.lang.String fileToString(java.lang.String fileName)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

This method reads a file and returns the content as a String

Parameters:

fileName - the file name of the file to read.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Thrown when the file does not exist or any related IOException

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

main entry point of the program. used for unit testing only...

replaceString

public static java.lang.String replaceString(java.lang.String src,
                                             java.lang.String key,
                                             java.lang.String value)

This method replaces all the occurrences of key in the String src with value.

Parameters:

src - the original source String.

key - the String which is to be replaced.

value - the String with which key will be replaced with.