Class UrlUtil

Method Detail

• isExternal

  public static boolean isExternal​(String url)

  checks if the given url is an external URL (e.g. staring with http:// or https://) or not.

  Parameters:

  url - is the url to be checked.

  Returns:

  true if the url is external otherwise false.

• encodeURI

  public static String encodeURI​(String uri)

  Encodes a full URI.

  Corresponds to encodeURI in JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURI

  The path can contain / and other special URL characters as these will not be encoded. See encodeURIComponent(String) if you want to encode all special characters.

  The following characters are not escaped: A-Za-z0-9;,/?:@&=+$-_.!~*'()#

  Parameters:

  uri - the uri to encode

• encodeURIComponent

  public static String encodeURIComponent​(String path)

  Encodes a path segment of a URI.

  Corresponds to encodeURIComponent in JavaScript https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent

  The following characters are not escaped: A-Za-z0-9-_.!~*'()

  Parameters:

  path - the path to encode

• getServletPathRelative

  public static String getServletPathRelative​(String absolutePath,
                                              javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

  Returns the given absolute path as a path relative to the servlet path.

  Parameters:

  absolutePath - the path to make relative

  request - a request with information about the servlet path

  Returns:

  a relative path that when applied to the servlet path, refers to the absolute path without containing the context path or servlet path