Package ubic.gemma.web.util

Class RequestUtil

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.web.util.RequestUtil

public class RequestUtil
extends Object

RequestUtil utility class

Good ol' copy-n-paste from http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2002/ssl/utilityclass.txt which is referenced in the following article: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-2002/jw-0215-ssl.html

From Appfuse.

Author:

pavlidis

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RequestUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StringBuffer	createQueryStringFromMap(Map<String,String[]> m, String ampersand)	Builds a query string from a given map of parameters
static void	deleteCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, javax.servlet.http.Cookie cookie, String path)	Convenience method for deleting a cookie by name
static String	getAppURL(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)	Convenience method to get the application's URL based on request variables.
static javax.servlet.http.Cookie	getCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, String name)	Convenience method to get a cookie by name
static String	getRequestParameters(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest aRequest)
static void	reclaimRequestAttributes(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest aRequest)	Returns request attributes from session to request
static void	setCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response, String name, String value, String path)
static void	stowRequestAttributes(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest aRequest)	Stores request attributes in session

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RequestUtil

public RequestUtil()

Method Detail

createQueryStringFromMap

public static StringBuffer createQueryStringFromMap(Map<String,String[]> m,
                                                    String ampersand)

Builds a query string from a given map of parameters

Parameters:

m - A map of parameters

ampersand - String to use for ampersands (e.g. "&" or "&" )

Returns:

query string (with no leading "?")

deleteCookie

public static void deleteCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                                javax.servlet.http.Cookie cookie,
                                String path)

Convenience method for deleting a cookie by name

Parameters:

response - the current web response

cookie - the cookie to remove

path - the path on which the cookie was set (i.e. /appfuse)

getAppURL

public static String getAppURL(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

Convenience method to get the application's URL based on request variables. NOTE: this is pretty useless if running behind a proxy.

Parameters:

request - request

Returns:

app url

getCookie

public static javax.servlet.http.Cookie getCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                  String name)

Convenience method to get a cookie by name

Parameters:

request - the current request

name - the name of the cookie to find

Returns:

the cookie (if found), null if not found

getRequestParameters

public static String getRequestParameters(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest aRequest)

Parameters:

aRequest - request

Returns:

Creates query String from request body parameters

reclaimRequestAttributes

public static void reclaimRequestAttributes(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest aRequest)

Returns request attributes from session to request

Parameters:

aRequest - DOCUMENT ME!

setCookie

public static void setCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response,
                             String name,
                             String value,
                             String path)

stowRequestAttributes

public static void stowRequestAttributes(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest aRequest)

Stores request attributes in session

Parameters:

aRequest - the current request