Method setAuthority

vm/JavaAPI/src/java/net/URI.java:297–331

Utility method - set the part, ensuring valid format. If encode=true, then some elements will be run through the encoder (path, userinfo, query, fragment), otherwise the elements will be validated for proper encoding.

(String newAuthority, boolean encode)

     * encoding.
     */
    protected void setAuthority(String newAuthority, boolean encode) throws URISyntaxException {
        if ((this.authority = newAuthority) == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (authority.startsWith(AUTHORITY_MARKER)) {
            authority = authority.substring(AUTHORITY_MARKER.length());
            newAuthority = authority;
        }
        int index = newAuthority.indexOf(USERINFO_SEPARATOR);
        if (index != -1) {
            this.userInfo = newAuthority.substring(0, index);
            if (encode) {
                this.userInfo = URIHelper.encodeString(this.userInfo);
            } else {
                // validate
                URIHelper.decodeString(this.userInfo);
            }
            newAuthority = newAuthority.substring(index + 1);
        }
        index = newAuthority.indexOf(PORT_SEPARATOR);
        if (index == 0) {
            this.host = null;
            this.port = parseIntOption("port", newAuthority.substring(1));
        } else if (index == -1) {
            this.host = newAuthority;
            this.port = -1;
        } else {
            this.host = newAuthority.substring(0, index);
            this.port = parseIntOption("port", newAuthority.substring(index + 1));
        }
        if (encode == true) {
            // to reconstruct the authority with the encoded value
            setAuthority(host, port, userInfo, false);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Utility method to set the query. If parameter encode=true, then the