Method encodeString

vm/JavaAPI/src/java/net/URIHelper.java:216–241

Utility method to encode a string, as per RFC 2396 section 2. Set asQueryValue=false to avoid encoding ampersands. @param source @return @see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt

(String source)

     * @see <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt</a>
	 */
	public static String encodeString(String source) { // , boolean
														// asQueryValue) {
		if (source == null) {
			return source;
		}
		int i = firstIllegalCharacter(source);
		// most strings not encoded, so prevent extra objects and work.
		if (i == -1) {
			return source;
		}
		StringBuffer encoded = new StringBuffer();
		encoded.append(source.substring(0, i));
		byte bytes[] = toBytes(source);
		for (; i < bytes.length; i++) {
			int ch = bytes[i];
			// if (ch == URI.QUERY_SEPARATOR && asQueryValue) {
			// encoded.append(ENCODED_AMPERSAND);
			// } else
			if (isLegal(ch)) {
				encoded.append((char) ch);
			} else {
				encoded.append(QUOTE_MARKER + Integer.toHexString((byte) ch & 0xff).toUpperCase());
			}
		}
		return encoded.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Internal use only, for sources known to always be valid.