Method performEncode

src/Encoder/URL.js:34–57

* Performs encode on given content. * @protected * @param {Chain} content * @return {number[]|string|Uint8Array|Chain|Promise} Encoded content

(content)

   * @return {number[]|string|Uint8Array|Chain|Promise} Encoded content
   */
  performEncode (content) {
    try {
      // Try to URL encode string representation of content
      const chars = content.getChars()
      let string = ''
      let char
      for (let i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
        char = chars[i]
        string += unreservedURLCharacters.indexOf(char) === -1
          ? this.encodeBytes(content.getCharBytesAt(i))
          : char
      }
      return string
    } catch (error) {
      // Retrieving the string representation of the content may throw an error
      // due to bad UTF-8 encoded text
      if (error instanceof TextEncodingError) {
        // Encode raw bytes (which do not need to be valid UTF-8)
        return this.encodeBytes(content.getBytes())
      } else {
        throw error
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Percent-encode bytes.