org.springframework.web.util
Class UrlPathHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper

public class UrlPathHelper
extends Object

Helper class for URL path matching. Provides support for URL paths in RequestDispatcher includes, and support for URL decoding.

Used by AbstractUrlHandlerMapping, AbstractUrlMethodNameResolver and RequestContext for path matching and/or URI determination.

Since:

14.01.2004

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rob Harrop

See Also:

AbstractUrlHandlerMapping, AbstractUrlMethodNameResolver, RequestContext

Field Summary

static String	INCLUDE_CONTEXT_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE
static String	INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE
static String	INCLUDE_URI_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE Standard Servlet spec request attributes for include URI and paths.

Constructor Summary

UrlPathHelper()

Method Summary

String	decodeRequestString(HttpServletRequest request, String source) Decode the given source string with a URLDecoder.
protected String	determineEncoding(HttpServletRequest request) Determine the encoding for the given request.
String	getContextPath(HttpServletRequest request) Return the context path for the given request, regarding an include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.
protected String	getDefaultEncoding() Return the default character encoding to use for URL decoding.
String	getLookupPathForRequest(HttpServletRequest request) Return the mapping lookup path for the given request, within the current servlet mapping if applicable, else within the web application.
String	getPathWithinApplication(HttpServletRequest request) Return the path within the web application for the given request.
String	getPathWithinServletMapping(HttpServletRequest request) Return the path within the servlet mapping for the given request, i.e. the part of the request's URL beyond the part that called the servlet, or "" if the whole URL has been used to identify the servlet.
String	getRequestUri(HttpServletRequest request) Return the request URI for the given request, regarding an include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.
String	getServletPath(HttpServletRequest request) Return the servlet path for the given request, regarding an include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.
void	setAlwaysUseFullPath(boolean alwaysUseFullPath) Set if URL lookup should always use full path within current servlet context.
void	setDefaultEncoding(String defaultEncoding) Set the default character encoding to use for URL decoding.
void	setUrlDecode(boolean urlDecode) Set if context path and request URI should be URL-decoded.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INCLUDE_URI_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String INCLUDE_URI_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE

Standard Servlet spec request attributes for include URI and paths.

If included via a RequestDispatcher, the current resource will see the original request. Its own URI and paths are exposed as request attributes.

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Constant Field Values

INCLUDE_CONTEXT_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String INCLUDE_CONTEXT_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE

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Constant Field Values

INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String INCLUDE_SERVLET_PATH_REQUEST_ATTRIBUTE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

UrlPathHelper

public UrlPathHelper()

Method Detail

setAlwaysUseFullPath

public void setAlwaysUseFullPath(boolean alwaysUseFullPath)

Set if URL lookup should always use full path within current servlet context. Else, the path within the current servlet mapping is used if applicable (i.e. in the case of a ".../*" servlet mapping in web.xml). Default is "false".

setUrlDecode

public void setUrlDecode(boolean urlDecode)

Set if context path and request URI should be URL-decoded. Both are returned undecoded by the Servlet API, in contrast to the servlet path.

Uses either the request encoding or the default encoding according to the Servlet spec (ISO-8859-1).

Note: Setting this to "true" requires JDK 1.4 if the encoding differs from the VM's platform default encoding, as JDK 1.3's URLDecoder class does not offer a way to specify the encoding.

See Also:

getServletPath(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest), getContextPath(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest), getRequestUri(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest), WebUtils.DEFAULT_CHARACTER_ENCODING, ServletRequest.getCharacterEncoding(), URLDecoder.decode(String, String), URLDecoder.decode(String)

setDefaultEncoding

public void setDefaultEncoding(String defaultEncoding)

Set the default character encoding to use for URL decoding. Default is ISO-8859-1, according to the Servlet spec.

If the request specifies a character encoding itself, the request encoding will override this setting. This also allows for generically overriding the character encoding in a filter that invokes the ServletRequest.setCharacterEncoding method.

Parameters:

defaultEncoding - the character encoding to use

See Also:

determineEncoding(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest), ServletRequest.getCharacterEncoding(), ServletRequest.setCharacterEncoding(java.lang.String), WebUtils.DEFAULT_CHARACTER_ENCODING

getDefaultEncoding

protected String getDefaultEncoding()

Return the default character encoding to use for URL decoding.

getLookupPathForRequest

public String getLookupPathForRequest(HttpServletRequest request)

Return the mapping lookup path for the given request, within the current servlet mapping if applicable, else within the web application.

Regards include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the lookup path

See Also:

getPathWithinApplication(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest), getPathWithinServletMapping(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)

getPathWithinServletMapping

public String getPathWithinServletMapping(HttpServletRequest request)

Return the path within the servlet mapping for the given request, i.e. the part of the request's URL beyond the part that called the servlet, or "" if the whole URL has been used to identify the servlet.

Regards include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.

E.g.: servlet mapping = "/test/*"; request URI = "/test/a" -> "/a".

E.g.: servlet mapping = "/test"; request URI = "/test" -> "".

E.g.: servlet mapping = "/*.test"; request URI = "/a.test" -> "".

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the path within the servlet mapping, or ""

getPathWithinApplication

public String getPathWithinApplication(HttpServletRequest request)

Return the path within the web application for the given request.

Regards include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the path within the web application

getServletPath

public String getServletPath(HttpServletRequest request)

Return the servlet path for the given request, regarding an include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.

As the value returned by request.getServletPath() is already decoded by the servlet container, this method will not attempt to decode it.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the servlet path

getContextPath

public String getContextPath(HttpServletRequest request)

Return the context path for the given request, regarding an include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.

As the value returned by request.getContextPath() is not decoded by the servlet container, this method will decode it.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the context path

getRequestUri

public String getRequestUri(HttpServletRequest request)

Return the request URI for the given request, regarding an include request URL if called within a RequestDispatcher include.

As the value returned by request.getRequestURI() is not decoded by the servlet container, this method will decode it.

The URI that the web container resolves should be correct, but some containers like JBoss/Jetty incorrectly include ";" strings like ";jsessionid" in the URI. This method cuts off such incorrect appendices.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the request URI

decodeRequestString

public String decodeRequestString(HttpServletRequest request,
                                  String source)

Decode the given source string with a URLDecoder. The encoding will be taken from the request, falling back to the default "ISO-8859-1".

Default implementation uses URLDecoder.decode(input, enc) on JDK 1.4+, falling back to URLDecoder.decode(input) (which uses the platform default encoding) on JDK 1.3.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

source - the String to decode

Returns:

the decoded String

See Also:

WebUtils.DEFAULT_CHARACTER_ENCODING, ServletRequest.getCharacterEncoding(), URLDecoder.decode(String, String), URLDecoder.decode(String)

determineEncoding

protected String determineEncoding(HttpServletRequest request)

Determine the encoding for the given request. Can be overridden in subclasses.

The default implementation checks the request encoding, falling back to the default encoding specified for this resolver.

Parameters:

request - current HTTP request

Returns:

the encoding for the request (never null)

See Also:

ServletRequest.getCharacterEncoding(), setDefaultEncoding(java.lang.String)