com.atlassian.confluence.web
Class UrlBuilder

java.lang.Object
  com.atlassian.confluence.web.UrlBuilder

public final class UrlBuilder
extends Object

A builder which can construct URLs by adding parameters. Not thread-safe.

Since:

3.0

Constructor Summary

UrlBuilder(String baseUrl)
Constructs a UTF-8 URL builder with the given base URL.

UrlBuilder(String baseUrl, String encoding)
Constructs a builder with the given base URL, which should already be URL-encoded.

Method Summary

UrlBuilder	add(String name, boolean value) Adds a parameter to the URL.
UrlBuilder	add(String name, int value) Adds a parameter to the URL.
UrlBuilder	add(String name, long value) Adds a parameter to the URL.
UrlBuilder	add(String name, String value) Adds a parameter to the URL.
UrlBuilder	add(String name, String[] values) Retrieving parameters from a ServletRequest will provide you with String array values.
UrlBuilder	addAll(Map<String,Object> params) Add multiple parameters to the URL from a map.
UrlBuilder	addAnchor(String anchor) Sets an anchor for the URL.
String	toString()
String	toUrl()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UrlBuilder

public UrlBuilder(String baseUrl)

Constructs a UTF-8 URL builder with the given base URL. See UrlBuilder(String, String)

Parameters:

baseUrl - The base URL

UrlBuilder

public UrlBuilder(String baseUrl,
                  String encoding)

Constructs a builder with the given base URL, which should already be URL-encoded.

Parameters:

baseUrl - Base URL to which a query string is appended

encoding - Encoding to use, e.g. UTF-8

Method Detail

add

public UrlBuilder add(String name,
                      String value)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Adds a parameter to the URL.

Parameters:

name - the name of the parameter

value - the value of the parameter

Returns:

this object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either the name or value is null

add

public UrlBuilder add(String name,
                      String[] values)

Retrieving parameters from a ServletRequest will provide you with String array values. This method will let you easily add such parameters with each value in the array resulting in another 'name=' entry in the URL.

Parameters:

name - the name of the parameter

values - one or more values for the parameter

Returns:

this builder

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the name or values are null null

add

public UrlBuilder add(String name,
                      long value)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Adds a parameter to the URL.

Parameters:

name - Parameter name (part before =)

value - Parameter value (part after =)

Returns:

This object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - When things are null

See Also:

add(String, String)

add

public UrlBuilder add(String name,
                      int value)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Adds a parameter to the URL.

Parameters:

name - Parameter name (part before =)

value - Parameter value (part after =)

Returns:

This object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - When things are null

See Also:

add(String, String)

add

public UrlBuilder add(String name,
                      boolean value)
               throws IllegalArgumentException

Adds a parameter to the URL.

Parameters:

name - Parameter name (part before =)

value - Parameter value (part after =)

Returns:

This object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - When things are null

See Also:

add(String, String)

addAnchor

public UrlBuilder addAnchor(String anchor)

Sets an anchor for the URL. Any previous anchor will be overwritten.

Parameters:

anchor - Anchor name (part after #)

Returns:

This object

addAll

public UrlBuilder addAll(Map<String,Object> params)

Add multiple parameters to the URL from a map.

Parameters:

params - A map of parameters to add to the URL

Returns:

This URL builder instance

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toUrl

public String toUrl()