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1   /*
2    * $Id: ResponseUtils.java 471754 2006-11-06 14:55:09Z husted $
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21  package org.apache.struts.util;
22  
23  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
24  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
25  
26  import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
27  import java.lang.reflect.Method;
28  
29  import java.net.URLEncoder;
30  
31  /**
32   * General purpose utility methods related to generating a servlet response in
33   * the Struts controller framework.
34   *
35   * @version $Rev: 471754 $ $Date: 2005-08-21 14:46:28 -0400 (Sun, 21 Aug 2005)
36   *          $
37   */
38  public class ResponseUtils {
39      // ------------------------------------------------------- Static Variables
40  
41      /**
42       * The message resources for this package.
43       */
44      protected static MessageResources messages =
45          MessageResources.getMessageResources(
46              "org.apache.struts.util.LocalStrings");
47  
48      /**
49       * Java 1.4 encode method to use instead of deprecated 1.3 version.
50       */
51      private static Method encode = null;
52  
53      /**
54       * Commons logging instance.
55       */
56      private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ResponseUtils.class);
57  
58      /**
59       * Initialize the encode variable with the
60       * Java 1.4 method if available.
61       */
62      static {
63          try {
64              // get version of encode method with two String args
65              Class[] args = new Class[] { String.class, String.class };
66  
67              encode = URLEncoder.class.getMethod("encode", args);
68          } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
69              log.debug("Could not find Java 1.4 encode method.  Using deprecated version.",
70                  e);
71          }
72      }
73  
74      // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
75  
76      /**
77       * Filter the specified string for characters that are senstive to HTML
78       * interpreters, returning the string with these characters replaced by
79       * the corresponding character entities.
80       *
81       * @param value The string to be filtered and returned
82       */
83      public static String filter(String value) {
84          if ((value == null) || (value.length() == 0)) {
85              return value;
86          }
87  
88          StringBuffer result = null;
89          String filtered = null;
90  
91          for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) {
92              filtered = null;
93  
94              switch (value.charAt(i)) {
95              case '<':
96                  filtered = "&lt;";
97  
98                  break;
99  
100             case '>':
101                 filtered = "&gt;";
102 
103                 break;
104 
105             case '&':
106                 filtered = "&amp;";
107 
108                 break;
109 
110             case '"':
111                 filtered = "&quot;";
112 
113                 break;
114 
115             case '\'':
116                 filtered = "&#39;";
117 
118                 break;
119             }
120 
121             if (result == null) {
122                 if (filtered != null) {
123                     result = new StringBuffer(value.length() + 50);
124 
125                     if (i > 0) {
126                         result.append(value.substring(0, i));
127                     }
128 
129                     result.append(filtered);
130                 }
131             } else {
132                 if (filtered == null) {
133                     result.append(value.charAt(i));
134                 } else {
135                     result.append(filtered);
136                 }
137             }
138         }
139 
140         return (result == null) ? value : result.toString();
141     }
142 
143     /**
144      * URLencodes a string assuming the character encoding is UTF-8.
145      *
146      * @param url
147      * @return String The encoded url in UTF-8
148      */
149     public static String encodeURL(String url) {
150         return encodeURL(url, "UTF-8");
151     }
152 
153     /**
154      * Use the new URLEncoder.encode() method from Java 1.4 if available, else
155      * use the old deprecated version.  This method uses reflection to find
156      * the appropriate method; if the reflection operations throw exceptions,
157      * this will return the url encoded with the old URLEncoder.encode()
158      * method.
159      *
160      * @param enc The character encoding the urlencode is performed on.
161      * @return String The encoded url.
162      */
163     public static String encodeURL(String url, String enc) {
164         try {
165             if ((enc == null) || (enc.length() == 0)) {
166                 enc = "UTF-8";
167             }
168 
169             // encode url with new 1.4 method and UTF-8 encoding
170             if (encode != null) {
171                 return (String) encode.invoke(null, new Object[] { url, enc });
172             }
173         } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
174             log.debug("Could not find Java 1.4 encode method.  Using deprecated version.",
175                 e);
176         } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
177             log.debug("Could not find Java 1.4 encode method. Using deprecated version.",
178                 e);
179         }
180 
181         return URLEncoder.encode(url);
182     }
183 }