org.restlet.data

Class Form

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.util.WrapperList<T>

org.restlet.util.Series<Parameter>

org.restlet.data.Form

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterable<Parameter>, Collection<Parameter>, List<Parameter>

public class Form
extends Series<Parameter>

Form which is a specialized modifiable list of parameters.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

See Also:

User Guide - Getting parameter values

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.restlet.util.Series

EMPTY_VALUE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Form() Empty constructor.
Form(int initialCapacity) Constructor.
Form(List<Parameter> delegate) Constructor.
Form(Representation webForm) Constructor.
Form(Representation webForm, boolean decode) Constructor.
Form(String queryString) Constructor.
Form(String queryString, boolean decode) Constructor.
Form(String parametersString, char separator) Constructor.
Form(String queryString, CharacterSet characterSet) Constructor.
Form(String queryString, CharacterSet characterSet, boolean decode) Constructor.
Form(String parametersString, CharacterSet characterSet, char separator) Constructor.
Form(String parametersString, CharacterSet characterSet, char separator, boolean decode) Constructor.
Form(String parametersString, char separator, boolean decode) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Parameter	createEntry(String name, String value) Creates a new entry.
String	encode() Encodes the form using the standard URI encoding mechanism and the UTF-8 character set.
String	encode(CharacterSet characterSet) URL encodes the form.
String	encode(CharacterSet characterSet, char separator) URL encodes the form.
String	getMatrixString() Formats the form as a matrix path string.
String	getMatrixString(CharacterSet characterSet) Formats the form as a query string.
String	getQueryString() Formats the form as a query string.
String	getQueryString(CharacterSet characterSet) Formats the form as a query string.
Representation	getWebRepresentation() Returns the form as a Web representation (MediaType.APPLICATION_WWW_FORM).
Representation	getWebRepresentation(CharacterSet characterSet) Returns the form as a Web representation (MediaType.APPLICATION_WWW_FORM).

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.util.Series

add, copyTo, getFirst, getFirst, getFirstValue, getFirstValue, getFirstValue, getFirstValue, getNames, getValues, getValues, getValuesArray, getValuesArray, getValuesArray, getValuesArray, getValuesMap, removeAll, removeAll, removeFirst, removeFirst, set, set, subList, subList, subList, unmodifiableSeries

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.util.WrapperList

add, add, addAll, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, get, getDelegate, hashCode, indexOf, isEmpty, iterator, lastIndexOf, listIterator, listIterator, remove, remove, removeAll, retainAll, set, size, toArray, toArray, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Form

public Form()

Empty constructor.

Form

public Form(int initialCapacity)

Constructor.

Parameters:

initialCapacity - The initial list capacity.

Form

public Form(List<Parameter> delegate)

Constructor.

Parameters:

delegate - The delegate list.

Form

public Form(Representation webForm)

Constructor.

Parameters:

webForm - The URL encoded Web form.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(Representation webForm,
    boolean decode)

Constructor.

Parameters:

webForm - The URL encoded Web form.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String queryString)

Constructor. Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Parameters:

queryString - The Web form parameters as a string.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String queryString,
    boolean decode)

Constructor. Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Parameters:

queryString - The Web form parameters as a string.

decode - Indicates if the names and values should be automatically decoded.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String parametersString,
    char separator)

Constructor. Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Parameters:

parametersString - The parameters string to parse.

separator - The separator character to append between parameters.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String parametersString,
    char separator,
    boolean decode)

Constructor. Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Parameters:

parametersString - The parameters string to parse.

separator - The separator character to append between parameters.

decode - Indicates if the names and values should be automatically decoded.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String queryString,
    CharacterSet characterSet)

Constructor.

Parameters:

queryString - The Web form parameters as a string.

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String queryString,
    CharacterSet characterSet,
    boolean decode)

Constructor.

Parameters:

queryString - The Web form parameters as a string.

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

decode - Indicates if the names and values should be automatically decoded.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String parametersString,
    CharacterSet characterSet,
    char separator)

Constructor.

Parameters:

parametersString - The parameters string to parse.

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

separator - The separator character to append between parameters.

Throws:

IOException

Form

public Form(String parametersString,
    CharacterSet characterSet,
    char separator,
    boolean decode)

Constructor.

Parameters:

parametersString - The parameters string to parse.

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

separator - The separator character to append between parameters.

decode - Indicates if the names and values should be automatically decoded.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

createEntry

public Parameter createEntry(String name,
                    String value)

Description copied from class: Series

Creates a new entry.

Overrides:

createEntry in class Series<Parameter>

Parameters:

name - The name of the entry.

value - The value of the entry.

Returns:

A new entry.

encode

public String encode()
              throws IOException

Encodes the form using the standard URI encoding mechanism and the UTF-8 character set.

Returns:

The encoded form.

Throws:

IOException

encode

public String encode(CharacterSet characterSet)
              throws IOException

URL encodes the form. The '&' character is used as a separator.

Parameters:

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

Returns:

The encoded form.

Throws:

IOException

encode

public String encode(CharacterSet characterSet,
            char separator)
              throws IOException

URL encodes the form.

Parameters:

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

separator - The separator character to append between parameters.

Returns:

The encoded form.

Throws:

IOException

getMatrixString

public String getMatrixString()

Formats the form as a matrix path string. Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Returns:

The form as a matrix string.

See Also:

Matrix URIs by Tim Berners Lee

getMatrixString

public String getMatrixString(CharacterSet characterSet)

Formats the form as a query string.

Parameters:

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

Returns:

The form as a matrix string.

See Also:

Matrix URIs by Tim Berners Lee

getQueryString

public String getQueryString()

Formats the form as a query string. Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Returns:

The form as a query string.

getQueryString

public String getQueryString(CharacterSet characterSet)

Formats the form as a query string.

Parameters:

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

Returns:

The form as a query string.

getWebRepresentation

public Representation getWebRepresentation()

Returns the form as a Web representation (MediaType.APPLICATION_WWW_FORM). Uses UTF-8 as the character set for encoding non-ASCII characters.

Returns:

The form as a Web representation.

getWebRepresentation

public Representation getWebRepresentation(CharacterSet characterSet)

Returns the form as a Web representation (MediaType.APPLICATION_WWW_FORM).

Parameters:

characterSet - The supported character encoding.

Returns:

The form as a Web representation.