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package org.apache.http.util;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import org.apache.http.Consts;

The home for utility methods that handle various encoding tasks.
Since:4.0
/** * The home for utility methods that handle various encoding tasks. * * * @since 4.0 */
public final class EncodingUtils {
Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string. If the specified charset is not supported, default system encoding is used.
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • offset – the index of the first byte to encode
  • length – the number of bytes to encode
  • charset – the desired character encoding
Returns:The result of the conversion.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string. If * the specified charset is not supported, default system encoding * is used. * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode * @param length the number of bytes to encode * @param charset the desired character encoding * @return The result of the conversion. */
public static String getString( final byte[] data, final int offset, final int length, final String charset) { Args.notNull(data, "Input"); Args.notEmpty(charset, "Charset"); try { return new String(data, offset, length, charset); } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) { return new String(data, offset, length); } }
Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string. If the specified charset is not supported, default system encoding is used.
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • charset – the desired character encoding
Returns:The result of the conversion.
/** * Converts the byte array of HTTP content characters to a string. If * the specified charset is not supported, default system encoding * is used. * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param charset the desired character encoding * @return The result of the conversion. */
public static String getString(final byte[] data, final String charset) { Args.notNull(data, "Input"); return getString(data, 0, data.length, charset); }
Converts the specified string to a byte array. If the charset is not supported the default system charset is used.
Params:
  • data – the string to be encoded
  • charset – the desired character encoding
Returns:The resulting byte array.
/** * Converts the specified string to a byte array. If the charset is not supported the * default system charset is used. * * @param data the string to be encoded * @param charset the desired character encoding * @return The resulting byte array. */
public static byte[] getBytes(final String data, final String charset) { Args.notNull(data, "Input"); Args.notEmpty(charset, "Charset"); try { return data.getBytes(charset); } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) { return data.getBytes(); } }
Converts the specified string to byte array of ASCII characters.
Params:
  • data – the string to be encoded
Returns:The string as a byte array.
/** * Converts the specified string to byte array of ASCII characters. * * @param data the string to be encoded * @return The string as a byte array. */
public static byte[] getAsciiBytes(final String data) { Args.notNull(data, "Input"); return data.getBytes(Consts.ASCII); }
Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response headers)
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
  • offset – the index of the first byte to encode
  • length – the number of bytes to encode
Returns:The string representation of the byte array
/** * Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is * to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response * headers) * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @param offset the index of the first byte to encode * @param length the number of bytes to encode * @return The string representation of the byte array */
public static String getAsciiString(final byte[] data, final int offset, final int length) { Args.notNull(data, "Input"); return new String(data, offset, length, Consts.ASCII); }
Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response headers)
Params:
  • data – the byte array to be encoded
Returns:The string representation of the byte array
/** * Converts the byte array of ASCII characters to a string. This method is * to be used when decoding content of HTTP elements (such as response * headers) * * @param data the byte array to be encoded * @return The string representation of the byte array */
public static String getAsciiString(final byte[] data) { Args.notNull(data, "Input"); return getAsciiString(data, 0, data.length); }
This class should not be instantiated.
/** * This class should not be instantiated. */
private EncodingUtils() { } }