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public static String appendParameter(String url, String name, String value)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w .j a v a 2 s . com * Copyright (C) 2010 Geometer Plus <contact@geometerplus.com> * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA * 02110-1301, USA. */ public class Main { private static final char[] hexDigits = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' }; public static String appendParameter(String url, String name, String value) { if (name == null || value == null) { return url; } value = value.trim(); if (value.length() == 0) { return url; } value = htmlEncode(value); int index = url.indexOf('?', url.lastIndexOf('/') + 1); char delimiter = (index == -1) ? '?' : '&'; while (index != -1) { final int start = index + 1; final int eqIndex = url.indexOf('=', start); index = url.indexOf('&', start); if (eqIndex != -1 && url.substring(start, eqIndex).equals(name)) { final int end = (index != -1 ? index : url.length()); if (url.substring(eqIndex + 1, end).equals(value)) { return url; } else { return new StringBuilder(url).replace(eqIndex + 1, end, value).toString(); } } } return new StringBuilder(url).append(delimiter).append(name) .append('=').append(value).toString(); } public static String htmlEncode(String stringToEncode) { if (stringToEncode == null) { return null; } StringBuilder encodedString = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < stringToEncode.length(); ++i) { final char ch = stringToEncode.charAt(i); if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || (ch == '.') || (ch == '~') || (ch == '-') || (ch == '_')) { encodedString.append(ch); } else { try { byte[] bytes = String.valueOf(ch).getBytes("UTF-8"); for (byte b : bytes) { encodedString.append('%').append(hexDigits[b / 16]) .append(hexDigits[b % 16]); } } catch (java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException ex) { } } } return encodedString.toString(); } }