Java String Encode encodeSpecialMdxCharactersInNames(String name)

Description

We need to make sure that names of multidimensional elements do not carry any MDX special characters.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	a parameter

Declaration

public static String encodeSpecialMdxCharactersInNames(String name) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class Main {
    /**//from  ww w . ja v  a2 s  .c o  m
     * We need to make sure that names of multidimensional elements do not carry
     * any MDX special characters.
     * 
     * Note: You can use a bash command for translating a URI into an MDX
     * applicable form:
     * 
     * echo "http://lod.gesis.org/lodpilot/ALLBUS/geo.rdf#list" | sed
     * 's/\./YYY/g' | sed 's/-/ZZZ/g' | sed 's/%/XXX/g'
     * 
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public static String encodeSpecialMdxCharactersInNames(String name) {
        try {
            name = URLEncoder.encode(name, "UTF-8");
            name = name.replace("%", "XXX");
            name = name.replace(".", "YYY");
            name = name.replace("-", "ZZZ");
            return name;
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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