Java URL Create buildURLString(Iterable elements, String joiner)

Description

build URL String

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
elements	a parameter
joiner	a parameter

Declaration

@Deprecated
public static String buildURLString(Iterable<String> elements, String joiner) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/* w  w w .j  ava2 s  .  com*/
 * Copyright (c) 2007-2012 The Broad Institute, Inc.
 * SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICE
 * This software and its documentation are the copyright of the Broad Institute, Inc. All rights are reserved.
 *
 * This software is supplied without any warranty or guaranteed support whatsoever. The Broad Institute is not responsible for its use, misuse, or functionality.
 *
 * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL),
 * Version 2.1 which is available at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php.
 */

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param elements
     * @param joiner
     * @return
     * @deprecated HttpUtils.openConnection does URL encoding itself
     * <p/>
     * Join the {@code elements} with the character {@code joiner},
     * URLencoding the {@code elements} along the way. {@code joiner}
     * is NOT URLEncoded
     * Example:
     * String[] parm_list = new String[]{"app les", "oranges", "bananas"};
     * String formatted = buildURLString(Arrays.asList(parm_list), "+");
     * <p/>
     * formatted will be "app%20les+oranges+bananas"
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static String buildURLString(Iterable<String> elements, String joiner) {

        Iterator<String> iter = elements.iterator();
        if (!iter.hasNext()) {
            return "";
        }
        String wholequery = iter.next();
        try {
            while (iter.hasNext()) {
                wholequery += joiner + URLEncoder.encode(iter.next(), "UTF-8");
            }
            return wholequery;
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bad argument in genelist: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

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7. concatenateURL(final URL url, final String query)
8. concatenateURL(URL url, String query)
9. concatUrl(final URL baseUrl, final String extraPath)