edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat
Class MetacatURL

java.lang.Object
  edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.MetacatURL

public class MetacatURL
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

MetacatURL(java.lang.String url)
This constructor takes a string url and parses it according to the following rules.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getHashParam(java.lang.String paramname) returns a single parameter from the hash by name
java.util.Hashtable	getHashParams() Returns the parameters in a hashtable.
java.lang.String[]	getParam(int index) Returns a single parameter and value as a 1D string array.
java.lang.String[][]	getParams() Returns the parameters as a 2D string array.
java.lang.String	getProtocol() Returns the type of the url.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Test method for this class.
void	printHashParams()
void	printParams() Prints the parameters neatly to system.out
java.lang.String	toString() returns a string representation of this metacatURL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetacatURL

public MetacatURL(java.lang.String url)
           throws java.net.MalformedURLException

This constructor takes a string url and parses it according to the following rules. 1) The protocol of the url is the text before the "://" symbol. 2) Parameter names are written first and are terminated with the = symbol 3) Parameter values come 2nd and are terminated with an & except for the last value The form of the url looks like: protocol://server.domain.com/servlet/?name1=val1&name2=val2&nameN=valN notice there is no & after the last param. If one is there it is ignored.

Parameters:

url - the string to parse

Throws:

java.net.MalformedURLException

Method Detail

getProtocol

public java.lang.String getProtocol()

Returns the type of the url. This is defined by the text before the "://" symbol in the url.

getParams

public java.lang.String[][] getParams()

Returns the parameters as a 2D string array.

getHashParams

public java.util.Hashtable getHashParams()

Returns the parameters in a hashtable.

getHashParam

public java.lang.Object getHashParam(java.lang.String paramname)

returns a single parameter from the hash by name

Parameters:

paramname - the name of the parameter to return.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

returns a string representation of this metacatURL

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

printHashParams

public void printHashParams()

printParams

public void printParams()

Prints the parameters neatly to system.out

getParam

public java.lang.String[] getParam(int index)

Returns a single parameter and value as a 1D string array.

Parameters:

index - the index of the parameter, value array that you want.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Test method for this class.