URIEncoder.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2010 Daniel Murphy
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package net.ftb.tracking.google;

/**
 * simple uri encoder, made from the spec at:
 * http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
 * @author Daniel Murphy
 */
public class URIEncoder
{
	private static String mark = "-_.!~*'()\"";

	public static String encodeURI (String argString)
	{
		StringBuilder uri = new StringBuilder(); // Encoded URL
		char[] chars = argString.toCharArray();
		for(char c : chars)
		{
			if ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || mark.indexOf(c) != -1)
			{
				uri.append(c);
			}
			else
			{
				uri.append("%");
				uri.append(Integer.toHexString((int)c));
			}
		}
		return uri.toString();
	}
}