manifold.json.extensions.java.net.URL

Class ManUrlExt

java.lang.Object

manifold.json.extensions.java.net.URL.ManUrlExt

public class ManUrlExt
extends Object

Adds extension methods to URL for handling JSON, plain text, and binary content.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ManUrlExt()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	encode(String urlPart) Convenience method to encode a URL string and not have to handle the UnsupportedEncodingException.
static byte[]	getBinaryContent(URL thiz)
static Bindings	getJsonContent(URL thiz)
static String	getTextContent(URL thiz)
static URL	makeUrl(String url, Bindings arguments) Make a JSON-compatible URL with the arguments from the Bindings.
static Bindings	postForJsonContent(URL url, Bindings bindings) Use HTTP POST to pass JSON bindings to this URL and get the full content as a JSON object.
static String	postForTextContent(URL url, Bindings bindings) Use HTTP POST to pass JSON bindings to this URL and get back the full content as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ManUrlExt

public ManUrlExt()

Method Detail

makeUrl

public static URL makeUrl(String url,
                          Bindings arguments)

Make a JSON-compatible URL with the arguments from the Bindings. Encodes the arguments in UTF-8 and appends them to the list using standard URL query delimiters.

If an argument is a Bindings or a List, it is transformed to JSON. Otherwise, the argument is coerced to a String and URL encoded.

encode

public static String encode(String urlPart)

Convenience method to encode a URL string and not have to handle the UnsupportedEncodingException.

postForTextContent

public static String postForTextContent(URL url,
                                        Bindings bindings)

Use HTTP POST to pass JSON bindings to this URL and get back the full content as a String.

Returns:

The full content of this URL coerced to a String.

See Also:

postForJsonContent(URL, Bindings)

postForJsonContent

public static Bindings postForJsonContent(URL url,
                                          Bindings bindings)

Use HTTP POST to pass JSON bindings to this URL and get the full content as a JSON object.

Returns:

The full content of this URL's stream as a JSON object.

See Also:

postForTextContent(URL, Bindings)

getTextContent

public static String getTextContent(URL thiz)

Returns:

The full text content of this URL's stream.

getBinaryContent

public static byte[] getBinaryContent(URL thiz)

Returns:

The full binary content of this URL's stream.

getJsonContent

public static Bindings getJsonContent(URL thiz)

Returns:

A JSON object reflecting the contents of this URL, otherwise a RuntimeException results if the content is not a JSON document.

See Also:

Json.fromJson(String)