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30  
31  package org.apache.commons.httpclient.util;
32  import java.util.ArrayList;
33  import java.util.List;
34  
35  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
36  
37  /***
38   * A simple parser intended to parse sequences of name/value pairs.
39   * Parameter values are exptected to be enclosed in quotes if they 
40   * contain unsafe characters, such as '=' characters or separators.
41   * Parameter values are optional and can be omitted. 
42   * 
43   * <p>
44   *  <code>param1 = value; param2 = "anything goes; really"; param3</code>
45   * </p>
46   * 
47   * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
48   * 
49   * @since 3.0
50   */
51  public class ParameterParser {
52      
53      /*** String to be parsed */
54      private char[] chars = null;
55      
56      /*** Current position in the string */    
57      private int pos = 0;
58  
59      /*** Maximum position in the string */    
60      private int len = 0;
61  
62      /*** Start of a token */
63      private int i1 = 0;
64  
65      /*** End of a token */
66      private int i2 = 0;
67      
68      /*** Default ParameterParser constructor */
69      public ParameterParser() {
70          super();
71      }
72  
73  
74      /*** Are there any characters left to parse? */
75      private boolean hasChar() {
76          return this.pos < this.len;
77      }
78  
79      
80      /*** A helper method to process the parsed token. */
81      private String getToken(boolean quoted) {
82          // Trim leading white spaces
83          while ((i1 < i2) && (Character.isWhitespace(chars[i1]))) {
84              i1++;
85          }
86          // Trim trailing white spaces
87          while ((i2 > i1) && (Character.isWhitespace(chars[i2 - 1]))) {
88              i2--;
89          }
90          // Strip away quotes if necessary
91          if (quoted) {
92              if (((i2 - i1) >= 2) 
93                  && (chars[i1] == '"') 
94                  && (chars[i2 - 1] == '"')) {
95                  i1++;
96                  i2--;
97              }
98          }
99          String result = null;
100         if (i2 >= i1) {
101             result = new String(chars, i1, i2 - i1);
102         }
103         return result;
104     }
105 
106 
107     /*** Is given character present in the array of characters? */
108     private boolean isOneOf(char ch, char[] charray) {
109         boolean result = false;
110         for (int i = 0; i < charray.length; i++) {
111             if (ch == charray[i]) {
112                 result = true;
113                 break;
114             }
115         }
116         return result;
117     }
118     
119     
120     /*** Parse out a token until any of the given terminators
121      * is encountered. */
122     private String parseToken(final char[] terminators) {
123         char ch;
124         i1 = pos;
125         i2 = pos;
126         while (hasChar()) {
127             ch = chars[pos];
128             if (isOneOf(ch, terminators)) {
129                 break;
130             }
131             i2++;
132             pos++;
133         }
134         return getToken(false);
135     }
136     
137     
138     /*** Parse out a token until any of the given terminators
139      * is encountered. Special characters in quoted tokens
140      * are escaped. */
141     private String parseQuotedToken(final char[] terminators) {
142         char ch;
143         i1 = pos;
144         i2 = pos;
145         boolean quoted = false;
146         boolean charEscaped = false;
147         while (hasChar()) {
148             ch = chars[pos];
149             if (!quoted && isOneOf(ch, terminators)) {
150                 break;
151             }
152             if (!charEscaped && ch == '"') {
153                 quoted = !quoted;
154             }
155             charEscaped = (!charEscaped && ch == '//');
156             i2++;
157             pos++;
158 
159         }
160         return getToken(true);
161     }
162     
163     /*** 
164      * Extracts a list of {@link NameValuePair}s from the given string.
165      *
166      * @param str the string that contains a sequence of name/value pairs
167      * @return a list of {@link NameValuePair}s
168      * 
169      */
170     public List parse(final String str, char separator) {
171 
172         if (str == null) {
173             return new ArrayList();
174         }
175         return parse(str.toCharArray(), separator);
176     }
177 
178     /*** 
179      * Extracts a list of {@link NameValuePair}s from the given array of 
180      * characters.
181      *
182      * @param chars the array of characters that contains a sequence of 
183      * name/value pairs
184      * 
185      * @return a list of {@link NameValuePair}s
186      */
187     public List parse(final char[] chars, char separator) {
188 
189         if (chars == null) {
190             return new ArrayList();
191         }
192         return parse(chars, 0, chars.length, separator);
193     }
194 
195 
196     /*** 
197      * Extracts a list of {@link NameValuePair}s from the given array of 
198      * characters.
199      *
200      * @param chars the array of characters that contains a sequence of 
201      * name/value pairs
202      * @param offset - the initial offset.
203      * @param length - the length.
204      * 
205      * @return a list of {@link NameValuePair}s
206      */
207     public List parse(final char[] chars, int offset, int length, char separator) {
208 
209         if (chars == null) {
210             return new ArrayList();
211         }
212         List params = new ArrayList();
213         this.chars = chars;
214         this.pos = offset;
215         this.len = length;
216         
217         String paramName = null;
218         String paramValue = null;
219         while (hasChar()) {
220             paramName = parseToken(new char[] {'=', separator});
221             paramValue = null;
222             if (hasChar() && (chars[pos] == '=')) {
223                 pos++; // skip '='
224                 paramValue = parseQuotedToken(new char[] {separator});
225             }
226             if (hasChar() && (chars[pos] == separator)) {
227                 pos++; // skip separator
228             }
229             if (paramName != null && !(paramName.equals("") && paramValue == null)) {
230                 params.add(new NameValuePair(paramName, paramValue));
231             }
232         }        
233         return params;
234     }
235 }