The main motivation behind URLEncoder (side note: really wish I had used the term "Transcoder" for these things) was because Jetty, Tomcat, and my-weak-understanding-of the servlet spec didn't agree on how and when URL-encoded data in the path is decoded.
On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Thiago H de Paula Figueiredo < thiag...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 20:09:53 -0200, Dmitry Gusev <dmitry.gu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, >> >> as far as I know, Tapestry's URLEncoder allows you to not think about >> encoding, it forces to UTF-8. >> > > Yep. In addition, it encodes and decodes null and empty string values, > something java.net.URLEncoder doesn't do, but Tapestry needs for activation > context. > > Tapestry's URLEncoder is a service as any other, so you can easily > override, decorate or advise according to your needs. I'd just suggest you > to take a look at how the default implementation works before implementing > your own. > > >> Default URLEncoder asks you to specify encoding as a separate parameter, >> which you normally pass as another URL parameters, for example, look at >> ie/oe parameters that Safari adds to Google request URL when you search >> from Safari's address bar: >> >> https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=help&; >> ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:22 PM, George Christman < >> gchrist...@cardaddy.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi guys, I'm just wondering why Tapestry decided to build their own >>> URLEncoder over using an existing one like java.net.URLEncoder? I'd >>> like to clean up my URLs removing a lot of the encoding making them >>> more search friendly, so I'm wondering what the impact of overriding >>> the URLEncoder service and implementing a more standard one would be? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > Tapestry, Java and Hibernate consultant and developer > http://machina.com.br > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship Creator of Apache Tapestry The source for Tapestry training, mentoring and support. Contact me to learn how I can get you up and productive in Tapestry fast! (971) 678-5210 http://howardlewisship.com @hlship
