com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.util

Class RequestUtil

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.util.RequestUtil

public class RequestUtil
extends Object

Utility functions to use when creating a Request

Author:

German Attanasio Ruiz (germanatt@us.ibm.com)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RequestUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	formatQueryString(List<? extends org.apache.http.NameValuePair> parameters, String encoding) Returns a String that is suitable for use as an application/x-www-form-urlencoded list of parameters in an HTTP PUT or HTTP POST.
static Map<String,Object>	omit(Map<String,Object> params, String... toOmit) Return a copy of a Map excluding the given key, or array of keys.
static Map<String,Object>	pick(Map<String,Object> params, String... toPick) Return a copy of a Map with only the specified given key, or array of keys.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RequestUtil

public RequestUtil()

Method Detail

formatQueryString

public static String formatQueryString(List<? extends org.apache.http.NameValuePair> parameters,
                                       String encoding)

Returns a String that is suitable for use as an application/x-www-form-urlencoded list of parameters in an HTTP PUT or HTTP POST. It can also be used as query string in a GET request

Parameters:

parameters - The parameters to include.

encoding - The encoding to use.

Returns:

the formated string

omit

public static Map<String,Object> omit(Map<String,Object> params,
                                      String... toOmit)

Return a copy of a Map excluding the given key, or array of keys.

Parameters:

params - the parameters

toOmit - the keys to omit

Returns:

the map with the omitted key-value pars

pick

public static Map<String,Object> pick(Map<String,Object> params,
                                      String... toPick)

Return a copy of a Map with only the specified given key, or array of keys.

Parameters:

params - the parameters

toPick - the keys to pick

Returns:

the map with the picked key-value pars