org.apache.catalina.util

Class RequestUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.util.RequestUtil

public final class RequestUtil
extends Object

General purpose request parsing and encoding utility methods.

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan, Tim Tye

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RequestUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	filter(String message) Filter the specified message string for characters that are sensitive in HTML.

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

filter

public static String filter(String message)

Filter the specified message string for characters that are sensitive in HTML. This avoids potential attacks caused by including JavaScript codes in the request URL that is often reported in error messages.

Parameters:

message - The message string to be filtered

Returns:

the filtered message