org.apache.tomcat.util.http

Class RequestUtil

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tomcat.util.http.RequestUtil

public class RequestUtil
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	normalize(String path) Normalize a relative URI path that may have relative values ("/./", "/../", and so on ) it it.
static String	normalize(String path, boolean replaceBackSlash) Normalize a relative URI path that may have relative values ("/./", "/../", and so on ) it it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

normalize

public static String normalize(String path)

Normalize a relative URI path that may have relative values ("/./", "/../", and so on ) it it. WARNING - This method is useful only for normalizing application-generated paths. It does not try to perform security checks for malicious input.

Parameters:

path - Relative path to be normalized

Returns:

The normalized path or null if the path cannot be normalized

normalize

public static String normalize(String path,
                               boolean replaceBackSlash)

Normalize a relative URI path that may have relative values ("/./", "/../", and so on ) it it. WARNING - This method is useful only for normalizing application-generated paths. It does not try to perform security checks for malicious input.

Parameters:

path - Relative path to be normalized

replaceBackSlash - Should '\\' be replaced with '/'

Returns:

The normalized path or null if the path cannot be normalized