net.rim.device.api.ui.text
Class URLTextFilter

java.lang.Object
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        +--net.rim.device.api.ui.text.URLTextFilter

public class URLTextFilter

extends TextFilter

Filters out characters not usable in URL text strings.

This filter accepts all characters except those disallowed by RFC 2396.

Fields inherited from class net.rim.device.api.ui.text.TextFilter

DEFAULT, EMAIL, HEXADECIMAL, INTEGER, LOWERCASE, NUMERIC, PHONE, UPPERCASE, URL

Constructor Summary

URLTextFilter()
Constructs a new URLTextFilter instance.

Method Summary

char	convert(char character, int status) Passes character through URL text filter.
boolean	validate(char character) Determines if character is a valid URL string character.

Methods inherited from class net.rim.device.api.ui.text.TextFilter

get, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLTextFilter

public URLTextFilter()

Constructs a new URLTextFilter instance.

Method Detail

convert

public char convert(char character,
                    int status)

Passes character through URL text filter.

Overrides:

convert in class TextFilter

Parameters:

character - Character to translate.

status - Ignored.

Returns:

Returns provided character, unless provided character was a space character. In this case, if it was a SHIFTed space, this method returns a forward slash; otherwise it returns a period.

Since:

JDE 3.7.0

validate

public boolean validate(char character)

Determines if character is a valid URL string character.

URL delimiters are

 < > " 

URL unwise characters are

 { } | \ ^ [ ] ` 

Note: Despite the fact that they are included in RFC 2396, the "%" and "#" characters are allowed by the filter.

Overrides:

validate in class TextFilter

Parameters:

character - Character to test.

Returns:

False if passed a space, control, delimiter, or unwise URL character (see description); otherwise, true.

Since:

JDE 3.7.0