[CODEC-37] URL codec contribution from HttpClient

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.2

Environment

Operating System: All
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 21053
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Oleg Kalnichevski
• Created: 24/Jun/03 23:04
• Updated: 27/Oct/07 06:49
• Resolved: 27/Oct/07 06:49

Description

Greetings to Codec folks from HttpClient folks

We are absolutely positive about using Commons Codec in our future releases
(post 2.0 release, which is drawing quite near). So, I felt like stopping by to
say hello from all the HttpClient developers.

While there's a relative lull in HttpClient development we would like use this
opportunity to factor out some HttpClient code that might have its use beyond
HttpClient and move it into a more appropriate sub-project. The first victim of
the re-usability zeal on our part happened to be URL codec that we use quite
extensively in HttpClient. We felt that URL codec might have a broader appeal
outside HttpClient and Commons Codec would be the right place for it. I attach
the first draft of the patch for your scrutiny. Feedback, comments, objections
are welcome. I'll be happy to spend some additional time massaging the code to
your liking, incorporate your suggestions, or fix problems that are found

On behalf of all HttpClient developers,

Oleg

PS: If you find the stuff acceptable, it should probably go into a package of
its own: org.apache.commons.codec.url.