[MESOS-3317] URL query string order is undefined

• Type: Wish
• Status: Accepted
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: libprocess
• Labels: easyfix mesosphere newbie
• Assignee: Abhishek Dasgupta
• Reporter: Jan Schlicht
• Created: 26/Aug/15 08:51
• Updated: 26/Nov/18 13:36

Description

A `process::http::URL` instance has its query strings stored in a hashmap. Stringifying the instance will use the order defined by the hash function to order the query strings. This order depends on the concrete implementation of the hash function.
A well defined query string order (e.g. in alphabetical order) may be important for bot detection. If the query strings should be in an alphabetic order, multiple solutions are possible:
1. Use map instead of hashmap for defining query string in URLs
2. Order the query strings while creating the URL string
3. Provide an own string hash function that guarantees a certain order