Package org.apache.catalina.util

Class RequestUtil

  • public final class RequestUtil
extends java.lang.Object
    General purpose request parsing and encoding utility methods.
    Author:
    Craig R. McClanahan, Tim Tye

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      RequestUtil()  

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static java.lang.String filter​(java.lang.String message)
      Deprecated.
      This method will be removed in Tomcat 9

      • 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

        @Deprecated
public static java.lang.String filter​(java.lang.String message)
        Deprecated.
        This method will be removed in Tomcat 9
        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