RequestUtil (Apache Tomcat 8.5.93 API Documentation)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.catalina.util.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
`static java.lang.StringBuffer`	`getRequestURL(HttpServletRequest request)`	Build an appropriate return value for `HttpServletRequest.getRequestURL()` based on the provided request object.

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
  - getRequestURL
```
public static java.lang.StringBuffer getRequestURL(HttpServletRequest request)
```
    Build an appropriate return value for HttpServletRequest.getRequestURL() based on the provided request object. Note that this will also work for instances of HttpServletRequestWrapper.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - The request object for which the URL should be built
    
    Returns:
    
    The request URL for the given request object
  - 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