marcsaeg 01/10/05 14:03:54
Modified: src/share/org/apache/tomcat/util Tag: tomcat_32
RequestUtil.java
Log:
Updated comments for URLDecode().
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jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/tomcat/util/Attic/RequestUtil.java
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--- RequestUtil.java 2001/10/05 18:12:33 1.14.2.7
+++ RequestUtil.java 2001/10/05 21:03:54 1.14.2.8
@@ -277,7 +277,11 @@
}
/**
- * This method decodes the given urlencoded string.
+ * This method decodes the given urlencoded string. Note that 'special'
characters
+ * /, \, %, . and \0 are *NOT* decoded. The /, % and . characters are reserved
by the
+ * URL specification and may only be used in URLs for their reserved purpose in
their
+ * unencoded form. The \ and \0 characters are prohibited to avoide security
problems
+ * some platforms.
*
* @param str the url-encoded string
* @return the decoded string
