hws_strings.rb #2

module HWSStrings
  # These constants are used as the default configuration for the
  # component_encode and component_decode methods.
  DEFAULT_ILLEGAL_CHARS = ['~', '/', ' ']
  DEFAULT_ESCAPE = '~'

  # Encode the string to make it usable as a single path in a URL.
  #
  # This a simple scheme that should allow you to match the string in a single
  # path variable easily, in a way that should not be messed with by your
  # web framework.
  #
  # Many characters that are legal as file names by the Helix Versioning Engine
  # can make URL handling difficult. The most basic is the forward slash '/'.
  #
  # This does *NOT* guarantee that the string is URL safe! You should still
  # percent-encode any string as a URL.
  def self.component_encode(str, illegal_characters: DEFAULT_ILLEGAL_CHARS)
    str.chars.map do |ch|
      if illegal_characters.include?(ch)
        '~' + ch.ord.to_s(16)
      else
        ch
      end
    end.join('')
  end

  # Decodes a string encoded with component_encode.
  def self.component_decode(str, escape = DEFAULT_ESCAPE,
      illegal_characters = DEFAULT_ILLEGAL_CHARS, base=16)
    escape_map = Hash[illegal_characters.map{ |c| [c, "#{escape}#{c.ord.to_s(base)}"] }]
    escape_map.each do |ch, escaped|
      str = str.gsub(escaped, ch)
    end
    str
  end
end