ParameterParser (HttpClient Library (Version 3.1))

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.ParameterParser

```
public class ParameterParser
extends Object
```
A simple parser intended to parse sequences of name/value pairs. Parameter values are exptected to be enclosed in quotes if they contain unsafe characters, such as '=' characters or separators. Parameter values are optional and can be omitted.
param1 = value; param2 = "anything goes; really"; param3

Since:

3.0

Author:

Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ParameterParser()
Default ParameterParser constructor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List`	`parse(char[] chars, char separator)`	Extracts a list of `NameValuePair`s from the given array of characters.
`List`	`parse(char[] chars, int offset, int length, char separator)`	Extracts a list of `NameValuePair`s from the given array of characters.
`List`	`parse(String str, char separator)`	Extracts a list of `NameValuePair`s from the given string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ParameterParser
```
public ParameterParser()
```
    Default ParameterParser constructor
- Method Detail
  - parse
```
public List parse(String str,
                  char separator)
```
    Extracts a list of NameValuePairs from the given string.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the string that contains a sequence of name/value pairs
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of NameValuePairs
  - parse
```
public List parse(char[] chars,
                  char separator)
```
    Extracts a list of NameValuePairs from the given array of characters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    chars - the array of characters that contains a sequence of name/value pairs
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of NameValuePairs
  - parse
```
public List parse(char[] chars,
                  int offset,
                  int length,
                  char separator)
```
    Extracts a list of NameValuePairs from the given array of characters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    chars - the array of characters that contains a sequence of name/value pairs
    
    offset - - the initial offset.
    
    length - - the length.
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of NameValuePairs