XML by Example

* format the request according to the proper encoding

* @param parameters query parameters

* @return string with the query properly formatted

*/

protected String buildQuery(Dictionary parameters)

{

StringBuffer request = new StringBuffer();

Enumeration keys = parameters.keys();

String key = null;

boolean first = true;

while(keys.hasMoreElements())

{

if(!first)

request.append(‘&’);

else

first = false;

key = (String)keys.nextElement();

request.append(key);

request.append(‘=’);

request.append(

URLEncoder.encode((String)parameters.get(key)));

// request.append(“\r\n”);

}

return request.toString();

}

}

Encapsulating XML Tools

You use the DOM interface to encapsulate tools ...