Fix URLEncode to be backwards compatible

metamorph/src/main/java/org/metafacture/metamorph/functions/URLEncode.java

@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@
  * Default is to convert a whitespace " "to a plus sign "+". This can be set so that a whitespace " " is escaped to
  * "%20".
  * Safe characters for this escaper are the ranges 0..9, a..z and A..Z. These are always safe and should not be
- * specified.
+ * specified. Default safe characters are also ".", "-", "*", and "_", following URLEncoder.
+ *
+ * @see java.net.URLEncoder
  *
  * @author Markus Michael Geipel
  * @author Pascal Christoph (dr0i)
  */
 public final class URLEncode extends AbstractSimpleStatelessFunction {
-    private String safeChars = "";
+    private String safeChars = ".-*_";
     private Boolean plusForSpace = true;
     private PercentEscaper percentEscaper = new PercentEscaper(safeChars, plusForSpace);
 
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ public String process(final String value) {
      * Sets a URI escaper with the specified safe characters. The ranges 0..9, a..z and A..Z are always safe
      * and should not be specified.
      *
+     * Default is also ".", "-", "*", and "_" , mimicking {@link java.net.URLEncoder}.
+     *
      * @param safeChars the chars which will not be escaped
      */
     public void setSafeChars(final String safeChars) {

metamorph/src/test/java/org/metafacture/metamorph/functions/URLEncodeTest.java

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.metafacture.metamorph.functions;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -31,6 +34,10 @@ public final class URLEncodeTest {
     private static final String CAFE_ENCODED = "caf%C3%A9";
     private static final String SOME_CHARS = "/&%\\+";
     private static final String SOME_CHARS_ENCODED = "%2F%26%25%5C%2B";
+    private static final String SPECIAL_CHARACTERS = ".-*_";
+    private static final String URL =
+            "http://lobid.org/resources/search?q=hasItem.hasItem.heldBy.id:\"http://lobid" +
+                    ".org/organisations/DE-290#!\"&format=json";
     private static final String WHITESPACE = " ";
     private static final String WHITESPACE_AS_PLUS_ENCODED = "+";
     private static final String WHITESPACE_PERCENT_ENCODED = "%20";
@@ -64,5 +71,15 @@ public void testSafeChars(){
         urlEncode.setSafeChars(SOME_CHARS);
         assertEquals(SOME_CHARS, urlEncode.process(SOME_CHARS));
     }
+    @Test
+    public void testSpecialChars(){
+        final URLEncode urlEncode = new URLEncode();
+        assertEquals(SPECIAL_CHARACTERS, urlEncode.process(SPECIAL_CHARACTERS));
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testBackwardsCompatibility() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        final URLEncode urlEncode = new URLEncode();
+        assertEquals(urlEncode.process(URL), URLEncoder.encode(URL, "UTF-8"));
+    }
 
 }