app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/planet/business/PlanetURLStrategy.java

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package org.apache.roller.planet.business;

import java.util.Map;


/**
 * An interface representing the Roller Planet url strategy.
 *
 * Implementations of this interface provide methods which can be used to form
 * all of the public urls used by Roller Planet.
 */
public interface PlanetURLStrategy {
    
    /**
     * Get root url for a given planet.
     *
     * @param planetHandle The 'handle' of the planet being referenced.
     * @returns The url to the planet.
     */
    String getPlanetURL(String planetHandle);
    
    
    /**
     * Get url for a specific aggregation group of a planet.
     *
     * @param planetHandle The 'handle' of the planet.
     * @param groupHandle The 'hadle' of the planet group.
     * @param pageNum The page number.
     * @returns The url to the planet group.
     */
    String getPlanetGroupURL(String planetHandle, String groupHandle, int pageNum);
    
    
    /**
     * Get url to a feed for a specific group of a planet, in the given format.
     *
     * @param planetHandle The 'handle' of the planet being referenced.
     * @param groupHandle The 'hadle' of the planet group being referenced.
     * @param format The feed format being requested.
     * @returns The url to the feed.
     */
    String getPlanetGroupFeedURL(String planetHandle, String groupHandle, String format);
    
    
    /**
     * Get url to a opml file for a specific group of a planet.
     *
     * @param planetHandle The 'handle' of the planet being referenced.
     * @param groupHandle The 'hadle' of the planet group being referenced.
     * @returns The url to the feed.
     */
    String getPlanetGroupOpmlURL(String planetHandle, String groupHandle);
    
    
    /**
     * Compose a map of key=value params into a query string.
     */
    String getQueryString(Map<String, String> params);
    
    
    /**
     * URL encode a string.
     */
    String encode(String str);
    
    
    /**
     * URL decode a string.
     */
    String decode(String str);
    
}