Introduce getURI(String) method to convert a String to a URI.

This is particularly useful in situations where the original URL contains special characters that must be retained, for example a '+' sign, and not converted to its encoded form ('%20', in case of '+').

Author: Noor Dawod

library/src/main/java/com/loopj/android/http/AsyncHttpClient.java

@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, RequestParams params, Res
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPost(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity), contentType, responseHandler, context);
+        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPost(getURI(url)), entity), contentType, responseHandler, context);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String
      */
     public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, RequestParams params, String contentType,
                               ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = new HttpPost(URI.create(url).normalize());
+        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = new HttpPost(getURI(url));
         if (params != null) request.setEntity(paramsToEntity(params, responseHandler));
         if (headers != null) request.setHeaders(headers);
         return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType,
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, Request
      */
     public RequestHandle post(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, HttpEntity entity, String contentType,
                               ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPost(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity);
+        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPost(getURI(url)), entity);
         if (headers != null) request.setHeaders(headers);
         return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
     }
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, RequestParams params, Resp
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPut(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity), contentType, responseHandler, context);
+        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPut(getURI(url)), entity), contentType, responseHandler, context);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle put(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, HttpEntity entity, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPut(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity);
+        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPut(getURI(url)), entity);
         if (headers != null) request.setHeaders(headers);
         return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
     }
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, RequestParams params, Re
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPatch(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity), contentType, responseHandler, context);
+        return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPatch(getURI(url)), entity), contentType, responseHandler, context);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, HttpEntity entity, Strin
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle patch(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, HttpEntity entity, String contentType, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPatch(URI.create(url).normalize()), entity);
+        HttpEntityEnclosingRequestBase request = addEntityToRequestBase(new HttpPatch(getURI(url)), entity);
         if (headers != null) request.setHeaders(headers);
         return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, request, contentType, responseHandler, context);
     }
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ public RequestHandle delete(String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(URI.create(url).normalize());
+        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(getURI(url));
         return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, delete, null, responseHandler, context);
     }
 
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, ResponseHandlerInterfac
      * @return RequestHandle of future request process
      */
     public RequestHandle delete(Context context, String url, Header[] headers, ResponseHandlerInterface responseHandler) {
-        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(URI.create(url).normalize());
+        final HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(getURI(url));
         if (headers != null) delete.setHeaders(headers);
         return sendRequest(httpClient, httpContext, delete, null, responseHandler, context);
     }
@@ -1299,6 +1299,16 @@ protected RequestHandle sendRequest(DefaultHttpClient client, HttpContext httpCo
         return requestHandle;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@link URI} instance for the specified, absolute URL string.
+     *
+     * @param url absolute URL string, containing scheme, host and path
+     * @return URI instance for the URL string
+     */
+    protected URI getURI(String url) {
+        return URI.create(url).normalize();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets state of URL encoding feature, see bug #227, this method allows you to turn off and on
      * this auto-magic feature on-demand.