java.lang.Object
- edu.uiuc.ncsa.qdl.variables.MetaCodec

```
public class MetaCodec
extends Object
```
This will convert a string and encode or decode all characters that are not [a-z][A-Z] as per various standards. This allows QDL to write scripts in other languages or pass around escaped strings.
Created by Jeff Gaynor
on 3/9/20 at 6:13 AM

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_BASE16`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_BASE16_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_BASE32`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_BASE32_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_BASE64`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_BASE64_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_CSV`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_CSV_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_ECMA`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_ECMA_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_HTML3`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_HTML3_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_HTML4`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_HTML4_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_JAVA`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_JAVA_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_JSON`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_JSON_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_URLCODE`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_URLCODE_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_VENCODE`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_VENCODE_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_XML_1_0`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_XML_1_0_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_XML_1_1`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_XML_1_1_NAME`
`static int`	`ALGORITHM_XSI`
`static String`	`ALGORITHM_XSI_NAME`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MetaCodec()

MetaCodec(int currentType)

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static AbstractCodec`	`createCodec(int currentType)`
`static AbstractCodec`	`createCodec(Object object)`
`static AbstractCodec`	`createCodec(String currentType)`
`String`	`decode(String encoded)`
`String`	`encode(String token)`
`static void`	`main(String[] args)`

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

Field Detail
- ALGORITHM_VENCODE
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_VENCODE
```
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- ALGORITHM_URLCODE
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_URLCODE
```
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- ALGORITHM_BASE16
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_BASE16
```
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- ALGORITHM_BASE32
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_BASE32
```
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- ALGORITHM_BASE64
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_BASE64
```
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- ALGORITHM_XML_1_0
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_XML_1_0
```
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- ALGORITHM_XML_1_1
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_XML_1_1
```
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- ALGORITHM_JSON
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_JSON
```
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- ALGORITHM_JAVA
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_JAVA
```
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- ALGORITHM_HTML3
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_HTML3
```
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- ALGORITHM_HTML4
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_HTML4
```
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- ALGORITHM_CSV
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_CSV
```
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- ALGORITHM_ECMA
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_ECMA
```
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- ALGORITHM_XSI
```
public static final int ALGORITHM_XSI
```
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  Constant Field Values
- ALGORITHM_BASE16_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_BASE16_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_BASE32_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_BASE32_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_BASE64_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_BASE64_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_CSV_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_CSV_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_ECMA_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_ECMA_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_HTML3_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_HTML3_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_HTML4_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_HTML4_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_JAVA_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_JAVA_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_JSON_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_JSON_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_URLCODE_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_URLCODE_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_VENCODE_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_VENCODE_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_XML_1_0_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_XML_1_0_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_XML_1_1_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_XML_1_1_NAME
```
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- ALGORITHM_XSI_NAME
```
public static final String ALGORITHM_XSI_NAME
```
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Constructor Detail

MetaCodec
```
public MetaCodec()
```

MetaCodec
```
public MetaCodec(int currentType)
```

Method Detail

createCodec

public static AbstractCodec createCodec(Object object)

createCodec

public static AbstractCodec createCodec(int currentType)

createCodec

public static AbstractCodec createCodec(String currentType)

encode

public String encode(String token)

decode

public String decode(String encoded)

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Class MetaCodec

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

ALGORITHM_VENCODE

ALGORITHM_URLCODE

ALGORITHM_BASE16

ALGORITHM_BASE32

ALGORITHM_BASE64

ALGORITHM_XML_1_0

ALGORITHM_XML_1_1

ALGORITHM_JSON

ALGORITHM_JAVA

ALGORITHM_HTML3

ALGORITHM_HTML4

ALGORITHM_CSV

ALGORITHM_ECMA

ALGORITHM_XSI

ALGORITHM_BASE16_NAME

ALGORITHM_BASE32_NAME

ALGORITHM_BASE64_NAME

ALGORITHM_CSV_NAME

ALGORITHM_ECMA_NAME

ALGORITHM_HTML3_NAME

ALGORITHM_HTML4_NAME

ALGORITHM_JAVA_NAME

ALGORITHM_JSON_NAME

ALGORITHM_URLCODE_NAME

ALGORITHM_VENCODE_NAME

ALGORITHM_XML_1_0_NAME

ALGORITHM_XML_1_1_NAME

ALGORITHM_XSI_NAME

Constructor Detail

MetaCodec

MetaCodec

Method Detail

createCodec

createCodec

createCodec

encode

decode

main