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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * OPENECOMP - MSO
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+package org.openecomp.mso.adapters.workflowmessage;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods used by WMAdapterRest.
+ */
+public final class WMAdapterUtils {
+ /**
+ * Encodes a URL path segment according to RFC 3986 Section 2.
+ * @param pathSegment the path segment to encode
+ * @return the encoded path segment
+ */
+ public static String encodeURLPathSegment(String pathSegment) {
+ try {
+ return UriUtils.encodePathSegment(pathSegment, "UTF-8");
+ } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("UTF-8 encoding is not supported");
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiation is not allowed.
+ */
+ private WMAdapterUtils() {
+ }
+}
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