My workaround code does actually only rely on the order in the URL itself, as it was solving that exact problem of formValueKeys() not being in order. The explanation of why needed is a bit involved. Thanks for the replies. John
On 27 May 2014, at 05:00, Aaron Rosenzweig wrote: > Hi Cristoph, > > Order may be important to him if he has web server rewrite rules in place. > AARON ROSENZWEIG / Chat 'n Bike > e: aa...@chatnbike.com t: (301) 956-2319 > > > On May 22, 2014, at 5:39 PM, CHRISTOPH WICK | i4innovation GmbH, Bonn > <c...@i4innovation.de> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> If you read the documentation of WORequest's formValueKeys method, it says: >> >> "The returned array is not sorted in any particular order, and is not >> necessarily sorted in the same order on successive invocations of this >> method." >> >> (http://wocommunity.org/documents/javadoc/WebObjects/5.4.2/com/webobjects/appserver/WORequest.html#formValueKeys()) >> >> So I assume your workaround will not work always (even if it does >> sometimes), since you assume, that request.formValueKeys() gives you the >> right order. >> >> If you really care about the order of the key-value-pairs in the URI, I >> think you have to parse the query string manually. >> >> Take a look at NSArray's wonderful method >> "componentsSeparatedByString(String string, String separator)" and apply it >> to your WORequest's method "queryString()" with separator "&". then a second >> time on each key-value-pair with separator "=" and then you should have the >> key at "objectAtIndex(1)" in the same order as within the queryString. >> >> C.U.CW >> >> P.S.: What's the reason you want to know the exact order? I haven't needed >> such a thing in many years of web development. >> >> -- >> What are the three enemies of a programmer? Sunlight, oxygen, and the >> appalling roar of the birds. >> >> >> On 21.05.2014, at 18:56, John Pollard <j...@pollardweb.com> wrote: >> >>> My workaround to put them back in order, using a TreeMap to sort on the >>> index position within the URI. >>> >>> NSArray<String> formKeys = request().formValueKeys(); >>> String uriStr = request().uri(); >>> TreeMap<Integer, String> orderedKeysMap = new TreeMap<Integer, >>> String>(); >>> for(String nextKey : formKeys) >>> { >>> orderedKeysMap.put(uriStr.indexOf(nextKey), nextKey); >>> } >>> >>> On 21 May 2014, at 17:26, John Pollard <j...@pollardweb.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi List, >>>> >>>> I note that WORequest.formValues() jumbles up the order of the values from >>>> a url. Is there a simple way to get them in order, or do I need to parse >>>> them out myself? I understand that normally the order shouldn't be >>>> important, but I have what I feel is a reasonable purpose for needing to >>>> know the order. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> John >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/cw%40i4innovation.de >>> >>> This email sent to c...@i4innovation.de >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/aaron%40chatnbike.com >> >> This email sent to aa...@chatnbike.com >
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