com.mikeblanton.paypal.util
Class PayPalUtil

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.mikeblanton.paypal.util.PayPalUtil

public class PayPalUtil

extends java.lang.Object

The PayPalUtil class provides helper functions for processing transactions with PayPal.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Michael Blanton

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

LINE_SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

PayPalUtil()

Method Summary

static org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration	getConfiguration() Loads the configuration file if specified.
static PayPalIPNData	validateIPNRequestByPost(java.util.Map _parameterMap) Validates an IPN by posting to back to PayPal for validation.
static PayPalPDTData	validatePDTRequestByPost(java.util.Map _parameterMap, java.lang.String _at) Validates an IPN by posting to back to PayPal for validation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LINE_SEPARATOR

public static final java.lang.String LINE_SEPARATOR

Constructor Detail

PayPalUtil

public PayPalUtil()

Method Detail

getConfiguration

public static org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration getConfiguration()

Loads the configuration file if specified. The environment variable paypaltools.config.file is expected to be the full path to the configuration file.

Returns:

Instance of the Properties file if it exists, null otherwise.

validateIPNRequestByPost

public static PayPalIPNData validateIPNRequestByPost(java.util.Map _parameterMap)
                                              throws org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException,
                                                     java.io.IOException,
                                                     PayPalException

Validates an IPN by posting to back to PayPal for validation.

Parameters:

_parameterMap - Map (Name/Value Pairs) of the HTTP Request Parameters.

Returns:

PayPalIPNData instance with the results of the validation.

Throws:

HttpException -

java.io.IOException -

PayPalException -

validatePDTRequestByPost

public static PayPalPDTData validatePDTRequestByPost(java.util.Map _parameterMap,
                                                     java.lang.String _at)
                                              throws org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException,
                                                     java.io.IOException,
                                                     PayPalException

Validates an IPN by posting to back to PayPal for validation.

Parameters:

_parameterMap - Map (Name/Value Pairs) of the HTTP Request Parameters.

_at -

Returns:

PayPalIPNData instance with the results of the validation.

Throws:

HttpException -

java.io.IOException -

PayPalException -