Parse http response

Question

Hi all :)
I am trying to parse an http response that I get back from a webserver that I sent my request to. The reponse is recieved as an InputStream which I then wrap in a Buffered Reader:
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( urlConn.getInputStream()));
The content of the InputStream looks is in the following format:
name1=intValue&name2=strValue&name3=strValue&name4=&name5=strValue
...etc
The content always comes back to me with the same variables in the same order, even if the variables have no value (see name4=&name5 indicates name4 has no value, but the variable is still returned). What I'd like to do is separate the value of name1 and store it in a local variable of the same name. So I have:
String name1 = ?? //some code to browser input stream for "name1" then retrieve the value after the '=' and before the '&'
I am not exactly sure how to write this code? I am looking at the API's for InputStream, StreamTokenizer, and BufferedReader, but I am not having that much luck finding out how to do this.
Any advice or direction is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(response, "&");
// creates a tokenizer that uses "&" as the delimiter to break up the response
while (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
  String parameter = st.nextToken();
  // this should have something like "name1=intValue"
  int break = parameter.indexOf("=");
  // find where the equals sign is in it
  // I leave it to you to use the substring() method to get the 2 bits
}I just noticed the bit about "store it in a local variable of the same name". Forget about that, variables are created at compile time. You need some kind of a Map where the parameter name is the key and the parameter value is the value.