HttpServletRequest to complete URL

The HttpServletRequest has the following methods:

  • getRequestURL() - returns the part of the full URL before query string separator character ?
  • getQueryString() - returns the part of the full URL after query string separator character ?

So, to get the full URL, just do:

public static String getFullURL(HttpServletRequest request) {
    StringBuilder requestURL = new StringBuilder(request.getRequestURL().toString());
    String queryString = request.getQueryString();

    if (queryString == null) {
        return requestURL.toString();
    } else {
        return requestURL.append('?').append(queryString).toString();
    }
}

I use this method:

public static String getURL(HttpServletRequest req) {

    String scheme = req.getScheme();             // http
    String serverName = req.getServerName();     // hostname.com
    int serverPort = req.getServerPort();        // 80
    String contextPath = req.getContextPath();   // /mywebapp
    String servletPath = req.getServletPath();   // /servlet/MyServlet
    String pathInfo = req.getPathInfo();         // /a/b;c=123
    String queryString = req.getQueryString();          // d=789

    // Reconstruct original requesting URL
    StringBuilder url = new StringBuilder();
    url.append(scheme).append("://").append(serverName);

    if (serverPort != 80 && serverPort != 443) {
        url.append(":").append(serverPort);
    }

    url.append(contextPath).append(servletPath);

    if (pathInfo != null) {
        url.append(pathInfo);
    }
    if (queryString != null) {
        url.append("?").append(queryString);
    }
    return url.toString();
}