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+package Debbugs::URI;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Debbugs::URI -- Derivative of URI which overrides the query_param
+ method to use ';' instead of '&' for separators.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+use Debbugs::URI;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+See L<URI> for more information.
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+None known.
+
+=cut
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use base qw(URI URI::_query);
+
+=head2 query_param
+
+ $uri->query_form( $key1 => $val1, $key2 => $val2, ... )
+
+Exactly like query_param in L<URI> except query elements are joined by
+; instead of &.
+
+=cut
+
+{
+
+ package URI::_query;
+
+ no warnings 'redefine';
+ # Handle ...?foo=bar&bar=foo type of query
+ sub URI::_query::query_form {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $old = $self->query;
+ if (@_) {
+ # Try to set query string
+ my @new = @_;
+ if (@new == 1) {
+ my $n = $new[0];
+ if (ref($n) eq "ARRAY") {
+ @new = @$n;
+ }
+ elsif (ref($n) eq "HASH") {
+ @new = %$n;
+ }
+ }
+ my @query;
+ while (my($key,$vals) = splice(@new, 0, 2)) {
+ $key = '' unless defined $key;
+ $key =~ s/([;\/?:@&=+,\$\[\]%])/$URI::Escape::escapes{$1}/g;
+ $key =~ s/ /+/g;
+ $vals = [ref($vals) eq "ARRAY" ? @$vals : $vals];
+ for my $val (@$vals) {
+ $val = '' unless defined $val;
+ $val =~ s/([;\/?:@&=+,\$\[\]%])/$URI::Escape::escapes{$1}/g;
+ $val =~ s/ /+/g;
+ push(@query, "$key=$val");
+ }
+ }
+ # We've changed & to a ; here.
+ $self->query(@query ? join(';', @query) : undef);
+ }
+ return if !defined($old) || !length($old) || !defined(wantarray);
+ return unless $old =~ /=/; # not a form
+ map { s/\+/ /g; uri_unescape($_) }
+ # We've also changed the split here to split on ; as well as &
+ map { /=/ ? split(/=/, $_, 2) : ($_ => '')} split(/[&;]/, $old);
+ }
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+1;
+
+
+__END__
+
+
+
+
+
+