1 files changed, 29 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/kingate/util.h b/include/kingate/util.h
index 4b0dca8..6024ccf 100644
--- a/include/kingate/util.h
+++ b/include/kingate/util.h
@@ -3,21 +3,44 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#ifndef __deprecated
+#if ( __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0 ) || __GNUC__ > 3
+#define __deprecated    __attribute__((deprecated))
+#else
+#define __deprecated
+#endif
+#endif
+
 namespace kingate {
     using namespace std;
 
     /**
-     * Escape string for passing via URL.
-     * @param str string unescaped.
-     * @return the escaped string.
+     * Encode string for passing via URL.
+     * @param str string unencoded.
+     * @return the encoded string.
      */
-    string url_escape(const string& str);
+    string url_encode(const string& str);
     /**
      * Remove URL-encoding from the string.
      * @param str the URL-encoded string.
-     * @return the unescaped string.
+     * @return the decoded string.
+     */
+    string url_decode(const string& str);
+
+    /**
+     * deprecated alias to url_encode.
+     * @see url_encode
+     */
+    inline string __deprecated url_escape(const string& str) {
+        return url_encode(str);
+    }
+    /**
+     * deprecated alias to url_decode.
+     * @see url_decode
      */
-    string url_unescape(const string& str);
+    inline string __deprecated url_unescape(const string& str) {
+        return url_decode(str);
+    }
 }
 
 #endif /* __KINGATE_UTIL_H */