/**
  * @param req The request.
  * @return The query string of the request in its raw (not URI-encoded) form. This is suitable for
  *     passing as the 'query' parameter to one of the multi-argument {@link URI} constructors.
  */
 private static String getQueryString(HttpServletRequest req) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
   StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
   Map<String, String[]> params = req.getParameterMap();
   if (params.size() == 0) return null;
   for (Entry<String, String[]> entry : params.entrySet()) {
     String name = entry.getKey();
     String[] values = entry.getValue();
     if (values.length == 0) {
       buf.append("&").append(name);
     } else {
       for (String value : values) {
         buf.append("&").append(name).append("=").append(value);
       }
     }
   }
   return buf.substring(1);
 }