anchor.diff:       * @returns URL encoded path
        */
       private string function buildCanonicalURI(required string requestURI) {
  -
           var path = arguments.requestURI;
           // Return "/" for empty path
           if (!len(trim(path))) {
  
positive.code:             path = "/"& path;
          }
  
          return path;
      }
  
  
  
negative.code:         return encodedValue;
      }
  
  
      /**
       * URL encodes the supplied string per RFC 3986, which defines the following as
       * unreserved characters that should NOT be encoded:
       *
       * A-Z, a-z, 0-9, hyphen ( - ), underscore ( _ ), period ( . ), and tilde ( ~ ).
       *
       * @value string to encode
       * @returns URI encoded string
       */
      private string function urlEncodePath( string value ) {
          var encodedValue = encodeForURL(arguments.value);
          // Reverse encoding of tilde "~"
          encodedValue = replace( encodedValue, encodeForURL("~"), "~", "all" );
          // Fix encoding of spaces, ie replace '+' into "%20"
          encodedValue = replace( encodedValue, "+", "%20", "all" );
          // Asterisk "*" should be encoded
          encodedValue = replace( encodedValue, "*", "%2A", "all" );
          // Asterisk "*" should be encoded
          encodedValue = replace( encodedValue, "%2F", "/", "all" );
  
          return encodedValue;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns current UTC date and time in the following formats:
       *   - dateStamp - Current UTC date, format: YYYYMMDD
  