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java.net

Class URLEncoder

public class URLEncoder
extends Object
This utility class contains static methods that converts a string into a fully encoded URL string in x-www-form-urlencoded format. This format replaces certain disallowed characters with encoded equivalents. All upper case and lower case letters in the US alphabet remain as is, the space character (' ') is replaced with '+' sign, and all other characters are converted to a "%XX" format where XX is the hexadecimal representation of that character in a certain encoding (by default, the platform encoding, though the standard is "UTF-8").

This method is very useful for encoding strings to be sent to CGI scripts

Method Summary

static String
encode(String s)
Deprecated.
static String
encode(String s, String encoding)
This method translates the passed in string into x-www-form-urlencoded format using the character encoding to hex-encode the unsafe characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

encode

public static String encode(String s)

Deprecated.

This method translates the passed in string into x-www-form-urlencoded format using the default encoding. The standard encoding is "UTF-8", and the two-argument form of this method should be used instead.
Parameters:
s - The String to convert
Returns:
The converted String

encode

public static String encode(String s,
                            String encoding)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException
This method translates the passed in string into x-www-form-urlencoded format using the character encoding to hex-encode the unsafe characters.
Parameters:
s - The String to convert
encoding - The encoding to use for unsafe characters
Returns:
The converted String
Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException - If the named encoding is not supported
Since:
1.4
URLEncoder.java -- Class to convert strings to a properly encoded URL Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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