Java URL Decode decode(String value)

Description

#decode(String,String) with "UTF-8" encoding

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	the <code>String</code> to decode

Return

the newly decoded String

Declaration

public static String decode(String value) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.net.URLDecoder;

public class Main {
    /**//from  w  w  w .  j a v  a 2 s .  co m
     *
     */
    private static final String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";

    /**
     * {@link #decode(String, String)} with "UTF-8" encoding
     *
     * @param value
     *         the <code>String</code> to decode
     * @return the newly decoded <code>String</code>
     */
    public static String decode(String value) {
        return decode(value, DEFAULT_ENCODING);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes a <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> string using a specific encoding scheme. The supplied
     * encoding is used to determine what characters are represented by any consecutive sequences of the form
     * "<code>%<i>xy</i></code>".
     * <p/>
     * <em><strong>Note:</strong> The <a href= "http://www.w3.org/TR/html40/appendix/notes.html#non-ascii-chars"> World
     * Wide Web Consortium Recommendation</a> states that UTF-8 should be used. Not doing so may introduce
     * incompatibilites.</em>
     *
     * @param value
     *         the <code>String</code> to decode
     * @param encoding
     *         The name of a supported encoding
     * @return the newly decoded <code>String</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *         If character encoding needs to be consulted, but named character encoding is not supported
     */
    public static String decode(String value, String encoding) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        String decodedValue = null;
        try {
            decodedValue = URLDecoder.decode(value, encoding);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage());
        }
        return decodedValue;
    }
}

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