Java URL Decode unescape(String theString)

Description

unescape

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String unescape(String theString) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import java.net.URLDecoder;

public class Main {
    public static String unescape(String theString) {
        if (theString == null) {
            return null;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < theString.length(); i++) {
            char nextChar = theString.charAt(i);
            if (nextChar == '%' || nextChar == '+') {
                try {
                    return URLDecoder.decode(theString, "UTF-8");
                } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                    throw new Error("UTF-8 not supported, this shouldn't happen", e);
                }
            }
        }
        return theString;
    }
}

Related

1. percentDecode(String encodedString, String messageEncoding)
2. percentDecode(String str, boolean plusToSpace)
3. safeDecode(String s)
4. unescape(String s)
5. unescape(String string)
6. urlDecode(String s)
7. urlDecode(String scope)
8. URLDecode(String str)
9. urldecode(String str)