Java URL Encode encode(String strInput)

Description

Encode URL string by method URLEncoder.encode() - after this encoding all spaces will be encoded as + character.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
strInput	- input string that has to be encoded

Exception

Parameter	Description
UnsupportedEncodingException	- error while encode process

Return

- encoded string

Declaration

public static String encode(String strInput) throws UnsupportedEncodingException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 */

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Encode URL string by method URLEncoder.encode() - after this encoding 
     * all spaces will be encoded as + character. But there is also problem 
     * with decoding this + character - it is decoded again as character + . 
     * It means after 1st encode process we will replace all occurrences of + by 
     * code for space.
     * E.g.  input string  = "abc def"
     *       after encoded = "abc+def"
     *       after replace = "abc%20def"
     * @param strInput - input string that has to be encoded
     * @return - encoded string
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException - error while encode process
     */
    public static String encode(String strInput) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        String strEncoded = URLEncoder.encode(strInput, "UTF-8");
        return strEncoded.replaceAll("\\+", "%20");
    }
}

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