java.net
Class URLEncoder

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.net.URLEncoder

public class URLEncoder

extends Object

The class contains a utility method for converting a String into a MIME format called "x-www-form-urlencoded" format.

To convert a String, each character is examined in turn:

• The ASCII characters 'a' through 'z', 'A' through 'Z', '0' through '9', and ".", "-", "*", "_" remain the same.
• The space character ' ' is converted into a plus sign '+'.
• All other characters are converted into the 3-character string "%xy", where xy is the two-digit hexadecimal representation of the lower 8-bits of the character.

Since:

JDK1.0

Method Summary

static String

encode(String s) Translates a string into x-www-form-urlencoded format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

encode

public static String encode(String s)

Translates a string into x-www-form-urlencoded format.

Parameters:

s - String to be translated.

Returns:

the translated String.