java.lang.Object
java.net.URLEncoder
Utility class for HTML form encoding. This class contains static methods for converting a String to the
application/x-www-form-urlencoded MIME format. For more information about HTML form encoding, consult the HTMLspecification.When encoding a String, the following rules apply:
- The alphanumeric characters "
a" through "z", "A" through "Z" and "0" through "9" remain the same. - The special characters "
.", "-", "*", and "_" remain the same. - The space character " " is converted into a plus sign "
+". - All other characters are unsafe and are first converted into one or more bytes using some encoding scheme. Then each byte is represented by the 3-character string "
%xy", wherexy is the two-digit hexadecimal representation of the byte. The recommended encoding scheme to use is UTF-8. However, for compatibility reasons, if an encoding is not specified, then the default encoding of the platform is used.
For example using UTF-8 as the encoding scheme the string "The string ü@foo-bar" would get converted to "The+string+%C3%BC%40foo-bar" because in UTF-8 the character ü is encoded as two bytes C3 (hex) and BC (hex), and the character @ is encoded as one byte 40 (hex).
- Since:
- 1.0
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionstaticStringDeprecated.The resulting string may vary depending on the platform's default encoding.staticStringTranslates a string intoapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedformat using a specific encoding scheme.staticStringTranslates a string intoapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedformat using a specificCharset.
Method Details
encode
Deprecated.The resulting string may vary depending on the platform's default encoding. Instead, use the encode(String,String) method to specify the encoding.Translates a string intox-www-form-urlencodedformat. This method uses the platform's default encoding as the encoding scheme to obtain the bytes for unsafe characters.- Parameters:
s-Stringto be translated.- Returns:
- the translated
String.
encode
Translates a string intoapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedformat using a specific encoding scheme.This method behaves the same asencode(String s, Charset charset) except that it willlook up the charset using the given encoding name.
- Parameters:
s-Stringto be translated.enc- The name of a supportedcharacter encoding.- Returns:
- the translated
String. - Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException- If the named encoding is not supported- Since:
- 1.4
- See Also:
encode
Translates a string intoapplication/x-www-form-urlencodedformat using a specificCharset. This method uses the supplied charset to obtain the bytes for unsafe characters.Note: The World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation states that UTF-8 should be used. Not doing so may introduce incompatibilities.
- Parameters:
s-Stringto be translated.charset- the given charset- Returns:
- the translated
String. - Throws:
NullPointerException- ifsorcharsetisnull.- Since:
- 10
- See Also: