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Java » Network Protocol » URLEncoderScreenshots 
Decoding and encoding URLs
    
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import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.util.logging.Logger;


/**
 * Utility class for decoding and encoding URLs
 *
 */
public final class UrlUtils {
    

    private static final String[] RESERVED_CHARS = {"+"};
    private static final String[] ENCODED_CHARS = {"%2b"};
    
    private UrlUtils() {
        
    }

    /**
     * Decodes using URLDecoder - use when queries or form post values are decoded
     @param value value to decode
     @return
     */
    public static String urlDecode(String value) {
        try {
            value = URLDecoder.decode(value, "UTF-8");
        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            System.out.println("UTF-8 encoding can not be used to decode " + value);          
        }
        return value;
    }
    
    /**
     * URL path segments may contain '+' symbols which should not be decoded into ' '
     * This method replaces '+' with %2B and delegates to URLDecoder
     @param value value to decode
     @return
     */
    public static String pathDecode(String value) {
        // TODO: we actually need to do a proper URI analysis here according to
        // http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986
        for (int i = 0; i < RESERVED_CHARS.length; i++) {
            if (value.indexOf(RESERVED_CHARS[i]) != -1) {
                value = value.replace(RESERVED_CHARS[i], ENCODED_CHARS[i]);
            }
        }
        
        return urlDecode(value);
    }
    
}

   
    
    
    
  
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