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Class java.net.URLEncoder
java.lang.Object | +----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', and '0' through '9' 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.
encode(String) Translates a string into x-www-form-urlencoded format.
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.
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