URLEncoder troubles

Question

I've got String Ruby On Rails, it should be converted to Ruby%20On%20Rails, but URLEncoder says Ruby+On+Rails. This is my try:

String encoded = URLEncoder.encode("Ruby On Rails");
System.out.println(encoded);

Is it happening because encode() method is deprecated?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634271/url-encoding-the-space-character-or-20 — Sotirios Delimanolis, Jan 31 '14 at 17:07

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 31 '14 at 17:29

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URLEncoder doesn't do URI encoding, it does application/x-www-form-urlencoded, which converts spaces to + signs. If you want them converting to %20 then you need something that does URI encoding instead, such as Spring's UriUtils.

answered Jan 31 '14 at 17:29

Ian Roberts

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