How to handle special characters in path variables

Question

I am taking variable names from a path variable in my spring application.

However that fails in some cases when URL contains special characters

How to handle this?

Can you provide a code sample showing how you're constructing your URL from the Sting? — mmccomb
– mmccomb, Commented Apr 10, 2011 at 13:17

Bozho · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-17 16:47:18Z

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I handle UTF-8 path variables just fine. What you need to do is:

The encoding and decoding should be done automatically by the servlet container and the browser.

answered Apr 10, 2011 at 18:06

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@Bozho voting up for nice link.

Bozho · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-13 21:30:01Z

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Have you considered the use of java.net.URLDecoder and java.net.URLEncoder?

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answered Apr 10, 2011 at 13:17

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