The standard allows for space to be encoded as either %20 (the hex
value) or '+'. The server on the other side will decode the URL properly.

Tim Davidson wrote:

>Hi
>
> I have a java class which calls a JSP page using the URLConnection class,
>I construct the URL e.g.
>
>new URL("http://localhost:8080/mywebapp.index.jsp?name=fred smith");
>
>I want to encode the string as a URL, i.e.
>
> "http://localhost:8080/mywebapp.index.jsp?name=fred%20smith"
>
>how can I do this?
>
>URLEncoder doesnt seem to work as it puts '+' where the spaces should be,
>and the URL class doesnt do it for you either.
>
>many thanks in advance.
>
>
>

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