Question

I have a string like this " <person name="peter" ><\person>"

URL encoding

URLEncoder.encode(person.toString(),"UTF-8");

but the encoding is bad because for spaces make + insted of %20 and for = he gives other values can you guys help me?

Answer 1

This is exactly as specified in the URLEncoder javaDoc. Space is converted to + and = is “unsafe” and thus encoded to %3D.

If you need a %20 instead of the +, just do some post processing:

URLEncoder.encode(person.toString(),"UTF-8").replace("+", "%20");