Quintin, Thanks for your answer. My answer/querstions are inlined.
Besides the parameters added to your url "lang=" and "country=" isn't a standard. That is just options used by google. There isn't even a guarentee that any other sites in the world support them.
the example with google is not representative and the idea would of course to be as generic as possible. For example, the addParameter method not called add<Key>Parameter(String value) but addParameter(String key, String value).
one could imagine having methods for other types (addBooleanParameter, addIntParameter) or add methods similar to the one found in the commons-lang library (setDefautltParameter(String key, String value) would only add the parameter if the value is not blank, for example).
Since this class is more of a UrlBuilder nature, java.net.URL doesn't fit very well (IIRC there's an enhancement request in the Sun bug database).
Encoding is usually passed through headers, and therefore is related to the request object.
I was thinking of the replacement of spaces in the query string.
If you want to do it like you asked though, create a URL delegate class. Basically just a class that manages the URL and you expose methods like the ones you mentioned.
Of course this is one option. I was just hoping that -since it's a common problem- I would be able to find a common solution.
I can always try to write such a class using HttpCore components (e.g. HttpParams) and contribute it back to the project.
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