Hi Graham: Java has what you need as part of the standard API:
String EncodedStr = java.lang.URLEncoder.encode(PlainStr); Cheers, Greg Trasuk, President StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information technology to solve business problems on your plant floor. http://stratuscom.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Graham Leggett > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:47 AM > To: Tomcat User > Subject: escape a URL within a sevlet - how? > > > Hi all, > > I am trying to generate a set of name/value pairs that will be tacked > onto the end of a generated URL like this: > > url.html?name1=value1&name2=value2 > > These name value pairs have to be escaped first (problem characters > converted to %HH) before they are added to the URL - I am > looking for an > object within either the servlet or jsp classes that will do > this for me > (I cannot find such an object in the docs, although I might be looking > through it). > > Can anyone point out an object I can use? > > Regards, > Graham > -- > ----------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There's a moon > over Bourbon Street > tonight..." -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>