Java Utililty Methods URL Encode

String encode(byte[] bytes, String encoding)
Encode a byte string as a String.

if (bytes == null) {
 return null;
} else if (encoding == null) {
 return urlEncode(bytes);
} else if ("url".equals(encoding)) {
 return urlEncode(bytes);
} else if ("hex".equals(encoding)) {
 return toHex(bytes);
...

String encode(final Object id)
encode

if (id instanceof String)
 return URLEncoder.encode(id.toString());
else
 return id.toString();

String encode(final String content, final String encoding)
encode

try {
 return URLEncoder.encode(content, encoding != null ? encoding : "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException problem) {
 throw new IllegalArgumentException(problem);

String encode(final String raw)
Encodes the given raw text using the UTF-8 URL encoding scheme.

try {
 return URLEncoder.encode(raw, "UTF-8");
} catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 return raw; 

String encode(final String s, final String enc)
<#if locale="en">

Encode string with the encode character.

try {
 return URLEncoder.encode(s, enc);
} catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 throw new RuntimeException(e);

String encode(final String string)
URL encodes the specified string using the ISO-8859-1 encoding if applicable, otherwise the system default encoding will be used.

return encode(string, null);

String encode(final String value, final String charset)
encode

try {
 return URLEncoder.encode(value, charset);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 throw new IllegalStateException(e);

String encode(HashMap map)
encode

if (map == null) {
 return null;
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
Set<String> keys = map.keySet();
boolean first = true;
for (String key : keys) {
 Object value = map.get(key);
...

String encode(Object parameter)
URL encode a single query parameter.

if (parameter == null) {
 return null;
try {
 return URLEncoder.encode(parameter.toString(), "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 throw new RuntimeException(e);

String encode(Object value)
encode

if (value == null)
 return "";
try {
 return URLEncoder.encode(value.toString(), "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
 return value.toString();