Http Request - error in URL when params contain spaces

Question

Hi friends , I invoke a servlet from a HTTP client using the GET method. I pass two Strings which contain spaces and non-english alphabets.
I get malformed URL when I invoke the servlet with these parameters in the URL.
Can someone please help and tell me how to pass spaces and special characters in the URL. Do I need to use some escape characters?
TIA
Harish

Answer 1

You can encode the strings prior to passing them to the servlet as follows:
String parm1="http://www.mySite.com/this includes spacees/test.htm";
String param2=" what ever in non-english alphabets";
parm1=URLEncoder.encode(parm1);
parm2=URLEncoder.encode(parm2);
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