URLs with spaces

I know that's a contradiction in terms but here is my problem. My database contains large numbers of 'URLs' with spaces in them reflecting where the corresponding files actually are in the file system. In the longer term I can get them converted to use %20 but in the meantime I have the problem that h:outputLink translates the spaces into +. I'm just wondering if there's something in JSF that will turn them into %20 for me? ... other than fn:replace() which I guess is not a bad alternative ...
Thanks in advance.

SharePoint is a Document Management system which is designed to be user-friendly. Naming all documents in your site farm with no spaces makes the document titles difficult to read for the end users. I agree that, programatically, no spaces is good, but unfortunately,
systems are used by human beings. So even though your suggestion has been marked as an answer, it's not really a solution is it?
The solution I came up with that solved my instance of this problem was to add a text column to the List I was working with, then put some JavaScript in the NewForm.aspx file that copies the file name into the text file and the applies an "encodeURI" to
convert the word spaces into %20 ...
So when I create a new item in my list, the JavaScript takes the file name, converts the spaces to %20, then copies the string into the text field in the list. When I build the WorkFlow Email, instead of concating the file name into a URL, I use the text
field that pulls out (for example) "my%20file" and adds the pre-amble (http://myserver/path/) and the suffix (.pdf) and I have a working URL ...
The full solution is posted at
my blog ...

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>
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