-- Encode a URL --

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import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

public final class TestURLEncode{

    public static void main( String[] args ) throws URISyntaxException, MalformedURLException{

        // reserved chars that are not escaped in URLs include:
        // ; / ? : @ & = + $ ,

        URI uri = new URI( "http", "//www.example.com/you & I 10%? weird & weirder neé", null );
        System.out.println( uri.toURL().toString() );

        // prints http://www.example.com/you%20&%20I%2010%25?%20wierd%20&%20wierder%20neé
        // note how it fails to encode é
    }
}