Encode url with JSDK 1.3

[Jacob Welsh]

I have an url as a String that I want to encode before I use it for my call
to a webserver . The problem is that I'm bound to use JSDK 1.3.1 so the
URLEncoder.encode(String) only provides one type of encoding (UTF-8 ?). Are
there any other solutions to encode the url to different encodings?

 

[Jon Caldwell]

In JDK 1.4, they introduced a encode(String,String) method which
accepts an character encoding name as the second parameter.

 

[Jacob Welsh]

In JDK 1.4, they introduced a encode(String,String) method which
accepts an character encoding name as the second parameter.

I know! But as I said, I must use JDK 1.3. There is no possibility for me to
use JDK 1.4 in my project.

 

[Jon Caldwell]

That can be frustrating. I have one project I am bound to 1.3, and
another I must use 1.1.8 (stupid antequated AIX releases!).

The underlying implementation of URLEncoder.encode wraps a
OutputStreamWriter which wraps around a ByteArrayOutputStream. They use
the 1-parameter constructor of OutputStreamWriter, which accepts the
OutputStream. URLEncoder is a very simple class, you may want to resort
to rewriting your own implementation of it.

Also, I believe that Jakarta Commons runs on 1.3. Check out the Commons
Codec package. http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/codec/.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

On 22 Dec 2004 06:16:58 -0800, Jon Caldwell wrote:

...

URLEncoder is a very simple class, ..

Vis..
<http://www.physci.org/source.jsp?class=java.net.URLEncoder>

 

[Jon Caldwell]

http://www.physci.org/source.jsp?class=java.net.URLEncoder appears to
be the 1.4 version of the class, which, it appears, will actually
compile against the 1.3 compiler.

 

[Andrew Thompson]

http://www.physci.org/source.jsp?class=java.net.URLEncoder appears to
be the 1.4 version of the class, ..

Yep, directly from the 1.4.2 src.zip. I might upload 1.5 soon.

 

[Jacob Welsh]

http://www.physci.org/source.jsp?class=java.net.URLEncoder appears to
be the 1.4 version of the class, which, it appears, will actually
compile against the 1.3 compiler.

Thanks a lot!