How to Encode URL String in Java

Here this example will explain how to encode URL string in Java using URLEncoder. URLEncoder is a tool class that encodes HTML that can be decoded using methods in the URLDecoder class.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

public class URLEncoderTest {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		String testStr = "I want something just like this";

		try {
			//Encode () methods in the URLEncoder class are used
			String encoderStr = URLEncoder.encode(testStr, "utf-8");

			System.out.println(encoderStr);

		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {

			e.printStackTrace();
		}


	}

}

Output:

I+want+something+just+like+this

References

Imported packages in Java documentation:

UnsupportedEncodingException
URL
URLEncoder