Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* =========================================================================== Copyright (c) 2010 BrickRed Technologies Limited Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub-license, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. =========================================================================== */ public class Main { /** * It decodes the given string * * @param encodedURI * @return decoded string */ public static String decodeURIComponent(final String encodedURI) { char actualChar; StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(); int bytePattern, sumb = 0; for (int i = 0, more = -1; i < encodedURI.length(); i++) { actualChar = encodedURI.charAt(i); switch (actualChar) { case '%': { actualChar = encodedURI.charAt(++i); int hb = (Character.isDigit(actualChar) ? actualChar - '0' : 10 + Character.toLowerCase(actualChar) - 'a') & 0xF; actualChar = encodedURI.charAt(++i); int lb = (Character.isDigit(actualChar) ? actualChar - '0' : 10 + Character.toLowerCase(actualChar) - 'a') & 0xF; bytePattern = (hb << 4) | lb; break; } case '+': { bytePattern = ' '; break; } default: { bytePattern = actualChar; } } if ((bytePattern & 0xc0) == 0x80) { // 10xxxxxx sumb = (sumb << 6) | (bytePattern & 0x3f); if (--more == 0) { buffer.append((char) sumb); } } else if ((bytePattern & 0x80) == 0x00) { // 0xxxxxxx buffer.append((char) bytePattern); } else if ((bytePattern & 0xe0) == 0xc0) { // 110xxxxx sumb = bytePattern & 0x1f; more = 1; } else if ((bytePattern & 0xf0) == 0xe0) { // 1110xxxx sumb = bytePattern & 0x0f; more = 2; } else if ((bytePattern & 0xf8) == 0xf0) { // 11110xxx sumb = bytePattern & 0x07; more = 3; } else if ((bytePattern & 0xfc) == 0xf8) { // 111110xx sumb = bytePattern & 0x03; more = 4; } else { // 1111110x sumb = bytePattern & 0x01; more = 5; } } return buffer.toString(); } }