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public static String decode(String s, String encoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException
//package com.java2s; /**//from ww w. j ava2s. c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream; import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { private static final Pattern ENCODED_VALUE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile( "%[0-9a-f]{2}|\\S", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE); public static String decode(String s, String encoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException { Matcher matcher = ENCODED_VALUE_PATTERN.matcher(s); ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); while (matcher.find()) { String matched = matcher.group(); if (matched.startsWith("%")) { Integer value = Integer.parseInt(matched.substring(1), 16); bos.write(value); } else { bos.write(matched.charAt(0)); } } return new String(bos.toByteArray(), encoding); } }