Java URL Decode decode(final String string)

Description

URL decodes the specified string using the ISO-8859-1 encoding if applicable, otherwise the system default encoding will be used.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String decode(final String string) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  ww w  .j  a va 2  s . c o m*/
 * Copyright 2007 the project originators.
 * 
 * Licensed 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
 *
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 * 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
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 */

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLDecoder;

public class Main {
    public static final String DEFAULT_CHARACTER_ENCODING = "ISO-8859-1";

    /**
     * URL decodes the specified string using the ISO-8859-1 encoding if applicable, otherwise the system 
     * default encoding will be used.
     * 
     * @since 2.0 (20041015)
     */
    public static String decode(final String string) {
        return decode(string, null);
    }

    /**
     * URL decodes the specified string with the specified encoding. If parameter encoding is null, the ISO-8859-1 encoding 
     * will be used if applicable, otherwise the system default encoding will be used.
     * 
     * @since 2.0 (20050531)
     */
    public static String decode(final String string, String encoding) {
        try {
            if (encoding == null)
                encoding = DEFAULT_CHARACTER_ENCODING;

            return URLDecoder.decode(string, encoding);
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
            return URLDecoder.decode(string);
        }
    }
}

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