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public static String decode(String s)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w .j a va2 s. c om*/ * Created on Mar 21, 2006 3:09:00 PM * Copyright (C) Azureus Software, Inc, All Rights Reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.net.*; public class Main { public static String decode(String s) { if (s == null) { return ""; } try { try { return (URLDecoder.decode(s, "UTF-8")); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { // handle truncated encodings somewhat gracefully int pos = s.lastIndexOf("%"); if (pos >= s.length() - 2) { return (URLDecoder.decode(s.substring(0, pos), "UTF-8")); } throw (e); } } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { return (URLDecoder.decode(s)); } } }