Java Utililty Methods URL Encode

List of utility methods to do URL Encode

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Description

The list of methods to do URL Encode are organized into topic(s).

Method

Stringencode(String string)
encode 
try {
    return URLEncoder.encode(string, "UTF-8").replaceAll("\\+", "%20");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
    return null;
Stringencode(String strInput)
Encode URL string by method URLEncoder.encode() - after this encoding all spaces will be encoded as + character. 
String strEncoded = URLEncoder.encode(strInput, "UTF-8");
return strEncoded.replaceAll("\\+", "%20");
Stringencode(String text)
Encode text as UTF-8 
return URLEncoder.encode(text, "UTF-8");
Stringencode(String toBeEncoded, String charSet, String defaultReturnValue)
encode 
String encodedString;
try {
    encodedString = URLEncoder.encode(toBeEncoded, charSet);
} catch (Exception var5) {
    System.err.println(String.format("Error when url-encode:%s with charset:%s",
            new Object[] { toBeEncoded == null ? "" : toBeEncoded, charSet == null ? "" : charSet }));
    var5.printStackTrace();
    encodedString = defaultReturnValue;
...
Stringencode(String value)
encode 
String encoded = null;
try {
    encoded = URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ignore) {
StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(encoded.length());
char focus;
for (int i = 0; i < encoded.length(); i++) {
...
Stringencode(String value)
encode 
if (value != null) {
    return URLEncoder.encode(value, "utf8");
} else {
    return "";
Stringencode(String value)
encode 
if (isEmpty(value)) {
    return "";
try {
    value = java.net.URLEncoder.encode(value, "utf-8");
} catch (Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
return value;
Stringencode(String value)
URL encodes a value using the UTF-8 charset 
return URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
Stringencode(String value, String charset)
encode 
String result = null;
if (!isEmpty(value)) {
    try {
        result = URLEncoder.encode(value, charset);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        throw new RuntimeException(e);
return result;
Stringencode(String value, String encoding)
Translates a string into application/x-www-form-urlencoded format using a specific encoding scheme. 
String encodedValue = null;
try {
    encodedValue = URLEncoder.encode(value, encoding);
} catch (Exception e) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage());
return encodedValue;