Method encodeUrl

src/main/java/org/htmlunit/util/UrlUtils.java:273–298

Encodes illegal characters in the specified URL's path, query string and anchor according to the URL encoding rules observed in real browsers. For example, this method changes "http://first/?a=b c" to "http://first/?a=b%20c" . @param url the URL to encode @pa

(final URL url, final Charset charset)

     * @return the encoded URL
     */
    public static URL encodeUrl(final URL url, final Charset charset) {
        if (!isNormalUrlProtocol(url.getProtocol())) {
            return url; // javascript:, about:, data: and anything not supported like foo:
        }

        try {
            String path = url.getPath();
            if (path != null) {
                path = encode(path, PATH_ALLOWED_CHARS, UTF_8);
            }
            String query = url.getQuery();
            if (query != null) {
                query = encode(query, QUERY_ALLOWED_CHARS, charset);
            }
            String anchor = url.getRef();
            if (anchor != null) {
                anchor = encode(anchor, ANCHOR_ALLOWED_CHARS, UTF_8);
            }
            return createNewUrl(url.getProtocol(), url.getUserInfo(), url.getHost(),
                                url.getPort(), path, anchor, query);
        }
        catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
            // Impossible... I think.
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Encodes and escapes the specified URI anchor string.