public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This string has spaces",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This*string*has*asterisks",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This%string%has%percent%signs",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This+string+has+pluses",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This/string/has/slashes",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This\"string\"has\"quote\"marks",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This:string:has:colons",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This~string~has~tildes",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This(string)has(parentheses)",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This.string.has.periods",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This=string=has=equals=signs",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("This&string&has&ampersands",

"UTF-8"));

System.out.println(URLEncoder.encode("Thiséstringéhasé

non-ASCII characters", "UTF-8"));

} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException ex) {

throw new RuntimeException("Broken VM does not support UTF-8");

}

}

}