'%' an accepted character in URL constructor

[25884]

For the below piece of code I get an IllegalArgumentException

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Test1
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
try {
URL url = new URL("file:/test/aa%bb/c");
InputStream is = url.openStream();
} catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}

}
}

I '%' an accepted character in URL constructor, If its not, is there any documentation stating its not allowed?

Thanks !

 

[stevexff]

% is legal, but only when used to escape other illegal characters. In other words it must be followed by a numeric, like this one from the W3C standards:

gopher://spinaltap.micro.umn.edu/00/Weather/California/Los[red]%20[/red]Angeles

Here is is used to 'allow' a space character.

Steve

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