Java: how to get a File from an escaped URL?

Question

I\'m receiving an URL that locates a local file (the fact that I receive an URL is not in my control). The URL is escaped validly as defined in RFC2396. How can I transfor

Answer 1

URLDecoder.decode(url);//deprecated
URLDecoder.decode(url, "UTF-8"); //use this instead

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