JAX-RS @PathParam How to pass a String with slashes, hyphens & equals too

Question

I am new to JAX-RS and I am trying to use Jersey to build a simple RESTful Webservice.

I have 2 questions. Please clarify these:

1. I am trying to have

Answer 1

The following should work:

@GET
@Path("{inchiname : (.+)?}")
@Produces("application/xml")
public String get3DCoordinates(@PathParam("inchiname")String inchiName) {

(This is sort of mentioned in another answer and comment, I'm just explicitly putting it in a separate answer to make it clear)