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 parameters should be URL encoded. You can use java.net.URLEncoder for this.

String encodedParam = URLEncoder.encode(unencodedParam, "UTF-8");

The / will then be translated to %2F.