Is there a Java method that encodes a collection of parameters as a URL query component?

Question

Is there a widely-used Java library that does something like what dojo.objectToQuery() does? E.g. (assuming the use of HttpCore\'s HttpParams object, but any key-value mappi

Answer 1

There are plenty of libraries that can help you with URI building (don't reinvent the wheel). Here is one to get you started:

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org.springframework:spring-web:4.2.5.RELEASE

import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
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return UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(url).queryParam(key, value).build().toUri();

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See also: GIST > URI Builder Tests