Hi,
Can we use URL Encode in JSP file to remove special characteres such as %20 (equivalent to blank space), which are the part of the HTTP URL.
I guess similar thing is used in ASP, do we have something like that in JSP too.

Thanks
Nitu

Take a look at java.net.URLDecoder and java.net.URLEncoder. I think what you want is URLDecoder.

Andy

Thanks,
but still my problem remains the same.
let me explain u what exactly i want to do:
there is a file name with spaces, for example abc 123.txt,
now i want to display this file in the browser in a separate window. i am using javascript window.open(), where i am passing this file name. So what happens is the space in abc 123.txt is getting converted to abc%20123.txt, which is not existing and i am getting the error as "FILE NOT FOUND".
I hope i have made my problem quite clear. It would be great help if u could suggest some thing. I am using JSP and weblogic server.
Thank you very much
nitu

I'm not sure how you're passing the file name to the JSP, but somehow you have to isolate the file name in a String variable. Once you do that, just use java.net.URLDecoder.decode(filename).

e.g.

(assuming file name is being passed as a request parameter, i.e. http://myserver/foo.jsp?filename=abc%20123.txt)

In your JSP:

<%@ page import="java.net.*" %>
<%
...
String encodedFilename = request.getParameter("filename"); // isolate the filename in a variable
String decodedFilename = URLDecoder.decode(encodedFilename);
...
%>

I would also suggest that you use the absolute path to access the file.

Andy

Thanks a lot Andy,
Some how i am able to solve the problem now. Thanks for the help.
nitu

u can go to JAVA API and look for Encode , Yes u can encode the path of URL