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Simon Delicata
Simon Delicata

Reputation: 411

Why does the @EncodeURL appear not to work?

I have simple page that I'm using to try and test the @EncodeUrl function from the Extension Library :

<xp:panel id="encodeurl">

    <xp:inputText value="#{viewScope.encodeurl}" />
    <xp:br />
    <xp:text value="#{javascript:var x =  @EncodeUrl(viewScope.encodeurl);  print( x );  return x; }"
        escape="true" />
    <xp:button value="submit" id="button1">
        <xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true"
            refreshMode="partial" refreshId="encodeurl">
        </xp:eventHandler>
    </xp:button>

</xp:panel>

Using the form to encode

http://127.0.0.2/BlogTesting.nsf/ExtLibURLFormulas.xsp?my_Parameter=spaces and $ymbol$

doesn't encode do as I would expect as exampled elsewhere, i.e :

http://127.0.0.2/BlogTesting.nsf/ExtLibURLFormulas.xsp?my_Parameter=spaces+and+%24ymbol%24

Rather, all I get is the same string back, both at the console and the screen. I've tried this on both a stock 9.0 installation, and 9.0.1FP7 with v17 of the extension library.

Am I missing something ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 118

Answers (1)

Knut Herrmann
Knut Herrmann

Reputation: 30970

@EncodeUrl works different than you expect. It

Adds any necessary attributes to a Domino® URL, such as a session identifier or parameters.

Use 

java.net.URLEncoder.encode("your string to encode", "utf-8")

instead. It encodes the spaces and special characters in URL.
Encode only the parameters, not the entire URL. Also, don't encode parameter separator character & nor the parameter name-value separator character =.

Upvotes: 4

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