How to encode href url in a scriptlet?

Question

In my code I have a scriptlet that sets the href equal to a value that may contain spaces.

Here is an example:

<a data-toggle="collapse" href="#<%=supportGroup%>">Support group: <%=supportGroup%></a>

The value of supportGroup is something like ENT-ESD VALUE. This value is an id to a div as well. I am wondering of a way to encode this value. Any suggestions?

Either of these may help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10786042/java-url-encoding-of-query-string-parameters http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1265282/recommended-method-for-escaping-html-in-java — Stuart Wagner, Jun 23 '15 at 22:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '15 at 04:53

If you use JSP you can use JSTL.

<c:url value="https://www.google.com/" var="url" />

<a href="${url}">Link</a>

Result:

<a href="https://www.google.com/">Link</a>

or

<c:url value="https://www.google.com/" var="url">
     <c:param name="q" value="anything" />
</c:url>

<a href="${url}">Link</a>

Result:

<a href="https://www.google.com/?q=anything">Link</a>

How to encode href url in a scriptlet?

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