URLEncoder-Decoder specification incorrect

Name: saC57035 Date: 04/22/99


Quote from URLEncoder API specification:
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The class contains a utility method for converting a String into a MIME format called
 "x-www-form-urlencoded" format.

To convert a String, each character is examined in turn:

      The ASCII characters 'a' through 'z', 'A' through 'Z', and '0' through '9'
      remain the same.
      The space character ' ' is converted into a plus sign '+'.
      All other characters are converted into the 3-character string "%xy", where
      xy is the two-digit hexadecimal representation
      of the lower 8-bits of the character.
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But, in fact, '.', '-', '*', '_' remain the same and are not converted to "%xy".
It seems like it agrees with x-www-form-urlencoded format.
So the assertion 'All other characters are converted into the 3-character string "%xy",
where xy is the two-digit hexadecimal representation of the lower 8-bits of the character'
is incorrect.
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