Utils.java

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package org.jasig.schedassist.web;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

/**
 * Utility methods for web functions.
 *
 * @author Nicholas Blair
 * @version $Id: Utils.java $
 */
public class Utils {

	/**
	 * @see URLEncoder#encode(String, String)
	 * @param value
	 * @return the URL Encoded version of the string argument
	 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
	 */
	public static String urlEncode(String value) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
	    return URLEncoder.encode(value, "UTF-8");
	}
}