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Secure URL parameters

 
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I'm curious to know if the URL query parameters passed from a Java Application to a servlet are secure? Are the following bolded parameters sent as clear text? Or will connecting via an https protocol encode the URL as well?
<a href="http://localhost/test/bleh/Servlet<b rel="nofollow">?userid=temp&password=change</b>" target="_blank">http://localhost/test/bleh/Servlet?userid=temp&password=change
I have other options but would like to know how secure this is.
 
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They're sent as text.
 
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