what is the difference between URL Encoding and URL Decoding?

[Suresh Yadav Ramamurthy]

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[Joe Ess]

java.net.URLEncoder
java.net.URLDecoder

[Van Glass]

URL Encoding - Encodes special characters in the URL so they may be properly understood by the browser when requesting a web page. Special characters might include space, plus, percent sign etc..

URL Decoding - Decodes URL encoded values back to their original value.