I am investigating how best to construct URIs for my application set, in
particular the query part of a URI.
I have a query '?p1=x&p2=y+p3=m'. Using getQueryAsForm I get p1 and p2
in the form - p3 does not appear.
Using getQueryString I get 'p1=x&p2=y+p3=m'.
RFC 3986 defines '&' and '+' in the same production, as
reserved/sub-delimiters. I cannot find any reference to what
should be used as a parameter delimiter, although, of course, I
recognise that '&' is the most frequently used.
RFC 2396 also has nothing to say on this point.
My questions are:
- Have I missed reading a specification that states that '&' is
<em>the</em> recognised separator of query parameters, or has Restlet
assumed
it as default and ignored others?
- If in fact, other delimiters can legitimately be used; is it a defect
in Restlet that they are not recognised, or is it a 'feature' that will
remain?
