You might try javascript function escape(str)
--- Andy Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> This is a question about JavaScript to Servlet
> communication. Although the
> problem is straightforward, I have included a
> lengthy explanation to
> communicate it to you as best as I can...
>
> I am writing a Servlet that has for it's graphical
> front-end some JavaScript
> involving drag and drop functionality. Basically the
> user drags some area of
> the page to a target, and this sends data back to
> the servlet. The problem
> is that the data sent is a URL with parameters, for
> example the Yahoo stock
> quote site:
>
> http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LNUX&d=v1
>
> So the JavaScript call to my servlet looks like the
> following, with the
> parameter called "data"
>
>
http://www.myhost.com/servlets/package.servlet?data=http://finance.yahoo.com
> /q?s=LNUX&d=v1
>
> What happens is that the Servlet parameter "data"
> only contains
> "http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LNUX" and is missing
> the rest of the line
> (i.e. &d=v1 in this example)
>
> I guess, I need to code the URL using Javascript to
> remove the &'s before
> sending it to the servlet, and then decode the URL
> by my servlet.
>
> Are there standard encoding and decoding functions
> that I should use on the
> JavaScript and Servlet side? Is there a standard way
> of doing this, or do I
> have to invent the wheel?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andy
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