URL parsing issue

I'm having a problem with URL parsing.  If I construct a URL
with a user name and password, where the user name contains an @ I get a
malformed URL exception.  For example, if my parameters are:

user name =  bob@usernet.com
password  =  password
host      =  ftp.test.com

and I try to construct a URL:

URL connection = new URL("ftp://bob@usernet.com:password@ftp.test.com");

I get a malformed URL exception.  Even though I can connect to the host
with any FTP program or web browser using the same URL.  Is this a bug in
Java, a feature, or am I doing something wrong?

oliphant <oliphant@ophidian.net> wrote:
> and I try to construct a URL:
>
>   URL connection = new URL("ftp://bob@usernet.com:password@ftp.test.com");
>
> I get a malformed URL exception.  Even though I can connect to the host
> with any FTP program or web browser using the same URL.  Is this a bug in
> Java, a feature, or am I doing something wrong?

The @ in the username should be URL encoded. @ is reserved according to
rfc 1738 and thus has to be encoded for use in the username:

"ftp://bob%40usernet.com:passwd@ftp..."

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Daniel Tryba

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:42:01 +0000, Daniel Tryba wrote:

> oliphant <oliphant@ophidian.net> wrote: 
>
> The @ in the username should be URL encoded. @ is reserved according to
> rfc 1738 and thus has to be encoded for use in the username:
>
> "ftp://bob%40usernet.com:passwd@ftp..."

Thanks for the reply.  I'm sure that you're right, as that does work in
every browser that I've tried.  But I can't make it work with java 1.5.0.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 03:15:47 +0000, oliphant wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:42:01 +0000, Daniel Tryba wrote:
> 
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I'm sure that you're right, as that does work in
> every browser that I've tried.  But I can't make it work with java 1.5.0.

My mistake.  I had an error in the line following this.  Thanks for your
help, that did work.