Escapse url GET parameters in URL with Java/ICEFaces

Question

Hi,

I have a JAVA with JSF/ICEFaces application. I need to pass parameters from one page to another so I user something like:

<f:param name="eventName" value="#{item.event_name}" />

And then get it in the constructor using:

eventName = request.getParameter("eventName");

While works fine unless there is a '/' character in the string submitted, it doesn't get parsed properly. I believe I need to escape the '/' parameter with %2F and then parse it back.

Two things: 1- How to do this in ICEFaces or JSF 2- Are there other parameter I have to escape?

Thanks,

Tam

Answer 1

<h:outputLink value="http://google.com"&gt;click
    <f:param name="eventName" value="#{param.eventName}" />
</h:outputLink>

works for me - the browser takes care of url-encoding.

Note that you can get request parameters directly in your page, using #{param.paramName}