[jira] [Created] (CXF-5168) Impossible to pass '+' character as is as part of HTTP query with WebClient

["Sergey Beryozkin (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Sergey Beryozkin created CXF-5168:
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             Summary: Impossible to pass '+' character as is as part of HTTP query with WebClient 
                 Key: CXF-5168
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-5168
             Project: CXF
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: JAX-RS
            Reporter: Sergey Beryozkin
            Assignee: Sergey Beryozkin


URL Encoder encodes "+" as "%2B" however this may affect the servers expecting '+' as is, in fact '+' is not a query reserved character.
What further complicates is that URL encoder will encode ' ' as '+'.

The path encoding process manages it correctly, it will retain '+' and will encode ' ' as '%20'.

For query: we need to keep '+' as is and if users want it as '%2B' they they can directly use '%2B'. The same goes for ' ' - encoding it to '+' has not been a problem so far but if they need they can always use '%20'

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