src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/URLEncoder.java

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           * assume that there might be contexts in which the others
           * are unsafe if not escaped. Therefore, we will use the same
           * list. It is also noteworthy that this is consistent with
           * O'Reilly's "HTML: The Definitive Guide" (page 164).
           *
!          * As a last note, Intenet Explorer does not encode the "@"
           * character which is clearly not unreserved according to the
           * RFC. We are being consistent with the RFC in this matter,
           * as is Netscape.
           *
           */
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           * assume that there might be contexts in which the others
           * are unsafe if not escaped. Therefore, we will use the same
           * list. It is also noteworthy that this is consistent with
           * O'Reilly's "HTML: The Definitive Guide" (page 164).
           *
!          * As a last note, Internet Explorer does not encode the "@"
           * character which is clearly not unreserved according to the
           * RFC. We are being consistent with the RFC in this matter,
           * as is Netscape.
           *
           */