title: How to pass special characters as query string in url
body: <p>I am trying to pass special characters as querystring in url as part of GET request. I am constructiong that string in javascript function. </p>
  
  <pre><code>var queryString = "list=ABC-48+12&amp;level=first";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I append the string to url as part of request which goes to struts action class. In the action class I get the "list" value as <code>"ABC-48 12"</code>, the <code>"+"</code> character is not passed. 
  How to pass special characters in the string as part of url and get back in the java class?</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>