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URL-Encoding Methodology

<h5 class='figure'>General methodology:</h5>
<table class='styled w800' style='border-collapse:collapse'>
	<tr><th>Java type</th><th>JSON equivalent</th><th>UON</th></tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Maps/beans</td>
		<td>OBJECT</td>
		<td class='code'>
	<ua>a1</ua>=(<ua>b1</ua>=<us>x1</us>,<ua>b2</ua>=<us>x2</us>)
	<ua>a1</ua>=(<ua>b1</ua>=(<ua>c1</ua>=<us>x1</us>,<ua>c2</ua>=<us>x2</us>))
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Collections/arrays</td>
		<td>ARRAY</td>
		<td class='code'>
	<ua>a1</ua>=@(<us>x1</us>,<us>x2</us>)
	<ua>a1</ua>=@(@(<us>x1</us>,<us>x2</us>),@(<us>x3</us>,<us>x4</us>))
	<ua>a1</ua>=@((<ua>b1</ua>=<us>x1</us>,<ua>b2</ua>=<us>x2</us>),(<ua>c1</ua>=<us>x1</us>,<ua>c2</ua>=<us>x2</us>))
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Booleans</td>
		<td>BOOLEAN</td>
		<td class='code'>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<uk>true</uk>&amp;<ua>a2</ua>=<uk>false</uk>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>int/float/double/...</td>
		<td>NUMBER</td>
		<td class='code'>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<un>123</un>&amp;<ua>a2</ua>=<un>1.23e1</un>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>null</td>
		<td>NULL</td>
		<td class='code'>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<uk>null</uk>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>String</td>
		<td>STRING</td>
		<td class='code'>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<us>foobar</us>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<us>'true'</us>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<us>'null'</us>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<us>'123'</us>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<us>' string with whitespace '</us>
	<ua>a1</ua>=<us>'string with ~'escaped~' quotes'</us>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>
<p>
	Refer to the <a href='doc-files/rfc_uon.txt'>UON specification</a> for a complete set of syntax rules.		
</p>