org.linkedin.util-core/src/main/java/org/linkedin/util/url/URLCodec.java
public String urlDecode(String original)
  {
    try
    {
      return URLDecoder.decode(original, _characterEncoding);
    }
    catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e)
    {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }
public String urlDecode(String original)
  {
    try
    {
      return URLDecoder.decode(original, _characterEncoding);
    }
    catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e)
    {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
  }
Encapsulates the call to decoding a URL so that we don't have to deal
with the encoding.

@param original the string to decode
@return the encoded url