HttpURLConnection with Parameters
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I have a URL which I pass in that looks like this 

http://somecompany.com/restws/ebi/SVI/4048/?Name=Tra&Brand=Software: WebSphere - Open App Servers

It does not like the 2nd parameter (Brand).  From a browser this querystring above works fine but as soon as I execute in Java, it fails.  When I change the webservice to accept a single parameter, then this URL works fine

http://somecompany.com/restws/ebi/SVI/4048/?Name=Tra

It seems java is having issues with the 2nd parameter.  I have tried escape characters and everything else I can think of but nothing seems to work.  Please Help!

		 String uri = "somecompany.com/restws/ebi/SVI/4048/?Name=" +name+ "&Brand=Software: WebSphere - Open App Servers";
		 
		 URL url;


			try {
				url = new URL(uri);
				HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url
						.openConnection();
				connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
				connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/xml");

