java - JerseyTest framework path encoding replaces ? with %3F -

i have failing test, should passing. service works fine, jerseytest junit test failing status 400.

using postman or browser, when try url against deployed service:

http://localhost:8080/myservice/123?appid=local&userid=jcn 

i correct result, status 200 , see following in log:

    info: 4 * server has received request on thread http-nio-8080-exec-5 4 > http://localhost:8080/myservice/123?appid=local&userid=jcn 

note ? in url, correct.

but when try unit test in jeryseytest-extended junit class:

@test public void getwithcorrecturlexecuteswithouterror() {     string x = target("myservice/123?appid=local&userid=jcn").request().get(string.class); } 

it fails status 400, , see in log:

info: 1 * server has received request on thread grizzly-http-server-0 1 > http://localhost:9998/myservice/123%3fappid=local&userid=jcn 

note ? has been replaced %3f.

i don't understand happening. if try "%3f" url in browser, see same 400 error unit test. feel encoding of url problem.

here jersey resource, partial listing because it's kind of long, pretty sure relevant part:

    @component     @path("/myservice")     public class myresource     {         @autowired         somedao somedao;          @notblank         @queryparam("appid")         private string appid;          @notblank         @queryparam("userid")         private string userid;           @get         @path("/{id}")         @produces(mediatype.application_json)         public status getstatus(@notblank @pathparam("id") string id)         {             errors = new arraylist<>();             status retval;              if(validateid(id))             {                 retval = somedao.getstatus(id);             }             else             {                 throw new badparameterexception(string.join(" | ", errors));             }              return retval;         } } 

you can use queryparam method on webtarget instance:

string x = target("myservice/123")     .queryparam("appid", "local")     .queryparam("userid", "jcn")     .request()     .get(string.class);