title: Spring RequestMapping to read encoded &amp
body: <p>I'm trying to get a RequestMapping to pick up the following url pathname. </p>
  
  <pre><code>action?param1=6&amp;amp;param2=b&amp;amp;param3=true&amp;amp;param4=50652&amp;amp;param5=2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm able to get the path below to work. However when converting &amp; to  '&amp; amp;' I am unable to read any parameters.</p>
  
  <pre><code>action?param1=6&amp;param2=b&amp;param3=true&amp;param4=50652&amp;param5=2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Method for action</p>
  
  <pre><code>@RequestMapping(value = "/action", method = RequestMethod.GET)
  public ModelAndView doAction(HttpServletRequest httpRequest, HttpServletResponse httpResponse)
          throws Exception {
  log.info(httpRequest.getParameter("param1"));
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>FYI
  I want to steer clear of any string manipulations</p>