title: URL decode ä -> ã1⁄4
body: <p>I have the problem that the decoding from a URL causes some major problems. The request URL contains %C3%BC as the letter 'ü'. The decoding server side should now decode it as an ü, but it does this: <code>Ã¼</code></p>
  
  <p>decoding is done like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>decoded = URLDecoder.decode(value, "UTF-8");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>while value contains '%C3%BC' and decoded should now conatain 'ü', but that's where the problem is. What's going wrong here? I use this method in more than one application and it works fine in all other cases...</p>