Component name search over endpoint with prefix ++ is returning an empty list

[eldrin30]

Description

Component name search over endpoint with prefix ++ is returning an empty list

How to reproduce

Search for any component with name such as 'Angular++' over the rest endpoint

[nikkuma7]

Test Successful.

[JSurf]

Came across a similar issue with packages containig "/" but the other way round.

Seems the mentioned merge request ( #2043 ) allows searching without encoding but now breaks encoded search strings due to the poor parsing of the query string. There is possibly a better solution to support unencoded parameters.

The new "parseQueryString" method looks very unsafe and could possibly break in many possible ways and also could also be a security risk ?

The "official" SW360 client implementation DOES urlencode the parameters and is now broken for package names with special chars.

[JSurf]

Maybe the original bug request is just invalid. "+" sign is a special char in URLs, so this should propably be fixed on client side with proper URL encoding

[ag4ums]

Maybe the original bug request is just invalid. "+" sign is a special char in URLs, so this should probably be fixed on client side with proper URL encoding

@JSurf, Thank you for your detail analysis, Could you please create an issue for the same may be with an example to reproduce and tag the changes/PR those are causing this bug you faced.
Also tag the effected rest client in the same issue.