Slugify

slugify.java

public class Slugify {
 
    public static String slugify(String input) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        if (input == null || input.length() == 0) return "";
        String toReturn = normalize(input);
        toReturn = toReturn.replace(" ", "-");
        toReturn = toReturn.toLowerCase();
        toReturn = URLEncoder.encode(toReturn, "UTF-8");
        return toReturn;
    }
 
    private static String normalize(String input) {
        if (input == null || input.length() == 0) return "";
        return Normalizer.normalize(input, Form.NFD).replaceAll("[^\\p{ASCII}]","");
    }
}