* 
     * @param delimiter
     * @param elements
     * @return elements separated by delimiter
     */
    public static String join ( CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence... elements ) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for ( CharSequence element : elements ) {
            if ( sb.length() > 0 ) {
                if ( delimiter != null ) {
                    sb.append(delimiter);

 * be URL encoded if it contains reserved characters. According to RFC 2396
 * these characters are non US-ASCII characters and most meta characters
 * however jCIFS will work correctly with anything but '@' which is used
 * to delimit the userinfo component from the server and '%' which is the
 * URL escape character itself.
 * <p>
 * The server
 * component may a traditional NetBIOS name, a DNS name, or IP

 * be URL encoded if it contains reserved characters. According to RFC 2396
 * these characters are non US-ASCII characters and most meta characters
 * however jCIFS will work correctly with anything but '@' which is used
 * to delimit the userinfo component from the server and '%' which is the
 * URL escape character itself.
 * <p>
 * The server
 * component may a traditional NetBIOS name, a DNS name, or IP