Java URL Http 505错误

public static void getDataBySendingURL2(String  theURL){
  final String FOUND_BEGIN = "wmsxml==";
  
  String xmlContent="";
  try {
   URL url = new URL(theURL);
   System.out.println(url);
   InputStream input = url.openStream();
   BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));
   String strLine, strData = "";
   while((strLine= br.readLine())!=null){
    strData = strData + strLine;
   }
   
   String array[] = strData.split("!!");
   
   for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
    if(array[i].indexOf(FOUND_BEGIN)>=0){
     xmlContent=array[i].substring(FOUND_BEGIN.length());
     break;
    }
   }
  } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (IOException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
  System.out.println(xmlContent);
 } 

当传入的String theURL中含有空格时，这句话：

InputStream input = url.openStream();

会报Http 505错误

解决办法是去掉空格改成%20

但为什么会报505的错误呢（Version Not supported）？