--- a/usr/src/java/vpanels/panel/org/opensolaris/os/vp/panel/common/control/Control.java	Mon Mar 28 10:29:45 2011 -0400
+++ b/usr/src/java/vpanels/panel/org/opensolaris/os/vp/panel/common/control/Control.java	Mon Mar 28 10:53:34 2011 -0400
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
      * @return	    an encoded String
      */
     public static String encode(String id, Map<String, String> parameters) {
-	StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+	StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
 
 	try {
 	    buffer.append(URLEncoder.encode(id, ENCODING));