Indeed, the encoding can be set on individual StringParts. setCharSet method or add the third parameter for the constructor of StringPart.
I stated my charset to be ISO-8859-1 and this resolved the issue of the recipient server not being able to parse the value properly. james -----Original Message----- From: James Sangster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:12 AM To: commons-user@jakarta.apache.org Subject: [httpclient] multipart/form-data post character encoding of string parts Hi, I have build a generic function which returns a PostMethod, which is constructed from an array of StringPart and FilePart objects. It is possible that this PostMethod could be constructed entirely of StringPart objects, depending opun the task it has been assigned to create (it was written for generic use, but that may be the kicker here). My problem right now is with special characters (for example, some of the french accented characters). When I issue this multipart/form-data PostMethod, the recipient server is not picking up these special characters (it's turning them into the ? character). Is it possible for me to set the character encoding on each string part? Or is there something else going on here that I'm not taking into account? One thing I have tried is to URLEncoder.encode each StringPart value with the charset of ISO-8859-1, but the recipient server makes an even bigger mess of the request than without trying to do the encoding. Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Thanks, james --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
