Multi-byte character form field support in MyFaces?

[Kevin Roast]

Hi,

We have an application where we would like users to be able to enter
multi-byte characters such as Chinese/Japanese. The user can enter the
characters fine into an <h:inputText> form field. In my bean which has a
binding to the field, I'm seeing String contents such as
"&#12365;&#12419;&#12458;&#12512;&#13018;" - where as I would hope the
String would contain the java UTF version of the characters. Does my
application require an extra "decoding" step for _every_ bean property -
or I am missing something? E.g. Do I need to tell MyFaces to decode
multi-byte String values from HTML Forms values or do I need to do
something to the page itself...?

Thanks for your time,

Kevin