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http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=36814 Summary: Parameter for POST encoding Product: Tomcat 5 Version: 5.5.9 Platform: Other OS/Version: other Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: Catalina AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is a problem to convert the incoming request of a POST request to the right character encoding. Mostly the browsers do not send the correct request header so Tomcat falls back to the default encoding which is ISO-8859-1. But in a multi language environment (e.g. mixture of english, european, chinese, etc. languages) ISO-8859-1 is not sufficient and UTF-8 is more recommended. To tell Tomcat to use e.g. UTF-8 as the default encoding I suggest to change the source code of Request.java in the package org.apache.catalina.connector so that the encoding is read from a context parameter: /** * Return the character encoding for this Request. */ public String getCharacterEncoding() { String enc = coyoteRequest.getCharacterEncoding(); if (enc == null) { return getDefaultPostEncoding(); } return enc; } /** * Get the default encoding for parameters of requests with post method. */ private String getDefaultPostEncoding() { return context.getServletContext().getInitParameter("defaultPostEncoding"); } To use this with UTF-8 encoding you have to add this to the <Context> of your webapp: <Parameter name="defaultPostEncoding" value="UTF-8" override="false"/> What do you think? Is this a good enhancement for Tomcat? It would be great if you could add this to the base code of Tomcat. Probably many Tomcat users would be glad to have it, wouldn't they? With regards Udo Walker -- Configure bugmail: http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
