Hmm..... this actually is starting to sound like a bug. If the charset isn't specified, we probably should default it in as 8859-1 like the spec says. That would definitely be for the http transport only.
Could you log a bug? Maybe with a patch. :-) Dan On Monday 25 August 2008 4:56:19 pm Wolf, Chris (IT) wrote: > We're using a JSP page with a declaration like: > > <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"%> > > ...and textarea within a form, containing a template request document. > > However, even after changing the browser's (FF-2, or IE) default > character encoding to iso-8859-1 AND changing the FORM tag like: > > <form action="./index.jsp" method="post" name="theForm" > enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=ISO-8859-1" > accept-charset="ISO-8859-1"> > </form> > > A sniffer shows that when the browser first loads the page (GET), it > sends, > "Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7" > > ...but when the form is posted, it only sends: > > "Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" > > (note, it's without the "; charset=iso-8859-1" sub-value) > > On the other hand, this w3.org document states that HTTP-1.1 implies a > default encoding of iso-8859-1, rather then utf-8, so even the above > mentioned steps should not have been necessary, correct? > http://www.w3.org/International/O-HTTP-charset > > > Does this mean there's no way to test an iso-8859-1 request > document containing accented characters using an HTML FORM POST? > i.e. We can only use a programmatic client? > > > Thanks, > > -Chris W. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Kulp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Wolf, Chris (IT) > Subject: Re: Dealing with non-UTF-8 messages > > > Chris, > > On Wednesday 20 August 2008 4:50:52 am Wolf, Chris (IT) wrote: > > From looking at the SOAP spec, it seems that it's the responsibilty of > > > > the transport to indicate the encoding, as these samples show: > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/NOTE-SOAP-20000508/#_Toc478383490 > > > > Note the "Content-Type:" HTTP header. > > > > Also note that the SOAP spec explicitly states that SOAP messages MUST > > > > NOT (their emphasis) contain processing instructions (e.g. the > > "<?xml...?>" > > declaration) > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/NOTE-SOAP-20000508/#_Toc478383492 > > > > > > I wonder if we change our client to set the outboud content-type > > header to indicate the encoding, if this will fix it. I will look > > into this angle. > > Yes, that is the proper fix. The charset in the Content-Type header is > what > is used to create the parser. Thus, you need to make sure the client > sets > the proper charset there. > > Dan > > > Thanks, > > > > -Chris W. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Benson Margulies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:16 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Dealing with non-UTF-8 messages > > > > This is not a current feature of CXF. If the messages had prologs with > > > > encodings, all would work. > > > > Better, put an interceptor at the front to transcode to UTF-8 or add > > prologs? > > > > Can you tell us if this problem is specific to some app of yours or > > more generic, to help motivate (or not) effort? > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Wolf, Chris (IT) > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We now have some messages that contain iso-8859-1 (but non-ascii) > > > characters, which apparently, are not UTF-8, e.g. accented > > > characters used in Spanish and/or French. These are causing > > > exceptions citing invalid UTF-8 character sequences. > > > > > > I was able to eliminte one source by explicitly setting the encoding > > > > > > to "iso-8859-1" > > > in the parser of one of our interceptors, but not the error simply > > > migrated to one of the CXF built-in interceptors. Is there a way to > > > > > > globally set the encoding? > > > > > > I searched the FAQs and list archives and found nothing helpful. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -Chris W. > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. > > > Sender > > > > does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this > > email is prohibited when received in error. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender > > > > does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this > > email is prohibited when received in error. > > -- > Daniel Kulp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.dankulp.com/blog > -------------------------------------------------------- > > NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does > not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is > prohibited when received in error. -- Daniel Kulp [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dankulp.com/blog
