Don't spend any time on this. I found the problem.
-----Original Message----- From: Derek Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 July 2003 09:29 To: Jakarta Commons-User Subject: HttpClient, reading response, problem Hi, I'm using Jakarta Commons HttpClient and am having trouble reading the response to a GetMethod. // execute method byte[] bytes = method.getResponseBody(); String response = new String(bytes, "UTF-8"); // method.getResponseCharSet() returns "utf-8" System.out.println(response); Unfortunately this just displays garbage. I added code to iterate through and print out the value of each byte. Some come up negative which surprises me. If I put the first 50 or so values here maybe someone can help identify what the problem is: byte[] bytes = method.getResponseBody(); java.text.DecimalFormat df = new java.text.DecimalFormat("000"); for (int i=0; i<bytes.length; i++) { System.out.print(df.format(bytes[i])+" "); if ((i+1)%20 == 0) System.out.print('\n'); } 031 -117 008 000 000 000 000 000 000 011 -115 086 075 111 -029 054 016 -066 -025 087 008 -070 056 001 -078 090 -110 018 -011 -088 031 064 -110 -090 -040 093 036 -023 -042 -021 108 015 069 015 -076 -060 -040 066 -012 048 036 058 -117 -004 -005 114 -122 018 035 -045 ... It should read <html><head><meta HTTP-EQUIV="pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <script language="Javascript"> ... If I make the request using IE6, it can read the response and says it is UTF-8 encoding. Snooping on the request and response headers they look the same whether I use IE6 or HttpClient. Thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
