Hello, I would like to know what exactly means "using the default character encoding" for a FileItem getString() method:
*getString<http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/fileupload/apidocs/org/apache/commons/fileupload/FileItem.html#getString%28%29> *() Returns the contents of the file item as a String, using the default character encoding. I was using FileUpload in the context of a form containing a file to be uploaded. I noticed the characters (that were sent in UTF-8 by the client, Firefox) were not received correctly on the server side. Actually FF was not sending any headers saying that the encoding was UTF-8 (I checked this fact). However, I was surprised when I explicitly called setCharacterEncoding on the HTTPServletRequest object. I was still getting garbled text. I had to explicitly call getString("UTF-8") to get the correct result. So what means using the default character encoding? I assumed it would take the encoding of the underlying ServletRequest object, but apparently it is not the case. Thanks for any help, Jean-Noël
