I know this is odd, but I removed URIEncoding="UTF-8" from my tomcat and the characters seem to be going fine. Cannot understand how this could happen. Also, I know removing UTF-8 encoding would cause problems in GET request, but still cannot figure out this behavior.
Regards, Ayush > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:12:12 -0400 > From: ch...@christopherschultz.net > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Subject: Re: Encoding Problem > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Ayush, > > On 3/26/13 5:07 AM, Cool Techi wrote: > > <filter> <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name> > > <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class> > > > > > <init-param> > > <param-name>encoding</param-name> <param-value>UTF-8</param-value> > > </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name> > > <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> </filter> > > I would highly recommend against setting forceEncoding=true... this > will cause Spring's filter to change a client's Content-Type from the > correct value to the wrong value. If the client sends a Content-Type > with encoding, you should respect it. > > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) > Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRUgEcAAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYNTYQAJSqIZ4yCQLB40OKM3Selz6D > O/Gm4R+08BLOp7d4e5oIT63Nhi6FUZf4y92AN3zIHYfS9mOC1DeO30kbwWHDROlQ > AjfObPcxhkBlLBPtApJhRVfDitUr71Hbm3y36nH+yhx0Z0Fk/jYPI3Vk+JQd6Qbq > 04RZ+wKOf35lpUmKQYPXgNKQGvU1wbCylDvuAOcAKPsBIpZWbs7jCjt25hFdspVT > q6MqGZ1Ru49hT47+Gks9JE7RTYG6b3i7+ZmLWXCTuZcVL1N/yqPvawHGh2kV/5ad > 07meJaWbGKu5viGDG7Q51iDzp5pYLNmvfb2YRg+UuZ5Qnoe1QWETMmFBKL6eoJ7e > vRGuCmgRLpz84DFqTDA0uzCc5rJzfs2XXnyte5dRPWWUGH94qzl+kAkk7pf1uraR > 0ja1dQ+OmNQcAzs0wM3uHOwnUxlZyE7ZW1qxeh8fDRQAffOw3f6AV5Yqxxg3b/So > ufNeCMsNQ9F3SWmMwT9QsHZfIV/9ocCd+QEyWOaU9Nn+tlXV9twe9pEYT2lxC3c5 > MmYhHU/+0p4b+nD0eoLcBfR4pzJYctLz2/2QBnh+Fv2NCZBiQF1rjAnSCGWz0762 > 1zgPxlENcrDyGmWZ6wQT6FTXDP9XMt9yPEKQRh/AmwAzctxKMXM4q8/B3UN5Afo7 > SJwS2PpGWD1q9HrBYy/C > =0pV2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >