Encoded Request Parameter

[chane]

I have noticed that in some older browsers that request parameters are being encoded by the browser such that:

http://somedomain.com/action.seam?param1=v1&param2=v2

is encoding the & symbol to:


http://somedomain.com/action.seam?param1=v1&param2=v2

which means that "param2" looks like "amp;param2".

Is there a way to get the parameter to be decoded correctly. I'm using JBoss 4.0.4 and Seam 1.0.

Thanks,
Chris....

[gavin.king]

Um, how are you adding the parameters? What happens if you try Seam 1.1?

[chane]

This is the link I am using:

http://somedomain.com/action.seam?param1=v1&param2=v2

For some reason it seams that the browser encodes the link to use "&" instead of just "&".

I figured this is probably a JSF/Tomcat issue; but it seems like for the short term I can solve it in Seam. I modified Component like this:

 private Object convertMultiValueRequestParameter(Map<String, String[]> requestParameters, String name, Class<?> type)
 {
 String[] array = requestParameters.get(name);

 if(array == null || array.length==0){
 array = requestParameters.get("amp;"+name);
 }

 if (array==null || array.length==0)
 {
 return null;
 }
 else
 {
 if ( type.isArray() )
 {
 int length = Array.getLength(array);
 Class<?> elementType = type.getComponentType();
 Object newInstance = Array.newInstance(elementType, length);
 for ( int i=0; i<length; i++ )
 {
 Object element = convertRequestParameter( (String) Array.get(array, i), elementType );
 Array.set( newInstance, i, element );
 }
 return newInstance;
 }
 else
 {
 return convertRequestParameter( array[0], type );
 }
 }
 }

So when a RequestParameter is searched for, if it is not found the "amp;"+name version is looked for next. I don't like this solution; but for the short term it's gonna have to suffice. Other suggestions are always welcomed.

As for Seam 1.1, I am looking forward to using it as soon as I can; but I can't move to the new version right this instant. We are planning on moving to 1.1 in the next couple of months (maybe over xmas) when I have a chance to do some testing. I also need to look into making some of my local modifications to the 1.1 version (specifically - http://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-326). None of them are difficult, just need some time.

Thanks,
Chris....