Encoding issue (what tier is responsible for that ?)

[rcherchi]

Hi guys,

I'm using JBoss Seam 1.2.1GA on JBoss AS 4.0.5GA (EJB3) and Facelets for the View (as recommended in JBoss Seam Book by Michael J.Y. and Thomas H.)

I have a problem with character encoding and I can figure out what tier is responsible for that.

My database encoding is UTF-8.

Then, I have a method in a Local Session Bean (EJB 3) querying the database using standard EJBQL, build up an XML output using SAX and return a String (representing the xml).

In the client side, I have a JavaScript callback function that parse the xml and dynamically fill a HTML component.

Here I see some strange characters that look like UTF-8 ones.

One more hint : When I write a static page (containing accents for instance) using eclipse with UTF-8 encoding set, characters are displayed correctly in the page.

Thanks a lot.