could you try to setup the request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8") before JBoss Portal retrieves any parameter ?

Do you have a portlet test case to send us that would use a form to submit itself data and then compare it ? that would be helpfull

try to place a servlet filter ahead of any processing on the portal servlet

try it and tell us.

I think it is already fixed in 2.2 but could you check to be sure ?

the place where it is done is in ContentTypeInterceptor, of course now the code take care of not using any request parameter before this interceptor is reached.

I will commit this modification in the branch 2.0 in order to have it in 2.0.1RC2

It is much easier to write a filter that will set characterEncoding on the request if it isn't set already.

Attached one is configured very easily:

web.xml:
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<filter-name>EncodingFixFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>EncodingFixFilter</filter-class>

<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>EncodingFixFilter</filter-name>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
REQUEST
</filter-mapping>
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EncodingFixFilter.java
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import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;

public class EncodingFixFilter implements Filter {
private FilterConfig filterConfig = null;
public EncodingFixFilter() {
}

public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
FilterChain chain)
throws IOException, ServletException {
if (request.getCharacterEncoding() == null) {
String encoding = "UTF-8";
if (filterConfig != null) {
String encodingOverride = filterConfig.getInitParameter("defaultEncoding");
if (encodingOverride != null)
encoding = encodingOverride;
}
request.setCharacterEncoding(encoding);
}
chain.doFilter(request, response);
}

public FilterConfig getFilterConfig() {
return (this.filterConfig);
}

public void setFilterConfig(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
this.filterConfig = filterConfig;
}

public void destroy() {
}

public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) {
this.filterConfig = filterConfig;
}

public String toString() {
if (filterConfig == null) return ("EncodingFixFilter()");
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("EncodingFixFilter(");
sb.append(filterConfig);
sb.append(")");
return (sb.toString());
}
}

smartx,

Can you tell me the dedailed deployment of web.xml and EncodingFixFilter.java? I am new to JBoss portal. Thanks!