Added a Filter to get first crack at setting the character encoding of the response and request. Apparently it's best if this is done before any request parameters are ever read or the response InputStream is ever accessed.

src/java/org/thdl/lex/CharEncFilter.java

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+package org.thdl.lex;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
+import org.thdl.users.*;
+
+
+/**
+ *  Description of the Class
+ *
+ * @author     travis
+ * @created    October 21, 2003
+ */
+public class CharEncFilter implements Filter
+{
+	/**
+	 *  Description of the Method
+	 *
+	 * @param  config                Description of the Parameter
+	 * @exception  ServletException  Description of the Exception
+	 */
+	public void init( FilterConfig config ) throws ServletException
+	{
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Description of the Method
+	 *
+	 * @param  request               Description of the Parameter
+	 * @param  response              Description of the Parameter
+	 * @param  chain                 Description of the Parameter
+	 * @exception  IOException       Description of the Exception
+	 * @exception  ServletException  Description of the Exception
+	 */
+	public void doFilter( ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain ) throws IOException, ServletException
+	{
+		if ( request instanceof HttpServletRequest && response instanceof HttpServletResponse )
+		{
+			HttpServletResponse res = (HttpServletResponse) response;
+			HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) request;
+			res.setContentType( "text/html; charset=UTF-8;" );
+			req.setCharacterEncoding( "UTF-8" );
+
+			chain.doFilter( request, response );
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			throw new ServletException( "Filter only applicable to HTTP and HTTPS requests" );
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  Description of the Method
+	 */
+	public void destroy() { }
+//helper methods
+
+}
+