Servlet reponse give incorrect euro sign (?) character.. HELP!

[SPG]

Hi,

I am haveing some problems with getting the correct XML response from a
Servlet.
I have data that contains the euro sign ( 0x80 = ?) and the string I am
trying to print out to the response definitely has the correct formatting..
Here is some sample code:

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.* ;
import javax.servlet.h ttp.*;

public class EncodingServlet extends HttpServlet implements
SingleThreadMod el {
private static final String CONTENT_TYPE =
"text/xml;charset='is o-8859-1'";
private static String OUTPUT_XML = "<TEST val=\"£24 / ?40\"><STRING>£ 24
/ ?40</STRING></TEST>";

//Initialize global variables
public void init() throws ServletExceptio n {
}

//Process the HTTP Get request
public void doGet(HttpServl etRequest request, HttpServletResp onse
response) throws ServletExceptio n, IOException {
response.setCon tentType(CONTEN T_TYPE);
PrintWriter out = response.getWri ter();
out.println("<? xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"iso-8859-1\"?>");
out.println(OUT PUT_XML);
}
//Process the HTTP Post request
public void doPost(HttpServ letRequest request, HttpServletResp onse
response) throws ServletExceptio n, IOException {
doGet(request, response);
}
//Clean up resources
public void destroy() {
}
}

As you can see, the string contains the euro sign, but the response always
replaces it with a '?'.
I have been battling with this one all day, is there anyone that can help
me?

Steve

[SPG]

Hmm... As ypou can see.. Even the NG server has re-encoded the bloody
character!
Needles to say, the char code is 0x80

Cheers.

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Hi,

I am haveing some problems with getting the correct XML response from a
Servlet.
I have data that contains the euro sign ( 0x80 = ?) and the string I am
trying to print out to the response definitely has the correct formatting.. Here is some sample code:

import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.* ;
import javax.servlet.h ttp.*;

public class EncodingServlet extends HttpServlet implements
SingleThreadMod el {
private static final String CONTENT_TYPE =
"text/xml;charset='is o-8859-1'";
private static String OUTPUT_XML = "<TEST val=\"£24 / ?40\"><STRING>£ 24 / ?40</STRING></TEST>";

//Initialize global variables
public void init() throws ServletExceptio n {
}

//Process the HTTP Get request
public void doGet(HttpServl etRequest request, HttpServletResp onse
response) throws ServletExceptio n, IOException {
response.setCon tentType(CONTEN T_TYPE);
PrintWriter out = response.getWri ter();
out.println("<? xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"iso-8859-1\"?>");
out.println(OUT PUT_XML);
}
//Process the HTTP Post request
public void doPost(HttpServ letRequest request, HttpServletResp onse
response) throws ServletExceptio n, IOException {
doGet(request, response);
}
//Clean up resources
public void destroy() {
}
}

As you can see, the string contains the euro sign, but the response always
replaces it with a '?'.
I have been battling with this one all day, is there anyone that can help
me?

Steve

[chris]

SPG wrote:

Hmm... As ypou can see.. Even the NG server has re-encoded the bloody
character!
Needles to say, the char code is 0x80

What character encoding are you using? In ISO 8859-15 or Unicode, the euro
sign is 164 (0xa4) IIRC.

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