How to get correctly any non english data e.g greek data in servlet??

Question

Hello All,
I have one textbox on form from where user will enter greek data and when i get that field data in servlet using request.getParameter("name") ,then it shows wierd text in servlet ,it ditorts all the characters that user enterd on page,how can i get greek data in servlet wothout losing it????
Please help
Thanks.

Answer 1

1.) Read [this excellent introduction into Unicode|http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html]. The subject is more complex than you think.
2.) Verify at each point in your program that your String contains the correct value. Note that using System.out.println() might not be helpful here, since the console might not be able to display those characters.
3.) When a String contains invalid characters, then the error already happened before! Don't try to fix it after the fact, look where the original byte[]->String transition is made and make sure that it is correct.