Problem with encoding..pls have a look at this.

Question

i'm getting data posted to a servlet in this format.
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how can i get the string equivalent of this.?
i tried the following codes to receive the data.
InputStream in = request.getInputStream();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(     new InputStreamReader(in));
     String strdata=null;
        String receivedData="";
         do
              strdata=br.readLine();
              if(strdata!=null)
                   receivedData+=strdata;
              System.out.println(strdata);
         while(strdata!=null);
         byte[] receivedDataBytes=receivedData.getBytes();Also i tried this
BufferedInputStream bis=new BufferedInputStream(in);
         bis.read(data, 0, 330);still its not working...pls help!!!

Answer 1

yes i'm the server.
client is a hardware device and it posts data to the url which is a servlet.
the client sets some custom headers and the body
i was able to read the headers set by the client.
but the body part comes like this.
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="data"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binarythese were also there in the body part but i was able to read them as meaningful strings..
i need to submit the status by today.
i can't say them that i could read the data...
i need to tell soem valuable reasons..
pls help!!