How do I set pageEncoding for all my JSPs without touching each JSP file?

Question

I’m using Java 6, JBoss 7.1.3 and Spring 3.2.11.RELEASE. Despite the fact that we set this in our application context

<bean id="systemPrereqs"
    class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
    <property name="targetObject" value="#{@systemProperties}" />
    <property name="targetMethod" value="putAll" />
    <property name="arguments">
        <!-- The new Properties -->
        <util:properties>
            <prop key="org.apache.catalina.connector.URI_ENCODING">UTF-8</prop>
        </util:properties>
    </property>
</bean>

I notice on my JSPs, special characters aren’t rendered correctly unless we specify a

<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>

at the top of the JSP page. This is fine for one JSP, but is cumbersome to have to go through the entire application adding these directives. Is there a more global place I can specify this, like in a Spring context or somewhere, that will universally add the above directive to all our JSP pages?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 31 '16 at 05:42

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Add the following System property also:

<property name="org.apache.catalina.connector.USE_BODY_ENCODING_FOR_QUERY_STRING" value="true"/>

answered Dec 31 '16 at 05:42

Panagiotis Chavariotis

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code_angel · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-10T17:12:19.847

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Put in your web.xml the following:

<jsp-config>
  <jsp-property-group>
     <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
     <page-encoding>UTF-8</page-encoding>
     <default-content-type>text/html</default-content-type>
  </jsp-property-group>
</jsp-config>

More info: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17904_01/web.1111/e13712/web_xml.htm#WBAPP539

edited Jan 10 '17 at 17:12

answered Jan 06 '17 at 01:32

code_angel

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 09 '17 at 14:12

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Put the following in your web.xml .

<jsp-config>
    <jsp-property-group>
        <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
        <page-encoding>UTF-8</page-encoding>
    </jsp-property-group>
</jsp-config>

answered Jan 09 '17 at 14:12

Birhan Nega

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Hi, How is your answer different from code_angel's, entered on 1/6? – Dave Jan 10 '17 at 17:11
I added an optional line `default-content-type` to make it different again ;) – code_angel Jan 10 '17 at 17:32
K, let me give it a go with that directive because the original answer as you ahd it didn't work for me. SPecifically cnotent stored in the db as 'and “Evidence” ' (notice the smart quotes, hope those cut and pasted over) was still being rendered as ' and ?Evidence? ' – Dave Jan 11 '17 at 21:02

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 11 '17 at 05:10

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How about using filter?

<filter>
<filter-name>characterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
    <param-name>encoding</param-name>
    <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>characterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

answered Jan 11 '17 at 05:10

Boldbayar

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I forgot to mention that this configuraiton is already present in my web.xml and yet the problem remains. – Dave Jan 11 '17 at 21:05
@Dave try to use – Boldbayar Jan 12 '17 at 02:01

How do I set pageEncoding for all my JSPs without touching each JSP file?

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