Question

I have a url, something like this localhost:8080/foo.action?param1=7&param2=8&param3=6

When this is the Url (as it is), request.getParmeter("param2") gives me 8 [Correct]

i) When the encoding converts this url to localhost:8080/foo.action?param1=7%26param2=8%26param3=6

In this case, request.getParameter("param1") gives me 7&param2=8&param3=6

ii) When the encoding converts this url to localhost:8080/foo.action?param1=7&param2=8&param3=6

In this case, request.getParameter("param1") gives me 7 and request.getParameter("param2") gives me null

What is the correct way of retrieving the parameters? [Assuming that using one of the two Url encoding schemes is unavoidable]

(I am using struts actions)

Answer 1

You can call req.getQueryString() to get the whole query parameters and then do server side decoding based on whatever encoding methods you choose.