UTF8Filter.java

package filters;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;

/**
 * Servlet Filter implementation class UTF8Filter.
 * Sets the character encoding of the request to UTF-8.
 */
public class UTF8Filter implements Filter {

	/**
	 * Default constructor.
	 */
	public UTF8Filter() {
		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
	}

	/**
	 * @see Filter#init(FilterConfig)
	 */
	public void init(FilterConfig fConfig) throws ServletException {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	}

	/**
	 * @see Filter#destroy()
	 */
	public void destroy() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	}

	/**
	 * @see Filter#doFilter(ServletRequest, ServletResponse, FilterChain)
	 */
	public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
		//response.setContentType("text/html; charset=UTF-8");
		request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");

		// pass the request along the filter chain
		chain.doFilter(request, response);
	}
}