HTML encoding problem

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Mandy Shaw
19/04/2001 22:41

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Subject:  HTML encoding problem  (Document link not converted)

We have an XML application where the XML message arrives at the HTTP server
via a Get request and encoded so that '/' is replaced by '%2F', etc. A
servlet then picks up the XML message and parses and processes it.
We are fairly frequently getting parser errors where (for example) a '/' is
coming up as '2F' - the '%' appears to be getting lost.
This is in the middle of the XML message - the rest is fine, which makes me
doubtful that the problem is caused by incorrect Java programming.
On doing an AS/400 comms trace, it looks as though the problem occurs where
the '%', which always arrives safely on the AS/400, is the first character
in a frame. The Ethernet line is half duplex, which is probably irrelevant.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks a lot
Mandy




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