This element specifies a hidden field or default character set that determines the character encoding the web container uses to decode parameters for request.getParameter calls when the character set is not set in the request's Content-Type.
For encodings you can use, see
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html.
The following table describes attributes for the parameter-encoding element.
Table A–46 parameter-encoding Attributes
Attribute |
Default Value |
Description |
---|---|---|
form-hint-field |
none |
The value of the hidden field in the form that specifies the parameter encoding. |
default-charset |
none |
This value is used for parameter encoding if neither request.setCharacterEncoding() is called nor form-hint-field is found in the request. |
none
none