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Tag: character-encoding

Replacing URL Character Encodings in Java

I am trying to replace character encodings in URL’s to no avail, I have scouted around the internet but have only found outdated libraries and answers. For example, https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Noto+Serif%3A400%2C400i%2C700%2C700i&ver=5.3.4 would become https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?fa…

Character Issues

Back Story I basically retrieve strings from a database. I alter some text or those strings. Then I upload those strings back to the database, replacing the original strings. After looking at the front-end that displays those strings, I noticed the character issues. I no longer have the original strings, but …

JSP can’t display Russian characters

I have a JSP file that contains paragraphs with Russian text. However, no matter what I do I can’t get a browser to display that text – instead all I get is hieroglyphs. The same text but in a simple HTML file without any headers or declarations works fine: But the moment I save that file as JSP a…