Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Update 2 Developer's Guide

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#### Servlet Request

When processing a servlet request, the server uses the following order of precedence, first to last, to determine the request character encoding:

- The ```getCharacterEncoding()` method.

- A hidden field in the form, specified by the `form-hint-field` attribute of the `parameter-encoding` element in the `sun-web.xml` file.

- The character encoding set in the `default-charset` attribute of the `parameter-encoding` element in the `sun-web.xml` file.

- The default, which is `ISO-8859-1`.

For details about the `parameter-encoding` element, see parameter-encoding.

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