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[rmetcalf]

I have a web application where the users need the ability to submit the
lira(£) and euro(€) characters. Struts is taking the request and it
blows up with an java.lang.IllegalArgumentException (stack trace
below). I escape the data prior to submission. Anyone have any ideas???

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.RequestUtils.parseName(RequestUtils.java:423)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.RequestUtils.parseQueryString(RequestUtils.java:286)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.RequestUtils.parsePostData(RequestUtils.java:549)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.SRTServletRequest.parseParameters(SRTServletRequest.java:789)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.SRTServletRequest.getParameterNames(SRTServletRequest.java:432)
at org.apache.struts.util.RequestUtils.populate(RequestUtils.java:459)
at
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processPopulate(RequestProcessor.java:804)
at
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:203)
at
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain..java:76)
at
com.harleysvillegroup.claims.web.util.UTF8Filter.doFilter(UTF8Filter.java:28)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:132)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain..java:71)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:564)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:200)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:119)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:276)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:182)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:334)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56)
at
com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:618)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:439)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java)

 

[Oliver Wong]

I have a web application where the users need the ability to submit the
lira(£) and euro(?) characters. Struts is taking the request and it
blows up with an java.lang.IllegalArgumentException (stack trace
below). I escape the data prior to submission. Anyone have any ideas???

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java)
at
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.RequestUtils.parseName(RequestUtils.java:423)

If you have the documentation for the "parseName" method, check if it
explains under what conditions exceptions are thrown. Else if you have the
source code, read the source code to see why the exception is thrown. Else
it's probably something to do with encodings. Try setting everything to the
same encoding (e.g. UTF-8), and see if that fixes things.

- Oliver