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D-Klotz
D-Klotz

Reputation: 2083

Why doesn't HttpServletRequest#getParameterValues("key") recognize semicolon as a delimiter?

I'm stumped. I thought & AND ; were valid delimiters for a query parameter.

It seems that tomcat 7 HttpServletRequest.getParameterValues("key") won't recognize my parameter when it is like this:

http://acme.com/my.jsp?x=1;y=2;z=3

If I go here, there is mention of the semi-colon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string

Is there a way to force tomcat 7 to recognize them within this method? Or is there a better method to use?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 436

Answers (1)

D-Klotz
D-Klotz

Reputation: 2083

For closure, this is the bug report outlining why tomcat 7 does not recognize a semicolon as a separator within the query parameter

https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39740

The last comment before it was marked as "won't fix" is that this can be resolved by implementing a custom filter. Which is of course true.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Upvotes: 1

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