Java tutorial
import java.io.*; import java.text.*; import java.util.*; import javax.servlet.*; import javax.servlet.http.*; public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet { public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException { try { res.setContentType("text/plain; charset=UTF-8"); PrintWriter out = res.getWriter(); String charset = req.getParameter("charset"); String text = req.getParameter("text"); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(new StringBufferInputStream(text), charset)); text = reader.readLine(); out.println("Received charset: " + charset); out.println("Received text: " + text); out.println("Received text (escaped): " + toUnicodeEscapeString(text)); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException { doGet(req, res); } private static String toUnicodeEscapeString(String str) { // Modeled after the code in java.util.Properties.save() StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); int len = str.length(); char ch; for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { ch = str.charAt(i); switch (ch) { case '\\': buf.append("\\\\"); break; case '\t': buf.append("\\t"); break; case '\n': buf.append("\\n"); break; case '\r': buf.append("\\r"); break; default: if (ch >= ' ' && ch <= 127) { buf.append(ch); } else { buf.append('\\'); buf.append('u'); buf.append(toHex((ch >> 12) & 0xF)); buf.append(toHex((ch >> 8) & 0xF)); buf.append(toHex((ch >> 4) & 0xF)); buf.append(toHex((ch >> 0) & 0xF)); } } } return buf.toString(); } private static char toHex(int nibble) { return hexDigit[(nibble & 0xF)]; } private static char[] hexDigit = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' }; }