JSP Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.11, by Herong Yang
Supporting Characters in Multiple Languages
This section provides a tutorial example to test how non-ASCII characters in multiple languages can be entered as static text in JSP pages in Unicode UTF-8 encoding.
If you planning to write a page that has characters in multiple language encodings. you have to use Unicode codes and UTF-8 HTML document encoding. Here is an example with characters from two encodings: GB2312 and Big5.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <jsp:root xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page" version="2.1"> <!-- HelpUnicodeUTF8.jspx - Copyright (c) 2006 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. --> <jsp:scriptlet><![CDATA[ response.setContentType("text/html; charset=utf-8"); out.println("<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"" + " content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\"/>"); out.println("<body>"); out.println("<b>\u8bf4\u660e</b><br/>"); out.println("<p>\u8fd9\u662f\u4e00\u4efd\u975e\u5e38\u95f4\u5355" + "\u7684\u8bf4\u660e\u4e66\u2026</p>"); out.println("<b>\u8aaa\u660e</b><br/>"); out.println("<p>\u9019\u662f\u4e00\u4efd\u975e\u5e38\u9593\u55ae" + "\u7684\u8aaa\u660e\u66f8\u2026</p>"); out.println("</body>"); out.println("</html>"); ]]></jsp:scriptlet> </jsp:root>
View this page with a Web browser, you should see the same message appear twice, one as simplified Chinese, and the other as traditional Chinese.
Table of Contents
JSP (JavaServer Pages) Overview
Tomcat Installation on Windows Systems
Syntax of JSP Pages and JSP Documents
JavaBean Objects and "useBean" Action Elements
Managing HTTP Response Header Lines
►Non-ASCII Characters Support in JSP Pages
Characters Traveling from JSP Files to Browser Screens
Handling ASCII Characters in JSP Pages
Presenting Non ASCII Characters in HTML Documents
Entering Non ASCII Characters in JSP Pages
Java Strings as non-Unicode Encoded Byte Sequences
Java Strings as Unicode Encoded Byte Sequences
Entering Non-ASCII Characters as Static Text
Static HTML Text in JSP Page in Standard Syntax
Static HTML Text in JSP Page in XML Syntax
►Supporting Characters in Multiple Languages
Overview of JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Libraries)
Multiple Tags Working Together
Using Tomcat on CentOS Systems
Connecting to SQL Server from Servlet