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Hi Fellas,

I found shocking to learn something like this in one of the final mocks..

it said HttpServletRequest.getReader() can be used to get the parameters passed from a form...

So far i have header only about getParameter...

Can somebody please clarify the difference and suggest whether there are any other ways for the same cause..
 
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Hi,
HttpServletRequest.getReader() returns the body of the request as a BufferedReader,with the characters encoded in the encoding specified in the request, while the getParameter will get value of the requested parameter as a String or return null of no such parameter exists.
Hope this sheds some light on your issue.

Allen.
 
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You can read the body of the request during an HTTP POST and parse the encoded parameters yourself, or let the request instance do it for you.

Unless you have a good reason to do it yourself, such as in a multi-part request, it's best to just use getParameter and its related methods.
 
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Originally posted by Theepan Thevathasan:

it said HttpServletRequest.getReader() can be used to get the parameters passed from a form...



Get reader will give you a reader to the content that is there in the body of the HTTP request.In case of form with method=POST , the content are part of body of the HTTP request ,not URL.
 
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Hi buddies...

Great...

I will definitely not go wrong if i get it for the exam....

all the credits to the fellow ranchers.....

until i post a new question, bye
 
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