param is getting converted to some thing else when i pass special characters getRequestParameterMap

[Mallika gowd]

This is search program...when i search word with special character like tilbehør it is getting converted as tilbehør

xhtml file i have input text...when i pass some text for search..control goes to SearchBB as shown below.getting converted some wierd character for tilbehør ---> tilbehør

Please help me.


Search.xhml:
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<form id="query" method="get">
<input type="text" name="q" id="q" value="#{searchBB.query}" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="#{msg.txt_common_buttonLabel}" />

SearchBB.java
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public SearchBB()
{
FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
ExternalContext extCtx = context.getExternalContext();

Locale locale = context.getViewRoot().getLocale();
this.locale = locale.getLanguage() + "_" + locale.getCountry();

String sQuery = (String)extCtx.getRequestParameterMap().get( "q" );

try {
if( sQuery != null ) {
query=sQuery;
}

[Mallika gowd]

any help would be greatly appreciated...