Encoding problem using Spring MVC

Question

I have a demo web application that creates users. When I try to insert data in other languages (like french) the characters are not encoded correctly. The code on the contr

Answer 1

Try making CharacterEncodingFilter the first filter in web.xml.

I realize this question is a little old, but I just ran into the same problem, and moving CharacterEncodingFilter fixed it for me.