title: Usage of chinese characters in java application
body: <p>i am trying to display unicode characters(Chinese) in my application.The jsp part is working fine and has no issues by setting the charset to UTF-8.But in the Java code , Unicode characters are not displayed.I tried by setting the request to utf-8</p>
  
  <pre><code>request.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Finally i will be getting the same and insert in to the table.The database is already configured for unicode support.</p>
  
  <p>what am i doing wrong.Kindly advice on the solution or is there a better way to do it.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>