[HTTPCORE-431] Correct character encoding default for application/json

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.4.6, 5.0-alpha2
• Component/s: HttpCore
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Paul Draper
• Created: 02/Sep/16 10:16
• Updated: 05/Sep/16 18:57
• Resolved: 05/Sep/16 18:57

Description

RFC 4627 and RFC 7159 require that parsers auto-detect the encoding of application/json. UTF-8 is the suggested default, though it's possible to detect the encoding of valid JSON unambiguously.

Currently, EntityUtils.toString defaults to ISO-8859-1 (the default for text formats without a charset parameter).

Given how common application/json is, it would be great for EntityUtils.toString to use the correct encoding.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #30