I am calling a rule to generate a set of data which is being send over a JMS Que

PS: -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 is set on the application server

1. What about this other one:

-Dorg.apache.catalina.connector.URI_ENCODING=UTF-8

do you have it in the app server settings?

2. What is the type of output the rule is generating?

The rule is generating an input for a CSV file.

The property you mentioned is not in the installation notes, is it? Which parts of the application does it affect?

Thanks, Moritz

I don't think this setting applies to your environment unless you're using JBoss. This setting is to ensure that the application server receives the request parameters in the correct encoding from client requests.

OK. Thanks. I'll try now with this custom function:

@Function
          public String convertStringToUtf8(ServiceContext sc, @Parameter String string) throws AppianException {
                    byte ptext[] = string.getBytes(ISO_8859_1);
                    String utf8String = new String(ptext, UTF_8);
                    return utf8String;
          }

Is that how you were initially returning the string? with a custom function?

Your function should do the trick.

No, before I was just using a regular function. I am just thinking that this will probably only work if the encoding ist ISO_8859_1. Would be good to find out somehow which encoding the regular function returns.

I am surprised because a regular function should be returning plain text with nothing associated to it, it might be the smart service where you are using this and not the rule what is setting the encoding.

OK. So maybe it's the smart service which sends the JMS then?