DO NOT REPLY [Bug 10405] New: - ClassCastException is thrown when request.setAttribute("charset", non_string) is called before request.getParameter() call.

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ClassCastException is thrown when request.setAttribute("charset", non_string) is 
called before request.getParameter() call.

           Summary: ClassCastException is thrown when
                    request.setAttribute("charset", non_string) is called
                    before request.getParameter() call.
           Product: Tomcat 3
           Version: 3.3.1 Final
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Servlet
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Here is a simple Servlet that reproduce the problem.
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import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Attr extends HttpServlet {
    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                      HttpServletResponse response)
        throws IOException, ServletException
    {
        request.setAttribute("charset", new Object());
        request.getParameter("blah");
    }
}

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java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Object
        at
org.apache.tomcat.modules.mappers.DecodeInterceptor.getInfo(DecodeInterceptor.java:581)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Request.getCharEncoding(Request.java:483)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Request.getCharacterEncoding(Request.java:470)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Request.handleQueryParameters(Request.java:451)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.facade.HttpServletRequestFacade.getParameter(HttpServletRequestFacade.java:277)
        at Attr.doGet(Attr.java:12)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java)
        at org.apache.tomcat.facade.ServletHandler.doService(ServletHandler.java:574)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.invoke(Handler.java:322)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.java:235)
        at org.apache.tomcat.facade.ServletHandler.service(ServletHandler.java:485)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService(ContextManager.java:917)
        at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(ContextManager.java:833)
        at
org.apache.tomcat.modules.server.Http10Interceptor.processConnection(Http10Interceptor.java:176)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:494)
        at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:516)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

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