A quick read through the source code (org/apache/catalina/connector/Request.java) reveals -
The first read of getParameter() will consume the request body form params and store them in a cache so that subsequent calls don't need to iterate over the request a second time. (This definitely seems like the desired behavior for the majority of use-cases) So it looks like you can't both read the request bytes by hand and use the Request helper methods, at least not in a trivial fashion. Chris -----Original Message----- From: John Cartwright [mailto:john.c.cartwri...@noaa.gov] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:10 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: reading request parameter invalidates post body Hello All, I'm using tomcat 6.0.18 and it appears that reading a request parameter like: String param = request.getParameter("param"); causes any subsequent attempt to ready the post body to fail: while ((inputLine = reader.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(inputLine); } It doesn't throw an exception, just doesn't find any lines to read in the post body. Commenting out the request.getParameter call causes the read of the post body to work normally. Is this expected behavior? Can someone please clarify for me? Thanks! --john --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
