[Advanced-java] Sensitive Data -> String getParameter(String)Alternative

[Jukka Sundberg]

If you would tell me your real need, it would easier to help you. "We" 
have build and handled inputs and outputs of servlet so many different ways.

Nikolaos Giannopoulos wrote:
> Jukka,
> 
> Thanks for the *code* reply but I'm not sure that it answers my question.
> 
> What I am looking for is a way - in a servlet - to get the value of a HTTP
> POSTed request parameter without having to use the following code:
> 
> String cardNumber = req.getParameter("card_number");
> 
> rather I'm looking for something like:
> 
> char[] cardNumber = getXXXX(req, "card_number");
> 
> where getXXXX does NOT EVER grab the value of card number as a String
> object.
> 
> I imagine I'm going to need to read the servlet http request headers or
> something thereof.  Any ideas anyone??????
> 
> --Nikolaos
> 
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jukka Sundberg [mailto:jukka@citrus.fi]
>>Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:17 AM
>>To: nikolaos@solmar.ca
>>Cc: advanced-java@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
>>Subject: Re: [Advanced-java] Sensitive Data -> String
>>getParameter(String)Alternative
>>
>>
>>I dont't know if you have already solved your problem, but here is one
>>solution in zip file.
>>
>>Nikolaos Giannopoulos wrote:
>>
>>>We have an e-commerce app that has credit card info HTTP POSTed
>>
>>to it (over
>>
>>>SSL using https).  The problem is that we currently use
>>>getParameter("card_number") to get say the credit card number BUT this
>>>method returns a String.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know how to go about getting HTTP POSTed data (to a
>>
>>servlet) as
>>
>>>a char[] without having it first converted into a String?
>>>
>>>--Nikolaos
>>>
>>>
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