title: How to get UTF-8 working in Java webapps?
body: <p>I need to get UTF-8 working in my Java webapp (servlets + JSP, no framework used) to support <code>äöå</code> etc. for regular Finnish text and Cyrillic alphabets like <code>ЦжФ</code> for special cases.</p>
  
  <p>My setup is the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Development environment: Windows XP</li>
  <li>Production environment: Debian</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Database used: MySQL 5.x</p>
  
  <p>Users mainly use Firefox2 but also Opera 9.x, FF3, IE7 and Google Chrome are used to access the site.</p>
  
  <p>How to achieve this?</p>