Hello again,
I managed to solve the problem myself... :-)
Instead of using a java.io.FileWriter, I took the java.io.FileOutputStream and it works. It seems the provided OutputFormat.getEncoding() is not used when using the FileWriter...
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(path);
OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.createPrettyPrint();
XMLWriter writer = new XMLWriter( out, format );
writer.write( Document );
writer.close();
Regards,
Wonne
-----Original Message-----
From: Keysers, Wonne
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '
Cc: Keunen, Patrick
Sent: 1/20/2003 11:59 AM
Subject: [dom4j-user] XML is valid BEFORE but invalid AFTER writing file.
Importance: High
Hi,
I have the following problem writing XML with special characters into a
file...
I create the following Document structure:
<Person>
<Id>7601000237200</Id>
<Name>Baldinger</Name>
<FirstName>René</FirstName>
<ZipCode>8400</ZipCode>
</Person>
Using the MSV validator, the Document Structure seems to be valid
according to the xsd.
But then I write the XML content to a file, with the following code:
FileWriter fileWriter = new FileWriter( path );
XMLWriter writer = new XMLWriter( fileWriter );
OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.createPrettyPrint();
writer = new XMLWriter( fileWriter, format );
writer.write( Document );
writer.close();
When I re-read this file from file system and validate again, it is
invalid, giving me the following error:
<<Character conversion error: "Malformed UTF-8 char -- is an XML
encoding declaration missing?" (line number may be too low)>>
If I write the file using the "UTF-16", the validator gives me the
following error:
<<Character conversion error: "Missing byte-order mark" (line number may
be too low)>>
When I write the file using encoding "windows-1252", there's no problem
at all.
A bug?
Any suggestions? I'd like to use UTF-8!
Thanks in advance
Wonne Keysers
