Java, XML DocumentBuilder - setting the encoding when parsing

Question

Hi

I'm trying to save a tree (extends JTree) which holds an XML document to a DOM Object having changed it's structure.

I have created a new document object, traversed the tree to retrieve the contents successfully (including the original encoding of the XML document), and now have a ByteArrayInputStream which has the tree contents (XML document) with the correct encoding.

The problem is when I parse the ByteArrayInputStream the encoding is changed to UTF-8 (in the XML document) automatically.

Is there a way to prevent this and use the correct encoding as provided in the ByteArrayInputStream.

It's also worth adding that I have already used the
transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, encoding); method to retrieve the right encoding.

Any help would really be appreciated.

Ralph D

Answer 1

Hi

I solved it, given alot of trial and errors.

I was using OutputFormat format = new OutputFormat(document);
but changed it to OutputFormat format = new OutputFormat(d, encoding, true);
and this solved my problem.

encoding is what I set it to be
true refers to whether or not indent is set.

Note to self - read more carefully - I had looked at the javadoc hours ago - if only I'd have read more carefully.