On 9/13/05, Gabriel <gabriel.klappenbach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The input XML of course defines the encoding as UTF-8, and really is
encoded
> in UTF-8, but IXSLProcessor still reads it as ISO-8859-1. So it ignores the
> declaration in the XML file.
>
> The transform is taking place server side.
>
> So are you saying the IXSProcessor is supposed to be able to read the
> encoding specified in the XML file?

Yes - If the encoding is specified in the xml prologue in the file
then the xml parser has to read the file in that encoding - if it
doesn't then its non-conforming.

You may be doing by accident what I was trying to achieve the other
day - parse the file in a particular encoding ignoring the encoding
given in the prolog.  How are you reading the XML into the transform?
If it's in a non-xml aware way then you are likely reading the bytes
in the platform encoding and then the characters as XML.

In Java this is a FileInputStream -> InputStreamReader.  The
FileInputStream doesn't know about XML and so reads the file in
whatever encoding you tell it to.

If you post some code someone might know the equivalent in .Net