Error in converting String to XML file

Question

Hi
Please see the code below, basically i want to convert the String
i am having error when parsing xmlFile1, since the xml has some German characters like �
How do i work around it or what is the best way to do it
import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;
import java.io.*;
public class TestXMLFile
     public TestXMLFile() throws Exception
          DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        factory.setValidating(false);
          StringBuffer xmlFile = new StringBuffer();
          xmlFile.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
          xmlFile.append("<ITEMSPECIALNOTES><SPECIALNOTE>unvernderter Nachdruck</SPECIALNOTE></ITEMSPECIALNOTES>");
          ByteArrayInputStream byteArray = new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlFile.toString().getBytes());
        Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(byteArray);
          System.out.println ("String parsed in XML ");     
          StringBuffer xmlFile1 = new StringBuffer();
          xmlFile1.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
          xmlFile1.append("<ITEMSPECIALNOTES><SPECIALNOTE>unver�nderter Nachdruck</SPECIALNOTE></ITEMSPECIALNOTES>");
          ByteArrayInputStream byteArray1 = new ByteArrayInputStream(xmlFile1.toString().getBytes());
        Document doc1 = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(byteArray1);
          System.out.println ("String1 parsed in XML ");
     public static void main(String args[])throws Exception
         new TestXMLFile();
}

Answer 1

Don't convert to bytes using your system's default encoding but tell the parser that the bytes are encoded in UTF-8.
In fact since you already have chars, don't convert to bytes and make the parser convert back to chars at all. Do this:String string = xmlFile.toString();
Document doc =
   factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(string)));