How to parse/encode foreign chars in XML

Question

I am sending a char string such as
y.x.x.x.y
except that the y is actually a "y" with a dot on top (german).
The remote server's parser complains and returns an exception.
They are using xerces.
What should they be doing to encode/parse such foreign chars
(german, french, chinese....)?
Should I be encoding this string before sending it? how?
Thanks.
-Mark Sabatini

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply.
I am sending the xml string such as
<tag>y.x.x.x.x.y</tag>
where y is the german char.
How do I convert this string value to unicode before sending?
Will the remote system see the same char? If not, doesn't that
defeat the purpose of sending a german char?
Does the remote parser need to encode/decode this too?
Thanks.
hi
I had a similar problem and i solved it by before the
parsing the xml, i converted all characters to
unicode.
Then the receiver who parses it in won't have
problems, although he will see another sign instead of
your character
hope this helps