Setting xml encoding with documentbuilderfactory

hi everybody,
i have a problem with xml document generated by documentbuilderfactory class.
it seems that the default setting for the xml document encoding is UTF-8. i need to set this to UTF-16.
does anybody know how can i do this ?
thanx
Ale

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If need any help , you are most welcome.
Regards,
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Please correct me if am asking you the question in wrong way.
I have ARCGIS with oracle database 10gr2 in production server.
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i want to create a xml file with the following content:
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<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://....">
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i did this with the if_ixml interface and rendered the content in a file 'D:\usr\sap\IFD\DVEBMGS01\log\TEST_out.xml
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CLASS cl_ixml DEFINITION LOAD.
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The XML payload itself has a declaration <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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