Special Character being replaced by Question Marks in Java Mapping

Hi All,
I need some help on Java Mapping related to special characters.
The problem is that i'm using a Java Mapping to add some information to the XML inside the Interface Mapping. This works fine on our development environment but, in our production environment, it replaces the special character with question marks (eg.: á --> ??).
I'm suspecting of some configuration on the Java Virtual Machine that sets the encoding, but i don't have access to it. Does anyone have any clues about this problem?
Thanks a lot,
Leonardo

Hi Leonardo
Have a look at this forum thread, this might help you to solve your problem.
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