I'm not sure if Parser.parse uses inputstreams or readers. Try creating a reader using UTF-8 and use that version of the parse method and see if it makes a difference....
*** Sent via BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: j-users@xerces.apache.org <j-users@xerces.apache.org> Sent: Thu Jan 11 13:15:56 2007 Subject: UTF-8/BOM Problem Again Before hand, I ask your forgiveness if this issue has been raised before :-] But I have been chasin my tail for a while. This is the hex dump of prolog: 3c 3f 78 6d 6c 20 = "<?xml " I am using default ParserFactory on java 1.5/Win XP. The files are created with the following new FileOutputStream(AFile), "UTF-8"); And then they are read with the following Parser.parse(AFile, Handler); Where am I missing anything? -- José Cornado -- home: http://www.efekctive.com blog: http://www.efekctive.com/blogging <http://www.efekctive.com/blogging> ---------------------- Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide
