[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: encoding problem fixed
Kay Michael writes: > I'm not sure about that... There was some debate when SAX was being > designed. There's an escape clause for XML "provided by an external > transport protocol" which makes it legitimate to present the parser with a > stream of characters rather than bytes. I've certainly found this useful > when the XML is stored in a database rather than a file. Absolutely correct -- if you *know* the encoding already (or if the characters are coming from a source where encoding is not an issue), use a Reader; if you don't know the encoding already, use an InputStream. That's why SAX allows either. All the best, David -- David Megginson david@m... http://www.megginson.com/ xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|