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Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX

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Subject	Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX
Date	2012-11-24 17:12 -0800
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On 11/24/2012 1:18 PM, Sebastian wrote:
> I am dealing with other people's code that processes XML files.
> Unfortunately, that code, which I have no control over, seems to use
> some home-grown parsing algorithm, which DOES NOT always detect
> encodings correctly, but expects to be told them.

That's not a big deal.  Several of the Java components work this way. 
Open the file with an assumed encoding, and test the encoding.  If you 
are wrong, throw an exception, which causes the stream to be re-opened 
with the correct encoding (now that the correct encoding has been detected).

Be careful you're not subverting an established, working process here.

I personally am still looking for an SSCCE, as your last one didn't 
reproduce the error for me.

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Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-21 15:32 +0100
  Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 11:31 -0800
    Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-22 00:39 +0100
      Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-11-21 16:37 -0800
        Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-22 07:41 +0100
          Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-21 23:18 -0800
            Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid> - 2012-11-22 07:53 +0000
              Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-22 08:31 -0800
            Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-23 21:21 -0500
    Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-23 21:11 -0500
    Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-23 21:20 -0500
      Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-11-24 02:14 -0800
        Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-24 22:18 +0100
          Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-24 17:07 -0500
            Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-25 10:50 +0100
          Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-24 17:12 -0800
            Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-24 20:17 -0500
              Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-24 18:02 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-24 21:10 -0500
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-24 18:25 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-24 21:37 -0500
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-24 21:01 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-25 16:30 -0500
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2012-12-12 18:03 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-12 21:09 -0500
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-12 18:58 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-12 22:17 -0500
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-12 22:51 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2012-12-12 21:52 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-25 10:45 +0100
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-25 16:23 -0500
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX markspace <-@.> - 2012-11-25 13:24 -0800
                Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-25 10:58 +0100
        Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-24 17:13 -0500
        Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-24 17:19 -0500
  Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-11-22 03:24 -0800
    Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2012-11-24 00:13 +0100
      Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-23 21:22 -0500
  Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid> - 2012-11-25 11:00 +0000
    Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Sebastian <sebastian@undisclosed.invalid> - 2012-11-25 12:32 +0100
    Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-11-25 14:41 -0500
  Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-12 20:32 -0800
  Re: Detect XML document encodings with SAX Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2012-12-16 17:43 +0200

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