How do I encode UTF-8 using the XStream framework?

Question

Per XStream\'s FAQ its default parser does not preserve UTF-8 document encoding, and one must provide their own encoder. How does one do this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Another solution would be to initiate the XStream-object with correct encoding, through a driver. Using the DomDriver this would look like:

XStream xstream = new XStream(new DomDriver("UTF-8"));

The (default) PrettyPrintWriter will be wrapped by an outputstream with correct encoding. You could not add the UTF-8 header this way however...