[xml] Question about using SHIFT-JIS encoding with libxml2

["Agarwal, Saumya" <Saumya Agarwal netapp com>]

Hi,

 

I am using libxml2 for xml parsing. When the client application sends data to libxml2 in UTF-8 format, it works fine.

 

But, I have a scenarion in which the client application sends data to libxml2 parser in SHIFT-JIS format.  

 

I have added the encoding declaration to the XML as follows  -
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="SHIFT-JIS"?> 
 

The following error is thrown by libxml2 -

 

"Parsing error in results: Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding ! " 

 

In libxml2 documentation at http://www.xmlsoft.org/encoding.html, I read that libxml2 can support any encoding by calling the xmlSwitchEncoding() routine.

What do I have to do to make libxml2 support SHIFT-JIS format? I want to continue supporting UTF-8 also.

 

 

Thanks,

Saumya