RE: [xml-dev] FInding encoding

> Given an XML file, how can I find the encoding of it? Please 
> give me some 
> APi by which I can know what encoding is used for that XML.

Most APIs don't tell you the encoding, because you don't need to know: by
the time your application sees the content, it has been decoded from its
original encoding into the native representation of your programming
language.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/