How do I parse a special character in XML?

To include special characters inside XML files you must use the numeric character reference instead of that character. The numeric character reference must be UTF-8 because the supported encoding for XML files is defined in the prolog as encoding=”UTF-8″ and should not be changed.

What is UTF encoding in XML?

Encoding Types UTF stands for UCS Transformation Format, and UCS itself means Universal Character Set. The number 8 or 16 refers to the number of bits used to represent a character. They are either 8(1 to 4 bytes) or 16(2 or 4 bytes). For the documents without encoding information, UTF-8 is set by default.

How is UTF-8 encoded?

UTF-8 is a byte encoding used to encode unicode characters. UTF-8 uses 1, 2, 3 or 4 bytes to represent a unicode character. Remember, a unicode character is represented by a unicode code point. Thus, UTF-8 uses 1, 2, 3 or 4 bytes to represent a unicode code point.

Can XML contain special characters?

When you use wizards to customize any string in your XML file, you can use the following special symbols: <, >, &, ‘, “. You can also use these symbols when you are editing a query in Expert Mode or when you are manually entering SQL code into XML files between CDATA tags.

How do I change special characters in XML?

The following characters are reserved in XML and must be replaced with their corresponding XML entities:

‘ is replaced with ‘
” is replaced with “
& is replaced with &
< is replaced with <
> is replaced with >

How do I change the encoding of an XML file?

Another way to change the encoding of an XML document is to directly edit the encoding attribute of the document’s XML declaration. Default encodings for existing and new XML and non-XML documents can be set in the Encoding section of the Options dialog.

Is Required?

You will notice that many XML documents do not contain any encoding information. In fact the XML declaration itself is optional. According to the XML 1.0 specification, all processors are required to automatically support (and detect) the UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings.

What are the illegal characters in XML?

The only illegal characters are & , < and > (as well as ” or ‘ in attributes, depending on which character is used to delimit the attribute value: attr=”must use ” here, ‘ is allowed” and attr=’must use ‘ here, ” is allowed’ ). They’re escaped using XML entities, in this case you want & for & .