topic Re: Change XML Encoding to UTF-8 in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Change XML Encoding to UTF-8

Former Member — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:50:59 GMT

Dear SDNers:

Hello!

I face an issue of sending some XML documents from SAP to a non SAP System. This non SAP System stores XML documents in UTF-8 encoding format. When I create an XML document using CALL TRANSFORMATION in ABAP, the XML code generated has encoding as "ISO-...". Could anyone of you please guide me on how to have this changed to UTF-8?

In case of no solution, I would eventually have to pick the XML generated code and replace the "ISO-..." thing with "UTF-8" at runtime within the program. However, I feel that's not a quality method.

So, if anyone of you can suggest/opine of something better, it would be truly appreciated and rewarded.

Have a Nice Day!

Vivek.

Re: Change XML Encoding to UTF-8

uwe_schieferstein — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:49:21 GMT

Hello Vivek

If you are working on 6.40 already perhaps the following classes may be helpful for converting between different encodings:

- CL_ABAP_CONV_IN_CE (Code Page and Endian Conversion (System Format -> External))

- CL_ABAP_CONV_OUT_CE (Code Page and Endian Conversion (System Format -> External))

- CL_ABAP_CONV_X2X_CE (Code Page and Endian Conversion Between External Formats)

Regards

Uwe

Re: Change XML Encoding to UTF-8

Former Member — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:42:24 GMT

Hello Uwe:

Currently we are on 6.20. But an upgrade is very near and I should expect these Classes to be handy then. I will explore them individually and post back. However, regarding my issue: the XML code generated by program is something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>#<asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0"><asx:values><SOURCE>42</SOURCE>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>#<asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0"><asx:values><SOURCE>42</SOURCE>.......

My need here is to replace the - encoding="iso-8859-1" with "UTF-8". So if you suggest proper methods to do so then it will be a good step for me.

Thanks for the relevant information anyways.

Have a nice day!

Re: Change XML Encoding to UTF-8

uwe_schieferstein — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:22:26 GMT

Hello Vivek

The classes I mentioned are available on 6.20, too.

When I do XML transformations on our 6.40 unicode system the encoding is utf-8.

To replace the "ISO-..." with "utf-8" is a simple task. However, I do not know if it is necessary to convert the byte stream of the XML string as well. But you could easily find out.

Regards

Uwe