Best way to read non-utf xml documents

[Praveen Peddi]

I have input xml files in "windows-1252" encoding and I have to convert these into utf-8 format and send to server (server assumes that all input xml files are utf-8 encoded). When I read the files and output in utf-8 encoding, I am losing some special characters like registered marks, copy right etc.   I am reading the file in OS native encoding and outputting in utf-8 encoding (by not specifying any encoding for input stream).   Whats the best way to read non-utf8 encoded xml files and output in utf-8 encoding.   Any help would be appreciated...     Thanks Praveen   ************************************************************** Praveen Peddi Sr Software Engg, Context Media, Inc. email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:  401.854.3475 Fax:  401.861.3596 web: http://www.contextmedia.com ************************************************************** Context Media- "The Leader in Enterprise Content Integration"