Re: NSXMLParser initWIthData - Encoding?
Re: NSXMLParser initWIthData - Encoding?
- Subject: Re: NSXMLParser initWIthData - Encoding?
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 10:07:10 -0700
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Patrick Rutkowski <email@hidden> wrote:
> I find it disgusting that the doc section for NSXMLParser initWithData takes binary data, but doesn't tell you which encoding it's supposed to be?
>
> Link:
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/reference/foundation/Classes/NSXMLParser_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instm/NSXMLParser/initWithData:
>
> I'm still pretty new to XML though, does the encoding always have to be UTF-8, or perhaps always UTF-16?
You find it "disgusting," yet you admit you're new? Perhaps a milder
tone is warranted here?
> Either way, which encoding does initWithData expect to get? Does it perhaps detect which encoding is being used, based on the data you give it?
Please read the relevant section of the XML spec, keeping in mind that
it is non-normative:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-guessing
--Kyle Sluder
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