Re: [HAPI-devel] utf-8 characters in XML encoded HL7 messages

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Hi Jim,

I'm affraid the xml parser used in HAPI doesn't support character entitie=
s.

But for an xml document I don't see an immediate reason to use character =
entities, you can just specifiy the character in your xml document since =
it's UTF-8 encoded.

If my explanation is not clear, please send me your xml file ... I'll upd=
ate it ...

Thanks

Regards

Nico






Hey All-I'm having an issue with XMLSerializer's handling of character en=
codings. I'm sending antibiotic sensitivity results via OBX segments in O=
RU^R01 messages. The OBX needs to communicate the units used in the measu=
rement being reported. In one case, we need to use the character encoding=
 known as the micro sign. Hopefully, the email will render this correctly=
, but the following xml snippet shows what I'd like to send, which is the=
 HTML character encoding for the micro sign: =B5/mLUnfortunately, once th=
e XMLSerializer is done with it I end up with this (again if the characte=
rs are mangled, the example shows the ampersand for the micro sign transf=
ormed into an HTML character encoding for ampersand followed by the text =
string \"micro;\": =B5/mLIf you look at the source code for XMLSerializer=
 you'll see that it doesn't recognize or respect HTML encoding characters=
 when it sees them. As soon as it sees an ampersand, regardless of the co=
ntext, it transforms it into its HTML charac!
 ter
encoding equvalent.If I try simply sending through the character or its u=
nicode equivalent the serializer happily sends it through untouched, but =
the system I'm sending to isn't able to cope with it and rejects the mess=
age. It will only accept the html character encoding.Does anyone have a w=
ork around for this that doesn't involve post processing the XML represen=
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