RE: Character encodings

>I've noticed a similar problem when storing XML files within eXist.

>I've found that if I remove the xml processing instruction from the
>first line of the file, then character encodings are preserved - but keep the
>processing instruction and the characters will not be preserved when retrieving
>the documents.

I too have noticed this problem.  If you try a to do a POST of an XML file with 
UTF-16 then it causes a SAXParseException "Content is not allowed in prolog."

If you remove the xml processing instruction the HTTP REST POST works fine.

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