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Agreed. As long as no UTF-16 chars are used, which is really easy to do in java since strings are all UTF-16, it's all gravy.

Java strings are UTF-16

A good XML writer that prevents you from going outside of the declared format will protect you from future mistakes. Down side is the extra effort in using some XML api over others. JSON is usually gravy in all languages.

Gravy.. mmmm...