Java Programming

Hey guys,

I need to modify the configuration file for the EventLog Inspector. the file is settings.elicfg. It is a UTF-16 encoded document.

Originally I wrote java code that successfully parsed, modified, and wrote the document in UTF-8. Then I realized that the ELI will not work for UTF-8, so I have to go back to UTF-16. However, when I try to do this, the output files are just gibberish. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong??

public static void verifyGeneralSettings (int value)
      throws Exception
  {
    //TODO make sure value is boolean 1 or 0.
    //retrieve the filepath of settings.clifg
    String filePath = parseConfigFile(MASTER_CONFIG_PATH, SETTINGS_FILE_NODE_NAME);
    try
    {
      //Retrieve settings.clifg xml file
      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
      dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
      DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
      Document doc = db.parse(new File(filePath));
      Element rootElement = doc.getDocumentElement();
      NodeList eventLogInspectorNodes = rootElement.getElementsByTagName(GENERAL_NODE_NAME);

      //Find the general node.
      if (eventLogInspectorNodes == null || eventLogInspectorNodes.getLength() != 1)
      {
        log.error(GENERAL_NODE_ERROR);
        throw new Exception(IMPROPER_XML_FORMAT);
      }
      Node generalNode = eventLogInspectorNodes.item(0);
      Element generalElement = (Element)generalNode;

      //verify CheckUpdates, HideTaskbar, and TrayIcon
      verifySpecificNode(generalElement, CHECKUPDATES_NODE_NAME, value);
      verifySpecificNode(generalElement, HIDETASKBAR_NODE_NAME, value);
      verifySpecificNode(generalElement, TRAY_ICON_NODE_NAME, value);

      //prepare to output to file
      Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
      transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
      transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-16");
      transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");

      //initialize StreamResult with File object to save to file
      // Prepare the output file
      File file = new File(filePath);
      Result result = new StreamResult(file);

      //Write to file
      DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc);
      transformer.transform(source, result);

      if (log.isInfoEnabled())
      {
        log.info("CheckUpdates changed to " + value);
      }
    }
    catch(IOException ioe)
    {
      log.error(ioe.getStackTrace(), ioe);
      throw new Exception(ioe);
    }
    catch(ParserConfigurationException pce)
    {
      log.error(pce.getStackTrace(), pce);
      throw new Exception(pce);
    }
    catch(SAXException saxe)
    {
      log.error(saxe.getStackTrace(), saxe);
      throw new Exception(saxe);
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
      log.error(e.getStackTrace(), e);
      throw new Exception(e);
    }
  }

I have tried comment out the setproperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-16" line, and am a little out of ideas. I recieve no errors or exception during compile time or run-time, so I'm not sure why it's failing. I had expected to recieve a "content not allowed in prolog" if there was some sort of encoding conflict between what I write and the file that I'm writing to, but I do not recieve that error either. Following is the header created if I simply change "UTF-16" to "UTF-8" in the code above:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<EventLogInspector>
  <Version>210</Version>
  <Timestamp>1267739308</Timestamp>

however just switching to UTF-16 provides the gibberish (looks like korean letters, and boxes)

I think that my code is reading IN the file as UTF-8, and perhaps that is part of the problem. (I know this because I'll get the "prolog error" unless I manually change the header to UTF-8 before I run my program. How do I tell it to read as UTF-16??? I can post more of the code if needed, I just didn't want to clutter up the post with unneccessary code. I'm pretty sure that this method has all of the critical elements. Thanks in advance!