Index: lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/webservice/xml/LessonManagerServlet.java
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/webservice/xml/LessonManagerServlet.java,v
diff -u -r1.41 -r1.42
--- lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/webservice/xml/LessonManagerServlet.java	12 Oct 2012 15:01:57 -0000	1.41
+++ lams_central/src/java/org/lamsfoundation/lams/webservice/xml/LessonManagerServlet.java	1 Nov 2012 10:02:20 -0000	1.42
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.ls.DOMImplementationLS;
+import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSOutput;
 import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSSerializer;
 
 public class LessonManagerServlet extends HttpServlet {
@@ -250,10 +251,11 @@
 	    // write out the xml document.
 	    DOMImplementationLS domImplementation = (DOMImplementationLS) document.getImplementation();
 	    LSSerializer lsSerializer = domImplementation.createLSSerializer();
-	    String documentStr = lsSerializer.writeToString(document);
+	    LSOutput lsOutput = domImplementation.createLSOutput();
+	    lsOutput.setEncoding("UTF-8");
+	    lsOutput.setCharacterStream(out);
+	    lsSerializer.write(document, lsOutput);
 
-	    out.write(documentStr);
-
 	} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
 	    LessonManagerServlet.log.error("lsId or ldId is not an integer" + lsIdStr + ldIdStr, nfe);
 	    response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, "lsId or ldId is not an integer");