changed XML prolog handling.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/XML.cpp b/src/core/XML.cpp
index affa75f..9cfb5dc 100644
--- a/src/core/XML.cpp
+++ b/src/core/XML.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace xml {
 
 void Node::serialize(std::ostream &out, const std::string &doctype)
 {
-	out << "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";
 	if (doctype != "") {
 		out << doctype << "\n";
 	}
diff --git a/src/core/XML.hpp b/src/core/XML.hpp
index 25c8dae..e55ecba 100644
--- a/src/core/XML.hpp
+++ b/src/core/XML.hpp
@@ -68,17 +68,17 @@ public:
 	    : Managed(mgr), parent(acquire(parent)){};
 
 	/**
-	 * This method writes an XML prolog and the XML representing the current
+	 * This method writes an XML doctype and the XML representing the current
 	 * node, including all children, to the given output stream.
 	 * @param out     is the output stream the serialized data shall be
 	 *                written to.
-	 * @param doctype enables you to add a prefix after the XML prolog
-	 *                specifying the doctype.
+	 * @param doctype enables you to add a prefix specifying the doctype.
 	 */
-	void serialize(std::ostream &out, const std::string &doctype = "");
+	void serialize(std::ostream &out,
+	               const std::string &doctype = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
 	/**
 	 * This method just writes the XML representation of this node to the
-	 * output stream, without the XML prolog.
+	 * output stream.
 	 *
 	 * @param out      the output stream the serialized data shall be written
 	 *                 to.