Index: src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/DomDriver.java
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--- src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/DomDriver.java	(révision 647)
+++ src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/io/xml/DomDriver.java	(copie de travail)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     }
 
     public DomDriver() {
-        this("UTF-8");
+        this(null);
     }
 
     public HierarchicalStreamReader createReader(Reader xml) {
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
     private HierarchicalStreamReader createReader(InputSource source) {
         try {
             DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
-            source.setEncoding(encoding);
+            if (encoding != null) {
+            	source.setEncoding(encoding);
+            }
             Document document = documentBuilder.parse(source);
             return new DomReader(document);
         } catch (FactoryConfigurationError e) {