### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P org.xwiki.eclipse.coref
Index: src/main/java/org/xwiki/eclipse/core/utils/CoreUtils.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/xwiki/eclipse/core/utils/CoreUtils.java	(revision 21345)
+++ src/main/java/org/xwiki/eclipse/core/utils/CoreUtils.java	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFolder;
@@ -84,27 +85,35 @@
      */
     public static IFile writeDataToXML(IFile file, Object data) throws CoreException
     {
-        XStream xstream = getXStream();
+    	 XStream xstream = getXStream();
 
-        if (file.getParent() instanceof IFolder) {
-            IFolder parentFolder = (IFolder) file.getParent();
-            createFolder(parentFolder);
-        }
+         if (file.getParent() instanceof IFolder) {
+             IFolder parentFolder = (IFolder) file.getParent();
+             createFolder(parentFolder);
+         }
+         
+         byte[] bytes = null;
+         
+         try {
+ 			bytes = xstream.toXML(data).getBytes("UTF-8");
+ 		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
+ 			//ignore
+ 		}
 
-        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(xstream.toXML(data).getBytes());
-        if (!file.exists()) {
-            file.create(is, true, null);
-        } else {
-            file.setContents(is, true, false, null);
-        }
+         InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+         if (!file.exists()) {
+             file.create(is, true, null);
+         } else {
+             file.setContents(is, true, false, null);
+         }
 
-        try {
-            is.close();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            // Ignore
-        }
+         try {
+             is.close();
+         } catch (IOException e) {
+             // Ignore
+         }
 
-        return file;
+         return file;
     }
 
     /**