3118744 - Transformer exception occurred when executing XSLT with Japanese characters

• In Process Integration (PI) or Process Orchestration (PO) 7.50, you have configured an integration scenario where the MessageTransformBean is used in an Adapter Module configuration
• The integration is processing files/data with Japanese characters
• The encoding appears to be set correctly for this type of integration
• When processing the file at runtime, an error similar to below can occur: 
  Mapping xxx failed to execute: MappingException: Mapping failed in runtimeTransformer exception occurred when executing XSLT FileAdapterHierarchyToProductCategoryHierarchyUpdated...
  TransformException: Transformer exception occurred when executing XSLT FileAdapterHierarchyToProductCategoryHierarchyUpdated...
  javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.WrappedRuntimeException: Element type "ï" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>"., javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.WrappedRuntimeException: Element type "ï" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>"., com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.WrappedRuntimeException: Element type "ï" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>".

• SAP NetWeaver 7.5

XSLT mapping, junk character, special character, UTF-8, UTF-16, iso-8859-1, BOM , KBA , BC-XI-CON-AFW-MP , Module Processor , BC-XI-IBC-MAP , Mapping , Problem