--- a/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClient.java	Thu Sep 26 19:55:53 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClient.java	Thu Oct 31 19:00:13 2013 +0100
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
 import org.dive4elements.artifacts.httpclient.exceptions.ConnectionException;
@@ -28,9 +26,6 @@
     ArtifactFactory[] getArtifactFactories()
     throws ConnectionException;
 
-    public void setOutEncoding(Charset charset);
-
-
     /*******************************
      * Artifact API
      *******************************/

--- a/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClientImpl.java	Thu Sep 26 19:55:53 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/artifacts/httpclient/http/HttpClientImpl.java	Thu Oct 31 19:00:13 2013 +0100
@@ -7,15 +7,9 @@
  */
 package org.dive4elements.artifacts.httpclient.http;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
-
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -46,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.dive4elements.artifacts.httpclient.utils.ArtifactProtocolUtils;
 import org.dive4elements.artifacts.httpclient.utils.ArtifactCreator;
 
-
 /**
  * Client to artifact-server.
  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
@@ -84,11 +77,6 @@
 
     private String localeString;
 
-    /**
-     * The Charset used for encoding the collectionOut output.
-     * If not set, the system/java default will be used (UTF-8).
-     */
-    private Charset charset;
 
     private static final ThreadLocal<Client> CLIENT =
         new ThreadLocal<Client>() {
@@ -101,22 +89,6 @@
 
     public HttpClientImpl(String serverUrl) {
         this.serverUrl = serverUrl;
-        setOutEncoding(null);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the encoding.
-     *
-     * Currently the encoding is only
-     * respected in the collectionOut-method!
-     *
-     * It was implemented to allow csv export to be in another than the
-     * sensible default (UTF-8) and allow easier integration
-     * e.g. in proprietary products.
-     */
-    public void setOutEncoding(Charset charset) {
-        this.charset = charset;
     }
 
 
@@ -294,6 +266,8 @@
         request.setEntity(representation);
         Response response = client.handle(request);
 
+        logger.debug("RESPONSE: " + response);
+
         Status status = response.getStatus();
         if (status.getCode() != 200) {
             logger.error("Response status: " + status.getCode());
@@ -437,44 +411,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-
-    /**
-     * Write out() operation of a Collection to <i>out</i>, using buffered
-     * reading and writing and a charset.
-     *
-     * @param in collection out to read from.
-     * @param out The OutputStream to write transcoded answer to.
-     */
-    private void collectionOutEnc(
-        InputStream in,
-        OutputStream out)
-    throws ConnectionException
-    {
-        try {
-            BufferedReader reader =
-                new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
-
-            BufferedWriter writer =
-                new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, this.charset));
-
-            try {
-                    char[] c = new char[4096];
-                    int i;
-                    while ((i = reader.read(c)) >= 0) {
-                        writer.write(c, 0, i);
-                    }
-            }
-            finally {
-                writer.flush();
-                in.close();
-            }
-        }
-        catch (IOException ioe) {
-            throw new ConnectionException(ioe.getMessage(), ioe);
-        }
-    }
-
-
     /**
      * Write out() operation of a Collection to <i>out</i>.
      *
@@ -493,12 +429,6 @@
         try {
             InputStream stream = collectionOut(doc, uuid, type);
 
-            // Transcode if charset is given.
-            if (charset != null) {
-                collectionOutEnc(stream, out);
-                return;
-            }
-
             try {
                 byte[] b = new byte[4096];
                 int i;