I have a simple DTO object: public class TestDTO { private String name; public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } } and q simple web-service method: public String test(TestDTO t) { String string = "Hello " + t.getName() + " special char = " + (char)167; System.out.println(string); System.out.println(string.length()); return string; } When I use this method TestDTO t = new TestDTO(); t.setName("Test §"); String str = entitySrv.test(t); System.out.println(str); I receive a string "Hello Test ?§ special char = §" instead "Hello Test § special char = §". I saw that 'B' before '§' is added by JAXB when this object is being marshalled to XML. But in a request to the server a message looks like: <env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <env:Header/> <env:Body> <ns1:test xmlns:ns1="http://services.workflow.midtier.complinet.com/"> <arg0> Test ???§ </arg0> </ns1:test> </env:Body> </env:Envelope> Inside the web-service method the field name is "Test ?§" instead of "Test §". It looks like double encoding of '§' character. I use JBossWS 1.2.1.GA and JBoss 4.2.0GA. Regards, Alexey View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4069307#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...