FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
jdk 1.6.0

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
MS XP Version 5.1.2600

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
redirect encodes output file using the platform's default charset. The file enctest2.txt is not UTF-8 encoded.


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
use this xslt with any xml.
<xsl:output method="html" indent="no" encoding="UTF-8"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">Euro 1: € </xsl:text>
    <redirect:write encoding="UTF-8" file="enctest2.txt">
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">Euro 2: € </xsl:text>
    </redirect:write>
</xsl:template>

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
enctest2.txt should be UTF-8 encoded.
ACTUAL -
enctest2.txt is encoded using platform's default charset (windows 1252)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.