try {
controller.render(target, workspace);
// creates SVG-to-SVG transcoder
SVGTranscoder t = new SVGTranscoder();
t.addTranscodingHint(SVGTranscoder.KEY_XML_DECLARATION, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>");
// sets transcoder input and output
TranscoderInput input = new TranscoderInput(target.getDocument());
// performs transcoding