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gnu.java.nio.charset

Class EncodingHelper

public class EncodingHelper
extends Object
This class provides some useful utility methods for charset encoding for the java.lang and java.io methods.

Method Summary

static Charset
getCharset(String name)
Gets a charset, throwing the java.io exception and not the java.nio exception if an error occurs.
static Charset
getDefaultCharset()
Returns the default charset without throwing any exceptions.
static String
getDefaultEncoding()
Returns the name of the default encoding, falls back on defaults to Latin-1 if there's a problem.
static String
getOldCanonical(String newCanonical)
Returns the java.io canonical name of a charset given with the java.nio canonical name.
static boolean
isISOLatin1(String s)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getCharset

public static Charset getCharset(String name)
            throws UnsupportedEncodingException
Gets a charset, throwing the java.io exception and not the java.nio exception if an error occurs.

getDefaultCharset

public static Charset getDefaultCharset()
Returns the default charset without throwing any exceptions. The default charset is UTF8.
Returns:
the default charset

getDefaultEncoding

public static String getDefaultEncoding()
Returns the name of the default encoding, falls back on defaults to Latin-1 if there's a problem.

getOldCanonical

public static String getOldCanonical(String newCanonical)
Returns the java.io canonical name of a charset given with the java.nio canonical name. If the charset does not have a java.io canonical name, the input string is returned.

isISOLatin1

public static boolean isISOLatin1(String s)
EncodingHelper.java -- Useful character encoding methods. Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.

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