[Java] Class CharsetToolkit

 CharsetToolkit toolkit = new CharsetToolkit(file);

 // guess the encoding
 Charset guessedCharset = toolkit.getCharset();

 // create a reader with the correct charset
 BufferedReader reader = toolkit.getReader();

 // read the file content
 String line;
 while ((line = br.readLine())!= null)
 {
     System.out.println(line);
 }
 

Constructor Detail

public CharsetToolkit(File file)

Constructor of the CharsetToolkit utility class.

Parameters:

file - of which we want to know the encoding.

Method Detail

public static Charset[] getAvailableCharsets()

Retrieves all the available Charsets on the platform, among which the default charset.

Returns:

an array of Charsets.

public Charset getCharset()

public Charset getDefaultCharset()

Retrieves the default Charset

public static Charset getDefaultSystemCharset()

Retrieve the default charset of the system.

Returns:

the default Charset.

public boolean getEnforce8Bit()

Gets the enforce8Bit flag, in case we do not want to ever get a US-ASCII encoding.

Returns:

a boolean representing the flag of use of US-ASCII.

public BufferedReader getReader()

Gets a BufferedReader (indeed a LineNumberReader) from the File specified in the constructor of CharsetToolkit using the charset discovered or the default charset if an 8-bit Charset is encountered.

throws:

FileNotFoundException if the file is not found.

Returns:

a BufferedReader

public boolean hasUTF16BEBom()

Has a Byte Order Marker for UTF-16 Big Endian (utf-16 and ucs-2).

Returns:

true if the buffer has a BOM for UTF-16 Big Endian.

public boolean hasUTF16LEBom()

Has a Byte Order Marker for UTF-16 Low Endian (ucs-2le, ucs-4le, and ucs-16le).

Returns:

true if the buffer has a BOM for UTF-16 Low Endian.

public boolean hasUTF8Bom()

Has a Byte Order Marker for UTF-8 (Used by Microsoft's Notepad and other editors).

Returns:

true if the buffer has a BOM for UTF8.

public void setDefaultCharset(Charset defaultCharset)

Defines the default Charset used in case the buffer represents an 8-bit Charset.

Parameters:

defaultCharset - the default Charset to be returned if an 8-bit Charset is encountered.

public void setEnforce8Bit(boolean enforce)

If US-ASCII is recognized, enforce to return the default encoding, rather than US-ASCII. It might be a file without any special character in the range 128-255, but that may be or become a file encoded with the default charset rather than US-ASCII.

Parameters:

enforce - a boolean specifying the use or not of US-ASCII.