Package java.nio.charset
| Class name | Description | 
|---|---|
| Charset | A named mapping between characters and bytes | 
| CharsetDecoder | Decodes bytes into characters | 
| CharsetEncoder | Encodes characters into bytes | 
| CoderResult | Describes coder results | 
| CodingErrorAction | Describes actions to take when coding errors are detected | 
A charset is named mapping between sequences of sixteen-bit Unicode characters and sequences of bytes, in the sense defined in RFC 2278. A decoder is an engine which transforms bytes in a specific charset into characters, and an encoder is an engine which transforms characters into bytes. Encoders and decoders operate on byte and character buffers. They are collectively referred to as coders.
 The Charset class defines methods for
 creating coders for a given charset and for retrieving the various
 names associated with a charset.  It also defines static methods
 for testing whether a particular charset is supported, for locating
 charset instances by name, and for constructing a map that contains
 every charset for which support is available in the current Java
 virtual machine.
 
 Most users will not use these classes directly; instead they
 will use the existing charset-related constructors and methods in
 the String class, together with the existing
 InputStreamReader and OutputStreamWriter classes, all of whose implementations
 have been reworked to make use of the charset facilities defined in
 this package.  A small number of changes have been made to the
 InputStreamReader and OutputStreamWriter classes in order to allow explicit
 charset objects to be specified in the construction of instances of
 those classes.
 
 Support for new charsets can be made available via the
 interface defined in the CharsetProvider class in the java.nio.charset.spi package.
 
 Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a
 constructor or method in any class or interface in this package
 will cause a NullPointerException to be thrown.
- Since:
- 1.4
- External Specifications
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ClassDescriptionChecked exception thrown when a character encoding or decoding error occurs.A named mapping between sequences of sixteen-bit Unicode code units and sequences of bytes.An engine that can transform a sequence of bytes in a specific charset into a sequence of sixteen-bit Unicode characters.An engine that can transform a sequence of sixteen-bit Unicode characters into a sequence of bytes in a specific charset.Error thrown when thedecodeLoopmethod of aCharsetDecoder, or theencodeLoopmethod of aCharsetEncoder, throws an unexpected exception.A description of the result state of a coder.A typesafe enumeration for coding-error actions.Unchecked exception thrown when a string that is not a legal charset name is used as such.Checked exception thrown when an input byte sequence is not legal for given charset, or an input character sequence is not a legal sixteen-bit Unicode sequence.Constant definitions for the standardcharsets.Checked exception thrown when an input character (or byte) sequence is valid but cannot be mapped to an output byte (or character) sequence.Unchecked exception thrown when no support is available for a requested charset.