Re: Convert encodings

From:

The87Boy <the87boy@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.help

Date:

Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:12:01 -0800 (PST)

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On 3 Feb., 21:54, Lew <no...@lewscanon.com> wrote:

The87Boy wrote:

I am downloading a webpage using the HttpURLConnection, where I get
the InputStream, but are there are any ways I can convert the
webpage's charset to the client's charset

Character "encoding" is a more precise term in this context.

I am getting the webpage's charset by using this:

// Get the charset
String charset = conn.getContentEncoding();

// Check if the charset is not known
if (charset == null) {

    // Get the Content-Type
    String contentType = conn.getContentType();

    // Get the charset
    charset = contentType.split("charset=")[1];
}

But how do I convert it?

I have an idea by using the constructor of InputStreamReader, but how
do I get it out in the client's charset

Specify the output encoding in the creation of your 'Writer'. The Java=

docs

will point the way.

if all you want is the default encoding for the client platform, you don'=

need to specify an encoding in the 'Writer' but just use the default.

So I can make use of this:

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is,
encoding));
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
String line;

while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
sb.append(line+'\n'); // I know I have to change here
}