Package net.sf.saxon.resource

Class EncodingDetector

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.resource.EncodingDetector

public class EncodingDetector
extends Object

Utility class to detect the encoding of a stream by examining the initial bytes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EncodingDetector()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	inferStreamEncoding(InputStream is, String defaultEncoding, Logger err)	Try to detect the encoding from the start of the input stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

EncodingDetector

public EncodingDetector()

Method Details

inferStreamEncoding

public static String inferStreamEncoding(InputStream is,
 String defaultEncoding,
 Logger err)
                                  throws IOException

Try to detect the encoding from the start of the input stream

Parameters:

is - the input stream

defaultEncoding - the fallback encoding, normally UTF-8

err - logger to be used for diagnostics, or null

Returns:

the inferred encoding, defaulting to UTF-8

Throws:

IOException - if it isn't possible to mark the current position on the input stream and read ahead