Class StandardCharsets

java.lang.Object

java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets

public final class StandardCharsets extends Object

Constant definitions for the standard charsets. These charsets are guaranteed to be available on every implementation of the Java platform.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static final Charset`	`ISO_8859_1`	ISO Latin Alphabet No. 1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
`static final Charset`	`US_ASCII`	Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_16`	Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, byte order identified by an optional byte-order mark.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_16BE`	Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_16LE`	Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_32`	Thirty-two-bit UCS Transformation Format, byte order identified by an optional byte-order mark.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_32BE`	Thirty-two-bit UCS Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_32LE`	Thirty-two-bit UCS Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
`static final Charset`	`UTF_8`	Eight-bit UCS Transformation Format.

Method Summary

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Field Details

US_ASCII

public static final Charset US_ASCII

Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.

ISO_8859_1

public static final Charset ISO_8859_1

ISO Latin Alphabet No. 1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.

UTF_8

public static final Charset UTF_8

Eight-bit UCS Transformation Format.

UTF_16BE

public static final Charset UTF_16BE

Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.

UTF_16LE

public static final Charset UTF_16LE

Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.

UTF_16

public static final Charset UTF_16

Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, byte order identified by an optional byte-order mark.

UTF_32BE

public static final Charset UTF_32BE

Thirty-two-bit UCS Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.

Since:: 22

UTF_32LE

public static final Charset UTF_32LE

Thirty-two-bit UCS Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.

Since:: 22

UTF_32

public static final Charset UTF_32

Thirty-two-bit UCS Transformation Format, byte order identified by an optional byte-order mark.

Since:: 22

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