CharsetDecoder charset() in Java with examples

CharsetDecoder.charset() is an in-built method in Java of CharsetDecoder class that returns the charset that created this decoder.

Syntax:

public final Charset charset()

Parameter: The function does not accepts any parameter.

Return value: The function returns the decoder’s charset.

Program below demonstrate the above mentioned function:

Program 1:

// Java program below demonstrate
// CharsetDecoder.charset function

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
    {
        Charset charset = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");

        // initialising CharsetDecoder cd
        CharsetDecoder cd = charset.newDecoder();
        // print charset of decoder cd
        System.out.println(cd.charset());
    }
}

Output:

ISO-8859-1

Program 2:

// Java program below demonstrate
// CharsetDecoder.charset function

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
    {
        Charset charset = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-2");

        // initialising CharsetDecoder cd
        CharsetDecoder cd = charset.newDecoder();
        // print charset of decoder cd
        System.out.println(cd.charset());
    }
}

Output:

ISO-8859-2