Package java.nio.charset

Class Summary

Class	Description
Charset	A charset is a named mapping between Unicode characters and byte sequences.
CharsetDecoder	A converter that can convert a byte sequence from a charset into a 16-bit Unicode character sequence.
CharsetEncoder	Transforms a sequence of 16-bit Java characters to a byte sequence in some encoding.
CoderResult	Used to indicate the result of encoding/decoding.
CodingErrorAction	Used to indicate what kind of actions to take in case of encoding/decoding errors.
ModifiedUtf8	Encoding and decoding methods for Modified UTF-8
StandardCharsets	Convenient access to the most important built-in charsets.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
CharacterCodingException	A CharacterCodingException is thrown when an encoding or decoding error occurs.
IllegalCharsetNameException	An IllegalCharsetNameException is thrown when an illegal charset name is encountered.
MalformedInputException	A MalformedInputException is thrown when a malformed input is encountered, for example if a byte sequence is illegal for the given charset.
UnmappableCharacterException	An UnmappableCharacterException is thrown when an unmappable character for the given charset is encountered.
UnsupportedCharsetException	An UnsupportedCharsetException is thrown when an unsupported charset name is encountered.

Error Summary

Error	Description
CoderMalfunctionError	A CoderMalfunctionError is thrown when the encoder/decoder is malfunctioning.