Java : How to determine the correct charset encoding of a stream

Question

With reference to the following thread: Java App : Unable to read iso-8859-1 encoded file correctly

What is the best way to programatically determine the correct cha

Answer 1

I found a nice third party library which can detect actual encoding: http://glaforge.free.fr/wiki/index.php?wiki=GuessEncoding

I didn't test it extensively but it seems to work.