How to read a file in Java with specific character encoding?

Question

I am trying to read a file in as either UTF-8 or Windows-1252 depending on the output of this method:

public Charset getCorrectCharsetToApply() {
    // Retu         


        

Answer 1

With Java 7+, you can create the Reader in one line:

BufferedReader buffReader = Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get(fileName), getCorrectCharsetToApply());