Check if a String contains encoded characters

Question

Hello I am looking for a way to detect if a string has being encoded

For example

    String name = \"Hellä world\";
    String encoded = new String(n         


        

Answer 1

I'm not really sure what are you trying to do or what is your problem.

This line doesn't make any sense:

String encoded = new String(name.getBytes("utf-8"), "iso8859-1");

You are encoding your name into "UTF-8" and then trying to decode as "iso8859-1".

If you what to encode your name as "iso8859-1" just do name.getBytes("iso8859-1").

Please tell us what is the problem you encountered so that we can help more.