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The CharEncoding.java Java example source code

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package org.apache.commons.lang3;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException;

/**
 * <p>Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.

 *
 * <p>According to JRE character
 * encoding names</a>:

 *
 * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following character encodings.
 * Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other encodings are supported.
 * </cite>

 *
 * @see <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html">JRE character encoding names
 * @since 2.1
 */
public class CharEncoding {

    /**
     * <p>ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.

     *
     * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

     */
    public static final String ISO_8859_1 = "ISO-8859-1";

    /**
     * <p>Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block
     * of the Unicode character set.</p>
     *
     * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

     */
    public static final String US_ASCII = "US-ASCII";

    /**
     * <p>Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial
     * byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).</p>
     *
     * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

     */
    public static final String UTF_16 = "UTF-16";

    /**
     * <p>Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.

     *
     * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

     */
    public static final String UTF_16BE = "UTF-16BE";

    /**
     * <p>Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.

     *
     * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

     */
    public static final String UTF_16LE = "UTF-16LE";

    /**
     * <p>Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.

     *
     * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

     */
    public static final String UTF_8 = "UTF-8";

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>Returns whether the named charset is supported.

     *
     * <p>This is similar to 
     *
     * @param name  the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias, null returns false
     * @return {@code true} if the charset is available in the current Java virtual machine
     */
    public static boolean isSupported(final String name) {
        if (name == null) {
            return false;
        }
        try {
            return Charset.isSupported(name);
        } catch (final IllegalCharsetNameException ex) {
            return false;
        }
    }

}