CharsetDecoder charset() in Java with examples

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2020
CharsetDecoder.charset() is an in-built method in Java of CharsetDecoder class that returns the charset that created this decoder. Syntax: 
public final Charset charset()
Parameter: The function does not accepts any parameter. Return value: The function returns the decoder's charset. Program below demonstrate the above mentioned function: Program 1: Java 
// Java program below demonstrate
// CharsetDecoder.charset function

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
    {
        Charset charset = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1");

        // initialising CharsetDecoder cd
        CharsetDecoder cd = charset.newDecoder();
        // print charset of decoder cd
        System.out.println(cd.charset());
    }
}
Output: 
ISO-8859-1
Program 2: Java 
// Java program below demonstrate
// CharsetDecoder.charset function

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception
    {
        Charset charset = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-2");

        // initialising CharsetDecoder cd
        CharsetDecoder cd = charset.newDecoder();
        // print charset of decoder cd
        System.out.println(cd.charset());
    }
}
Output: 
ISO-8859-2
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