Re: platform default charset

From: Adam Maass (adam.nospam.maass_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/22/04

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    "Christophe Darville" <cdarville@infonosis.com> wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > How can I change the platform's default charset used by a VM ?
    >
    > I am talking about the charset used by String methods such
    > byte[] getBytes()
    > Encodes this String into a sequence of bytes using the
    > platform's default charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
    >
    >

    On Solaris operating systems, you can change the value of the LANG
    enviroment variable.

    -- Adam Maass

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