EncodingDetector (saxon JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.saxon.resource.EncodingDetector

```
public class EncodingDetector
extends Object
```
Utility class to detect the encoding of a stream by examining the initial bytes

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

EncodingDetector()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`inferStreamEncoding(InputStream is, Logger err)`	Try to detect the encoding from the start of the input stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - EncodingDetector
```
public EncodingDetector()
```
- Method Detail
  - inferStreamEncoding
```
public static String inferStreamEncoding(InputStream is,
                                         Logger err)
                                  throws IOException
```
    Try to detect the encoding from the start of the input stream
    
    Parameters:
    
    is - the input stream
    
    err - logger to be used for diagnostics, or null
    
    Returns:
    
    the inferred encoding, defaulting to UTF-8
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if it isn't possible to mark the current position on the input stream and read ahead