Java tutorial
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.channels.FileChannel; import java.nio.charset.Charset; public class MainClass { private static final int BSIZE = 1024; public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { FileChannel fc = new FileOutputStream("data2.txt").getChannel(); fc.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("Some text".getBytes())); fc.close(); fc = new FileInputStream("data2.txt").getChannel(); ByteBuffer buff = ByteBuffer.allocate(BSIZE); fc.read(buff); buff.flip(); System.out.println(buff.asCharBuffer()); // Decode using this system's default Charset: buff.rewind(); String encoding = System.getProperty("file.encoding"); System.out.println("Decoded using " + encoding + ": " + Charset.forName(encoding).decode(buff)); // Or, we could encode with something that will print: fc = new FileOutputStream("data2.txt").getChannel(); fc.write(ByteBuffer.wrap("Some text".getBytes("UTF-16BE"))); fc.close(); } }