Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; public class Main { public static String getCharset(File file) { String charset = "GBK"; byte[] first3Bytes = new byte[3]; try { boolean checked = false; BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)); bis.mark(0); int read = bis.read(first3Bytes, 0, 3); if (read == -1) return charset; if (first3Bytes[0] == (byte) 0xFF && first3Bytes[1] == (byte) 0xFE) { charset = "UTF-16LE"; checked = true; } else if (first3Bytes[0] == (byte) 0xFE && first3Bytes[1] == (byte) 0xFF) { charset = "UTF-16BE"; checked = true; } else if (first3Bytes[0] == (byte) 0xEF && first3Bytes[1] == (byte) 0xBB && first3Bytes[2] == (byte) 0xBF) { charset = "UTF-8"; checked = true; } bis.reset(); if (!checked) { int loc = 0; while ((read = bis.read()) != -1) { loc++; if (read >= 0xF0) break; if (0x80 <= read && read <= 0xBF) break; if (0xC0 <= read && read <= 0xDF) { read = bis.read(); if (0x80 <= read && read <= 0xBF) continue; else break; } else if (0xE0 <= read && read <= 0xEF) { read = bis.read(); if (0x80 <= read && read <= 0xBF) { read = bis.read(); if (0x80 <= read && read <= 0xBF) { charset = "UTF-8"; break; } else break; } else break; } } } bis.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return charset; } }