Java tutorial
import java.nio.ByteBuffer; import java.nio.CharBuffer; import java.nio.charset.Charset; import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder; import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { Charset charset = Charset.forName("ISO-8859-1"); CharsetDecoder decoder = charset.newDecoder(); CharsetEncoder encoder = charset.newEncoder(); ByteBuffer bbuf = encoder.encode(CharBuffer.wrap("a string")); CharBuffer cbuf = decoder.decode(bbuf); String s = cbuf.toString(); } }