Charset name() method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 28 Mar, 2019

The name() method is a built-in method of the java.nio.charset returns the charset's canonical name. Syntax:

public final String name()

Parameters: The function does not accepts any parameter. Return Value: The function returns the charset's canonical name. Below is the implementation of the above function: Program 1:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// the above function

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Gets charset
        Charset Charset1 = Charset.forName("UTF8");

        // Prints it
        System.out.println(Charset1.name());
    }
}

Output:

UTF-8

Program 2:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// the above function

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;

public class GFG {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // Gets charset
        Charset Charset1 = Charset.forName("UTF16");

        // Prints it
        System.out.println(Charset1.name());
    }
}