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sources/main/java/com/google/common/base/Charsets.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.common.base;
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
+import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
+
+/**
+ * Contains constant definitions for the six standard {@link Charset} instances,
+ * which are guaranteed to be supported by all Java platform implementations.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Assuming you're free to choose, note that <b>{@link #UTF_8} is widely
+ * preferred</b>.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
+ * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/StringsExplained#Charsets">
+ * {@code Charsets}</a>.
+ *
+ * @author Mike Bostock
+ * @since 1.0
+ */
+@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
+public final class Charsets {
+	private Charsets() {
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * UTF-8: eight-bit UCS Transformation Format.
+	 *
+	 */
+	public static final Charset UTF_8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+
+	/*
+	 * Please do not add new Charset references to this class, unless those
+	 * character encodings are part of the set required to be supported by all Java
+	 * platform implementations! Any Charsets initialized here may cause unexpected
+	 * delays when this class is loaded. See the Charset Javadocs for the list of
+	 * built-in character encodings.
+	 */
+}