/*
* 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
*
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package com.google.common.base;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
/**
* 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.
*/
}