Java : How to determine the correct charset encoding of a stream

Question

With reference to the following thread: Java App : Unable to read iso-8859-1 encoded file correctly

What is the best way to programatically determine the correct cha

Answer 1

The libs above are simple BOM detectors which of course only work if there is a BOM in the beginning of the file. Take a look at http://jchardet.sourceforge.net/ which does scans the text