How to encode to windows 1252 in Java while writing to the file?

Question

If I were to encode the data in windows-1252 format and write it to the file, how to set the content type in java?

Accepted Answer

You can use an `OutputStreamWriter`.

```
Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(yourFile), "windows-1252");
```

Use the typical `Writer` methods to write output to your File (or wrap it, or declare it as `OutputStreamWriter`).

The constructor also accepts a `Charset` instead of the `String` charset name. You can get it like so

```
Charset windows1252 = Charset.forName("windows-1252");
```

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