Charset.ForName(String) Method

Definition

Returns a charset object for the named charset.

[Android.Runtime.Register("forName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/nio/charset/Charset;", "")]
public static Java.Nio.Charset.Charset? ForName (string? charsetName);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("forName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/nio/charset/Charset;", "")>]
static member ForName : string -> Java.Nio.Charset.Charset

Parameters

charsetName
String

The name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias

Returns

A charset object for the named charset

Attributes

Exceptions

if the specified charset name is illegal.

if the desired charset is not supported by this runtime.

Remarks

Returns a charset object for the named charset.

Java documentation for java.nio.charset.Charset.forName(java.lang.String).

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Applies to