Method getEncoding

src/main/java/gate/corpora/DocumentImpl.java:675–684

Get the encoding of the document content source

()

  /** Get the encoding of the document content source */
  @Override
  public String getEncoding() {
    // we need to make sure we ALWAYS have an encoding
    if(encoding == null || encoding.trim().length() == 0) {
      // no encoding definded: use the platform default
      encoding = java.nio.charset.Charset.forName(
              System.getProperty("file.encoding")).name();
    }
    return encoding;
  }

  /** Set the encoding of the document content source */
  @Optional