IEncodedStreamContentAccessor (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

IStreamContentAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

DocumentRangeNode, HistoryItem, ResourceNode, StructureRootNode
```
public interface IEncodedStreamContentAccessor
extends IStreamContentAccessor
```
Extension for IStreamContentAccessor. Extends the original concept of a IStreamContentAccessor to answer the Charset (encoding) used for the stream.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getCharset()`	Returns the name of a charset encoding to be used when decoding this stream accessor's contents into characters.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.compare.IStreamContentAccessor
getContents

- Method Detail
  - getCharset
```
String getCharset()
           throws CoreException
```
    Returns the name of a charset encoding to be used when decoding this stream accessor's contents into characters. Returns null if a proper encoding cannot be determined.
    Note: this method does not check whether the result is a supported charset name. Callers should be prepared to handle UnsupportedEncodingException where this charset is used.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of a charset, or null
    
    Throws:
    
    CoreException - if an error happens while determining the charset. See any refinements for more information.
    
    Since:
    
    3.0
    
    See Also:
    
    IStreamContentAccessor.getContents()