IEncodedStorage (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Superinterfaces:

IAdaptable, IStorage

All Known Subinterfaces:

IFile, IFileState
```
public interface IEncodedStorage
extends IStorage
```
A storage that knows how its contents are encoded.
The IEncodedStorage interface extends IStorage in order to provide access to the charset to be used when decoding its contents.
Clients may implement this interface.

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 storage's contents into characters.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable
getAdapter

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.resources.IStorage
getContents, getFullPath, getName, isReadOnly

- Method Detail
  - getCharset
```
String getCharset()
           throws CoreException
```
    Returns the name of a charset encoding to be used when decoding this storage's contents into characters. Returns null if a proper encoding cannot be determined.
    Note that 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.
    
    See Also:
    
    IStorage.getContents()