Hi folks, I would like to encourage, that some often used charset decoders, loaded by java.nio.charset.Charset, are worth to overview. See my results up to now: https://java-nio-charset-enhanced.dev.java.net/ I would be glad, to read your comments here ... Ulf *** See also: http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=40641&tstart=0