It's right there in the docs: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/PrintStream.html
All characters printed by a PrintStream are converted into bytes using the platform's default character encoding. The PrintWriter<http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/PrintWriter.html> class should be used in situations that require writing characters rather than bytes. On 23 March 2014 18:54, Ralph Goers <[email protected]> wrote: > How will it improve charset handling? Currently a charset isn’t > configured. > > Ralph > > On Mar 23, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would it be alright to migrate to using PrintWriter instead of > PrintStream? This improves charset handling, plus Java recommends using > Writers over OutputStreams for textual content. > > -- > Matt Sicker <[email protected]> > > > -- Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
