# Encodings

###### Identifier:

org.eclipse.ui.encodings

###### Since:

3.1

###### Description:

A list of encodings that will be made available to the user for selection of file encodings. This list corresponds to the values of Charset#getName() for a series of Charsets. Those that are specified but not avaiable will be indicated as such in the workbench and will not be selectable by the user.

###### Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (encoding*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED

>

<!ELEMENT encoding EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST encoding

name CDATA #REQUIRED

>

- name - The name of the charset. If this value is sent to Charset#getName(String) the corresponding Charset would be returned.

###### Examples:

The following is an example of an encodings extension:

       <extension
           point="org.eclipse.ui.encodings">
          <encoding name="ISO-8859-1"/>
          <encoding name="UTF-8"/>
          <encoding name="US-ASCII"/>
       </extension>

###### API Information:

Use method `org.eclipse.ui.WorkbenchEncoding.getDefinedEncodings` to retrieve the encodings defined by this extension point. Use method `org.eclipse.ui.WorkbenchEncoding.getWorkbenchDefaultEncoding` to retrieve the default encoding from the virtual machine.

###### Supplied Implementation:

The workbench provides some commonly used encodings.

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