Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 95519 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2005 22:24:00 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 28 Aug 2005 22:24:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 99388 invoked by uid 500); 28 Aug 2005 22:23:56 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 99350 invoked by uid 500); 28 Aug 2005 22:23:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-user-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list java-user@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 99337 invoked by uid 99); 28 Aug 2005 22:23:55 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:23:55 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=10.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [129.215.166.64] (HELO grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk) (129.215.166.64) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:24:11 -0700 Received: from grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7SMNqCs023888 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:23:52 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id j7SMNquD023887 for java-user@lucene.apache.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:23:52 +0100 (BST) X-Authentication-Warning: grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk: nobody set sender to s0454888@sms.ed.ac.uk using -f Received: from haggis.cache.ed.ac.uk (haggis.cache.ed.ac.uk [129.215.13.83]) by sms.ed.ac.uk (IMP) with HTTP for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:23:52 +0100 Message-ID: <1125267832.4312397856421@sms.ed.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:23:52 +0100 From: Dave Kor To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Lucene does NOT use UTF-8. References: <05Aug27.185622pdt."58617"@synergy1.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: <05Aug27.185622pdt."58617"@synergy1.parc.xerox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.3 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.33 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/i18n/text/stream.html Yes, its confusing. Sun calls its own encoding format as "Unicode" and the above webpage talks about how to convert between Java's Unicode format and the UTF-8 format. Its just a matter of specifying "UTF-8" when creating output streams. I may have remembered wrongly, but I do seem to recall old Lucene code that was designed to run on JDK 1.1 actually did this "UTF-8" conversion. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-help@lucene.apache.org