How can I read a UTF-8 text file from a jar using the Java method Class.getResourceAsStream()?

I have a UTF-8 file stored inside a java jar file. I am trying to read it using the method getResourceAsStream(), b开发者_JAVA百科ut the input stream reader that is returned by the function uses the default encoding, which is the ANSI one under Windows.

How can I read a UTF-8 text file from inside a jar?

Create an InputStreamReader around the InputStream, specifying UTF-8 as the encoding.

Note: I'm not sure what you mean by "the input stream reader that is returned by the function uses the default encoding" - getResourceAsStream() returns an InputStream, which reads binary data. That's not a reader at all (dealing with character data).

native2ascii may help you.
it converts non-ascii characters to equivalent character codes inside your utf-8 file.
for example;
native2ascii -encoding Cp1254 input_file.txt output_file.properties
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