Author: sebb Date: Tue Jun 7 10:53:41 2016 New Revision: 1747189 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1747189&view=rev Log: SPecify the charset
Modified: commons/proper/io/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java Modified: commons/proper/io/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/io/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java?rev=1747189&r1=1747188&r2=1747189&view=diff ============================================================================== --- commons/proper/io/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java (original) +++ commons/proper/io/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java Tue Jun 7 10:53:41 2016 @@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.output.Null * <li>calculating a checksum * </ul> * <p> + * Note that a specific charset should be specified whenever possible. + * Relying on the platform default means that the code is Locale-dependent. + * Only use the default if the files are known to always use the platform default. + * <p> * Origin of code: Excalibur, Alexandria, Commons-Utils * * @version $Id$