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<pre>public&nbsp;java.lang.String&nbsp;getEncoding()</pre>
<div class="block">The encoding to use for filenames and the file comment.</div>
<dl><dt><span class="strong">Returns:</span></dt><dd>null if using the platform's default character encoding.</dd><dt>