Setting the default Java character encoding

To set the default character encoding for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), you can use the -Dfile.encoding option when starting the JVM.

For example, to start the JVM with the UTF-8 character encoding, you can use the following command:

java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 MyProgram

This will set the default character encoding for the JVM to UTF-8.

Alternatively, you can set the file.encoding system property in your code using the System.setProperty() method. For example:

System.setProperty("file.encoding", "UTF-8");

This will set the default character encoding for the JVM to UTF-8 for the duration of the program.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.