FileInputStream question.

[Norm]

You'd best do a Google and read about character sets and Unicode and UTF and ASCII.
There has been a lot of work done in this area so all the people of the world can put their languages into a computer.

[Tolls]

So, have we cleared up what read(byte[]) is for?

I was all set to post the standard real world example until the last page.

[fatabass]

Yes Tolls thanks, it is clear.