Probably the easiest is to read the file and send the exchange to a bean. In the bean try to read it and determine the encoding and if it has a BOM character. Finally do your conversion and put the body back to the exchange.
from(file:/myDir) .to(DetermineEncoding.class, "determineEncoding") .to(activemq:queue:myQueue) On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Burkard Stephan [via Camel] < ml+s465427n5798625...@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > Hi Camel users > > I read files with a Camel file poller and they can have different > encodings (UTF-8 with or without BOM, UTF-16). Therefore I would like to > determine the given encoding and convert the message body to UTF-8 without > BOM for the further processing. > > How can I do this and what is exactly the result in the message payload in > the exchange? Is it payload an inputstream (just bytes, no encoding) or is > it already converted to a string or a reader (already encoded). > > And what does the "charset" option change? Does it overwrite the default > encoding of the operating system? > > from(file:/myDir) > // can I read here the first bytes of the file? > .to(activemq:queue:myQueue) > > Thanks for any hints > Stephan > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Charset-on-file-poller- > endpoint-tp5798625.html > To start a new topic under Camel - Users, email ml+s465427n465428h31@n5. > nabble.com > To unsubscribe from Camel - Users, click here > <http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=465428&code=c291Y2lhbmNlLmVxZGFtLnJhc2h0aUBnbWFpbC5jb218NDY1NDI4fDE1MzI5MTE2NTY=> > . > NAML > <http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/Charset-on-file-poller-endpoint-tp5798625p5798627.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.