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Hi i have the following program

if we run above we are getting following output where it is prep-ending extra  character for each special character.

<html>
<head>
<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" />
<title>Character Set Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Character Set Test</h2>

<table border="1" >
<caption>Character entity references in HTML 4.0</caption>

<col align="LEFT" />
<col align="CENTER" style="font-size:1.4em" />
<col align="LEFT" />
<col align="RIGHT" />
<col align="RIGHT" />
<col align="LEFT" />
<tr>
<th class="main" ><em>ISO 8859-1
characters</em><br />
</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>nbsp</td>
<td> </td>
<td>no-break space (non-breaking space)</td>
<td>160</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>iexcl</td>
<td>¡</td>
<td>inverted exclamation mark</td>
<td>161</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>cent</td>
<td>¢</td>
<td>cent sign</td>
<td>162</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>pound</td>
<td>£</td>
<td>pound sign</td>
<td>163</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>curren</td>
<td>¤</td>
<td>currency sign</td>
<td>164</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>yen</td>
<td>Â¥</td>
<td>yen sign (yuan sign)</td>
<td>165</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>brvbar</td>
<td>¦</td>
<td>broken bar (broken vertical bar)</td>
<td>166</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>sect</td>
<td>§</td>
<td>section sign</td>
<td>167</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>uml</td>
<td>¨</td>
<td>diaeresis (spacing diaeresis)</td>
<td>168</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>copy</td>
<td>©</td>
<td>copyright sign</td>
<td>169</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>ordf</td>
<td>ª</td>
<td>feminine ordinal indicator</td>
<td>170</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>laquo</td>
<td>«</td>
<td>left-pointing double angle quotation mark (left pointing
guillemet)</td>
<td>171</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>not</td>
<td>¬</td>
<td>not sign</td>
<td>172</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>shy</td>
<td>­</td>
<td>soft hyphen (discretionary hyphen)</td>
<td>173</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>reg</td>
<td>®</td>
<td>registered sign (registered trade mark sign)</td>
<td>174</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>macr</td>
<td>¯</td>
<td>macron (spacing macron, overline APL overbar)</td>
<td>175</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>deg</td>
<td>°</td>
<td>degree sign</td>
<td>176</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>plusmn</td>
<td>±</td>
<td>plus-minus sign (plus-or-minus sign)</td>
<td>177</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>sup2</td>
<td>²</td>
<td>superscript two (superscript digit two, squared)</td>
<td>178</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>sup3</td>
<td>³</td>
<td>superscript three (superscript digit three, cubed)</td>
<td>179</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>acute</td>
<td>´</td>
<td>acute accent (spacing acute)</td>
<td>180</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>micro</td>
<td>µ</td>
<td>micro sign</td>
<td>181</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>para</td>
<td>¶</td>
<td>pilcrow sign (paragraph sign)</td>
<td>182</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>middot</td>
<td>·</td>
<td>middle dot (Georgian comma, Greek middle dot)</td>
<td>183</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>cedil</td>
<td>¸</td>
<td>cedilla (spacing cedilla)</td>
<td>184</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>sup1</td>
<td>¹</td>
<td>superscript one (superscript digit one)</td>
<td>185</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>ordm</td>
<td>º</td>
<td>masculine ordinal indicator</td>
<td>186</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>raquo</td>
<td>»</td>
<td>right-pointing double angle quotation mark (right pointing
guillemet)</td>
<td>187</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>frac14</td>
<td>¼</td>
<td>vulgar fraction one quarter (fraction one quarter)</td>
<td>188</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>frac12</td>
<td>½</td>
<td>vulgar fraction one half (fraction one half)</td>
<td>189</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>frac34</td>
<td>¾</td>
<td>vulgar fraction three quarters (fraction three quarters)</td>
<td>190</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>iquest</td>
<td>¿</td>
<td>inverted question mark (turned question mark)</td>
<td>191</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Agrave</td>
<td>À</td>
<td>Latin capital letter A with grave (Latin capital letter A
grave)</td>
<td>192</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Aacute</td>
<td>Ã?</td>
<td>Latin capital letter A with acute</td>
<td>193</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Acirc</td>
<td>Â</td>
<td>Latin capital letter A with circumflex</td>
<td>194</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Atilde</td>
<td>Ã</td>
<td>Latin capital letter A with tilde</td>
<td>195</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Auml</td>
<td>Ä</td>
<td>Latin capital letter A with diaeresis</td>
<td>196</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Aring</td>
<td>Ã…</td>
<td>Latin capital letter A with ring above (Latin capital letter A
ring)</td>
<td>197</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>AElig</td>
<td>Æ</td>
<td>Latin capital letter AE (Latin capital ligature AE)</td>
<td>198</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Ccedil</td>
<td>Ç</td>
<td>Latin capital letter C with cedilla</td>
<td>199</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Egrave</td>
<td>È</td>
<td>Latin capital letter E with grave</td>
<td>200</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

where original URLwebpage characters are different as follows.

Character Set Test
Character entity references in HTML 4.0 ISO 8859-1 characters
nbsp no-break space (non-breaking space) 160
iexcl ¡ inverted exclamation mark 161
cent ¢ cent sign 162
pound £ pound sign 163
curren ¤ currency sign 164
yen ¥ yen sign (yuan sign) 165
brvbar ¦ broken bar (broken vertical bar) 166
sect § section sign 167
uml ¨ diaeresis (spacing diaeresis) 168
copy © copyright sign 169
ordf ª feminine ordinal indicator 170
laquo « left-pointing double angle quotation mark (left pointing guillemet) 171
not ¬ not sign 172
shy ­ soft hyphen (discretionary hyphen) 173
reg ® registered sign (registered trade mark sign) 174
macr ¯ macron (spacing macron, overline APL overbar) 175
deg ° degree sign 176
plusmn ± plus-minus sign (plus-or-minus sign) 177
sup2 ² superscript two (superscript digit two, squared) 178
sup3 ³ superscript three (superscript digit three, cubed) 179
acute ´ acute accent (spacing acute) 180
micro µ micro sign 181
para ¶ pilcrow sign (paragraph sign) 182
middot · middle dot (Georgian comma, Greek middle dot) 183
cedil ¸ cedilla (spacing cedilla) 184
sup1 ¹ superscript one (superscript digit one) 185
ordm º masculine ordinal indicator 186
raquo » right-pointing double angle quotation mark (right pointing guillemet) 187
frac14 ¼ vulgar fraction one quarter (fraction one quarter) 188
frac12 ½ vulgar fraction one half (fraction one half) 189
frac34 ¾ vulgar fraction three quarters (fraction three quarters) 190
iquest ¿ inverted question mark (turned question mark) 191
Agrave À Latin capital letter A with grave (Latin capital letter A grave) 192
Aacute Á Latin capital letter A with acute 193
Acirc  Latin capital letter A with circumflex 194
Atilde à Latin capital letter A with tilde 195
Auml Ä Latin capital letter A with diaeresis 196
Aring Å Latin capital letter A with ring above (Latin capital letter A ring) 197
AElig Æ Latin capital letter AE (Latin capital ligature AE) 198
Ccedil Ç Latin capital letter C with cedilla 199
Egrave È Latin capital letter E with grave 200

Anybody please suggest me how to solve this problem it is urgent.

 
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Does the console -or wherever you're printing this- support those characters?
 
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in any browser as well as in eclipse console output is same.
 
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in any browser as well as in eclipse console output is same.


What do you mean by "in any browser"? The Java code runs on the command line, not in a browser, right? And again, does the Eclipse console support those characters?

Also, while I'm not sure what " tidy.setCharEncoding(org.w3c.tidy.Configuration.UTF8)" does, if the numerical entities are replaced by their corresponding characters (is that what "tidy.setNumEntities(true)" does?), then "stream.toString()" uses the platform default encoding - which is likely not ISO-8859 or UTF-8.
 
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i took that code from my original web project and try to test it in eclipse console where in both cases the output which i am getting is same.
 
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N Naresh wrote:


You are using UTF-8 when reading the contents from the InputStream and writing to the ByteArrayOutputStream, but then you're using the system default encoding to convert that byte[] into a String. Try using this:
 
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Thank you it is working fine it seems..
 
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