HttpWebResponse::CharacterSet Property

.NET Framework (current version)

Gets the character set of the response.

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)

Syntax

public:
property String^ CharacterSet {
	String^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

A string that contains the character set of the response.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ObjectDisposedException	The current instance has been disposed.

Remarks

The CharacterSet property contains a value that describes the character set of the response. This character set information is taken from the header returned with the response.

Examples

The following example obtains the character set of the response.

C++

try
{
   HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest^)( WebRequest::Create( url ) );
   HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse^)( myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse() );

   Console::WriteLine( "The encoding method used is: {0}", myHttpWebResponse->ContentEncoding );
   Console::WriteLine( "The character set used is : {0}", myHttpWebResponse->CharacterSet );

   char separator = '/';
   String^ contenttype = myHttpWebResponse->ContentType;
   // Retrieve 'text' if the content type is of 'text/html.
   String^ maintype = contenttype->Substring( 0, contenttype->IndexOf( separator ) );
   // Display only 'text' type.
   if ( String::Compare( maintype, "text" ) == 0 )
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "\n Content type is 'text'." );

Version Information

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1