EBCDIC to ANSI

Question

hi..
i have an file which is in AFP format..i can read the EBCIDIC bytes of this file , when i opne this file in a HEX editor..
I just want to convert this files content ASCII and write it to file...
Can anybody please guide on how do i code a java program for this
Thanks
Amar

Answer 1

Thanks for the help
Here is my code..
import java.io.*;
public class DcollType {
static String readInput() {
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
try {
     FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("CLR812AX_TST5000.afp");
     InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fis, "Cp1047") ;
     Reader in = new BufferedReader(isr);
     int ch;
     while ((ch = in.read()) > -1) {
          buffer.append((char)ch);
     in.close();
     return buffer.toString();
} catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
     return null;
static void writeOutput(String str) {
try {
     FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("ascii.out");;
     Writer out = new OutputStreamWriter(fos, "ASCII" );
     out.write(str);
     out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
public static void main(String[] args){
String inputstr=readInput();
writeOutput(inputstr);
Now my main intention for this code is , that i just want to override some information..
1.
Lets say like if i have a customer name in a File as 'TOM', then wherver in the file i get TOM, i just want to replace it with 'XXX' and then again convert it to EBCDIC..
How do i do my search on TOM and replace with XXX using java code..
2. once my above task is completed, i would reconvert my code back to EBCDIC.. will i lose the integrity of mine contents of then or mine contents will remain same..
Thanks
Amar