In what character format does CS5 Export HTML?

Question

In what character format does indesign export html?
I am having trouble writting a parsing script because text that looks like:
of mutations to particular “hotspot” regions
becomes, to my chagrin,
of mutations to particular “hotspot� regions
Here is my java code that simulates this problem. Perhaps somebody knows which encoding to choose on Windows 7 pro x64?
    public static int CopyFile()
        try
        StringBuffer sb = null;
        String NullSpace = System.getProperty("line.separator");
        //Writer output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(outputFile));
        BufferedWriter output = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(outputFile),"UTF-8"));
        String line;
        BufferedReader input =  new BufferedReader(new FileReader(myFile));
        while((line = input.readLine())!=null)
                sb = new StringBuffer();
                //Parsing happens
                sb.append(line);
                output.write(sb.toString()+NullSpace);
            return 0;
        catch (Exception e)
            return 1;

Answer 1

This particular line is the culprit (a case of What You Ask Is What You Get, really a rarity):
BufferedWriter output = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(outputFile),"UTF-8"));
-- and what you see is UTF-8 Encoding in action (rather, what you see with a non-UTF-8 aware text editor).
Check the Javascript Tools Guide, section "File- and Folder-supported encoding names", for an encoding that better suits your needs. Actually, you might want to check the generated HTML file -- UTF8 is a perfectly acceptable character encoding, but you have to tell your browser it is this one.
Alternatively, you can always check the string buffer text for any character codes (which are Unicodes) above 126 and replace these with the universal "&#xxx;" notation for out-of-range character codes.