Setting character encoding in a Writer

Hi,
Is this possible?
I'm reading from an InputStream (stream from a text file) using an InputStreamReader wrapped in a BufferedReader. I set the character encoding in the InputStreamReader.
Then I read line by line - making some modifications in the text and writing (appending)
each line into a new file (using a FileWriter wrapped in a BufferedWriter).
I can't seem to set the character encoding in any of the Writer.
Firstly, do I need to specify the encoding to 'keep' the correct encoding?
And if so, what writer should I use?

Yes you need to specify the encoding. Use an OutputStreamWriter in much the same way as you used the InputStreamReader.

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