I want to get the java.lang.String to read a stream of Chinese characters. But I

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Question: I want to get the java.lang.String to read a stream of Chinese characters. But I am getting only rubbish characters. How can I make my program language independent?

Answer: You need to have 3 elements:
1. A font.properties file
2. Fonts
3. Swing/AWT components

Add your new font (Chinese) to font.properties file.
Remember that AWT components are limited to displaying characters defined in the host's default code page. For example on an English OS, it is code page 1252.
Until you change a default code page you can not display text properly in a Frame title, a TextArea, or a TextField. If you change it the rest of the system will not be possible to use The solution is to use only Swing components.
Java 2 allows you to load any font and you will not be limited by fonts that are defined in font.properties file.

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What is difference between the for(;;) and while(true)?

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Question: What is difference between the for(; and while(true)?

Answer: There is no difference! They both are infinite loops...
Loop forever - Perpetum Mobile (Latin)

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