## Uses of Class
java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException

- Packages that use CharacterCodingException
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.nio.charset | Defines charsets, decoders, and encoders, for translating between bytes and Unicode characters.

- - ### Uses of CharacterCodingException in java.nio.charset

    Subclasses of CharacterCodingException in java.nio.charset
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `class` | `MalformedInputException` Checked exception thrown when an input byte sequence is not legal for given charset, or an input character sequence is not a legal sixteen-bit Unicode sequence.
    `class` | `UnmappableCharacterException` Checked exception thrown when an input character (or byte) sequence is valid but cannot be mapped to an output byte (or character) sequence.

    Methods in java.nio.charset that throw CharacterCodingException
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `CharBuffer` | CharsetDecoder.`decode(ByteBuffer in)` Convenience method that decodes the remaining content of a single input byte buffer into a newly-allocated character buffer.
    `ByteBuffer` | CharsetEncoder.`encode(CharBuffer in)` Convenience method that encodes the remaining content of a single input character buffer into a newly-allocated byte buffer.
    `void` | CoderResult.`throwException()` Throws an exception appropriate to the result described by this object.

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