# getByName method

Encoding getByName (String name)

Gets an Encoding object from the name of the character set name. The names used are the IANA official names for the character set (see http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xml).

The `name` passed is case insensitive.

If character set is not supported `null` is returned.

## Implementation

    static Encoding getByName(String name) {
      if (name == null) return null;
      name = name.toLowerCase();
      return _nameToEncoding[name];
    }