java - dis.readchar Chinese letters - wrongly interpreted Characters! -

i want read file arraylist of characters. @ first thought might pretty slick way doing it:

arraylist<character> char_chain = new arraylist<character>();   try {             fis = new fileinputstream(file);             bis = new bufferedinputstream(fis);             dis = new datainputstream(bis);              while (dis.available() != 0) {                 // utf8 unnoetig, da 26 lettern                 while (!eof) {                     try {                         char_chain.add(dis.readchar());                     } catch (eofexception e) {                         eof = true;                     }                 }             }         if (debug) {             while (char_chain.get(i) instanceof character) {                 system.out.println(char_chain.get(i++));             }         } 

if chinese letters:

噖 䝃 塘 䕅 

could tell me why is? :) should mention text contains regular upper-case letters like: abcde , on.

datainputstream.readchar() assumes reading utf-16 characters.

to read character data, use inputstreamreader correct encoding ("us-ascii" should sufficient if file contains basic latin letters).