Write non english characters using a RandomAccessFile in java -

i trying write text file using randomaccessfile object non-english characters not saved correctly.

specifically, sentence --> "und notenstender libero"

is saved --> "und notenst•nder libero"

where 'e' character not english (the ascii code 917 think).

the code using this:

file = new randomaccessfile(path, "rw"); ... file.seek(file.length()); file.writebytes("the data want"); 

how can avoid , write correct text?

(ps: know file.writechars, , wondering if there way!)

the main problem might file encoding. should use correct encoding (probably utf-8) , e.g.:

byte[] b = "the data want".getbytes("utf-8"); file.write(b); 

note if you're using text viewer/editor check file, depending on 1 you're using might have write utf-8 byte order mark @ beginning of file or tell viewer/editor use utf-8 if can't figure out itself.