question: public static boolean isRecognizedEncoding ( String encoding ) { EncodingInfo ei ; String normalizedEncoding = encoding . toUpperCase ( ) ; ei = ( EncodingInfo ) _encodingTableKeyJava . get ( normalizedEncoding ) ; if ( ei == null ) ei = ( EncodingInfo ) _encodingTableKeyMime . get ( normalizedEncoding ) ; if ( ei != null ) return true ; return false ; }
target:  Determines if the encoding specified was recognized by the serializer or not.