java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException problem & solution

As a web developer, I’m working on lots of things. Today, while working on a windows machine and trying to run an ANT task and then run JBoss to test my build, I encountered this error:

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java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException: cp1255

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After quite some time of Googling and finding nothing, I remembered I changed my regional settings on the machine to use Hebrew as the locale. This appeared to be a mistake.

Once I changed the locale back to English (USA) everything got back to normal and worked absolutely fine (as always).

So, the conclusion is:

When you get this error, verify that the machine you are using is set to English Locale and not other locales.

Hope this saves you some time, I know I pulled more then a couple of hairs to find out what is causing this issue.