Java reading a stmf file problem.

I have an XML file in the IFS that I am trying to read with Java (on the
AS/400) in order to send the data within it as a message to someone.



Quite simply,



private String readFile(String fileName) {

String messageText = "";

BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;



try {

String tempText = null;

bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new
FileReader(fileName));

while ((tempText = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null)
{

messageText += tempText;

System.out.println(tempText);

}

}

catch (IOException e) {

errorMessage = "12: " + e.getMessage();

} finally {

if (bufferedReader != null) {

try {

bufferedReader.close();

} catch (IOException e) {

errorMessage = "13: " + e.getMessage();

}

}

}

return messageText;

}



My problem is the string it is creating is gobbledegook. The Ifs file is
CCSID 37,



Do I need to translate it from ebcdic to ascii?





Sharon Wintermute