diff --git a/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingCollection.java b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingCollection.java
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+++ b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingCollection.java
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+package org.fbreader.encoding;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.zlibrary.core.config.ZLConfigManager;
+import org.zlibrary.core.library.ZLibrary;
+import org.zlibrary.core.options.ZLBooleanOption;
+import org.zlibrary.core.options.ZLOption;
+
+public class ZLEncodingCollection {
+	private static ZLEncodingCollection ourInstance;
+	private	static ZLBooleanOption ourUseWindows1252HackOption;
+
+	public static ZLEncodingCollection instance() {
+		if (ourInstance == null) {
+			ourInstance = new ZLEncodingCollection();
+		}
+		return ourInstance;
+	}
+	public	static String encodingDescriptionPath() {
+		return ZLibrary.JAR_DATA_PREFIX + "zlibrary" + File.separator + "encodings";
+	}
+	
+	public	static ZLBooleanOption useWindows1252HackOption() {
+		if (ourUseWindows1252HackOption == null) {
+			ourUseWindows1252HackOption =
+				new ZLBooleanOption(ZLOption.CONFIG_CATEGORY, "Encoding", "UseWindows1252Hack", true);
+		}
+		return ourUseWindows1252HackOption;
+	}
+	
+	public	static boolean useWindows1252Hack() {
+		return ZLConfigManager.getInstance() != null/*.isInitialised()*/ && useWindows1252HackOption().getValue();
+	}
+
+
+	public ArrayList<ZLEncodingSet>  sets() {
+		init();
+		return mySets;
+	}
+	public	ZLEncodingConverterInfo info(String name) {
+		init();
+		String lowerCaseName = name.toLowerCase();
+		if (useWindows1252Hack() && (lowerCaseName == "iso-8859-1")) {
+			lowerCaseName = "windows-1252";
+		}
+		return (ZLEncodingConverterInfo)myInfosByName.get(lowerCaseName);
+	}
+	
+	public	ZLEncodingConverterInfo info(int code) {
+		String name = "" + code;
+		return info(name);
+	}
+	
+	public	ZLEncodingConverter defaultConverter() {
+		return null;//DummyEncodingConverterProvider().createConverter();
+	}
+	public	void registerProvider(ZLEncodingConverterProvider provider) {
+		myProviders.add(provider);
+	}
+
+	private void addInfo(ZLEncodingConverterInfo info) {
+		
+	}
+	ArrayList/*<ZLEncodingConverterProvider>*/  providers() {
+		return myProviders;
+	}
+
+	private ArrayList/*<ZLEncodingSet>*/ mySets;
+	private	HashMap/*<String,ZLEncodingConverterInfo>*/ myInfosByName;
+	private	ArrayList/*<ZLEncodingConverterProvider>*/  myProviders;
+
+	//private ZLEncodingCollection();
+	private	void init() {
+		if (mySets.isEmpty()) {
+			String prefix = encodingDescriptionPath() + File.separator;
+			//new ZLEncodingCollectionReader(this).readDocument(prefix + "Encodings.xml");
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverter.java b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverter.java
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index 000000000..00daa8672
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+++ b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverter.java
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+package org.fbreader.encoding;
+
+public abstract  class ZLEncodingConverter {
+	protected ZLEncodingConverter() {}
+
+	//abstract public	void convert(String dst, const char *srcStart, const char *srcEnd);
+	public	void convert(String dst, String src) {
+		//convert(dst, src.toCharArray(), src.data() + src.length());
+	}
+	public	abstract void reset();
+	public	abstract boolean fillTable(int[] map);
+
+	//private	ZLEncodingConverter(ZLEncodingConverter zl);
+	//private ZLEncodingConverter &operator=(ZLEncodingConverter zl);
+}
diff --git a/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverterInfo.java b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverterInfo.java
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index 000000000..6792525e1
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+++ b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverterInfo.java
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+package org.fbreader.encoding;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class ZLEncodingConverterInfo {
+	public ZLEncodingConverterInfo(String name, String region) {
+		myName = name;
+		myVisibleName = region + " (" + name + ")";
+		addAlias(myName);
+	}
+	
+	public	void addAlias(String alias) {
+		myAliases.add(alias);
+	}
+
+	public	String name() {
+		return myName;
+	}
+	
+	public	String visibleName() {
+		return myVisibleName;
+	}
+	
+	public	ZLEncodingConverter createConverter() {
+		ZLEncodingCollection collection = ZLEncodingCollection.instance();
+		ArrayList<ZLEncodingConverterProvider> providers = collection.providers();
+		for (Iterator it = providers.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
+			for (Iterator jt = myAliases.iterator(); jt.hasNext(); ) {
+				ZLEncodingConverterProvider itp = (ZLEncodingConverterProvider)it.next();
+				String str = (String)jt.next();
+				if (itp.providesConverter(str)) {
+					return itp.createConverter(str);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return ZLEncodingCollection.instance().defaultConverter();
+	}
+	
+	public	boolean canCreateConverter() {
+		ZLEncodingCollection collection = ZLEncodingCollection.instance();
+		ArrayList<ZLEncodingConverterProvider>  providers = collection.providers();
+		for (Iterator it = providers.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+			for (Iterator jt = myAliases.iterator(); jt.hasNext(); ) {
+				if (((ZLEncodingConverterProvider)it.next()).providesConverter((String)jt.next())) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;	
+	}
+
+	private String myName = "";
+	private	String myVisibleName = "";
+	private	ArrayList<String> myAliases = new ArrayList();
+
+	//private ZLEncodingConverterInfo(const ZLEncodingConverterInfo&);
+	//private	ZLEncodingConverterInfo &operator=(const ZLEncodingConverterInfo&);
+}
diff --git a/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverterProvider.java b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverterProvider.java
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index 000000000..52cae9fdd
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+++ b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingConverterProvider.java
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+package org.fbreader.encoding;
+
+public abstract class ZLEncodingConverterProvider {
+	protected ZLEncodingConverterProvider() {}
+
+	public abstract boolean providesConverter(String encoding);
+	public abstract ZLEncodingConverter createConverter(String encoding);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingSet.java b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingSet.java
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index 000000000..f48fde15c
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+++ b/src/org/fbreader/encoding/ZLEncodingSet.java
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+package org.fbreader.encoding;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class ZLEncodingSet {
+	public ZLEncodingSet(String name) {
+		
+	}
+	public	void addInfo(ZLEncodingConverterInfo info) {
+		myInfos.add(info);
+	}
+
+	public	String name() {
+		return myName;
+	}
+	
+	public	ArrayList/*<ZLEncodingConverterInfo>*/ infos() {
+		return myInfos;
+	}
+
+	private String myName = "";
+	private	ArrayList/*<ZLEncodingConverterInfo>*/ myInfos = new ArrayList();
+}