Java System.in System.out encoding playground

Encoding.java

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package encoding;

import java.io.*;

/**
 *
 * @author Antoni
 */
public class Encoding {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        String inputEncoding;
        BufferedReader in = null;
        
        char lastCharacter = '\0';
        char c;
        
        BufferedReader tmp = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        
        // INPUT ENCODING
        System.out.printf("Type the input encoding. Examples: %n"
                + " Netbeans: ISO-8859-1 (n)%n"
                + " Windows CMD: cp850 (c)%n"
                + " BufferedReader with default encoding (.)%n"
                + " or skip to use System.in directly%n"
                + ">");
        inputEncoding = tmp.readLine();
        switch (inputEncoding) {
            case "n":
                inputEncoding = "ISO-8859-1";
                break;
            case "c":
                inputEncoding = "cp850";
                break;
        }
        
        if (!inputEncoding.equals("")) {
            if (inputEncoding.equals(".")) {
                in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                System.out.println("Using BufferedReader with default encoding");
            } else {
                in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in, inputEncoding));
                System.out.printf("Using BufferedReader with %s%n", inputEncoding);
            }
        } else {
            System.out.println("Using System.in");
        }
        
        System.out.println("");
        
        // MAIN
        System.out.println("I will tell you what character you typed. Type the same character twice to exit");
        while (true) {
            System.out.println("Type a character");
            System.out.print(">");
            if (in != null) {
                // Use an encoding
                c = (char) in.read();
                in.readLine();
            } else {
                // Use System.in
                c = (char) System.in.read();
                while (System.in.available() > 0) {
                    System.in.read();
                }
            }
            System.out.printf("You typed '%c'. Dec: %d. Hex: %02X%n", c, (int) c, (int) c);
            if (c == lastCharacter) {
                break;
            }
            lastCharacter = c;
        }
        System.out.println("Goodbye!");
    }
    
}

Ignoring the output encoding.