# man > Test2::Event::Encoding

## NAME
    [Test2::Event::Encoding](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AEvent%3A%3AEncoding/markdown) - Set the encoding for the output stream

## DESCRIPTION
    The encoding event is generated when a test file wants to specify the encoding to be used when
    formatting its output. This event is intended to be produced by formatter classes and used for
    interpreting test names, message contents, etc.

## SYNOPSIS
        use [Test2::API](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AAPI/markdown) qw/context/;
        use [Test2::Event::Encoding](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AEvent%3A%3AEncoding/markdown);

        my $ctx = context();
        my $event = $ctx->send_event('Encoding', encoding => 'UTF-8');

## METHODS
    Inherits from [Test2::Event](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Test2%3A%3AEvent/markdown). Also defines:

    $encoding = $e->encoding
        The encoding being specified.

## SOURCE
    The source code repository for Test2 can be found at <http://github.com/Test-More/test-more/>.

## MAINTAINERS
    Chad Granum <<exodist@cpan.org>>

## AUTHORS
    Chad Granum <<exodist@cpan.org>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2020 Chad Granum <<exodist@cpan.org>>.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

    See <http://dev.perl.org/licenses/>