Spring Boot UTF-8 encoding (VS Code)

Hello There!
In order to enable UTF-8 encoding on spring boot application, using VS code, follow these steps,

Add below code in application.xml/yml

server:
  port: 8022
  servlet:
    context-path: /CMNRFQ
    encoding:
      charset: UTF-8
      enabled: true
      force: true

For maven applications, add below plugins in pom.xml

	<build>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
				<configuration>
					<executable>true</executable>
					<jvmArguments>-Dfile.encoding=UTF8</jvmArguments>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
			<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>

On the same pom.xml file, add below properties

<properties>
		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
		 <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
		     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
	</properties>

In order to display UTF-8 enabled chars on VS code, you need to setup few things too

Go to file -> preferences -> setting and search

terminal.integrated.shellArgs

click on “Add Item” to add below command

--encoding=UTF-8

Search and open

launch.json 

Add below args

  "vmArgs": "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8",
            "env": {
                "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS": "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
            }

Thats it. Now your application is UTF-8 enables and also VS code is enabled to display UTF-8 chars.