--- a/CharacterEncoder.st	Wed Feb 19 00:15:43 2020 +0100
+++ b/CharacterEncoder.st	Wed Feb 19 16:17:35 2020 +0100
@@ -1683,6 +1683,15 @@
     ^ false
 
     "Created: / 27-07-2019 / 14:44:52 / Stefan Vogel"
+!
+
+isUtfEncoder
+    "answer true, if this encodes from/to any UTF (regardless of how many bytes and byte-order).
+     In other words: does it make sense to prepend a BOM"
+
+    ^ false
+
+    "Created: / 19-02-2020 / 16:17:20 / Stefan Reise"
 ! !
 
 !CharacterEncoder::CompoundEncoder class methodsFor:'documentation'!