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/*
* @(#)Character.java 1.13 95/01/31
*
* Copyright (c) 1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
* and its documentation for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes and without
* fee is hereby granted provided that this copyright notice
* appears in all copies. Please refer to the file "copyright.html"
* for further important copyright and licensing information.
*
* SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF
* THE SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
* TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
* PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
* ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR
* DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
*/
package java.lang;
/**
* The Character class provides an object wrapper for character data values,
* and serves as a place for character-oriented operations.
* @version 1.13, 31 Jan 1995
* @author Lee Boynton
*/
public final
class Character extends Object {
/**
* The minimum radix available for conversion to/from strings.
* @see Integer#toString
*/
public static final int MIN_RADIX = 2;
/**
* The maximum radix available for conversion to/from strings.
* @see Integer#toString
*/
public static final int MAX_RADIX = 36;
/**
* Determines if a character is lower case.
* @param ch the character to be tested
* @return true if the character is lower case.
*/
public static boolean isLowerCase(char ch) {
return (ch >= 'a') && (ch <= 'z');
}
/**
* Determines if a character is a digit.
* @param ch the character to be tested
* @return true if the character is a digit.
*/
public static boolean isDigit(char ch) {
return (ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9');
}
/**
* Determines if a character is upper case.
* @param ch the character to be tested
* @return true if the character is upper case.
*/
public static boolean isUpperCase(char ch) {
return (ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'Z');
}
/**
* Returns the lower case character value of the specified character
* value. Characters that are not upper case letters are returned
* unmodified.
* @param ch the character to be converted
* @return the lower case version of ch
*/
public static char toLowerCase(char ch) {
if (isUpperCase(ch)) {
int offset = 'a' - 'A';
return (char)(ch + offset);
}
return ch;
}
/**
* Returns the upper case character value of the specified character
* value. Characters that are not lower case letters are returned
* unmodified.
* @param ch the character to be converted
* @return the upper case version of ch
*/
public static char toUpperCase(char ch) {
if (isLowerCase(ch)) {
int offset = 'A' - 'a';
return (char)(ch + offset);
}
return ch;
}
/**
* Returns the numeric value of the character digit using the specified
* radix. If the character is not a valid digit, return -1.
* @param ch the character to be converted
* @param radix the radix
* @return the corresponding numeric value
*/
public static int digit(char ch, int radix) {
if (radix >= MIN_RADIX && radix <= MAX_RADIX) {
if (radix <= 10) {
char max = (char)('0' + radix - 1);
if ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= max)) {
return (ch - '0');
}
} else {
char lowerChar = toLowerCase(ch);
char max = (char)('a' + radix - 11);
if ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9')) {
return (ch - '0');
} else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= max) {
return (10 + ch - 'a');
}
}
}
return -1;
}
/**
* Returns the character value for the specified digit in the specified
* radix. If the digit is not valid in that radix, the 0 character
* is returned.
* @param digit the digit
* @param radix the radix
* @return the corresponding character
*/
public static char forDigit(int digit, int radix) {
if ((digit >= radix) || (digit < 0)) {
return '\0';
}
if ((radix < MIN_RADIX) || (radix > MAX_RADIX)) {
return '\0';
}
if (digit < 10) {
return (char)('0' + digit);
}
return (char)('a' + digit - 10);
}
/**
* The value of the character.
*/
private char value;
/**
* Constructs a Character object with the specified value.
*/
public Character(char value) {
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Returns the value of this Character object.
*/
public char charValue() {
return value;
}
/**
* Returns a String object representing this character's value.
* @return a String representing the value of the character.
*/
public String toString() {
char buf[] = {value};
return String.valueOf(buf);
}
}