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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);
- }
- }
-
-