org.apache.commons.lang
Class CharEncoding

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.lang.CharEncoding

public class CharEncoding

extends Object

Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.

According to JRE character encoding names:

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following character encodings. Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other encodings are supported.

Since:

2.1

Version:

$Id: CharEncoding.java 165657 2005-05-02 18:31:49Z ggregory $

Author:

Apache Software Foundation

See Also:

JRE character encoding names

Field Summary

static String	ISO_8859_1 ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
static String	US_ASCII Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.
static String	UTF_16 Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).
static String	UTF_16BE Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
static String	UTF_16LE Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
static String	UTF_8 Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.

Constructor Summary

CharEncoding()

Method Summary

static boolean

isSupported(String name) Returns whether the named charset is supported.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ISO_8859_1

public static final String ISO_8859_1

ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

US_ASCII

public static final String US_ASCII

Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

UTF_16

public static final String UTF_16

Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

UTF_16BE

public static final String UTF_16BE

Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

UTF_16LE

public static final String UTF_16LE

Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

UTF_8

public static final String UTF_8

Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.

Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

See Also:

JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CharEncoding

public CharEncoding()

Method Detail

isSupported

public static boolean isSupported(String name)

Returns whether the named charset is supported.

This is similar to java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)

Parameters:

name - the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias

Returns:

true if, and only if, support for the named charset is available in the current Java virtual machine

See Also:

JRE character encoding names