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17  
18  package org.apache.commons.lang3;
19  
20  import java.nio.charset.Charset;
21  import java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException;
22  import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
23  
24  /**
25   * Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.
26   *
27   * <p>According to <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html">JRE character
28   * encoding names</a>:</p>
29   *
30   * <p><cite>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following character encodings.
31   * Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other encodings are supported.
32   * </cite></p>
33   *
34   * @see <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/intl/encoding.doc.html">JRE character encoding names</a>
35   * @since 2.1
36   * @deprecated Java 7 introduced {@link java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets}, which defines these constants as
37   * {@link Charset} objects. Use {@link Charset#name()} to get the string values provided in this class.
38   * This class will be removed in a future release.
39   */
40  @Deprecated
41  public class CharEncoding {
42  
43      /**
44       * ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
45       *
46       * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
47       */
48      public static final String ISO_8859_1 = StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1.name();
49  
50      /**
51       * Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block
52       * of the Unicode character set.
53       *
54       * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
55       */
56      public static final String US_ASCII = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII.name();
57  
58      /**
59       * Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial
60       * byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).
61       *
62       * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
63       */
64      public static final String UTF_16 = StandardCharsets.UTF_16.name();
65  
66      /**
67       * Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
68       *
69       * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
70       */
71      public static final String UTF_16BE = StandardCharsets.UTF_16BE.name();
72  
73      /**
74       * Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
75       *
76       * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
77       */
78      public static final String UTF_16LE = StandardCharsets.UTF_16LE.name();
79  
80      /**
81       * Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.
82       *
83       * <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
84       */
85      public static final String UTF_8 = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
86  
87      /**
88       * Returns whether the named charset is supported.
89       *
90       * <p>This is similar to <a
91       * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html#isSupported%28java.lang.String%29">
92       * java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)</a> but handles more formats</p>
93       *
94       * @param name  the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias, null returns false
95       * @return {@code true} if the charset is available in the current Java virtual machine
96       * @deprecated Please use {@link Charset#isSupported(String)} instead, although be aware that {@code null}
97       * values are not accepted by that method and an {@link IllegalCharsetNameException} may be thrown.
98       */
99      @Deprecated
100     public static boolean isSupported(final String name) {
101         if (name == null) {
102             return false;
103         }
104         try {
105             return Charset.isSupported(name);
106         } catch (final IllegalCharsetNameException ex) {
107             return false;
108         }
109     }
110 
111     /**
112      * Constructs a new instance.
113      *
114      * @deprecated Will be removed in 4.0.0.
115      */
116     @Deprecated
117     public CharEncoding() {
118         // empty
119     }
120 }