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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>
28   * According to <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html">JRE character
29   * encoding names</a>:
30   * </p>
31   *
32   * <p>
33   * <cite>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following character encodings.
34   * Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other encodings are supported.
35   * </cite>
36   * </p>
37   *
38   * @see <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/intl/encoding.doc.html">JRE character encoding names</a>
39   * @since 2.1
40   * @deprecated Java 7 introduced {@link java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets}, which defines these constants as
41   * {@link Charset} objects. Use {@link Charset#name()} to get the string values provided in this class.
42   * This class will be removed in a future release.
43   */
44  @Deprecated
45  public class CharEncoding {
46  
47      /**
48       * ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
49       *
50       * <p>
51       * Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
52       * </p>
53       */
54      public static final String ISO_8859_1 = StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1.name();
55  
56      /**
57       * Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block
58       * of the Unicode character set.
59       *
60       * <p>
61       * Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
62       * </p>
63       */
64      public static final String US_ASCII = StandardCharsets.US_ASCII.name();
65  
66      /**
67       * Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial
68       * byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).
69       *
70       * <p>
71       * Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
72       * </p>
73       */
74      public static final String UTF_16 = StandardCharsets.UTF_16.name();
75  
76      /**
77       * Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
78       *
79       * <p>
80       * Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
81       * </p>
82       */
83      public static final String UTF_16BE = StandardCharsets.UTF_16BE.name();
84  
85      /**
86       * Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
87       *
88       * <p>
89       * Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
90       * </p>
91       */
92      public static final String UTF_16LE = StandardCharsets.UTF_16LE.name();
93  
94      /**
95       * Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.
96       *
97       * <p>
98       * Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
99       * </p>
100      */
101     public static final String UTF_8 = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
102 
103     /**
104      * Tests whether the named charset is supported.
105      *
106      * <p>
107      * This is similar to <a
108      * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html#isSupported%28java.lang.String%29">
109      * java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)</a> but handles more formats
110      * </p>
111      *
112      * @param name  The name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias, null returns false
113      * @return {@code true} if the charset is available in the current Java virtual machine
114      * @deprecated Please use {@link Charset#isSupported(String)} instead, although be aware that {@code null}
115      * values are not accepted by that method and an {@link IllegalCharsetNameException} may be thrown.
116      */
117     @Deprecated
118     public static boolean isSupported(final String name) {
119         if (name == null) {
120             return false;
121         }
122         try {
123             return Charset.isSupported(name);
124         } catch (final IllegalCharsetNameException ex) {
125             return false;
126         }
127     }
128 
129     /**
130      * Constructs a new instance.
131      *
132      * @deprecated Will be removed in 4.0.0.
133      */
134     @Deprecated
135     public CharEncoding() {
136         // empty
137     }
138 }