Class UnicodeEscaper

Direct Known Subclasses:
JavaUnicodeEscaper

public class UnicodeEscaper
extends CodePointTranslator
Translates codepoints to their Unicode escaped value.
Since:
1.0
  • Constructor Details

    • UnicodeEscaper

      public UnicodeEscaper()

      Constructs a UnicodeEscaper for all characters.

    • UnicodeEscaper

      protected UnicodeEscaper​(int below, int above, boolean between)

      Constructs a UnicodeEscaper for the specified range. This is the underlying method for the other constructors/builders. The below and above boundaries are inclusive when between is true and exclusive when it is false.

      Parameters:
      below - int value representing the lowest codepoint boundary
      above - int value representing the highest codepoint boundary
      between - whether to escape between the boundaries or outside them
  • Method Details

    • below

      public static UnicodeEscaper below​(int codepoint)

      Constructs a UnicodeEscaper below the specified value (exclusive).

      Parameters:
      codepoint - below which to escape
      Returns:
      The newly created UnicodeEscaper instance
    • above

      public static UnicodeEscaper above​(int codepoint)

      Constructs a UnicodeEscaper above the specified value (exclusive).

      Parameters:
      codepoint - above which to escape
      Returns:
      The newly created UnicodeEscaper instance
    • outsideOf

      public static UnicodeEscaper outsideOf​(int codepointLow, int codepointHigh)

      Constructs a UnicodeEscaper outside of the specified values (exclusive).

      Parameters:
      codepointLow - below which to escape
      codepointHigh - above which to escape
      Returns:
      The newly created UnicodeEscaper instance
    • between

      public static UnicodeEscaper between​(int codepointLow, int codepointHigh)

      Constructs a UnicodeEscaper between the specified values (inclusive).

      Parameters:
      codepointLow - above which to escape
      codepointHigh - below which to escape
      Returns:
      The newly created UnicodeEscaper instance
    • translate

      public boolean translate​(int codepoint, Writer out) throws IOException
      Translate the specified codepoint into another.
      Specified by:
      translate in class CodePointTranslator
      Parameters:
      codepoint - int character input to translate
      out - Writer to optionally push the translated output to
      Returns:
      boolean as to whether translation occurred or not
      Throws:
      IOException - if and only if the Writer produces an IOException
    • toUtf16Escape

      protected String toUtf16Escape​(int codepoint)
      Converts the given codepoint to a hex string of the form "\\uXXXX".
      Parameters:
      codepoint - a Unicode code point
      Returns:
      The hex string for the given codepoint