Class CharacterSet

Object

CodeList<CharacterSet>

CharacterSet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Character­Set>

@UML(identifier="MD_CharacterSetCode",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public final class CharacterSet
extends CodeList<CharacterSet>

Name of the character coding standard used for the resource.

Since:

2.1

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class CodeList

Code­List.Filter

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Character­Set	BIG_5	Traditional Chinese code set used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas.
static final Character­Set	EBCDIC	IBM mainframe code set.
static final Character­Set	EUC_JP	Japanese code set used on UNIX based machines.
static final Character­Set	EUC_KR	Korean code set.
static final Character­Set	GB2312	Simplified Chinese code set.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_1	ISO/IEC 8859-1, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_10	ISO/IEC 8859-10, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_11	ISO/IEC 8859-11, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_12	A future ISO/IEC 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character set.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_13	ISO/IEC 8859-13, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_14	ISO/IEC 8859-14, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic).
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_15	ISO/IEC 8859-15, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_16	ISO/IEC 8859-16, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 16: Latin alphabet No. 10.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_2	ISO/IEC 8859-2, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_3	ISO/IEC 8859-3, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_4	ISO/IEC 8859-4, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_5	ISO/IEC 8859-5, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_6	ISO/IEC 8859-6, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_7	ISO/IEC 8859-7, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_8	ISO/IEC 8859-8, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet.
static final Character­Set	ISO_8859_9	ISO/IEC 8859-9, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5.
static final Character­Set	JIS	Japanese code set used for electronic transmission.
static final Character­Set	SHIFT_JIS	Japanese code set used on MS-DOS based machines.
static final Character­Set	UCS_2	16-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
static final Character­Set	UCS_4	32-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
static final Character­Set	US_ASCII	United States ASCII code set (ISO 646 US).
static final Character­Set	UTF_16	16-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
static final Character­Set	UTF_7	7-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
static final Character­Set	UTF_8	8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Character­Set[]	family()	Returns the list of enumerations of the same kind as this enum.
String[]	names()	Returns all the names of this code.
Charset	to­Charset()	Converts the Character Set to a java Charset, if it can.
static Character­Set	value­Of(String code)	Returns the character set that matches the given string, or returns a new one if none match it.
static Character­Set[]	values()	Returns the list of Character­Sets.

Methods inherited from class CodeList

compare­To, identifier, name, ordinal, read­Resolve, to­String, value­Of, value­Of

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

UCS_2

@UML(identifier="ucs2",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UCS_2

16-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UCS_4

@UML(identifier="ucs4",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UCS_4

32-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UTF_7

@UML(identifier="utf7",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UTF_7

7-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UTF_8

@UML(identifier="utf8",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UTF_8

8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UTF_16

@UML(identifier="utf16",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UTF_16

16-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

ISO_8859_1

@UML(identifier="8859part1",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_1

ISO/IEC 8859-1, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1.

ISO_8859_2

@UML(identifier="8859part2",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_2

ISO/IEC 8859-2, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2.

ISO_8859_3

@UML(identifier="8859part3",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_3

ISO/IEC 8859-3, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3.

ISO_8859_4

@UML(identifier="8859part4",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_4

ISO/IEC 8859-4, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4.

ISO_8859_5

@UML(identifier="8859part5",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_5

ISO/IEC 8859-5, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet.

ISO_8859_6

@UML(identifier="8859part6",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_6

ISO/IEC 8859-6, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet.

ISO_8859_7

@UML(identifier="8859part7",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_7

ISO/IEC 8859-7, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet.

ISO_8859_8

@UML(identifier="8859part8",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_8

ISO/IEC 8859-8, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet.

ISO_8859_9

@UML(identifier="8859part9",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_9

ISO/IEC 8859-9, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5.

ISO_8859_10

@UML(identifier="8859part10",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_10

ISO/IEC 8859-10, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6.

ISO_8859_11

@UML(identifier="8859part11",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_11

ISO/IEC 8859-11, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet.

ISO_8859_12

@UML(identifier="8859part12",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_12

A future ISO/IEC 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character set.

ISO_8859_13

@UML(identifier="8859part13",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_13

ISO/IEC 8859-13, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7.

ISO_8859_14

@UML(identifier="8859part14",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_14

ISO/IEC 8859-14, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic).

ISO_8859_15

@UML(identifier="8859part15",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_15

ISO/IEC 8859-15, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9.

ISO_8859_16

@UML(identifier="8859part16",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_16

ISO/IEC 8859-16, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 16: Latin alphabet No. 10.

JIS

@UML(identifier="jis",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet JIS

Japanese code set used for electronic transmission.

SHIFT_JIS

@UML(identifier="shiftJIS",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet SHIFT_JIS

Japanese code set used on MS-DOS based machines.

EUC_JP

@UML(identifier="eucJP",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet EUC_JP

Japanese code set used on UNIX based machines.

US_ASCII

@UML(identifier="usAscii",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet US_ASCII

United States ASCII code set (ISO 646 US).

EBCDIC

@UML(identifier="ebcdic",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet EBCDIC

IBM mainframe code set.

EUC_KR

@UML(identifier="eucKR",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet EUC_KR

Korean code set.

BIG_5

@UML(identifier="big5",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet BIG_5

Traditional Chinese code set used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas.

GB2312

@UML(identifier="GB2312",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet GB2312

Simplified Chinese code set.

Method Details

toCharset

public Charset toCharset()
                  throws UnsupportedCharsetException

Converts the Character Set to a java Charset, if it can.

Returns:

The Java Charset.

Throws:

Unsupported­Charset­Exception - If no support for the charset is available.

See Also:

• Supported encodings

names

public String[] names()

Returns all the names of this code. The returned array contains the following elements, with duplicated values and null values removed:

• The programmatic name
• The UML identifier
• The charset name

Those names are typically equal except for the case (programmatic names are upper case while UML names are lower case) and special characters like '-'.

Overrides:

names in class Code­List<Character­Set>

Returns:

All names of this code constant. This array is never null and never empty.

Since:

2.3

values

public static CharacterSet[] values()

Returns the list of Character­Sets.

Returns:

The list of codes declared in the current JVM.

family

public CharacterSet[] family()

Returns the list of enumerations of the same kind as this enum.

Specified by:

family in class Code­List<Character­Set>

Returns:

The codes of the same kind as this code.

valueOf

public static CharacterSet valueOf(String code)

Returns the character set that matches the given string, or returns a new one if none match it.

Parameters:

code - The name of the code to fetch or to create.

Returns:

A code matching the given name.