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-/*
- * reserved comment block
- * DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER!
- */
-/*
- * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-/*
- * $Id: XMLString.java,v 1.2.4.1 2005/09/15 08:16:02 suresh_emailid Exp $
- */
-package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils;
-
-import java.util.Locale;
-
-/**
- * This class is meant to be an interface to character strings, whether they
- * be java Strings or <code>com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.FastStringBuffer</code>s, or
- * other character data. By using XMLString, character copies can be reduced
- * in the XML pipeline.
- */
-public interface XMLString
-{
-
- /**
- * Directly call the
- * characters method on the passed ContentHandler for the
- * string-value. Multiple calls to the
- * ContentHandler's characters methods may well occur for a single call to
- * this method.
- *
- * @param ch A non-null reference to a ContentHandler.
- *
- * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
- */
- public abstract void dispatchCharactersEvents(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler ch)
- throws org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-
- /**
- * Directly call the
- * comment method on the passed LexicalHandler for the
- * string-value.
- *
- * @param lh A non-null reference to a LexicalHandler.
- *
- * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
- */
- public abstract void dispatchAsComment(org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler lh)
- throws org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-
- /**
- * Conditionally trim all leading and trailing whitespace in the specified String.
- * All strings of white space are
- * replaced by a single space character (#x20), except spaces after punctuation which
- * receive double spaces if doublePunctuationSpaces is true.
- * This function may be useful to a formatter, but to get first class
- * results, the formatter should probably do it's own white space handling
- * based on the semantics of the formatting object.
- *
- * @param trimHead Trim leading whitespace?
- * @param trimTail Trim trailing whitespace?
- * @param doublePunctuationSpaces Use double spaces for punctuation?
- * @return The trimmed string.
- */
- public XMLString fixWhiteSpace(boolean trimHead,
- boolean trimTail,
- boolean doublePunctuationSpaces);
-
- /**
- * Returns the length of this string.
- *
- * @return the length of the sequence of characters represented by this
- * object.
- */
- public abstract int length();
-
- /**
- * Returns the character at the specified index. An index ranges
- * from <code>0</code> to <code>length() - 1</code>. The first character
- * of the sequence is at index <code>0</code>, the next at index
- * <code>1</code>, and so on, as for array indexing.
- *
- * @param index the index of the character.
- * @return the character at the specified index of this string.
- * The first character is at index <code>0</code>.
- * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the <code>index</code>
- * argument is negative or not less than the length of this
- * string.
- */
- public abstract char charAt(int index);
-
- /**
- * Copies characters from this string into the destination character
- * array.
- *
- * @param srcBegin index of the first character in the string
- * to copy.
- * @param srcEnd index after the last character in the string
- * to copy.
- * @param dst the destination array.
- * @param dstBegin the start offset in the destination array.
- * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following
- * is true:
- * <ul><li><code>srcBegin</code> is negative.
- * <li><code>srcBegin</code> is greater than <code>srcEnd</code>
- * <li><code>srcEnd</code> is greater than the length of this
- * string
- * <li><code>dstBegin</code> is negative
- * <li><code>dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)</code> is larger than
- * <code>dst.length</code></ul>
- * @exception NullPointerException if <code>dst</code> is <code>null</code>
- */
- public abstract void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[],
- int dstBegin);
-
- /**
- * Compares this string to the specified object.
- * The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
- * <code>null</code> and is an <code>XMLString</code> object that represents
- * the same sequence of characters as this object.
- *
- * @param anObject the object to compare this <code>String</code>
- * against.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>String </code>are equal;
- * <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * @see java.lang.String#compareTo(java.lang.String)
- * @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)
- */
- public abstract boolean equals(XMLString anObject);
-
- /**
- * Compares this string to the specified <code>String</code>.
- * The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
- * <code>null</code> and is a <code>String</code> object that represents
- * the same sequence of characters as this object.
- *
- * @param anotherString the object to compare this <code>String</code>
- * against.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>String</code>s are equal;
- * <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * @see java.lang.String#compareTo(java.lang.String)
- * @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)
- */
- public abstract boolean equals(String anotherString);
-
- /**
- * Compares this string to the specified object.
- * The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
- * <code>null</code> and is a <code>String</code> object that represents
- * the same sequence of characters as this object.
- *
- * @param anObject the object to compare this <code>String</code>
- * against.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the <code>String </code>are equal;
- * <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * @see java.lang.String#compareTo(java.lang.String)
- * @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)
- */
- public abstract boolean equals(Object anObject);
-
- /**
- * Compares this <code>String</code> to another <code>String</code>,
- * ignoring case considerations. Two strings are considered equal
- * ignoring case if they are of the same length, and corresponding
- * characters in the two strings are equal ignoring case.
- *
- * @param anotherString the <code>String</code> to compare this
- * <code>String</code> against.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the argument is not <code>null</code>
- * and the <code>String</code>s are equal,
- * ignoring case; <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * @see #equals(Object)
- * @see java.lang.Character#toLowerCase(char)
- * @see java.lang.Character#toUpperCase(char)
- */
- public abstract boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString);
-
- /**
- * Compares two strings lexicographically.
- *
- * @param anotherString the <code>String</code> to be compared.
- * @return the value <code>0</code> if the argument string is equal to
- * this string; a value less than <code>0</code> if this string
- * is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a
- * value greater than <code>0</code> if this string is
- * lexicographically greater than the string argument.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>anotherString</code>
- * is <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract int compareTo(XMLString anotherString);
-
- /**
- * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case considerations.
- * This method returns an integer whose sign is that of
- * <code>this.toUpperCase().toLowerCase().compareTo(
- * str.toUpperCase().toLowerCase())</code>.
- * <p>
- * Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
- * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
- * The java.text package provides <em>collators</em> to allow
- * locale-sensitive ordering.
- *
- * @param str the <code>String</code> to be compared.
- * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
- * the specified String is greater than, equal to, or less
- * than this String, ignoring case considerations.
- * @see java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)
- * @since 1.2
- */
- public abstract int compareToIgnoreCase(XMLString str);
-
- /**
- * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning
- * a specified index.
- *
- * @param prefix the prefix.
- * @param toffset where to begin looking in the string.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
- * argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
- * at index <code>toffset</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * The result is <code>false</code> if <code>toffset</code> is
- * negative or greater than the length of this
- * <code>String</code> object; otherwise the result is the same
- * as the result of the expression
- * <pre>
- * this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
- * </pre>
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>prefix</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset);
-
- /**
- * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning
- * a specified index.
- *
- * @param prefix the prefix.
- * @param toffset where to begin looking in the string.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
- * argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
- * at index <code>toffset</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * The result is <code>false</code> if <code>toffset</code> is
- * negative or greater than the length of this
- * <code>String</code> object; otherwise the result is the same
- * as the result of the expression
- * <pre>
- * this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
- * </pre>
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>prefix</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract boolean startsWith(XMLString prefix, int toffset);
-
- /**
- * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.
- *
- * @param prefix the prefix.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
- * argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
- * this string; <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * Note also that <code>true</code> will be returned if the
- * argument is an empty string or is equal to this
- * <code>String</code> object as determined by the
- * {@link #equals(Object)} method.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>prefix</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- * @since JDK1. 0
- */
- public abstract boolean startsWith(String prefix);
-
- /**
- * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.
- *
- * @param prefix the prefix.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
- * argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
- * this string; <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * Note also that <code>true</code> will be returned if the
- * argument is an empty string or is equal to this
- * <code>String</code> object as determined by the
- * {@link #equals(Object)} method.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>prefix</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- * @since JDK1. 0
- */
- public abstract boolean startsWith(XMLString prefix);
-
- /**
- * Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.
- *
- * @param suffix the suffix.
- * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
- * argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by
- * this object; <code>false</code> otherwise. Note that the
- * result will be <code>true</code> if the argument is the
- * empty string or is equal to this <code>String</code> object
- * as determined by the {@link #equals(Object)} method.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>suffix</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract boolean endsWith(String suffix);
-
- /**
- * Returns a hashcode for this string. The hashcode for a
- * <code>String</code> object is computed as
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * using <code>int</code> arithmetic, where <code>s[i]</code> is the
- * <i>i</i>th character of the string, <code>n</code> is the length of
- * the string, and <code>^</code> indicates exponentiation.
- * (The hash value of the empty string is zero.)
- *
- * @return a hash code value for this object.
- */
- public abstract int hashCode();
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
- * specified character. If a character with value <code>ch</code> occurs
- * in the character sequence represented by this <code>String</code>
- * object, then the index of the first such occurrence is returned --
- * that is, the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is <code>true</code>. If no such character occurs in this string,
- * then <code>-1</code> is returned.
- *
- * @param ch a character.
- * @return the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
- * character sequence represented by this object, or
- * <code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.
- */
- public abstract int indexOf(int ch);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
- * specified character, starting the search at the specified index.
- * <p>
- * If a character with value <code>ch</code> occurs in the character
- * sequence represented by this <code>String</code> object at an index
- * no smaller than <code>fromIndex</code>, then the index of the first
- * such occurrence is returned--that is, the smallest value <i>k</i>
- * such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> >= fromIndex)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is true. If no such character occurs in this string at or after
- * position <code>fromIndex</code>, then <code>-1</code> is returned.
- * <p>
- * There is no restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it
- * is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
- * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
- * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
- * this string: <code>-1</code> is returned.
- *
- * @param ch a character.
- * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from.
- * @return the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
- * character sequence represented by this object that is greater
- * than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
- * if the character does not occur.
- */
- public abstract int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
- * specified character. That is, the index returned is the largest
- * value <i>k</i> such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is true.
- * The String is searched backwards starting at the last character.
- *
- * @param ch a character.
- * @return the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
- * character sequence represented by this object, or
- * <code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.
- */
- public abstract int lastIndexOf(int ch);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
- * specified character, searching backward starting at the specified
- * index. That is, the index returned is the largest value <i>k</i>
- * such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.charAt(k) == ch) && (k <= fromIndex)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is true.
- *
- * @param ch a character.
- * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from. There is no
- * restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it is
- * greater than or equal to the length of this string, it has
- * the same effect as if it were equal to one less than the
- * length of this string: this entire string may be searched.
- * If it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were -1:
- * -1 is returned.
- * @return the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
- * character sequence represented by this object that is less
- * than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
- * if the character does not occur before that point.
- */
- public abstract int lastIndexOf(int ch, int fromIndex);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
- * specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value
- * <i>k</i> such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is <code>true</code>.
- *
- * @param str any string.
- * @return if the string argument occurs as a substring within this
- * object, then the index of the first character of the first
- * such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a
- * substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract int indexOf(String str);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
- * specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value
- * <i>k</i> such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is <code>true</code>.
- *
- * @param str any string.
- * @return if the string argument occurs as a substring within this
- * object, then the index of the first character of the first
- * such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a
- * substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract int indexOf(XMLString str);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
- * specified substring, starting at the specified index. The integer
- * returned is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>) && (<i>k</i> >= fromIndex)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is <code>true</code>.
- * <p>
- * There is no restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If
- * it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
- * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
- * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
- * this string: <code>-1</code> is returned.
- *
- * @param str the substring to search for.
- * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from.
- * @return If the string argument occurs as a substring within this
- * object at a starting index no smaller than
- * <code>fromIndex</code>, then the index of the first character
- * of the first such substring is returned. If it does not occur
- * as a substring starting at <code>fromIndex</code> or beyond,
- * <code>-1</code> is returned.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
- * <code>null</code>
- */
- public abstract int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence
- * of the specified substring. The rightmost empty string "" is
- * considered to occur at the index value <code>this.length()</code>.
- * The returned index is the largest value <i>k</i> such that
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * this.startsWith(str, k)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- * is true.
- *
- * @param str the substring to search for.
- * @return if the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring
- * within this object, then the index of the first character of
- * the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as
- * a substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract int lastIndexOf(String str);
-
- /**
- * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
- * the specified substring.
- *
- * @param str the substring to search for.
- * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from. There is no
- * restriction on the value of fromIndex. If it is greater than
- * the length of this string, it has the same effect as if it
- * were equal to the length of this string: this entire string
- * may be searched. If it is negative, it has the same effect
- * as if it were -1: -1 is returned.
- * @return If the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring
- * within this object at a starting index no greater than
- * <code>fromIndex</code>, then the index of the first character of
- * the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as a
- * substring starting at <code>fromIndex</code> or earlier,
- * <code>-1</code> is returned.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex);
-
- /**
- * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
- * substring begins with the character at the specified index and
- * extends to the end of this string. <p>
- * Examples:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy"
- * "Harbison".substring(3) returns "bison"
- * "emptiness".substring(9) returns "" (an empty string)
- * </pre></blockquote>
- *
- * @param beginIndex the beginning index, inclusive.
- * @return the specified substring.
- * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if
- * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative or larger than the
- * length of this <code>String</code> object.
- */
- public abstract XMLString substring(int beginIndex);
-
- /**
- * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
- * substring begins at the specified <code>beginIndex</code> and
- * extends to the character at index <code>endIndex - 1</code>.
- * Thus the length of the substring is <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>.
- *
- * @param beginIndex the beginning index, inclusive.
- * @param endIndex the ending index, exclusive.
- * @return the specified substring.
- * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
- * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or
- * <code>endIndex</code> is larger than the length of
- * this <code>String</code> object, or
- * <code>beginIndex</code> is larger than
- * <code>endIndex</code>.
- */
- public abstract XMLString substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex);
-
- /**
- * Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.
- *
- * @param str the <code>String</code> that is concatenated to the end
- * of this <code>String</code>.
- * @return a string that represents the concatenation of this object's
- * characters followed by the string argument's characters.
- * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if <code>str</code> is
- * <code>null</code>.
- */
- public abstract XMLString concat(String str);
-
- /**
- * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
- * case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>.
- *
- * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
- * @return the String, converted to lowercase.
- * @see java.lang.Character#toLowerCase(char)
- * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
- */
- public abstract XMLString toLowerCase(Locale locale);
-
- /**
- * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
- * case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned
- * by <code>Locale.getDefault</code>.
- * <p>
- *
- * @return the string, converted to lowercase.
- * @see java.lang.Character#toLowerCase(char)
- * @see java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
- */
- public abstract XMLString toLowerCase();
-
- /**
- * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
- * case using the rules of the given locale.
- * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
- * @return the String, converted to uppercase.
- * @see java.lang.Character#toUpperCase(char)
- * @see java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
- */
- public abstract XMLString toUpperCase(Locale locale);
-
- /**
- * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
- * case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned
- * by <code>Locale.getDefault</code>.
- *
- * <p>
- * If no character in this string has a different uppercase version,
- * based on calling the <code>toUpperCase</code> method defined by
- * <code>Character</code>, then the original string is returned.
- * <p>
- * Otherwise, this method creates a new <code>String</code> object
- * representing a character sequence identical in length to the
- * character sequence represented by this <code>String</code> object and
- * with every character equal to the result of applying the method
- * <code>Character.toUpperCase</code> to the corresponding character of
- * this <code>String</code> object. <p>
- * Examples:
- * <blockquote><pre>
- * "Fahrvergn&uuml;gen".toUpperCase() returns "FAHRVERGN&Uuml;GEN"
- * "Visit Ljubinje!".toUpperCase() returns "VISIT LJUBINJE!"
- * </pre></blockquote>
- *
- * @return the string, converted to uppercase.
- * @see java.lang.Character#toUpperCase(char)
- * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
- */
- public abstract XMLString toUpperCase();
-
- /**
- * Removes white space from both ends of this string.
- * <p>
- * If this <code>String</code> object represents an empty character
- * sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence
- * represented by this <code>String</code> object both have codes
- * greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> (the space character), then a
- * reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
- * <p>
- * Otherwise, if there is no character with a code greater than
- * <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> in the string, then a new
- * <code>String</code> object representing an empty string is created
- * and returned.
- * <p>
- * Otherwise, let <i>k</i> be the index of the first character in the
- * string whose code is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>, and let
- * <i>m</i> be the index of the last character in the string whose code
- * is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>. A new <code>String</code>
- * object is created, representing the substring of this string that
- * begins with the character at index <i>k</i> and ends with the
- * character at index <i>m</i>-that is, the result of
- * <code>this.substring(<i>k</i>,&nbsp;<i>m</i>+1)</code>.
- * <p>
- * This method may be used to trim
- * {@link Character#isSpace(char) whitespace} from the beginning and end
- * of a string; in fact, it trims all ASCII control characters as well.
- *
- * @return this string, with white space removed from the front and end.
- */
- public abstract XMLString trim();
-
- /**
- * This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.
- *
- * @return the string itself.
- */
- public abstract String toString();
-
- /**
- * Tell if this object contains a java String object.
- *
- * @return true if this XMLString can return a string without creating one.
- */
- public abstract boolean hasString();
-
- /**
- * Convert a string to a double -- Allowed input is in fixed
- * notation ddd.fff.
- *
- * @return A double value representation of the string, or return Double.NaN
- * if the string can not be converted.
- */
- public double toDouble();
-}