/* * 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 com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils.FastStringBuffers, 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 0 to length() - 1. The first character * of the sequence is at index 0, the next at index * 1, 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 0. * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index * 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: * * @exception NullPointerException if dst is null */ public abstract void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin); /** * Compares this string to the specified object. * The result is true if and only if the argument is not * null and is an XMLString object that represents * the same sequence of characters as this object. * * @param anObject the object to compare this String * against. * @return true if the String are equal; * false 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 String. * The result is true if and only if the argument is not * null and is a String object that represents * the same sequence of characters as this object. * * @param anotherString the object to compare this String * against. * @return true if the Strings are equal; * false 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 true if and only if the argument is not * null and is a String object that represents * the same sequence of characters as this object. * * @param anObject the object to compare this String * against. * @return true if the String are equal; * false 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 String to another String, * 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 String to compare this * String against. * @return true if the argument is not null * and the Strings are equal, * ignoring case; false 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 String to be compared. * @return the value 0 if the argument string is equal to * this string; a value less than 0 if this string * is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a * value greater than 0 if this string is * lexicographically greater than the string argument. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if anotherString * is null. */ public abstract int compareTo(XMLString anotherString); /** * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case considerations. * This method returns an integer whose sign is that of * this.toUpperCase().toLowerCase().compareTo( * str.toUpperCase().toLowerCase()). *

* Note that this method does not take locale into account, * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales. * The java.text package provides collators to allow * locale-sensitive ordering. * * @param str the String 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 true if the character sequence represented by the * argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting * at index toffset; false otherwise. * The result is false if toffset is * negative or greater than the length of this * String object; otherwise the result is the same * as the result of the expression * 

   *          this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
   *
* @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if prefix is * null. */ 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 true if the character sequence represented by the * argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting * at index toffset; false otherwise. * The result is false if toffset is * negative or greater than the length of this * String object; otherwise the result is the same * as the result of the expression * 
   *          this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
   *
* @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if prefix is * null. */ public abstract boolean startsWith(XMLString prefix, int toffset); /** * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix. * * @param prefix the prefix. * @return true if the character sequence represented by the * argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by * this string; false otherwise. * Note also that true will be returned if the * argument is an empty string or is equal to this * String object as determined by the * {@link #equals(Object)} method. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if prefix is * null. * @since JDK1. 0 */ public abstract boolean startsWith(String prefix); /** * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix. * * @param prefix the prefix. * @return true if the character sequence represented by the * argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by * this string; false otherwise. * Note also that true will be returned if the * argument is an empty string or is equal to this * String object as determined by the * {@link #equals(Object)} method. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if prefix is * null. * @since JDK1. 0 */ public abstract boolean startsWith(XMLString prefix); /** * Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix. * * @param suffix the suffix. * @return true if the character sequence represented by the * argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by * this object; false otherwise. Note that the * result will be true if the argument is the * empty string or is equal to this String object * as determined by the {@link #equals(Object)} method. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if suffix is * null. */ public abstract boolean endsWith(String suffix); /** * Returns a hashcode for this string. The hashcode for a * String object is computed as * 
   * s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]
   *
* using int arithmetic, where s[i] is the * ith character of the string, n is the length of * the string, and ^ 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 ch occurs * in the character sequence represented by this String * object, then the index of the first such occurrence is returned -- * that is, the smallest value k such that: * 
   * this.charAt(k) == ch
   *
* is true. If no such character occurs in this string, * then -1 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 * -1 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. *

* If a character with value ch occurs in the character * sequence represented by this String object at an index * no smaller than fromIndex, then the index of the first * such occurrence is returned--that is, the smallest value k * such that: * 

   * (this.charAt(k) == ch) && (k >= fromIndex)
   *
* is true. If no such character occurs in this string at or after * position fromIndex, then -1 is returned. *

* There is no restriction on the value of fromIndex. 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: -1 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 fromIndex, or -1 * 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 k such that: * 

   * this.charAt(k) == ch
   *
* 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 * -1 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 k * such that: * 
   * this.charAt(k) == ch) && (k <= fromIndex)
   *
* is true. * * @param ch a character. * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from. There is no * restriction on the value of fromIndex. 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 fromIndex, or -1 * 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 * k such that: * 
   * this.startsWith(str, k)
   *
* is true. * * @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, -1 is returned. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if str is * null. */ 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 * k such that: * 
   * this.startsWith(str, k)
   *
* is true. * * @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, -1 is returned. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if str is * null. */ 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 k such that: * 
   * this.startsWith(str, k) && (k >= fromIndex)
   *
* is true. *

* There is no restriction on the value of fromIndex. 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: -1 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 * fromIndex, then the index of the first character * of the first such substring is returned. If it does not occur * as a substring starting at fromIndex or beyond, * -1 is returned. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if str is * null */ 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 this.length(). * The returned index is the largest value k such that * 

   * this.startsWith(str, k)
   *
* 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, -1 is returned. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if str is * null. */ 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 * fromIndex, then the index of the first character of * the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as a * substring starting at fromIndex or earlier, * -1 is returned. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if str is * null. */ 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.

* Examples: * 

   * "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy"
   * "Harbison".substring(3) returns "bison"
   * "emptiness".substring(9) returns "" (an empty string)
   *
* * @param beginIndex the beginning index, inclusive. * @return the specified substring. * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if * beginIndex is negative or larger than the * length of this String object. */ public abstract XMLString substring(int beginIndex); /** * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The * substring begins at the specified beginIndex and * extends to the character at index endIndex - 1. * Thus the length of the substring is endIndex-beginIndex. * * @param beginIndex the beginning index, inclusive. * @param endIndex the ending index, exclusive. * @return the specified substring. * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the * beginIndex is negative, or * endIndex is larger than the length of * this String object, or * beginIndex is larger than * endIndex. */ public abstract XMLString substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex); /** * Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string. * * @param str the String that is concatenated to the end * of this String. * @return a string that represents the concatenation of this object's * characters followed by the string argument's characters. * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if str is * null. */ public abstract XMLString concat(String str); /** * Converts all of the characters in this String to lower * case using the rules of the given Locale. * * @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 String to lower * case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned * by Locale.getDefault. *

* * @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 String 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 String to upper * case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned * by Locale.getDefault. * *

* If no character in this string has a different uppercase version, * based on calling the toUpperCase method defined by * Character, then the original string is returned. *

* Otherwise, this method creates a new String object * representing a character sequence identical in length to the * character sequence represented by this String object and * with every character equal to the result of applying the method * Character.toUpperCase to the corresponding character of * this String object.

* Examples: * 

   * "Fahrvergnügen".toUpperCase() returns "FAHRVERGNÜGEN"
   * "Visit Ljubinje!".toUpperCase() returns "VISIT LJUBINJE!"
   *
* * @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. *

* If this String object represents an empty character * sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence * represented by this String object both have codes * greater than '\u0020' (the space character), then a * reference to this String object is returned. *

* Otherwise, if there is no character with a code greater than * '\u0020' in the string, then a new * String object representing an empty string is created * and returned. *

* Otherwise, let k be the index of the first character in the * string whose code is greater than '\u0020', and let * m be the index of the last character in the string whose code * is greater than '\u0020'. A new String * object is created, representing the substring of this string that * begins with the character at index k and ends with the * character at index m-that is, the result of * this.substring(k, m+1). *

* 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(); }