Package org.apache.commons.lang

Class CharEncoding

  • public class CharEncoding
extends Object

    Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.

    According to JRE character encoding names:

    Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following character encodings. Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other encodings are supported.

    Since:
    2.1
    Version:
    $Id: CharEncoding.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
    See Also:
    JRE character encoding names

    • Field Summary

      Fields 
      Modifier and Type Field Description
      static String ISO_8859_1
      ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
      static String US_ASCII
      Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.
      static String UTF_16
      Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).
      static String UTF_16BE
      Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
      static String UTF_16LE
      Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
      static String UTF_8
      Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.

    • Constructor Summary

      Constructors 
      Constructor Description
      CharEncoding()  

    • Field Detail

      • US_ASCII

        public static final String US_ASCII

        Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.

        Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

        See Also:
        JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

      • UTF_16

        public static final String UTF_16

        Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).

        Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.

        See Also:
        JRE character encoding names, Constant Field Values

    • Constructor Detail

      • CharEncoding

        public CharEncoding()

    • Method Detail

      • isSupported

        public static boolean isSupported​(String name)

        Returns whether the named charset is supported.

        This is similar to java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)

        Parameters:
        name - the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias
        Returns:
        true if, and only if, support for the named charset is available in the current Java virtual machine
        See Also:
        JRE character encoding names