Package totalcross.sys

Class UTF8CharacterConverter

java.lang.Object

java.nio.charset.Charset

totalcross.sys.AbstractCharacterConverter

totalcross.sys.UTF8CharacterConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<java.nio.charset.Charset>

public class UTF8CharacterConverter
extends AbstractCharacterConverter

This class is used to correctly handle UTF8 byte to UCS-2 chracter conversions.

To use this class, you can call

totalcross.sys.Convert.setDefaultConverter("UTF8");

See Also:

Convert.charConverter, Convert.setDefaultConverter(String), CharacterConverter, CharacterConverter

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static char	REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	UTF8CharacterConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
char[]	bytes2chars(byte[] bytes, int start, int length)	Convert UTF-8 bytes to UCS-2 characters
byte[]	chars2bytes(char[] chars, int start, int length)	Convert UCS-2 characters to UTF-8 bytes

Methods inherited from class totalcross.sys.AbstractCharacterConverter

contains, newDecoder, newEncoder

Methods inherited from class java.nio.charset.Charset

aliases, availableCharsets, canEncode, compareTo, decode, defaultCharset, displayName, displayName, encode, encode, equals, forName, hashCode, isRegistered, isSupported, name, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER

public static char REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER

Constructor Detail

UTF8CharacterConverter

protected UTF8CharacterConverter()

Method Detail

bytes2chars

public char[] bytes2chars(byte[] bytes,
                          int start,
                          int length)

Convert UTF-8 bytes to UCS-2 characters

Specified by:

bytes2chars in class AbstractCharacterConverter

Parameters:

bytes - byte array to convert

start - first byte to convert in the byte array

length - number of bytes to convert

Returns:

UCS-2 character array resulting from the conversion

chars2bytes

public byte[] chars2bytes(char[] chars,
                          int start,
                          int length)

Convert UCS-2 characters to UTF-8 bytes

Specified by:

chars2bytes in class AbstractCharacterConverter

Parameters:

chars - character array to convert

start - first character to convert in the character array

length - number of characters to convert

Returns:

UTF-8 byte array resulting from the conversion