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package org.apache.commons.lang;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
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.
Author: Apache Software Foundation See Also: Since: 2.1 Version: $Id: CharEncoding.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
/**
* <p>
* Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* According to <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>:
* <p>
* <cite>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.</cite>
* </p>
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character encoding
* names</a>
* @author Apache Software Foundation
* @since 2.1
* @version $Id: CharEncoding.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
*/
public class CharEncoding {
ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
See Also:
/**
* <p>
* ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.
* </p>
* <p>
* Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static final String ISO_8859_1 = "ISO-8859-1";
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:
/**
* <p>
* Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set.
* </p>
* <p>
* Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static final String US_ASCII = "US-ASCII";
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:
/**
* <p>
* 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).
* </p>
* <p>
* Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static final String UTF_16 = "UTF-16";
Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
See Also:
/**
* <p>
* Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.
* </p>
* <p>
* Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static final String UTF_16BE = "UTF-16BE";
Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
See Also:
/**
* <p>
* Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.
* </p>
* <p>
* Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static final String UTF_16LE = "UTF-16LE";
Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.
Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
See Also:
/**
* <p>
* Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.
* </p>
* <p>
* Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.
* </p>
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static final String UTF_8 = "UTF-8";
Returns whether the named charset is supported.
This is similar to
java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)
Params: - name –
the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias
See Also: Returns: true if, and only if, support for the named charset is available in the current Java
virtual machine
/**
* <p>
* Returns whether the named charset is supported.
* </p>
* <p>
* This is similar to <a
* href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html#isSupported(java.lang.String)">
* java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)</a>
* </p>
*
* @param name
* the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias
* @return <code>true</code> if, and only if, support for the named charset is available in the current Java
* virtual machine
*
* @see <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>
*/
public static boolean isSupported(String name) {
if (name == null) {
return false;
}
try {
new String(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY, name);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
}