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package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.utils;

The default implementation of XMLStringFactory.
This implementation creates XMLStringDefault objects.
/**
 * The default implementation of XMLStringFactory.
 * This implementation creates XMLStringDefault objects.
 */
public class XMLStringFactoryDefault extends XMLStringFactory
{
  // A constant representing the empty String
  private static final XMLStringDefault EMPTY_STR = new XMLStringDefault("");

  
Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
Params:
string – Java String reference, which must be non-null.
Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the String reference./**
   * Create a new XMLString from a Java string.
   *
   *
   * @param string Java String reference, which must be non-null.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the String reference.
   */
  public XMLString newstr(String string)
  {
    return new XMLStringDefault(string);
  }

  
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
Params:
fsb – FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
start – The start position in the array.
length – The number of characters to read from the array.
Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference./**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param fsb FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public XMLString newstr(FastStringBuffer fsb, int start, int length)
  {
    return new XMLStringDefault(fsb.getString(start, length));
  }

  
Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
Params:
string – FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
start – The start position in the array.
length – The number of characters to read from the array.
Returns:
An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference./**
   * Create a XMLString from a FastStringBuffer.
   *
   *
   * @param string FastStringBuffer reference, which must be non-null.
   * @param start The start position in the array.
   * @param length The number of characters to read from the array.
   *
   * @return An XMLString object that wraps the FastStringBuffer reference.
   */
  public XMLString newstr(char[] string, int start, int length)
  {
    return new XMLStringDefault(new String(string, start, length));
  }

  
Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
Returns:
An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents ""./**
   * Get a cheap representation of an empty string.
   *
   * @return An non-null reference to an XMLString that represents "".
   */
  public XMLString emptystr()
  {
    return EMPTY_STR;
  }
}