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java.lang.Object | +--java.nio.Buffer | +--java.nio.CharBuffer
A character buffer.
This class defines four categories of operations upon character buffers:
Absolute and relative get
and
put
methods that read and write
single characters;
Relative bulk get
methods that transfer contiguous sequences of characters from this buffer
into an array; and
Relative bulk put
methods that transfer contiguous sequences of characters from a
character array, a string, or some other character
buffer into this buffer; and
Methods for compacting
,
duplicating
, and
slicing
a character buffer.
Character buffers can be created either by allocation
, which allocates space for the buffer's
content, by
wrapping
an existing
character array or string into a buffer, or by creating a
view of an existing byte buffer
Like a byte buffer, a character buffer is either direct or non-direct. A
character buffer created via the wrap methods of this class will
be non-direct. A character buffer created as a view of a byte buffer will
be direct if, and only if, the byte buffer itself is direct. Whether or not
a character buffer is direct may be determined by invoking the isDirect
method.
This class implements the CharSequence
interface so that
character buffers may be used wherever character sequences are accepted, for
example in the regular-expression package java.util.regex.
Methods in this class that do not otherwise have a value to return are specified to return the buffer upon which they are invoked. This allows method invocations to be chained. The sequence of statements
can, for example, be replaced by the single statementcb.put("text/"); cb.put(subtype); cb.put("; charset="); cb.put(enc);
cb.put("text/").put(subtype).put("; charset=").put(enc);
Method Summary | |
static CharBuffer |
allocate(int capacity)
Allocates a new character buffer. |
char[] |
array()
Returns the character array that backs this buffer (optional operation). |
int |
arrayOffset()
Returns the offset within this buffer's backing array of the first element of the buffer (optional operation). |
abstract CharBuffer |
asReadOnlyBuffer()
Creates a new, read-only character buffer that shares this buffer's content. |
char |
charAt(int index)
Reads the character at the given index relative to the current position. |
abstract CharBuffer |
compact()
Compacts this buffer (optional operation). |
int |
compareTo(Object ob)
Compares this buffer to another object. |
abstract CharBuffer |
duplicate()
Creates a new character buffer that shares this buffer's content. |
boolean |
equals(Object ob)
Tells whether or not this buffer is equal to another object. |
abstract char |
get()
Relative get method. |
CharBuffer |
get(char[] dst)
Relative bulk get method. |
CharBuffer |
get(char[] dst,
int offset,
int length)
Relative bulk get method. |
abstract char |
get(int index)
Absolute get method. |
boolean |
hasArray()
Tells whether or not this buffer is backed by an accessible character array. |
int |
hashCode()
Returns the current hash code of this buffer. |
abstract boolean |
isDirect()
Tells whether or not this character buffer is direct. |
int |
length()
Returns the length of this character buffer. |
abstract ByteOrder |
order()
Retrieves this buffer's byte order. |
abstract CharBuffer |
put(char c)
Relative put method (optional operation). |
CharBuffer |
put(char[] src)
Relative bulk put method (optional operation). |
CharBuffer |
put(char[] src,
int offset,
int length)
Relative bulk put method (optional operation). |
CharBuffer |
put(CharBuffer src)
Relative bulk put method (optional operation). |
abstract CharBuffer |
put(int index,
char c)
Absolute put method (optional operation). |
CharBuffer |
put(String src)
Relative bulk put method (optional operation). |
CharBuffer |
put(String src,
int start,
int end)
Relative bulk put method (optional operation). |
abstract CharBuffer |
slice()
Creates a new character buffer whose content is a shared subsequence of this buffer's content. |
abstract CharSequence |
subSequence(int start,
int end)
Creates a new character buffer that represents the specified subsequence of this buffer, relative to the current position. |
String |
toString()
Returns a string containing the characters in this buffer. |
static CharBuffer |
wrap(char[] array)
Wraps a character array into a buffer. |
static CharBuffer |
wrap(char[] array,
int offset,
int length)
Wraps a character array into a buffer. |
static CharBuffer |
wrap(CharSequence csq)
Wraps a string into a buffer. |
static CharBuffer |
wrap(CharSequence csq,
int start,
int end)
Wraps a character sequence into a buffer. |
Methods inherited from class java.nio.Buffer |
capacity, clear, flip, hasRemaining, isReadOnly, limit, limit, mark, position, position, remaining, reset, rewind |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait |
Method Detail |
public static CharBuffer allocate(int capacity)
The new buffer's position will be zero, its limit will be its
capacity, and its mark will be undefined. It will have a backing array
, and its
array
offset
will be zero.
capacity
- The new buffer's capacity, in characters
public static CharBuffer wrap(char[] array, int offset, int length)
The new buffer will be backed by the the given character array;
that is, modifications to the buffer will cause the array to be modified
and vice versa. The new buffer's capacity will be
array.length, its position will be offset, its limit
will be offset + length, and its mark will be undefined. Its
backing array
will be the given array, and
its
array offset
will be zero.
array
- The array that will back the new bufferoffset
- The offset of the subarray to be used; must be non-negative and
no larger than array.length. The new buffer's position
will be set to this value.length
- The length of the subarray to be used;
must be non-negative and no larger than
array.length - offset.
The new buffer's limit will be set to offset + length.
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on the offset and length
parameters do not holdpublic static CharBuffer wrap(char[] array)
The new buffer will be backed by the the given character array;
that is, modifications to the buffer will cause the array to be modified
and vice versa. The new buffer's capacity and limit will be
array.length, its position will be zero, and its mark will be
undefined. Its backing array
will be the
given array, and its
array offset
will
be zero.
array
- The array that will back this buffer
public static CharBuffer wrap(CharSequence csq, int start, int end)
The content of the new, read-only buffer will be the content of the given character sequence. The buffer's capacity will be csq.length(), its position will be start, its limit will be end, and its mark will be undefined.
csq
- The character sequence from which the new character buffer is to
be createdstart
- The index of the first character to be used;
must be non-negative and no larger than csq.length().
The new buffer's position will be set to this value.end
- The index of the character following the last character to be
used; must be no smaller than start and no larger
than csq.length().
The new buffer's limit will be set to this value.
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on the start and end
parameters do not holdpublic static CharBuffer wrap(CharSequence csq)
The content of the new, read-only buffer will be the content of the given string. The new buffer's capacity and limit will be csq.length(), its position will be zero, and its mark will be undefined.
csq
- The character sequence from which the new character buffer is to
be created
public abstract CharBuffer slice()
The content of the new buffer will start at this buffer's current position. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be the number of characters remaining in this buffer, and its mark will be undefined. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
public abstract CharBuffer duplicate()
The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer, and vice versa; the two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical to those of this buffer. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
public abstract CharBuffer asReadOnlyBuffer()
The content of the new buffer will be that of this buffer. Changes to this buffer's content will be visible in the new buffer; the new buffer itself, however, will be read-only and will not allow the shared content to be modified. The two buffers' position, limit, and mark values will be independent.
The new buffer's capacity, limit, position, and mark values will be identical to those of this buffer.
If this buffer is itself read-only then this method behaves in
exactly the same way as the duplicate
method.
public abstract char get()
BufferUnderflowException
- If the buffer's current position is not smaller than its limitpublic abstract CharBuffer put(char c)
Writes the given character into this buffer at the current position, and then increments the position.
c
- The character to be written
BufferOverflowException
- If this buffer's current position is not smaller than its limit
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic abstract char get(int index)
index
- The index from which the character will be read
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If index is negative
or not smaller than the buffer's limitpublic abstract CharBuffer put(int index, char c)
Writes the given character into this buffer at the given index.
index
- The index at which the character will be writtenc
- The character value to be written
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If index is negative
or not smaller than the buffer's limit
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic CharBuffer get(char[] dst, int offset, int length)
This method transfers characters from this buffer into the given
destination array. If there are fewer characters remaining in the
buffer than are required to satisfy the request, that is, if
length > remaining(), then no
characters are transferred and a BufferUnderflowException
is
thrown.
Otherwise, this method copies length characters from this buffer into the given array, starting at the current position of this buffer and at the given offset in the array. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
In other words, an invocation of this method of the form src.get(dst, off, len) has exactly the same effect as the loop
for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++) dst[i] = src.get();except that it first checks that there are sufficient characters in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
dst
- The array into which characters are to be writtenoffset
- The offset within the array of the first character to be
written; must be non-negative and no larger than
dst.lengthlength
- The maximum number of characters to be written to the given
array; must be non-negative and no larger than
dst.length - offset
BufferUnderflowException
- If there are fewer than length characters
remaining in this buffer
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on the offset and length
parameters do not holdpublic CharBuffer get(char[] dst)
This method transfers characters from this buffer into the given destination array. An invocation of this method of the form src.get(a) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
src.get(a, 0, a.length)
BufferUnderflowException
- If there are fewer than length characters
remaining in this bufferpublic CharBuffer put(CharBuffer src)
This method transfers the characters remaining in the given source
buffer into this buffer. If there are more characters remaining in the
source buffer than in this buffer, that is, if
src.remaining() > remaining(),
then no characters are transferred and a BufferOverflowException
is thrown.
Otherwise, this method copies n = src.remaining() characters from the given buffer into this buffer, starting at each buffer's current position. The positions of both buffers are then incremented by n.
In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src) has exactly the same effect as the loop
while (src.hasRemaining()) dst.put(src.get());except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
src
- The source buffer from which characters are to be read;
must not be this buffer
BufferOverflowException
- If there is insufficient space in this buffer
for the remaining characters in the source buffer
IllegalArgumentException
- If the source buffer is this buffer
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic CharBuffer put(char[] src, int offset, int length)
This method transfers characters into this buffer from the given
source array. If there are more characters to be copied from the array
than remain in this buffer, that is, if
length > remaining(), then no
characters are transferred and a BufferOverflowException
is
thrown.
Otherwise, this method copies length characters from the given array into this buffer, starting at the given offset in the array and at the current position of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by length.
In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src, off, len) has exactly the same effect as the loop
for (int i = off; i < off + len; i++) dst.put(a[i]);except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
offset
- The offset within the array of the first character to be read;
must be non-negative and no larger than array.lengthlength
- The number of characters to be read from the given array;
must be non-negative and no larger than
array.length - offset
BufferOverflowException
- If there is insufficient space in this buffer
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on the offset and length
parameters do not hold
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic final CharBuffer put(char[] src)
This method transfers the entire content of the given source character array into this buffer. An invocation of this method of the form dst.put(a) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
dst.put(a, 0, a.length)
BufferOverflowException
- If there is insufficient space in this buffer
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic CharBuffer put(String src, int start, int end)
This method transfers characters from the given string into this
buffer. If there are more characters to be copied from the string than
remain in this buffer, that is, if
end - start > remaining(),
then no characters are transferred and a BufferOverflowException
is thrown.
Otherwise, this method copies n = end - start characters from the given string into this buffer, starting at the given start index and at the current position of this buffer. The position of this buffer is then incremented by n.
In other words, an invocation of this method of the form dst.put(src, start, end) has exactly the same effect as the loop
for (int i = start; i < end; i++) dst.put(src.charAt(i));except that it first checks that there is sufficient space in this buffer and it is potentially much more efficient.
start
- The offset within the string of the first character to be read;
must be non-negative and no larger than
string.length()end
- The offset within the string of the last character to be read,
plus one; must be non-negative and no larger than
string.length()
BufferOverflowException
- If there is insufficient space in this buffer
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on the start and end
parameters do not hold
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic final CharBuffer put(String src)
This method transfers the entire content of the given source string into this buffer. An invocation of this method of the form dst.put(s) behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
dst.put(s, 0, s.length())
BufferOverflowException
- If there is insufficient space in this buffer
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic final boolean hasArray()
If this method returns true then the array
and arrayOffset
methods may safely be invoked.
public final char[] array()
Modifications to this buffer's content will cause the returned array's content to be modified, and vice versa.
Invoke the hasArray
method before invoking this
method in order to ensure that this buffer has an accessible backing
array.
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is backed by an array but is read-only
UnsupportedOperationException
- If this buffer is not backed by an accessible arraypublic final int arrayOffset()
If this buffer is backed by an array then buffer position p corresponds to array index p + arrayOffset().
Invoke the hasArray
method before invoking this
method in order to ensure that this buffer has an accessible backing
array.
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is backed by an array but is read-only
UnsupportedOperationException
- If this buffer is not backed by an accessible arraypublic abstract CharBuffer compact()
The characters between the buffer's current position and its limit, if any, are copied to the beginning of the buffer. That is, the character at index p = position() is copied to index zero, the character at index p + 1 is copied to index one, and so forth until the character at index limit() - 1 is copied to index n = limit() - 1 - p. The buffer's position is then set to n+1 and its limit is set to its capacity. The mark, if defined, is discarded.
The buffer's position is set to the number of characters copied, rather than to zero, so that an invocation of this method can be followed immediately by an invocation of another relative put method.
ReadOnlyBufferException
- If this buffer is read-onlypublic abstract boolean isDirect()
public int hashCode()
The hash code of a char buffer depends only upon its remaining elements; that is, upon the elements from position() up to, and including, the element at limit() - 1.
Because buffer hash codes are content-dependent, it is inadvisable to use buffers as keys in hash maps or similar data structures unless it is known that their contents will not change.
Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
,
Hashtable
public boolean equals(Object ob)
Two char buffers are equal if, and only if,
They have the same element type,
They have the same number of remaining elements, and
The two sequences of remaining elements, considered independently of their starting positions, are pointwise equal.
A char buffer is not equal to any other type of object.
ob
- The object to which this buffer is to be compared
Object.hashCode()
,
Hashtable
public int compareTo(Object ob)
Two char buffers are compared by comparing their sequences of remaining elements lexicographically, without regard to the starting position of each sequence within its corresponding buffer.
A char buffer is not comparable to any other type of object.
compareTo
in interface Comparable
ob
- the Object to be compared.
ClassCastException
- If the argument is not a char bufferpublic String toString()
The first character of the resulting string will be the character at this buffer's position, while the last character will be the character at index limit() - 1. Invoking this method does not change the buffer's position.
toString
in interface CharSequence
toString
in class Object
public final int length()
When viewed as a character sequence, the length of a character buffer is simply the number of characters between the position (inclusive) and the limit (exclusive); that is, it is equivalent to remaining().
length
in interface CharSequence
public final char charAt(int index)
charAt
in interface CharSequence
index
- The index of the character to be read, relative to the position;
must be non-negative and smaller than remaining()
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on index do not holdpublic abstract CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end)
The new buffer will share this buffer's content; that is, if the content of this buffer is mutable then modifications to one buffer will cause the other to be modified. The new buffer's capacity will be that of this buffer, its position will be position() + start, and its limit will be position() + end. The new buffer will be direct if, and only if, this buffer is direct, and it will be read-only if, and only if, this buffer is read-only.
subSequence
in interface CharSequence
start
- The index, relative to the current position, of the first
character in the subsequence; must be non-negative and no larger
than remaining()end
- The index, relative to the current position, of the character
following the last character in the subsequence; must be no
smaller than start and no larger than
remaining()
IndexOutOfBoundsException
- If the preconditions on start and end
do not holdpublic abstract ByteOrder order()
The byte order of a character buffer created by allocation or by
wrapping an existing char array is the native order
of the underlying
hardware. The byte order of a character buffer created as a view of a byte buffer is that of the
byte buffer at the moment that the view is created.
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