## org.apache.xerces.util
Class XMLChar

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.apache.xerces.util.XMLChar

public class XMLChar
extends java.lang.Object

This class defines the basic XML character properties. The data in this class can be used to verify that a character is a valid XML character or if the character is a space, name start, or name character.

A series of convenience methods are supplied to ease the burden of the developer. Because inlining the checks can improve per character performance, the tables of character properties are public. Using the character as an index into the `CHARS` array and applying the appropriate mask flag (e.g. `MASK_VALID`), yields the same results as calling the convenience methods. There is one exception: check the comments for the `isValid` method for details.

Version:
  $Id: XMLChar.java,v 1.12 2002/12/07 00:24:06 neilg Exp $
Author:
  Glenn Marcy, IBM, Andy Clark, IBM, Eric Ye, IBM, Arnaud Le Hors, IBM, Rahul Srivastava, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Field Summary
`static int` `MASK_CONTENT` Content character mask.
`static int` `MASK_NAME` Name character mask.
`static int` `MASK_NAME_START` Name start character mask.
`static int` `MASK_NCNAME` NCName character mask.
`static int` `MASK_NCNAME_START` NCName start character mask.
`static int` `MASK_PUBID` Pubid character mask.
`static int` `MASK_SPACE` Space character mask.
`static int` `MASK_VALID` Valid character mask.

Constructor Summary
`XMLChar()`

Method Summary
`static char` `highSurrogate(int c)` Returns the high surrogate of a supplemental character
`static boolean` `isContent(int c)` Returns true if the specified character can be considered content.
`static boolean` `isHighSurrogate(int c)` Returns whether the given character is a high surrogate
`static boolean` `isInvalid(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is invalid.
`static boolean` `isLowSurrogate(int c)` Returns whether the given character is a low surrogate
`static boolean` `isMarkup(int c)` Returns true if the specified character can be considered markup.
`static boolean` `isName(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a valid name character as defined by production [4] in the XML 1.0 specification.
`static boolean` `isNameStart(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a valid name start character as defined by production [5] in the XML 1.0 specification.
`static boolean` `isNCName(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a valid NCName character as defined by production [5] in Namespaces in XML recommendation.
`static boolean` `isNCNameStart(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a valid NCName start character as defined by production [4] in Namespaces in XML recommendation.
`static boolean` `isPubid(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a valid Pubid character as defined by production [13] in the XML 1.0 specification.
`static boolean` `isSpace(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a space character as defined by production [3] in the XML 1.0 specification.
`static boolean` `isSupplemental(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is a supplemental character.
`static boolean` `isValid(int c)` Returns true if the specified character is valid.
`static boolean` `isValidIANAEncoding(java.lang.String ianaEncoding)` Returns true if the encoding name is a valid IANA encoding.
`static boolean` `isValidJavaEncoding(java.lang.String javaEncoding)` Returns true if the encoding name is a valid Java encoding.
`static boolean` `isValidName(java.lang.String name)` Check to see if a string is a valid Name according to [5] in the XML 1.0 Recommendation
`static boolean` `isValidNCName(java.lang.String ncName)` Check to see if a string is a valid NCName according to [4] from the XML Namespaces 1.0 Recommendation
`static boolean` `isValidNmtoken(java.lang.String nmtoken)` Check to see if a string is a valid Nmtoken according to [7] in the XML 1.0 Recommendation
`static char` `lowSurrogate(int c)` Returns the low surrogate of a supplemental character
`static int` `supplemental(char h, char l)` Returns true the supplemental character corresponding to the given surrogates.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### MASK_VALID

    public static final int MASK_VALID

  Valid character mask.

### MASK_SPACE

    public static final int MASK_SPACE

  Space character mask.

### MASK_NAME_START

    public static final int MASK_NAME_START

  Name start character mask.

### MASK_NAME

    public static final int MASK_NAME

  Name character mask.

### MASK_PUBID

    public static final int MASK_PUBID

  Pubid character mask.

### MASK_CONTENT

    public static final int MASK_CONTENT

  Content character mask. Special characters are those that can be considered the start of markup, such as '<' and '&'. The various newline characters are considered special as well. All other valid XML characters can be considered content.

  This is an optimization for the inner loop of character scanning.

### MASK_NCNAME_START

    public static final int MASK_NCNAME_START

  NCName start character mask.

### MASK_NCNAME

    public static final int MASK_NCNAME

  NCName character mask.

Constructor Detail

### XMLChar

    public XMLChar()

Method Detail

### isSupplemental

    public static boolean isSupplemental(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a supplemental character.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### supplemental

    public static int supplemental(char h,
                                   char l)

  Returns true the supplemental character corresponding to the given surrogates.
  Parameters:
    `h` - The high surrogate.
    `l` - The low surrogate.

### highSurrogate

    public static char highSurrogate(int c)

  Returns the high surrogate of a supplemental character
  Parameters:
    `c` - The supplemental character to "split".

### lowSurrogate

    public static char lowSurrogate(int c)

  Returns the low surrogate of a supplemental character
  Parameters:
    `c` - The supplemental character to "split".

### isHighSurrogate

    public static boolean isHighSurrogate(int c)

  Returns whether the given character is a high surrogate
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isLowSurrogate

    public static boolean isLowSurrogate(int c)

  Returns whether the given character is a low surrogate
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isValid

    public static boolean isValid(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is valid. This method also checks the surrogate character range from 0x10000 to 0x10FFFF.

  If the program chooses to apply the mask directly to the `CHARS` array, then they are responsible for checking the surrogate character range.

  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isInvalid

    public static boolean isInvalid(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is invalid.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isContent

    public static boolean isContent(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character can be considered content.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isMarkup

    public static boolean isMarkup(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character can be considered markup. Markup characters include '<', '&', and '%'.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isSpace

    public static boolean isSpace(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a space character as defined by production [3] in the XML 1.0 specification.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isNameStart

    public static boolean isNameStart(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a valid name start character as defined by production [5] in the XML 1.0 specification.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isName

    public static boolean isName(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a valid name character as defined by production [4] in the XML 1.0 specification.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isNCNameStart

    public static boolean isNCNameStart(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a valid NCName start character as defined by production [4] in Namespaces in XML recommendation.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isNCName

    public static boolean isNCName(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a valid NCName character as defined by production [5] in Namespaces in XML recommendation.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isPubid

    public static boolean isPubid(int c)

  Returns true if the specified character is a valid Pubid character as defined by production [13] in the XML 1.0 specification.
  Parameters:
    `c` - The character to check.

### isValidName

    public static boolean isValidName(java.lang.String name)

  Check to see if a string is a valid Name according to [5] in the XML 1.0 Recommendation
  Parameters:
    `name` - string to check
  Returns:
    true if name is a valid Name

### isValidNCName

    public static boolean isValidNCName(java.lang.String ncName)

  Check to see if a string is a valid NCName according to [4] from the XML Namespaces 1.0 Recommendation
  Parameters:
    `name` - string to check
  Returns:
    true if name is a valid NCName

### isValidNmtoken

    public static boolean isValidNmtoken(java.lang.String nmtoken)

  Check to see if a string is a valid Nmtoken according to [7] in the XML 1.0 Recommendation
  Parameters:
    `nmtoken` - string to check
  Returns:
    true if nmtoken is a valid Nmtoken

### isValidIANAEncoding

    public static boolean isValidIANAEncoding(java.lang.String ianaEncoding)

  Returns true if the encoding name is a valid IANA encoding. This method does not verify that there is a decoder available for this encoding, only that the characters are valid for an IANA encoding name.
  Parameters:
    `ianaEncoding` - The IANA encoding name.

### isValidJavaEncoding

    public static boolean isValidJavaEncoding(java.lang.String javaEncoding)

  Returns true if the encoding name is a valid Java encoding. This method does not verify that there is a decoder available for this encoding, only that the characters are valid for an Java encoding name.
  Parameters:
    `javaEncoding` - The Java encoding name.

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