edu.stanford.nlp.util
Class Characters

java.lang.Object
  edu.stanford.nlp.util.Characters

public class Characters
extends java.lang.Object

Character utilities. So far mainly performs a mapping of char to a Singleton (interned) Character for each character.

Author:

Dan Klein

Method Summary

static java.lang.Character[]	asCharacterArray(java.lang.String s) Map a String to an array of type Character.
static java.util.List<java.lang.Character>	asCharacterList(java.lang.String s)
static java.lang.Character	getCharacter(char c)
static java.lang.String	unicodeBlockStringOf(int codePoint)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getCharacter

public static java.lang.Character getCharacter(char c)

asCharacterArray

public static java.lang.Character[] asCharacterArray(java.lang.String s)

Map a String to an array of type Character. Note: Current implementation is correct/useful only for BMP characters.

Parameters:

s - The String to map

Returns:

An array of Character

asCharacterList

public static java.util.List<java.lang.Character> asCharacterList(java.lang.String s)

unicodeBlockStringOf

public static java.lang.String unicodeBlockStringOf(int codePoint)