Character.java

/* java.lang.Character -- Wrapper class for char, and Unicode subsets
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/*
 * Note: This class must not be merged with Classpath.  Gcj uses C-style
 * arrays (see include/java-chartables.h) to store the Unicode character
 * database, whereas Classpath uses Java objects (char[] extracted from
 * String constants) in gnu.java.lang.CharData.  Gcj's approach is more
 * efficient, because there is no vtable or data relocation to worry about.
 * However, despite the difference in the database interface, the two
 * versions share identical algorithms.
 */

package java.lang;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.text.Collator;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * Wrapper class for the primitive char data type.  In addition, this class
 * allows one to retrieve property information and perform transformations
 * on the defined characters in the Unicode Standard, Version 4.0.0.
 * java.lang.Character is designed to be very dynamic, and as such, it
 * retrieves information on the Unicode character set from a separate
 * database, gnu.java.lang.CharData, which can be easily upgraded.
 *
 * <p>For predicates, boundaries are used to describe
 * the set of characters for which the method will return true.
 * This syntax uses fairly normal regular expression notation.
 * See 5.13 of the Unicode Standard, Version 4.0, for the
 * boundary specification.
 *
 * <p>See <a href="http://www.unicode.org">http://www.unicode.org</a>
 * for more information on the Unicode Standard.
 *
 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
 * @author Paul N. Fisher
 * @author Jochen Hoenicke
 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.0
 * @status partly updated to 1.5; some things still missing
 */
public final class Character implements Serializable, Comparable<Character>
{
  /**
   * A subset of Unicode blocks.
   *
   * @author Paul N. Fisher
   * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public static class Subset
  {
    /** The name of the subset. */
    private final String name;

    /**
     * Construct a new subset of characters.
     *
     * @param name the name of the subset
     * @throws NullPointerException if name is null
     */
    protected Subset(String name)
    {
      // Note that name.toString() is name, unless name was null.
      this.name = name.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Compares two Subsets for equality. This is <code>final</code>, and
     * restricts the comparison on the <code>==</code> operator, so it returns
     * true only for the same object.
     *
     * @param o the object to compare
     * @return true if o is this
     */
    public final boolean equals(Object o)
    {
      return o == this;
    }

    /**
     * Makes the original hashCode of Object final, to be consistent with
     * equals.
     *
     * @return the hash code for this object
     */
    public final int hashCode()
    {
      return super.hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the name of the subset.
     *
     * @return the name
     */
    public final String toString()
    {
      return name;
    }
  } // class Subset

  /**
   * A family of character subsets in the Unicode specification. A character
   * is in at most one of these blocks.
   *
   * This inner class was generated automatically from
   * <code>libjava/gnu/gcj/convert/Blocks-3.txt</code>, by some perl scripts.
   * This Unicode definition file can be found on the
   * <a href="http://www.unicode.org">http://www.unicode.org</a> website.
   * JDK 1.4 uses Unicode version 3.0.0.
   *
   * @author scripts/unicode-blocks.pl (written by Eric Blake)
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public static final class UnicodeBlock extends Subset
  {
    /** The start of the subset. */
    private final int start;

    /** The end of the subset. */
    private final int end;

    /** The canonical name of the block according to the Unicode standard. */
    private final String canonicalName;

    /** Enumeration for the <code>forName()</code> method */
    private enum NameType { CANONICAL, NO_SPACES, CONSTANT; }

    /**
     * Constructor for strictly defined blocks.
     *
     * @param start the start character of the range
     * @param end the end character of the range
     * @param name the block name
     */
    private UnicodeBlock(int start, int end, String name,
			 String canonicalName)
    {
      super(name);
      this.start = start;
      this.end = end;
      this.canonicalName = canonicalName;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Unicode character block which a character belongs to.
     * <strong>Note</strong>: This method does not support the use of
     * supplementary characters.  For such support, <code>of(int)</code>
     * should be used instead.
     *
     * @param ch the character to look up
     * @return the set it belongs to, or null if it is not in one
     */
    public static UnicodeBlock of(char ch)
    {
      return of((int) ch);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Unicode character block which a code point belongs to.
     *
     * @param codePoint the character to look up
     * @return the set it belongs to, or null if it is not in one.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified code point is
     *         invalid.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static UnicodeBlock of(int codePoint)
    {
      if (codePoint > MAX_CODE_POINT)
	throw new IllegalArgumentException("The supplied integer value is " +
					   "too large to be a codepoint.");
      // Simple binary search for the correct block.
      int low = 0;
      int hi = sets.length - 1;
      while (low <= hi)
        {
          int mid = (low + hi) >> 1;
          UnicodeBlock b = sets[mid];
          if (codePoint < b.start)
            hi = mid - 1;
          else if (codePoint > b.end)
            low = mid + 1;
          else
            return b;
        }
      return null;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns the <code>UnicodeBlock</code> with the given name, as defined
     * by the Unicode standard.  The version of Unicode in use is defined by
     * the <code>Character</code> class, and the names are given in the
     * <code>Blocks-<version>.txt</code> file corresponding to that version.
     * The name may be specified in one of three ways:
     * </p>
     * <ol>
     * <li>The canonical, human-readable name used by the Unicode standard.
     * This is the name with all spaces and hyphens retained.  For example,
     * `Basic Latin' retrieves the block, UnicodeBlock.BASIC_LATIN.</li>
     * <li>The canonical name with all spaces removed e.g. `BasicLatin'.</li>
     * <li>The name used for the constants specified by this class, which
     * is the canonical name with all spaces and hyphens replaced with
     * underscores e.g. `BASIC_LATIN'</li>
     * </ol>
     * <p>
     * The names are compared case-insensitively using the case comparison
     * associated with the U.S. English locale.  The method recognises the
     * previous names used for blocks as well as the current ones.  At
     * present, this simply means that the deprecated `SURROGATES_AREA'
     * will be recognised by this method (the <code>of()</code> methods
     * only return one of the three new surrogate blocks).
     * </p>
     *
     * @param blockName the name of the block to look up.
     * @return the specified block.
     * @throws NullPointerException if the <code>blockName</code> is
     *         <code>null</code>.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the name does not match any Unicode
     *         block.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock forName(String blockName)
    {
      NameType type;
      if (blockName.indexOf(' ') != -1)
        type = NameType.CANONICAL;
      else if (blockName.indexOf('_') != -1)
        type = NameType.CONSTANT;
      else
        type = NameType.NO_SPACES;
      Collator usCollator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.US);
      usCollator.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
      /* Special case for deprecated blocks not in sets */
      switch (type)
      {
        case CANONICAL:
          if (usCollator.compare(blockName, "Surrogates Area") == 0)
            return SURROGATES_AREA;
          break;
        case NO_SPACES:
          if (usCollator.compare(blockName, "SurrogatesArea") == 0)
            return SURROGATES_AREA;
          break;
        case CONSTANT:
          if (usCollator.compare(blockName, "SURROGATES_AREA") == 0) 
            return SURROGATES_AREA;
          break;
      }
      /* Other cases */
      switch (type)
      {
        case CANONICAL:
          for (UnicodeBlock block : sets)
            if (usCollator.compare(blockName, block.canonicalName) == 0)
              return block;
          break;
        case NO_SPACES:
          for (UnicodeBlock block : sets)
	    {
	      String nsName = block.canonicalName.replaceAll(" ","");
	      if (usCollator.compare(blockName, nsName) == 0)
		return block;
	    }
	  break;
        case CONSTANT:
          for (UnicodeBlock block : sets)
            if (usCollator.compare(blockName, block.toString()) == 0)
              return block;
          break;
      }
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("No Unicode block found for " +
                                         blockName + ".");
    }

    /**
     * Basic Latin.
     * 0x0000 - 0x007F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BASIC_LATIN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0000, 0x007F,
                         "BASIC_LATIN", 
                         "Basic Latin");

    /**
     * Latin-1 Supplement.
     * 0x0080 - 0x00FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_1_SUPPLEMENT
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0080, 0x00FF,
                         "LATIN_1_SUPPLEMENT", 
                         "Latin-1 Supplement");

    /**
     * Latin Extended-A.
     * 0x0100 - 0x017F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_EXTENDED_A
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0100, 0x017F,
                         "LATIN_EXTENDED_A", 
                         "Latin Extended-A");

    /**
     * Latin Extended-B.
     * 0x0180 - 0x024F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_EXTENDED_B
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0180, 0x024F,
                         "LATIN_EXTENDED_B", 
                         "Latin Extended-B");

    /**
     * IPA Extensions.
     * 0x0250 - 0x02AF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock IPA_EXTENSIONS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0250, 0x02AF,
                         "IPA_EXTENSIONS", 
                         "IPA Extensions");

    /**
     * Spacing Modifier Letters.
     * 0x02B0 - 0x02FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SPACING_MODIFIER_LETTERS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x02B0, 0x02FF,
                         "SPACING_MODIFIER_LETTERS", 
                         "Spacing Modifier Letters");

    /**
     * Combining Diacritical Marks.
     * 0x0300 - 0x036F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock COMBINING_DIACRITICAL_MARKS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0300, 0x036F,
                         "COMBINING_DIACRITICAL_MARKS", 
                         "Combining Diacritical Marks");

    /**
     * Greek.
     * 0x0370 - 0x03FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GREEK
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0370, 0x03FF,
                         "GREEK", 
                         "Greek");

    /**
     * Cyrillic.
     * 0x0400 - 0x04FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CYRILLIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0400, 0x04FF,
                         "CYRILLIC", 
                         "Cyrillic");

    /**
     * Cyrillic Supplementary.
     * 0x0500 - 0x052F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CYRILLIC_SUPPLEMENTARY
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0500, 0x052F,
                         "CYRILLIC_SUPPLEMENTARY", 
                         "Cyrillic Supplementary");

    /**
     * Armenian.
     * 0x0530 - 0x058F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ARMENIAN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0530, 0x058F,
                         "ARMENIAN", 
                         "Armenian");

    /**
     * Hebrew.
     * 0x0590 - 0x05FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HEBREW
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0590, 0x05FF,
                         "HEBREW", 
                         "Hebrew");

    /**
     * Arabic.
     * 0x0600 - 0x06FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ARABIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0600, 0x06FF,
                         "ARABIC", 
                         "Arabic");

    /**
     * Syriac.
     * 0x0700 - 0x074F.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SYRIAC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0700, 0x074F,
                         "SYRIAC", 
                         "Syriac");

    /**
     * Thaana.
     * 0x0780 - 0x07BF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock THAANA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0780, 0x07BF,
                         "THAANA", 
                         "Thaana");

    /**
     * Devanagari.
     * 0x0900 - 0x097F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock DEVANAGARI
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0900, 0x097F,
                         "DEVANAGARI", 
                         "Devanagari");

    /**
     * Bengali.
     * 0x0980 - 0x09FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BENGALI
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0980, 0x09FF,
                         "BENGALI", 
                         "Bengali");

    /**
     * Gurmukhi.
     * 0x0A00 - 0x0A7F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GURMUKHI
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0A00, 0x0A7F,
                         "GURMUKHI", 
                         "Gurmukhi");

    /**
     * Gujarati.
     * 0x0A80 - 0x0AFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GUJARATI
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0A80, 0x0AFF,
                         "GUJARATI", 
                         "Gujarati");

    /**
     * Oriya.
     * 0x0B00 - 0x0B7F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ORIYA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0B00, 0x0B7F,
                         "ORIYA", 
                         "Oriya");

    /**
     * Tamil.
     * 0x0B80 - 0x0BFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TAMIL
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0B80, 0x0BFF,
                         "TAMIL", 
                         "Tamil");

    /**
     * Telugu.
     * 0x0C00 - 0x0C7F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TELUGU
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0C00, 0x0C7F,
                         "TELUGU", 
                         "Telugu");

    /**
     * Kannada.
     * 0x0C80 - 0x0CFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KANNADA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0C80, 0x0CFF,
                         "KANNADA", 
                         "Kannada");

    /**
     * Malayalam.
     * 0x0D00 - 0x0D7F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MALAYALAM
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0D00, 0x0D7F,
                         "MALAYALAM", 
                         "Malayalam");

    /**
     * Sinhala.
     * 0x0D80 - 0x0DFF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SINHALA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0D80, 0x0DFF,
                         "SINHALA", 
                         "Sinhala");

    /**
     * Thai.
     * 0x0E00 - 0x0E7F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock THAI
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0E00, 0x0E7F,
                         "THAI", 
                         "Thai");

    /**
     * Lao.
     * 0x0E80 - 0x0EFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LAO
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0E80, 0x0EFF,
                         "LAO", 
                         "Lao");

    /**
     * Tibetan.
     * 0x0F00 - 0x0FFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TIBETAN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x0F00, 0x0FFF,
                         "TIBETAN", 
                         "Tibetan");

    /**
     * Myanmar.
     * 0x1000 - 0x109F.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MYANMAR
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1000, 0x109F,
                         "MYANMAR", 
                         "Myanmar");

    /**
     * Georgian.
     * 0x10A0 - 0x10FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GEORGIAN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10A0, 0x10FF,
                         "GEORGIAN", 
                         "Georgian");

    /**
     * Hangul Jamo.
     * 0x1100 - 0x11FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HANGUL_JAMO
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1100, 0x11FF,
                         "HANGUL_JAMO", 
                         "Hangul Jamo");

    /**
     * Ethiopic.
     * 0x1200 - 0x137F.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ETHIOPIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1200, 0x137F,
                         "ETHIOPIC", 
                         "Ethiopic");

    /**
     * Cherokee.
     * 0x13A0 - 0x13FF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CHEROKEE
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x13A0, 0x13FF,
                         "CHEROKEE", 
                         "Cherokee");

    /**
     * Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics.
     * 0x1400 - 0x167F.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock UNIFIED_CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL_SYLLABICS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1400, 0x167F,
                         "UNIFIED_CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL_SYLLABICS", 
                         "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics");

    /**
     * Ogham.
     * 0x1680 - 0x169F.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock OGHAM
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1680, 0x169F,
                         "OGHAM", 
                         "Ogham");

    /**
     * Runic.
     * 0x16A0 - 0x16FF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock RUNIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x16A0, 0x16FF,
                         "RUNIC", 
                         "Runic");

    /**
     * Tagalog.
     * 0x1700 - 0x171F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TAGALOG
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1700, 0x171F,
                         "TAGALOG", 
                         "Tagalog");

    /**
     * Hanunoo.
     * 0x1720 - 0x173F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HANUNOO
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1720, 0x173F,
                         "HANUNOO", 
                         "Hanunoo");

    /**
     * Buhid.
     * 0x1740 - 0x175F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BUHID
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1740, 0x175F,
                         "BUHID", 
                         "Buhid");

    /**
     * Tagbanwa.
     * 0x1760 - 0x177F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TAGBANWA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1760, 0x177F,
                         "TAGBANWA", 
                         "Tagbanwa");

    /**
     * Khmer.
     * 0x1780 - 0x17FF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KHMER
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1780, 0x17FF,
                         "KHMER", 
                         "Khmer");

    /**
     * Mongolian.
     * 0x1800 - 0x18AF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MONGOLIAN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1800, 0x18AF,
                         "MONGOLIAN", 
                         "Mongolian");

    /**
     * Limbu.
     * 0x1900 - 0x194F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LIMBU
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1900, 0x194F,
                         "LIMBU", 
                         "Limbu");

    /**
     * Tai Le.
     * 0x1950 - 0x197F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TAI_LE
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1950, 0x197F,
                         "TAI_LE", 
                         "Tai Le");

    /**
     * Khmer Symbols.
     * 0x19E0 - 0x19FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KHMER_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x19E0, 0x19FF,
                         "KHMER_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Khmer Symbols");

    /**
     * Phonetic Extensions.
     * 0x1D00 - 0x1D7F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1D00, 0x1D7F,
                         "PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS", 
                         "Phonetic Extensions");

    /**
     * Latin Extended Additional.
     * 0x1E00 - 0x1EFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_EXTENDED_ADDITIONAL
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1E00, 0x1EFF,
                         "LATIN_EXTENDED_ADDITIONAL", 
                         "Latin Extended Additional");

    /**
     * Greek Extended.
     * 0x1F00 - 0x1FFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GREEK_EXTENDED
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1F00, 0x1FFF,
                         "GREEK_EXTENDED", 
                         "Greek Extended");

    /**
     * General Punctuation.
     * 0x2000 - 0x206F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GENERAL_PUNCTUATION
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2000, 0x206F,
                         "GENERAL_PUNCTUATION", 
                         "General Punctuation");

    /**
     * Superscripts and Subscripts.
     * 0x2070 - 0x209F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SUPERSCRIPTS_AND_SUBSCRIPTS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2070, 0x209F,
                         "SUPERSCRIPTS_AND_SUBSCRIPTS", 
                         "Superscripts and Subscripts");

    /**
     * Currency Symbols.
     * 0x20A0 - 0x20CF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CURRENCY_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x20A0, 0x20CF,
                         "CURRENCY_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Currency Symbols");

    /**
     * Combining Marks for Symbols.
     * 0x20D0 - 0x20FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x20D0, 0x20FF,
                         "COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Combining Marks for Symbols");

    /**
     * Letterlike Symbols.
     * 0x2100 - 0x214F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LETTERLIKE_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2100, 0x214F,
                         "LETTERLIKE_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Letterlike Symbols");

    /**
     * Number Forms.
     * 0x2150 - 0x218F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock NUMBER_FORMS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2150, 0x218F,
                         "NUMBER_FORMS", 
                         "Number Forms");

    /**
     * Arrows.
     * 0x2190 - 0x21FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ARROWS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2190, 0x21FF,
                         "ARROWS", 
                         "Arrows");

    /**
     * Mathematical Operators.
     * 0x2200 - 0x22FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2200, 0x22FF,
                         "MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS", 
                         "Mathematical Operators");

    /**
     * Miscellaneous Technical.
     * 0x2300 - 0x23FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_TECHNICAL
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2300, 0x23FF,
                         "MISCELLANEOUS_TECHNICAL", 
                         "Miscellaneous Technical");

    /**
     * Control Pictures.
     * 0x2400 - 0x243F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CONTROL_PICTURES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2400, 0x243F,
                         "CONTROL_PICTURES", 
                         "Control Pictures");

    /**
     * Optical Character Recognition.
     * 0x2440 - 0x245F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock OPTICAL_CHARACTER_RECOGNITION
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2440, 0x245F,
                         "OPTICAL_CHARACTER_RECOGNITION", 
                         "Optical Character Recognition");

    /**
     * Enclosed Alphanumerics.
     * 0x2460 - 0x24FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ENCLOSED_ALPHANUMERICS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2460, 0x24FF,
                         "ENCLOSED_ALPHANUMERICS", 
                         "Enclosed Alphanumerics");

    /**
     * Box Drawing.
     * 0x2500 - 0x257F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BOX_DRAWING
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2500, 0x257F,
                         "BOX_DRAWING", 
                         "Box Drawing");

    /**
     * Block Elements.
     * 0x2580 - 0x259F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BLOCK_ELEMENTS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2580, 0x259F,
                         "BLOCK_ELEMENTS", 
                         "Block Elements");

    /**
     * Geometric Shapes.
     * 0x25A0 - 0x25FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GEOMETRIC_SHAPES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x25A0, 0x25FF,
                         "GEOMETRIC_SHAPES", 
                         "Geometric Shapes");

    /**
     * Miscellaneous Symbols.
     * 0x2600 - 0x26FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2600, 0x26FF,
                         "MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Miscellaneous Symbols");

    /**
     * Dingbats.
     * 0x2700 - 0x27BF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock DINGBATS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2700, 0x27BF,
                         "DINGBATS", 
                         "Dingbats");

    /**
     * Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A.
     * 0x27C0 - 0x27EF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_A
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x27C0, 0x27EF,
                         "MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_A", 
                         "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A");

    /**
     * Supplemental Arrows-A.
     * 0x27F0 - 0x27FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_A
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x27F0, 0x27FF,
                         "SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_A", 
                         "Supplemental Arrows-A");

    /**
     * Braille Patterns.
     * 0x2800 - 0x28FF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BRAILLE_PATTERNS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2800, 0x28FF,
                         "BRAILLE_PATTERNS", 
                         "Braille Patterns");

    /**
     * Supplemental Arrows-B.
     * 0x2900 - 0x297F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_B
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2900, 0x297F,
                         "SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_B", 
                         "Supplemental Arrows-B");

    /**
     * Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B.
     * 0x2980 - 0x29FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_B
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2980, 0x29FF,
                         "MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_B", 
                         "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B");

    /**
     * Supplemental Mathematical Operators.
     * 0x2A00 - 0x2AFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTAL_MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2A00, 0x2AFF,
                         "SUPPLEMENTAL_MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS", 
                         "Supplemental Mathematical Operators");

    /**
     * Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows.
     * 0x2B00 - 0x2BFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS_AND_ARROWS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2B00, 0x2BFF,
                         "MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS_AND_ARROWS", 
                         "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows");

    /**
     * CJK Radicals Supplement.
     * 0x2E80 - 0x2EFF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_RADICALS_SUPPLEMENT
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2E80, 0x2EFF,
                         "CJK_RADICALS_SUPPLEMENT", 
                         "CJK Radicals Supplement");

    /**
     * Kangxi Radicals.
     * 0x2F00 - 0x2FDF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KANGXI_RADICALS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2F00, 0x2FDF,
                         "KANGXI_RADICALS", 
                         "Kangxi Radicals");

    /**
     * Ideographic Description Characters.
     * 0x2FF0 - 0x2FFF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock IDEOGRAPHIC_DESCRIPTION_CHARACTERS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2FF0, 0x2FFF,
                         "IDEOGRAPHIC_DESCRIPTION_CHARACTERS", 
                         "Ideographic Description Characters");

    /**
     * CJK Symbols and Punctuation.
     * 0x3000 - 0x303F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3000, 0x303F,
                         "CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION", 
                         "CJK Symbols and Punctuation");

    /**
     * Hiragana.
     * 0x3040 - 0x309F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HIRAGANA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3040, 0x309F,
                         "HIRAGANA", 
                         "Hiragana");

    /**
     * Katakana.
     * 0x30A0 - 0x30FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KATAKANA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x30A0, 0x30FF,
                         "KATAKANA", 
                         "Katakana");

    /**
     * Bopomofo.
     * 0x3100 - 0x312F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BOPOMOFO
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3100, 0x312F,
                         "BOPOMOFO", 
                         "Bopomofo");

    /**
     * Hangul Compatibility Jamo.
     * 0x3130 - 0x318F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HANGUL_COMPATIBILITY_JAMO
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3130, 0x318F,
                         "HANGUL_COMPATIBILITY_JAMO", 
                         "Hangul Compatibility Jamo");

    /**
     * Kanbun.
     * 0x3190 - 0x319F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KANBUN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3190, 0x319F,
                         "KANBUN", 
                         "Kanbun");

    /**
     * Bopomofo Extended.
     * 0x31A0 - 0x31BF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BOPOMOFO_EXTENDED
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x31A0, 0x31BF,
                         "BOPOMOFO_EXTENDED", 
                         "Bopomofo Extended");

    /**
     * Katakana Phonetic Extensions.
     * 0x31F0 - 0x31FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock KATAKANA_PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x31F0, 0x31FF,
                         "KATAKANA_PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS", 
                         "Katakana Phonetic Extensions");

    /**
     * Enclosed CJK Letters and Months.
     * 0x3200 - 0x32FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ENCLOSED_CJK_LETTERS_AND_MONTHS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3200, 0x32FF,
                         "ENCLOSED_CJK_LETTERS_AND_MONTHS", 
                         "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months");

    /**
     * CJK Compatibility.
     * 0x3300 - 0x33FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3300, 0x33FF,
                         "CJK_COMPATIBILITY", 
                         "CJK Compatibility");

    /**
     * CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A.
     * 0x3400 - 0x4DBF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_A
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x3400, 0x4DBF,
                         "CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_A", 
                         "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A");

    /**
     * Yijing Hexagram Symbols.
     * 0x4DC0 - 0x4DFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock YIJING_HEXAGRAM_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x4DC0, 0x4DFF,
                         "YIJING_HEXAGRAM_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Yijing Hexagram Symbols");

    /**
     * CJK Unified Ideographs.
     * 0x4E00 - 0x9FFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x4E00, 0x9FFF,
                         "CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS", 
                         "CJK Unified Ideographs");

    /**
     * Yi Syllables.
     * 0xA000 - 0xA48F.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock YI_SYLLABLES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xA000, 0xA48F,
                         "YI_SYLLABLES", 
                         "Yi Syllables");

    /**
     * Yi Radicals.
     * 0xA490 - 0xA4CF.
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock YI_RADICALS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xA490, 0xA4CF,
                         "YI_RADICALS", 
                         "Yi Radicals");

    /**
     * Hangul Syllables.
     * 0xAC00 - 0xD7AF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HANGUL_SYLLABLES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xAC00, 0xD7AF,
                         "HANGUL_SYLLABLES", 
                         "Hangul Syllables");

    /**
     * High Surrogates.
     * 0xD800 - 0xDB7F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HIGH_SURROGATES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xD800, 0xDB7F,
                         "HIGH_SURROGATES", 
                         "High Surrogates");

    /**
     * High Private Use Surrogates.
     * 0xDB80 - 0xDBFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xDB80, 0xDBFF,
                         "HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES", 
                         "High Private Use Surrogates");

    /**
     * Low Surrogates.
     * 0xDC00 - 0xDFFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LOW_SURROGATES
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xDC00, 0xDFFF,
                         "LOW_SURROGATES", 
                         "Low Surrogates");

    /**
     * Private Use Area.
     * 0xE000 - 0xF8FF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock PRIVATE_USE_AREA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xE000, 0xF8FF,
                         "PRIVATE_USE_AREA", 
                         "Private Use Area");

    /**
     * CJK Compatibility Ideographs.
     * 0xF900 - 0xFAFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xF900, 0xFAFF,
                         "CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS", 
                         "CJK Compatibility Ideographs");

    /**
     * Alphabetic Presentation Forms.
     * 0xFB00 - 0xFB4F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ALPHABETIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFB00, 0xFB4F,
                         "ALPHABETIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS", 
                         "Alphabetic Presentation Forms");

    /**
     * Arabic Presentation Forms-A.
     * 0xFB50 - 0xFDFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_A
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFB50, 0xFDFF,
                         "ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_A", 
                         "Arabic Presentation Forms-A");

    /**
     * Variation Selectors.
     * 0xFE00 - 0xFE0F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock VARIATION_SELECTORS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFE00, 0xFE0F,
                         "VARIATION_SELECTORS", 
                         "Variation Selectors");

    /**
     * Combining Half Marks.
     * 0xFE20 - 0xFE2F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock COMBINING_HALF_MARKS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFE20, 0xFE2F,
                         "COMBINING_HALF_MARKS", 
                         "Combining Half Marks");

    /**
     * CJK Compatibility Forms.
     * 0xFE30 - 0xFE4F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY_FORMS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFE30, 0xFE4F,
                         "CJK_COMPATIBILITY_FORMS", 
                         "CJK Compatibility Forms");

    /**
     * Small Form Variants.
     * 0xFE50 - 0xFE6F.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SMALL_FORM_VARIANTS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFE50, 0xFE6F,
                         "SMALL_FORM_VARIANTS", 
                         "Small Form Variants");

    /**
     * Arabic Presentation Forms-B.
     * 0xFE70 - 0xFEFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_B
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFE70, 0xFEFF,
                         "ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_B", 
                         "Arabic Presentation Forms-B");

    /**
     * Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms.
     * 0xFF00 - 0xFFEF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock HALFWIDTH_AND_FULLWIDTH_FORMS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFF00, 0xFFEF,
                         "HALFWIDTH_AND_FULLWIDTH_FORMS", 
                         "Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms");

    /**
     * Specials.
     * 0xFFF0 - 0xFFFF.
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SPECIALS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xFFF0, 0xFFFF,
                         "SPECIALS", 
                         "Specials");

    /**
     * Linear B Syllabary.
     * 0x10000 - 0x1007F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LINEAR_B_SYLLABARY
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10000, 0x1007F,
                         "LINEAR_B_SYLLABARY", 
                         "Linear B Syllabary");

    /**
     * Linear B Ideograms.
     * 0x10080 - 0x100FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock LINEAR_B_IDEOGRAMS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10080, 0x100FF,
                         "LINEAR_B_IDEOGRAMS", 
                         "Linear B Ideograms");

    /**
     * Aegean Numbers.
     * 0x10100 - 0x1013F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock AEGEAN_NUMBERS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10100, 0x1013F,
                         "AEGEAN_NUMBERS", 
                         "Aegean Numbers");

    /**
     * Old Italic.
     * 0x10300 - 0x1032F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock OLD_ITALIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10300, 0x1032F,
                         "OLD_ITALIC", 
                         "Old Italic");

    /**
     * Gothic.
     * 0x10330 - 0x1034F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock GOTHIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10330, 0x1034F,
                         "GOTHIC", 
                         "Gothic");

    /**
     * Ugaritic.
     * 0x10380 - 0x1039F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock UGARITIC
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10380, 0x1039F,
                         "UGARITIC", 
                         "Ugaritic");

    /**
     * Deseret.
     * 0x10400 - 0x1044F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock DESERET
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10400, 0x1044F,
                         "DESERET", 
                         "Deseret");

    /**
     * Shavian.
     * 0x10450 - 0x1047F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SHAVIAN
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10450, 0x1047F,
                         "SHAVIAN", 
                         "Shavian");

    /**
     * Osmanya.
     * 0x10480 - 0x104AF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock OSMANYA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10480, 0x104AF,
                         "OSMANYA", 
                         "Osmanya");

    /**
     * Cypriot Syllabary.
     * 0x10800 - 0x1083F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CYPRIOT_SYLLABARY
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x10800, 0x1083F,
                         "CYPRIOT_SYLLABARY", 
                         "Cypriot Syllabary");

    /**
     * Byzantine Musical Symbols.
     * 0x1D000 - 0x1D0FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock BYZANTINE_MUSICAL_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1D000, 0x1D0FF,
                         "BYZANTINE_MUSICAL_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Byzantine Musical Symbols");

    /**
     * Musical Symbols.
     * 0x1D100 - 0x1D1FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MUSICAL_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1D100, 0x1D1FF,
                         "MUSICAL_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Musical Symbols");

    /**
     * Tai Xuan Jing Symbols.
     * 0x1D300 - 0x1D35F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TAI_XUAN_JING_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1D300, 0x1D35F,
                         "TAI_XUAN_JING_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Tai Xuan Jing Symbols");

    /**
     * Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.
     * 0x1D400 - 0x1D7FF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock MATHEMATICAL_ALPHANUMERIC_SYMBOLS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x1D400, 0x1D7FF,
                         "MATHEMATICAL_ALPHANUMERIC_SYMBOLS", 
                         "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols");

    /**
     * CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B.
     * 0x20000 - 0x2A6DF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_B
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x20000, 0x2A6DF,
                         "CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_B", 
                         "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B");

    /**
     * CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement.
     * 0x2F800 - 0x2FA1F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS_SUPPLEMENT
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x2F800, 0x2FA1F,
                         "CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS_SUPPLEMENT", 
                         "CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement");

    /**
     * Tags.
     * 0xE0000 - 0xE007F.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock TAGS
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xE0000, 0xE007F,
                         "TAGS", 
                         "Tags");

    /**
     * Variation Selectors Supplement.
     * 0xE0100 - 0xE01EF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock VARIATION_SELECTORS_SUPPLEMENT
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xE0100, 0xE01EF,
                         "VARIATION_SELECTORS_SUPPLEMENT", 
                         "Variation Selectors Supplement");

    /**
     * Supplementary Private Use Area-A.
     * 0xF0000 - 0xFFFFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_A
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xF0000, 0xFFFFF,
                         "SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_A", 
                         "Supplementary Private Use Area-A");

    /**
     * Supplementary Private Use Area-B.
     * 0x100000 - 0x10FFFF.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_B
      = new UnicodeBlock(0x100000, 0x10FFFF,
                         "SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_B", 
                         "Supplementary Private Use Area-B");

    /**
     * Surrogates Area.
     * 'D800' - 'DFFF'.
     * @deprecated As of 1.5, the three areas, 
     * <a href="#HIGH_SURROGATES">HIGH_SURROGATES</a>,
     * <a href="#HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES">HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES</a>
     * and <a href="#LOW_SURROGATES">LOW_SURROGATES</a>, as defined
     * by the Unicode standard, should be used in preference to
     * this.  These are also returned from calls to <code>of(int)</code>
     * and <code>of(char)</code>.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static final UnicodeBlock SURROGATES_AREA
      = new UnicodeBlock(0xD800, 0xDFFF,
                         "SURROGATES_AREA",
			 "Surrogates Area");

    /**
     * The defined subsets.
     */
    private static final UnicodeBlock sets[] = {
      BASIC_LATIN,
      LATIN_1_SUPPLEMENT,
      LATIN_EXTENDED_A,
      LATIN_EXTENDED_B,
      IPA_EXTENSIONS,
      SPACING_MODIFIER_LETTERS,
      COMBINING_DIACRITICAL_MARKS,
      GREEK,
      CYRILLIC,
      CYRILLIC_SUPPLEMENTARY,
      ARMENIAN,
      HEBREW,
      ARABIC,
      SYRIAC,
      THAANA,
      DEVANAGARI,
      BENGALI,
      GURMUKHI,
      GUJARATI,
      ORIYA,
      TAMIL,
      TELUGU,
      KANNADA,
      MALAYALAM,
      SINHALA,
      THAI,
      LAO,
      TIBETAN,
      MYANMAR,
      GEORGIAN,
      HANGUL_JAMO,
      ETHIOPIC,
      CHEROKEE,
      UNIFIED_CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL_SYLLABICS,
      OGHAM,
      RUNIC,
      TAGALOG,
      HANUNOO,
      BUHID,
      TAGBANWA,
      KHMER,
      MONGOLIAN,
      LIMBU,
      TAI_LE,
      KHMER_SYMBOLS,
      PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS,
      LATIN_EXTENDED_ADDITIONAL,
      GREEK_EXTENDED,
      GENERAL_PUNCTUATION,
      SUPERSCRIPTS_AND_SUBSCRIPTS,
      CURRENCY_SYMBOLS,
      COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS,
      LETTERLIKE_SYMBOLS,
      NUMBER_FORMS,
      ARROWS,
      MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS,
      MISCELLANEOUS_TECHNICAL,
      CONTROL_PICTURES,
      OPTICAL_CHARACTER_RECOGNITION,
      ENCLOSED_ALPHANUMERICS,
      BOX_DRAWING,
      BLOCK_ELEMENTS,
      GEOMETRIC_SHAPES,
      MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS,
      DINGBATS,
      MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_A,
      SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_A,
      BRAILLE_PATTERNS,
      SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_B,
      MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_B,
      SUPPLEMENTAL_MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS,
      MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS_AND_ARROWS,
      CJK_RADICALS_SUPPLEMENT,
      KANGXI_RADICALS,
      IDEOGRAPHIC_DESCRIPTION_CHARACTERS,
      CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION,
      HIRAGANA,
      KATAKANA,
      BOPOMOFO,
      HANGUL_COMPATIBILITY_JAMO,
      KANBUN,
      BOPOMOFO_EXTENDED,
      KATAKANA_PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS,
      ENCLOSED_CJK_LETTERS_AND_MONTHS,
      CJK_COMPATIBILITY,
      CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_A,
      YIJING_HEXAGRAM_SYMBOLS,
      CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS,
      YI_SYLLABLES,
      YI_RADICALS,
      HANGUL_SYLLABLES,
      HIGH_SURROGATES,
      HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES,
      LOW_SURROGATES,
      PRIVATE_USE_AREA,
      CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS,
      ALPHABETIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS,
      ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_A,
      VARIATION_SELECTORS,
      COMBINING_HALF_MARKS,
      CJK_COMPATIBILITY_FORMS,
      SMALL_FORM_VARIANTS,
      ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_B,
      HALFWIDTH_AND_FULLWIDTH_FORMS,
      SPECIALS,
      LINEAR_B_SYLLABARY,
      LINEAR_B_IDEOGRAMS,
      AEGEAN_NUMBERS,
      OLD_ITALIC,
      GOTHIC,
      UGARITIC,
      DESERET,
      SHAVIAN,
      OSMANYA,
      CYPRIOT_SYLLABARY,
      BYZANTINE_MUSICAL_SYMBOLS,
      MUSICAL_SYMBOLS,
      TAI_XUAN_JING_SYMBOLS,
      MATHEMATICAL_ALPHANUMERIC_SYMBOLS,
      CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_B,
      CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS_SUPPLEMENT,
      TAGS,
      VARIATION_SELECTORS_SUPPLEMENT,
      SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_A,
      SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_B,
    };
  } // class UnicodeBlock

  /**
   * The immutable value of this Character.
   *
   * @serial the value of this Character
   */
  private final char value;

  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 3786198910865385080L;

  /**
   * Smallest value allowed for radix arguments in Java. This value is 2.
   *
   * @see #digit(char, int)
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see Integer#toString(int, int)
   * @see Integer#valueOf(String)
   */
  public static final int MIN_RADIX = 2;

  /**
   * Largest value allowed for radix arguments in Java. This value is 36.
   *
   * @see #digit(char, int)
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see Integer#toString(int, int)
   * @see Integer#valueOf(String)
   */
  public static final int MAX_RADIX = 36;

  /**
   * The minimum value the char data type can hold.
   * This value is <code>'\\u0000'</code>.
   */
  public static final char MIN_VALUE = '\u0000';

  /**
   * The maximum value the char data type can hold.
   * This value is <code>'\\uFFFF'</code>.
   */
  public static final char MAX_VALUE = '\uFFFF';

  /**
   * The minimum Unicode 4.0 code point.  This value is <code>0</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final int MIN_CODE_POINT = 0;

  /**
   * The maximum Unicode 4.0 code point, which is greater than the range
   * of the char data type.
   * This value is <code>0x10FFFF</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final int MAX_CODE_POINT = 0x10FFFF;

  /**
   * The minimum Unicode high surrogate code unit, or
   * <emph>leading-surrogate</emph>, in the UTF-16 character encoding.
   * This value is <code>'\uD800'</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final char MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE = '\uD800';

  /**
   * The maximum Unicode high surrogate code unit, or
   * <emph>leading-surrogate</emph>, in the UTF-16 character encoding.
   * This value is <code>'\uDBFF'</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final char MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE = '\uDBFF';

  /**
   * The minimum Unicode low surrogate code unit, or
   * <emph>trailing-surrogate</emph>, in the UTF-16 character encoding.
   * This value is <code>'\uDC00'</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final char MIN_LOW_SURROGATE = '\uDC00';

  /**
   * The maximum Unicode low surrogate code unit, or
   * <emph>trailing-surrogate</emph>, in the UTF-16 character encoding.
   * This value is <code>'\uDFFF'</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final char MAX_LOW_SURROGATE = '\uDFFF';  

  /**
   * The minimum Unicode surrogate code unit in the UTF-16 character encoding.
   * This value is <code>'\uD800'</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final char MIN_SURROGATE = MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE;

  /**
   * The maximum Unicode surrogate code unit in the UTF-16 character encoding.
   * This value is <code>'\uDFFF'</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final char MAX_SURROGATE = MAX_LOW_SURROGATE;

  /**
   * The lowest possible supplementary Unicode code point (the first code
   * point outside the basic multilingual plane (BMP)).
   * This value is <code>0x10000</code>.
   */ 
  public static final int MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT = 0x10000;

  /**
   * Class object representing the primitive char data type.
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final Class<Character> TYPE = (Class<Character>) VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass('C');

  /**
   * The number of bits needed to represent a <code>char</code>.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static final int SIZE = 16;

  // This caches some Character values, and is used by boxing
  // conversions via valueOf().  We must cache at least 0..127;
  // this constant controls how much we actually cache.
  private static final int MAX_CACHE = 127;
  private static Character[] charCache = new Character[MAX_CACHE + 1];

  /**
   * Lu = Letter, Uppercase (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte UPPERCASE_LETTER = 1;

  /**
   * Ll = Letter, Lowercase (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte LOWERCASE_LETTER = 2;

  /**
   * Lt = Letter, Titlecase (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte TITLECASE_LETTER = 3;

  /**
   * Mn = Mark, Non-Spacing (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte NON_SPACING_MARK = 6;

  /**
   * Mc = Mark, Spacing Combining (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte COMBINING_SPACING_MARK = 8;

  /**
   * Me = Mark, Enclosing (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte ENCLOSING_MARK = 7;

  /**
   * Nd = Number, Decimal Digit (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER = 9;

  /**
   * Nl = Number, Letter (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte LETTER_NUMBER = 10;

  /**
   * No = Number, Other (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_NUMBER = 11;

  /**
   * Zs = Separator, Space (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte SPACE_SEPARATOR = 12;

  /**
   * Zl = Separator, Line (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte LINE_SEPARATOR = 13;

  /**
   * Zp = Separator, Paragraph (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR = 14;

  /**
   * Cc = Other, Control (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte CONTROL = 15;

  /**
   * Cf = Other, Format (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte FORMAT = 16;

  /**
   * Cs = Other, Surrogate (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte SURROGATE = 19;

  /**
   * Co = Other, Private Use (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte PRIVATE_USE = 18;

  /**
   * Cn = Other, Not Assigned (Normative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte UNASSIGNED = 0;

  /**
   * Lm = Letter, Modifier (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte MODIFIER_LETTER = 4;

  /**
   * Lo = Letter, Other (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_LETTER = 5;

  /**
   * Pc = Punctuation, Connector (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION = 23;

  /**
   * Pd = Punctuation, Dash (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte DASH_PUNCTUATION = 20;

  /**
   * Ps = Punctuation, Open (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte START_PUNCTUATION = 21;

  /**
   * Pe = Punctuation, Close (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte END_PUNCTUATION = 22;

  /**
   * Pi = Punctuation, Initial Quote (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte INITIAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION = 29;

  /**
   * Pf = Punctuation, Final Quote (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte FINAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION = 30;

  /**
   * Po = Punctuation, Other (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_PUNCTUATION = 24;

  /**
   * Sm = Symbol, Math (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte MATH_SYMBOL = 25;

  /**
   * Sc = Symbol, Currency (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte CURRENCY_SYMBOL = 26;

  /**
   * Sk = Symbol, Modifier (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte MODIFIER_SYMBOL = 27;

  /**
   * So = Symbol, Other (Informative).
   *
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_SYMBOL = 28;

  /**
   * Undefined bidirectional character type. Undefined char values have
   * undefined directionality in the Unicode specification.
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED = -1;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "L".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT = 0;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "R".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT = 1;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "AL".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC = 2;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "EN".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER = 3;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "ES".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR = 4;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "ET".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR = 5;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "AN".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_ARABIC_NUMBER = 6;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "CS".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR = 7;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "NSM".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_NONSPACING_MARK = 8;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "BN".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL = 9;

  /**
   * Neutral bidirectional character type "B".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR = 10;

  /**
   * Neutral bidirectional character type "S".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR = 11;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "WS".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_WHITESPACE = 12;

  /**
   * Neutral bidirectional character type "ON".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_OTHER_NEUTRALS = 13;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "LRE".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING = 14;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "LRO".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE = 15;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "RLE".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING = 16;

  /**
   * Strong bidirectional character type "RLO".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE = 17;

  /**
   * Weak bidirectional character type "PDF".
   *
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT = 18;

  /**
   * Mask for grabbing the type out of the result of readChar.
   * @see #readChar(char)
   */
  private static final int TYPE_MASK = 0x1F;

  /**
   * Mask for grabbing the non-breaking space flag out of the result of
   * readChar.
   * @see #readChar(char)
   */
  private static final int NO_BREAK_MASK = 0x20;

  /**
   * Mask for grabbing the mirrored directionality flag out of the result
   * of readChar.
   * @see #readChar(char)
   */
  private static final int MIRROR_MASK = 0x40;

  /**
   * Grabs an attribute offset from the Unicode attribute database. The lower
   * 5 bits are the character type, the next 2 bits are flags, and the top
   * 9 bits are the offset into the attribute tables. Note that the top 9
   * bits are meaningless in this context; they are useful only in the native
   * code.
   *
   * @param ch the character to look up
   * @return the character's attribute offset and type
   * @see #TYPE_MASK
   * @see #NO_BREAK_MASK
   * @see #MIRROR_MASK
   */
  private static native char readChar(char ch);

  /**
   * Grabs an attribute offset from the Unicode attribute database. The lower
   * 5 bits are the character type, the next 2 bits are flags, and the top
   * 9 bits are the offset into the attribute tables. Note that the top 9
   * bits are meaningless in this context; they are useful only in the native
   * code.
   *
   * @param codePoint the character to look up
   * @return the character's attribute offset and type
   * @see #TYPE_MASK
   * @see #NO_BREAK_MASK
   * @see #MIRROR_MASK
   */
  private static native char readCodePoint(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Wraps up a character.
   *
   * @param value the character to wrap
   */
  public Character(char value)
  {
    this.value = value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the character which has been wrapped by this class.
   *
   * @return the character wrapped
   */
  public char charValue()
  {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the numerical value (unsigned) of the wrapped character.
   * Range of returned values: 0x0000-0xFFFF.
   *
   * @return the value of the wrapped character
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return value;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if an object is equal to this object. This is only true for
   * another Character object wrapping the same value.
   *
   * @param o object to compare
   * @return true if o is a Character with the same value
   */
  public boolean equals(Object o)
  {
    return o instanceof Character && value == ((Character) o).value;
  }

  /**
   * Converts the wrapped character into a String.
   *
   * @return a String containing one character -- the wrapped character
   *         of this instance
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    // This assumes that String.valueOf(char) can create a single-character
    // String more efficiently than through the public API.
    return String.valueOf(value);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a String of length 1 representing the specified character.
   *
   * @param ch the character to convert
   * @return a String containing the character
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static String toString(char ch)
  {
    // This assumes that String.valueOf(char) can create a single-character
    // String more efficiently than through the public API.
    return String.valueOf(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode lowercase letter. For example,
   * <code>'a'</code> is lowercase.
   * <br>
   * lowercase = [Ll]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode lowercase letter, else false
   * @see #isUpperCase(char)
   * @see #isTitleCase(char)
   * @see #toLowerCase(char)
   * @see #getType(char)
   */
  public static boolean isLowerCase(char ch)
  {
    return getType(ch) == LOWERCASE_LETTER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode lowercase letter. For example,
   * <code>'a'</code> is lowercase.  Unlike isLowerCase(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * lowercase = [Ll]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode lowercase letter, else false
   * @see #isUpperCase(int)
   * @see #isTitleCase(int)
   * @see #toLowerCase(int)
   * @see #getType(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isLowerCase(int codePoint)
  {
    return getType(codePoint) == LOWERCASE_LETTER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode uppercase letter. For example,
   * <code>'A'</code> is uppercase.
   * <br>
   * uppercase = [Lu]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode uppercase letter, else false
   * @see #isLowerCase(char)
   * @see #isTitleCase(char)
   * @see #toUpperCase(char)
   * @see #getType(char)
   */
  public static boolean isUpperCase(char ch)
  {
    return getType(ch) == UPPERCASE_LETTER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode uppercase letter. For example,
   * <code>'A'</code> is uppercase.  Unlike isUpperCase(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * uppercase = [Lu]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode uppercase letter, else false
   * @see #isLowerCase(int)
   * @see #isTitleCase(int)
   * @see #toUpperCase(int)
   * @see #getType(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isUpperCase(int codePoint)
  {
    return getType(codePoint) == UPPERCASE_LETTER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode titlecase letter. For example,
   * the character "Lj" (Latin capital L with small letter j) is titlecase.
   * <br>
   * titlecase = [Lt]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode titlecase letter, else false
   * @see #isLowerCase(char)
   * @see #isUpperCase(char)
   * @see #toTitleCase(char)
   * @see #getType(char)
   */
  public static boolean isTitleCase(char ch)
  {
    return getType(ch) == TITLECASE_LETTER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode titlecase letter. For example,
   * the character "Lj" (Latin capital L with small letter j) is titlecase.
   * Unlike isTitleCase(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode
   * code points.
   * <br>
   * titlecase = [Lt]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode titlecase letter, else false
   * @see #isLowerCase(int)
   * @see #isUpperCase(int)
   * @see #toTitleCase(int)
   * @see #getType(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isTitleCase(int codePoint)
  {
    return getType(codePoint) == TITLECASE_LETTER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode decimal digit. For example,
   * <code>'0'</code> is a digit.
   * <br>
   * Unicode decimal digit = [Nd]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode decimal digit, else false
   * @see #digit(char, int)
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see #getType(char)
   */
  public static boolean isDigit(char ch)
  {
    return getType(ch) == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode decimal digit. For example,
   * <code>'0'</code> is a digit.  Unlike isDigit(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Unicode decimal digit = [Nd]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if ccodePoint is a Unicode decimal digit, else false
   * @see #digit(int, int)
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see #getType(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isDigit(int codePoint)
  {
    return getType(codePoint) == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is part of the Unicode Standard. This is an
   * evolving standard, but covers every character in the data file.
   * <br>
   * defined = not [Cn]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode character, else false
   * @see #isDigit(char)
   * @see #isLetter(char)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isLowerCase(char)
   * @see #isTitleCase(char)
   * @see #isUpperCase(char)
   */
  public static boolean isDefined(char ch)
  {
    return getType(ch) != UNASSIGNED;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is part of the Unicode Standard. This is an
   * evolving standard, but covers every character in the data file.  Unlike
   * isDefined(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * defined = not [Cn]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode character, else false
   * @see #isDigit(int)
   * @see #isLetter(int)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(int)
   * @see #isLowerCase(int)
   * @see #isTitleCase(int)
   * @see #isUpperCase(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isDefined(int codePoint)
  {
    return getType(codePoint) != UNASSIGNED;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode letter. Not all letters have case,
   * so this may return true when isLowerCase and isUpperCase return false.
   * <br>
   * letter = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode letter, else false
   * @see #isDigit(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)
   * @see #isJavaLetter(char)
   * @see #isJavaLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isLowerCase(char)
   * @see #isTitleCase(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char)
   * @see #isUpperCase(char)
   */
  public static boolean isLetter(char ch)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(ch))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode letter. Not all letters have case,
   * so this may return true when isLowerCase and isUpperCase return false.
   * Unlike isLetter(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode code
   * points.
   * <br>
   * letter = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode letter, else false
   * @see #isDigit(int)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(int)
   * @see #isJavaLetter(int)
   * @see #isJavaLetterOrDigit(int)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(int)
   * @see #isLowerCase(int)
   * @see #isTitleCase(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(int)
   * @see #isUpperCase(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isLetter(int codePoint)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(codePoint))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER))) != 0;
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the index into the given CharSequence that is offset
   * <code>codePointOffset</code> code points from <code>index</code>.
   * @param seq the CharSequence
   * @param index the start position in the CharSequence
   * @param codePointOffset the number of code points offset from the start
   * position
   * @return the index into the CharSequence that is codePointOffset code 
   * points offset from index
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if seq is null
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or greater than the
   * length of the sequence.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if codePointOffset is positive and the 
   * subsequence from index to the end of seq has fewer than codePointOffset
   * code points
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if codePointOffset is negative and the
   * subsequence from the start of seq to index has fewer than 
   * (-codePointOffset) code points
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int offsetByCodePoints(CharSequence seq,
                                       int index,
                                       int codePointOffset)
  {
    int len = seq.length();
    if (index < 0 || index > len)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    
    int numToGo = codePointOffset;
    int offset = index;
    int adjust = 1;
    if (numToGo >= 0)
      {
        for (; numToGo > 0; offset++)
          {
            numToGo--;
            if (Character.isHighSurrogate(seq.charAt(offset))
                && (offset + 1) < len
                && Character.isLowSurrogate(seq.charAt(offset + 1)))
              offset++;
          }
        return offset;
      }
    else
      {
        numToGo *= -1;
        for (; numToGo > 0;)
          {
            numToGo--;
            offset--;
            if (Character.isLowSurrogate(seq.charAt(offset))
                && (offset - 1) >= 0
                && Character.isHighSurrogate(seq.charAt(offset - 1)))
              offset--;
          }
        return offset;
      }
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the index into the given char subarray that is offset
   * <code>codePointOffset</code> code points from <code>index</code>.
   * @param a the char array
   * @param start the start index of the subarray
   * @param count the length of the subarray
   * @param index the index to be offset
   * @param codePointOffset the number of code points offset from <code>index
   * </code>
   * @return the index into the char array
   * 
   * @throws NullPointerException if a is null
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if start or count is negative or if
   * start + count is greater than the length of the array
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is less than start or larger 
   * than start + count
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if codePointOffset is positive and the
   * subarray from index to start + count - 1 has fewer than codePointOffset
   * code points.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if codePointOffset is negative and the
   * subarray from start to index - 1 has fewer than (-codePointOffset) code
   * points
   * @since 1.5

   */
  public static int offsetByCodePoints(char[] a,
                                       int start,
                                       int count,
                                       int index,
                                       int codePointOffset)
  {
    int len = a.length;
    int end = start + count;
    if (start < 0 || count < 0 || end > len || index < start || index > end)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    
    int numToGo = codePointOffset;
    int offset = index;
    int adjust = 1;
    if (numToGo >= 0)
      {
        for (; numToGo > 0; offset++)
          {
            numToGo--;
            if (Character.isHighSurrogate(a[offset])
                && (offset + 1) < len
                && Character.isLowSurrogate(a[offset + 1]))
              offset++;
          }
        return offset;
      }
    else
      {
        numToGo *= -1;
        for (; numToGo > 0;)
          {
            numToGo--;
            offset--;
            if (Character.isLowSurrogate(a[offset])
                && (offset - 1) >= 0
                && Character.isHighSurrogate(a[offset - 1]))
              offset--;
            if (offset < start)
              throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
          }
        return offset;
      }

  }

  /**
   * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified range of the
   * given CharSequence.  The first char in the range is at position
   * beginIndex and the last one is at position endIndex - 1.  Paired 
   * surrogates (supplementary characters are represented by a pair of chars - 
   * one from the high surrogates and one from the low surrogates) 
   * count as just one code point.
   * @param seq the CharSequence to inspect
   * @param beginIndex the beginning of the range
   * @param endIndex the end of the range
   * @return the number of Unicode code points in the given range of the 
   * sequence
   * @throws NullPointerException if seq is null
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if beginIndex is negative, endIndex is
   * larger than the length of seq, or if beginIndex is greater than endIndex.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointCount(CharSequence seq, int beginIndex,
                                   int endIndex)
  {
    int len = seq.length();
    if (beginIndex < 0 || endIndex > len || beginIndex > endIndex)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        
    int count = 0;
    for (int i = beginIndex; i < endIndex; i++)
      {
        count++;
        // If there is a pairing, count it only once.
        if (isHighSurrogate(seq.charAt(i)) && (i + 1) < endIndex
            && isLowSurrogate(seq.charAt(i + 1)))
          i ++;
      }    
    return count;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified range of the
   * given char array.  The first char in the range is at position
   * offset and the length of the range is count.  Paired surrogates
   * (supplementary characters are represented by a pair of chars - 
   * one from the high surrogates and one from the low surrogates) 
   * count as just one code point.
   * @param a the char array to inspect
   * @param offset the beginning of the range
   * @param count the length of the range
   * @return the number of Unicode code points in the given range of the 
   * array
   * @throws NullPointerException if a is null
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if offset or count is negative or if 
   * offset + countendIndex is larger than the length of a.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointCount(char[] a, int offset,
                                   int count)
  {
    int len = a.length;
    int end = offset + count;
    if (offset < 0 || count < 0 || end > len)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        
    int counter = 0;
    for (int i = offset; i < end; i++)
      {
        counter++;
        // If there is a pairing, count it only once.
        if (isHighSurrogate(a[i]) && (i + 1) < end
            && isLowSurrogate(a[i + 1]))
          i ++;
      }    
    return counter;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode letter or a Unicode digit. This
   * is the combination of isLetter and isDigit.
   * <br>
   * letter or digit = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nd]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode letter or a Unicode digit, else false
   * @see #isDigit(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isJavaLetter(char)
   * @see #isJavaLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isLetter(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char)
   */
  public static boolean isLetterOrDigit(char ch)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(ch))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode letter or a Unicode digit. This
   * is the combination of isLetter and isDigit.  Unlike isLetterOrDigit(char),
   * this method supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * letter or digit = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nd]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode letter or a Unicode digit, else false
   * @see #isDigit(int)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(int)
   * @see #isJavaLetter(int)
   * @see #isJavaLetterOrDigit(int)
   * @see #isLetter(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isLetterOrDigit(int codePoint)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(codePoint)
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER))) != 0);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Java identifier. This is the
   * combination of isLetter, any character where getType returns
   * LETTER_NUMBER, currency symbols (like '$'), and connecting punctuation
   * (like '_').
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch can start a Java identifier, else false
   * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)}
   * @see #isJavaLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isLetter(char)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char)
   */
  public static boolean isJavaLetter(char ch)
  {
    return isJavaIdentifierStart(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Java identifier. This is the
   * combination of isLetter, any character where getType returns
   * LETTER_NUMBER, currency symbols (like '$'), and connecting punctuation
   * (like '_'). Unlike isJavaIdentifierStart(char), this method supports
   * supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Java identifier start = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Sc]|[Pc]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint can start a Java identifier, else false
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(int)
   * @see #isLetter(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifierStart(int codePoint)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(codePoint))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER)
               | (1 << CURRENCY_SYMBOL)
               | (1 << CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Java identifier.  This is the combination of isJavaLetter (isLetter,
   * type of LETTER_NUMBER, currency, connecting punctuation) and digit,
   * numeric letter (like Roman numerals), combining marks, non-spacing marks,
   * or isIdentifierIgnorable.
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch can follow the first letter in a Java identifier
   * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)}
   * @see #isJavaLetter(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isLetter(char)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isIdentifierIgnorable(char)
   */
  public static boolean isJavaLetterOrDigit(char ch)
  {
    return isJavaIdentifierPart(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Java identifier. This is the
   * combination of isLetter, any character where getType returns
   * LETTER_NUMBER, currency symbols (like '$'), and connecting punctuation
   * (like '_').
   * <br>
   * Java identifier start = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Sc]|[Pc]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch can start a Java identifier, else false
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isLetter(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifierStart(char ch)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(ch))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER)
               | (1 << CURRENCY_SYMBOL)
               | (1 << CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Java identifier.  This is the combination of isJavaLetter (isLetter,
   * type of LETTER_NUMBER, currency, connecting punctuation) and digit,
   * numeric letter (like Roman numerals), combining marks, non-spacing marks,
   * or isIdentifierIgnorable.
   * <br>
   * Java identifier extender =
   *   [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Sc]|[Pc]|[Mn]|[Mc]|[Nd]|[Cf]
   *   |U+0000-U+0008|U+000E-U+001B|U+007F-U+009F
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch can follow the first letter in a Java identifier
   * @see #isIdentifierIgnorable(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifierPart(char ch)
  {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((1 << category)
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << NON_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << COMBINING_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER)
               | (1 << CURRENCY_SYMBOL)
               | (1 << CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION)
               | (1 << FORMAT))) != 0
      || (category == CONTROL && isIdentifierIgnorable(ch));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Java identifier.  This is the combination of isJavaLetter (isLetter,
   * type of LETTER_NUMBER, currency, connecting punctuation) and digit,
   * numeric letter (like Roman numerals), combining marks, non-spacing marks,
   * or isIdentifierIgnorable. Unlike isJavaIdentifierPart(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Java identifier extender =
   *   [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Sc]|[Pc]|[Mn]|[Mc]|[Nd]|[Cf]
   *   |U+0000-U+0008|U+000E-U+001B|U+007F-U+009F
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint can follow the first letter in a Java identifier
   * @see #isIdentifierIgnorable(int)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(int)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifierPart(int codePoint)
  {
    int category = getType(codePoint);
    return ((1 << category)
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << NON_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << COMBINING_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER)
               | (1 << CURRENCY_SYMBOL)
               | (1 << CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION)
               | (1 << FORMAT))) != 0
      || (category == CONTROL && isIdentifierIgnorable(codePoint));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Unicode identifier.  Only
   * letters can start a Unicode identifier, but this includes characters
   * in LETTER_NUMBER.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier start = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch can start a Unicode identifier, else false
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)
   * @see #isLetter(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char ch)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(ch))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Unicode identifier.  Only
   * letters can start a Unicode identifier, but this includes characters
   * in LETTER_NUMBER.  Unlike isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier start = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint can start a Unicode identifier, else false
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierStart(int)
   * @see #isLetter(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierStart(int codePoint)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(codePoint))
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Unicode identifier. This includes letters, connecting punctuation,
   * digits, numeric letters, combining marks, non-spacing marks, and
   * isIdentifierIgnorable.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier extender =
   *   [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Mn]|[Mc]|[Nd]|[Pc]|[Cf]|
   *   |U+0000-U+0008|U+000E-U+001B|U+007F-U+009F
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch can follow the first letter in a Unicode identifier
   * @see #isIdentifierIgnorable(char)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char ch)
  {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((1 << category)
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << NON_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << COMBINING_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER)
               | (1 << CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION)
               | (1 << FORMAT))) != 0
      || (category == CONTROL && isIdentifierIgnorable(ch));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Unicode identifier. This includes letters, connecting punctuation,
   * digits, numeric letters, combining marks, non-spacing marks, and
   * isIdentifierIgnorable.  Unlike isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier extender =
   *   [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Mn]|[Mc]|[Nd]|[Pc]|[Cf]|
   *   |U+0000-U+0008|U+000E-U+001B|U+007F-U+009F
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint can follow the first letter in a Unicode 
   *         identifier
   * @see #isIdentifierIgnorable(int)
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(int)
   * @see #isLetterOrDigit(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierStart(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierPart(int codePoint)
  {
    int category = getType(codePoint);
    return ((1 << category)
            & ((1 << UPPERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << LOWERCASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << TITLECASE_LETTER)
               | (1 << MODIFIER_LETTER)
               | (1 << OTHER_LETTER)
               | (1 << NON_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << COMBINING_SPACING_MARK)
               | (1 << DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER)
               | (1 << LETTER_NUMBER)
               | (1 << CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION)
               | (1 << FORMAT))) != 0
      || (category == CONTROL && isIdentifierIgnorable(codePoint));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is ignorable in a Unicode identifier. This
   * includes the non-whitespace ISO control characters (<code>'\u0000'</code>
   * through <code>'\u0008'</code>, <code>'\u000E'</code> through
   * <code>'\u001B'</code>, and <code>'\u007F'</code> through
   * <code>'\u009F'</code>), and FORMAT characters.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier ignorable = [Cf]|U+0000-U+0008|U+000E-U+001B
   *    |U+007F-U+009F
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is ignorable in a Unicode or Java identifier
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isIdentifierIgnorable(char ch)
  {
    return (ch <= '\u009F' && (ch < '\t' || ch >= '\u007F'
                               || (ch <= '\u001B' && ch >= '\u000E')))
      || getType(ch) == FORMAT;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is ignorable in a Unicode identifier. This
   * includes the non-whitespace ISO control characters (<code>'\u0000'</code>
   * through <code>'\u0008'</code>, <code>'\u000E'</code> through
   * <code>'\u001B'</code>, and <code>'\u007F'</code> through
   * <code>'\u009F'</code>), and FORMAT characters.  Unlike 
   * isIdentifierIgnorable(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode
   * code points.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier ignorable = [Cf]|U+0000-U+0008|U+000E-U+001B
   *    |U+007F-U+009F
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is ignorable in a Unicode or Java identifier
   * @see #isJavaIdentifierPart(int)
   * @see #isUnicodeIdentifierPart(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isIdentifierIgnorable(int codePoint)
  {
    return ((codePoint >= 0 && codePoint <= 0x0008)
        || (codePoint >= 0x000E && codePoint <= 0x001B)
        || (codePoint >= 0x007F && codePoint <= 0x009F)
            || getType(codePoint) == FORMAT);
  }

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its lowercase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   * Note that isLowerCase(toLowerCase(ch)) does not always return true.
   *
   * @param ch character to convert to lowercase
   * @return lowercase mapping of ch, or ch if lowercase mapping does
   *         not exist
   * @see #isLowerCase(char)
   * @see #isUpperCase(char)
   * @see #toTitleCase(char)
   * @see #toUpperCase(char)
   */
  public static native char toLowerCase(char ch);

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its lowercase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   * Note that isLowerCase(toLowerCase(codePoint)) does not always return true.
   * Unlike toLowerCase(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode
   * code points.
   *
   * @param codePoint character to convert to lowercase
   * @return lowercase mapping of codePoint, or codePoint if lowercase 
   *         mapping does not exist
   * @see #isLowerCase(int)
   * @see #isUpperCase(int)
   * @see #toTitleCase(int)
   * @see #toUpperCase(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native int toLowerCase(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its uppercase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   * Note that isUpperCase(toUpperCase(ch)) does not always return true.
   *
   * @param ch character to convert to uppercase
   * @return uppercase mapping of ch, or ch if uppercase mapping does
   *         not exist
   * @see #isLowerCase(char)
   * @see #isUpperCase(char)
   * @see #toLowerCase(char)
   * @see #toTitleCase(char)
   */
  public static native char toUpperCase(char ch);

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its uppercase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   * Note that isUpperCase(toUpperCase(codePoint)) does not always return true.
   * Unlike toUpperCase(char), this method supports supplementary 
   * Unicode code points.
   *
   * @param codePoint character to convert to uppercase
   * @return uppercase mapping of codePoint, or codePoint if uppercase 
   *         mapping does not exist
   * @see #isLowerCase(int)
   * @see #isUpperCase(int)
   * @see #toLowerCase(int)
   * @see #toTitleCase(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native int toUpperCase(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its titlecase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   * Note that isTitleCase(toTitleCase(ch)) does not always return true.
   *
   * @param ch character to convert to titlecase
   * @return titlecase mapping of ch, or ch if titlecase mapping does
   *         not exist
   * @see #isTitleCase(char)
   * @see #toLowerCase(char)
   * @see #toUpperCase(char)
   */
  public static native char toTitleCase(char ch);

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its titlecase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   * Note that isTitleCase(toTitleCase(codePoint)) does not always return true.
   * Unlike toTitleCase(char), this method supports supplementary 
   * Unicode code points.
   * 
   * @param codePoint character to convert to titlecase
   * @return titlecase mapping of codePoint, or codePoint if titlecase 
   *         mapping does not exist
   * @see #isTitleCase(int)
   * @see #toLowerCase(int)
   * @see #toUpperCase(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native int toTitleCase(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Converts a character into a digit of the specified radix. If the radix
   * exceeds MIN_RADIX or MAX_RADIX, or if the result of getNumericValue(ch)
   * exceeds the radix, or if ch is not a decimal digit or in the case
   * insensitive set of 'a'-'z', the result is -1.
   * <br>
   * character argument boundary = [Nd]|U+0041-U+005A|U+0061-U+007A
   *    |U+FF21-U+FF3A|U+FF41-U+FF5A
   *
   * @param ch character to convert into a digit
   * @param radix radix in which ch is a digit
   * @return digit which ch represents in radix, or -1 not a valid digit
   * @see #MIN_RADIX
   * @see #MAX_RADIX
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see #isDigit(char)
   * @see #getNumericValue(char)
   */
  public static native int digit(char ch, int radix);

  /**
   * Converts a character into a digit of the specified radix. If the radix
   * exceeds MIN_RADIX or MAX_RADIX, or if the result of getNumericValue(int)
   * exceeds the radix, or if codePoint is not a decimal digit or in the case
   * insensitive set of 'a'-'z', the result is -1.  Unlike digit(char, int), 
   * this method supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * character argument boundary = [Nd]|U+0041-U+005A|U+0061-U+007A
   *    |U+FF21-U+FF3A|U+FF41-U+FF5A
   *
   * @param codePoint character to convert into a digit
   * @param radix radix in which codePoint is a digit
   * @return digit which codePoint represents in radix, or -1 not a valid digit
   * @see #MIN_RADIX
   * @see #MAX_RADIX
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see #isDigit(int)
   * @see #getNumericValue(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native int digit(int codePoint, int radix);

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode numeric value property of a character. For example,
   * <code>'\\u216C'</code> (the Roman numeral fifty) returns 50.
   *
   * <p>This method also returns values for the letters A through Z, (not
   * specified by Unicode), in these ranges: <code>'\u0041'</code>
   * through <code>'\u005A'</code> (uppercase); <code>'\u0061'</code>
   * through <code>'\u007A'</code> (lowercase); and <code>'\uFF21'</code>
   * through <code>'\uFF3A'</code>, <code>'\uFF41'</code> through
   * <code>'\uFF5A'</code> (full width variants).
   *
   * <p>If the character lacks a numeric value property, -1 is returned.
   * If the character has a numeric value property which is not representable
   * as a nonnegative integer, such as a fraction, -2 is returned.
   *
   * character argument boundary = [Nd]|[Nl]|[No]|U+0041-U+005A|U+0061-U+007A
   *    |U+FF21-U+FF3A|U+FF41-U+FF5A
   *
   * @param ch character from which the numeric value property will
   *        be retrieved
   * @return the numeric value property of ch, or -1 if it does not exist, or
   *         -2 if it is not representable as a nonnegative integer
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see #digit(char, int)
   * @see #isDigit(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static native int getNumericValue(char ch);

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode numeric value property of a character. For example,
   * <code>'\\u216C'</code> (the Roman numeral fifty) returns 50.
   *
   * <p>This method also returns values for the letters A through Z, (not
   * specified by Unicode), in these ranges: <code>'\u0041'</code>
   * through <code>'\u005A'</code> (uppercase); <code>'\u0061'</code>
   * through <code>'\u007A'</code> (lowercase); and <code>'\uFF21'</code>
   * through <code>'\uFF3A'</code>, <code>'\uFF41'</code> through
   * <code>'\uFF5A'</code> (full width variants).
   *
   * <p>If the character lacks a numeric value property, -1 is returned.
   * If the character has a numeric value property which is not representable
   * as a nonnegative integer, such as a fraction, -2 is returned.
   *
   * Unlike getNumericValue(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode
   * code points.
   *
   * character argument boundary = [Nd]|[Nl]|[No]|U+0041-U+005A|U+0061-U+007A
   *    |U+FF21-U+FF3A|U+FF41-U+FF5A
   *
   * @param codePoint character from which the numeric value property will
   *        be retrieved
   * @return the numeric value property of codePoint, or -1 if it does not 
   *         exist, or -2 if it is not representable as a nonnegative integer
   * @see #forDigit(int, int)
   * @see #digit(int, int)
   * @see #isDigit(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native int getNumericValue(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a ISO-LATIN-1 space. This is only the five
   * characters <code>'\t'</code>, <code>'\n'</code>, <code>'\f'</code>,
   * <code>'\r'</code>, and <code>' '</code>.
   * <br>
   * Java space = U+0020|U+0009|U+000A|U+000C|U+000D
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a space, else false
   * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #isWhitespace(char)}
   * @see #isSpaceChar(char)
   * @see #isWhitespace(char)
   */
  public static boolean isSpace(char ch)
  {
    // Performing the subtraction up front alleviates need to compare longs.
    return ch-- <= ' ' && ((1 << ch)
                           & ((1 << (' ' - 1))
                              | (1 << ('\t' - 1))
                              | (1 << ('\n' - 1))
                              | (1 << ('\r' - 1))
                              | (1 << ('\f' - 1)))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode space character. This includes
   * SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, and PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR.
   * <br>
   * Unicode space = [Zs]|[Zp]|[Zl]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode space, else false
   * @see #isWhitespace(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isSpaceChar(char ch)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(ch))
            & ((1 << SPACE_SEPARATOR)
               | (1 << LINE_SEPARATOR)
               | (1 << PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode space character. This includes
   * SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, and PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR.  Unlike
   * isSpaceChar(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Unicode space = [Zs]|[Zp]|[Zl]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is a Unicode space, else false
   * @see #isWhitespace(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isSpaceChar(int codePoint)
  {
    return ((1 << getType(codePoint))
            & ((1 << SPACE_SEPARATOR)
               | (1 << LINE_SEPARATOR)
               | (1 << PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR))) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is Java whitespace. This includes Unicode
   * space characters (SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, and
   * PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) except the non-breaking spaces
   * (<code>'\u00A0'</code>, <code>'\u2007'</code>, and <code>'\u202F'</code>);
   * and these characters: <code>'\u0009'</code>, <code>'\u000A'</code>,
   * <code>'\u000B'</code>, <code>'\u000C'</code>, <code>'\u000D'</code>,
   * <code>'\u001C'</code>, <code>'\u001D'</code>, <code>'\u001E'</code>,
   * and <code>'\u001F'</code>.
   * <br>
   * Java whitespace = ([Zs] not Nb)|[Zl]|[Zp]|U+0009-U+000D|U+001C-U+001F
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is Java whitespace, else false
   * @see #isSpaceChar(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isWhitespace(char ch)
  {
    int attr = readChar(ch);
    return ((((1 << (attr & TYPE_MASK))
              & ((1 << SPACE_SEPARATOR)
                 | (1 << LINE_SEPARATOR)
                 | (1 << PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR))) != 0)
            && (attr & NO_BREAK_MASK) == 0)
      || (ch <= '\u001F' && ((1 << ch)
                             & ((1 << '\t')
                                | (1 << '\n')
                                | (1 << '\u000B')
                                | (1 << '\u000C')
                                | (1 << '\r')
                                | (1 << '\u001C')
                                | (1 << '\u001D')
                                | (1 << '\u001E')
                                | (1 << '\u001F'))) != 0);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is Java whitespace. This includes Unicode
   * space characters (SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, and
   * PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) except the non-breaking spaces
   * (<code>'\u00A0'</code>, <code>'\u2007'</code>, and <code>'\u202F'</code>);
   * and these characters: <code>'\u0009'</code>, <code>'\u000A'</code>,
   * <code>'\u000B'</code>, <code>'\u000C'</code>, <code>'\u000D'</code>,
   * <code>'\u001C'</code>, <code>'\u001D'</code>, <code>'\u001E'</code>,
   * and <code>'\u001F'</code>.  Unlike isWhitespace(char), this method
   * supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   * <br>
   * Java whitespace = ([Zs] not Nb)|[Zl]|[Zp]|U+0009-U+000D|U+001C-U+001F
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is Java whitespace, else false
   * @see #isSpaceChar(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isWhitespace(int codePoint)
  {
    int plane = codePoint >>> 16;
    if (plane > 2 && plane != 14)
      return false;
    int attr = readCodePoint(codePoint);
    return ((((1 << (attr & TYPE_MASK))
              & ((1 << SPACE_SEPARATOR)
                 | (1 << LINE_SEPARATOR)
                 | (1 << PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR))) != 0)
            && (attr & NO_BREAK_MASK) == 0)
      || (codePoint <= '\u001F' && ((1 << codePoint)
                             & ((1 << '\t')
                                | (1 << '\n')
                                | (1 << '\u000B')
                                | (1 << '\u000C')
                                | (1 << '\r')
                                | (1 << '\u001C')
                                | (1 << '\u001D')
                                | (1 << '\u001E')
                                | (1 << '\u001F'))) != 0);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character has the ISO Control property.
   * <br>
   * ISO Control = [Cc]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   * @return true if ch is an ISO Control character, else false
   * @see #isSpaceChar(char)
   * @see #isWhitespace(char)
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static boolean isISOControl(char ch)
  {
    return getType(ch) == CONTROL;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character has the ISO Control property.  Unlike
   * isISOControl(char), this method supports supplementary unicode
   * code points.
   * <br>
   * ISO Control = [Cc]
   *
   * @param codePoint character to test
   * @return true if codePoint is an ISO Control character, else false
   * @see #isSpaceChar(int)
   * @see #isWhitespace(int)
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isISOControl(int codePoint)
  {
    return getType(codePoint) == CONTROL;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode general category property of a character.
   *
   * @param ch character from which the general category property will
   *        be retrieved
   * @return the character category property of ch as an integer
   * @see #UNASSIGNED
   * @see #UPPERCASE_LETTER
   * @see #LOWERCASE_LETTER
   * @see #TITLECASE_LETTER
   * @see #MODIFIER_LETTER
   * @see #OTHER_LETTER
   * @see #NON_SPACING_MARK
   * @see #ENCLOSING_MARK
   * @see #COMBINING_SPACING_MARK
   * @see #DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER
   * @see #LETTER_NUMBER
   * @see #OTHER_NUMBER
   * @see #SPACE_SEPARATOR
   * @see #LINE_SEPARATOR
   * @see #PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR
   * @see #CONTROL
   * @see #FORMAT
   * @see #PRIVATE_USE
   * @see #SURROGATE
   * @see #DASH_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #START_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #END_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #OTHER_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #MATH_SYMBOL
   * @see #CURRENCY_SYMBOL
   * @see #MODIFIER_SYMBOL
   * @see #INITIAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #FINAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION
   * @since 1.1
   */
  public static native int getType(char ch);

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode general category property of a character.  Supports
   * supplementary Unicode code points.
   *
   * @param codePoint character from which the general category property will
   *        be retrieved
   * @return the character category property of codePoint as an integer
   * @see #UNASSIGNED
   * @see #UPPERCASE_LETTER
   * @see #LOWERCASE_LETTER
   * @see #TITLECASE_LETTER
   * @see #MODIFIER_LETTER
   * @see #OTHER_LETTER
   * @see #NON_SPACING_MARK
   * @see #ENCLOSING_MARK
   * @see #COMBINING_SPACING_MARK
   * @see #DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER
   * @see #LETTER_NUMBER
   * @see #OTHER_NUMBER
   * @see #SPACE_SEPARATOR
   * @see #LINE_SEPARATOR
   * @see #PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR
   * @see #CONTROL
   * @see #FORMAT
   * @see #PRIVATE_USE
   * @see #SURROGATE
   * @see #DASH_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #START_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #END_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #OTHER_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #MATH_SYMBOL
   * @see #CURRENCY_SYMBOL
   * @see #MODIFIER_SYMBOL
   * @see #INITIAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION
   * @see #FINAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native int getType(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Converts a digit into a character which represents that digit
   * in a specified radix. If the radix exceeds MIN_RADIX or MAX_RADIX,
   * or the digit exceeds the radix, then the null character <code>'\0'</code>
   * is returned.  Otherwise the return value is in '0'-'9' and 'a'-'z'.
   * <br>
   * return value boundary = U+0030-U+0039|U+0061-U+007A
   *
   * @param digit digit to be converted into a character
   * @param radix radix of digit
   * @return character representing digit in radix, or '\0'
   * @see #MIN_RADIX
   * @see #MAX_RADIX
   * @see #digit(char, int)
   */
  public static char forDigit(int digit, int radix)
  {
    if (radix < MIN_RADIX || radix > MAX_RADIX
        || digit < 0 || digit >= radix)
      return '\0';
    return (char) (digit < 10 ? ('0' + digit) : ('a' - 10 + digit));
  }

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode directionality property of the character. This
   * is used in the visual ordering of text.
   *
   * @param ch the character to look up
   * @return the directionality constant, or DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_ARABIC_NUMBER
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_NONSPACING_MARK
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_WHITESPACE
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_OTHER_NEUTRALS
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static native byte getDirectionality(char ch);

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode directionality property of the character. This
   * is used in the visual ordering of text.  Unlike getDirectionality(char),
   * this method supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   *
   * @param codePoint the character to look up
   * @return the directionality constant, or DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_ARABIC_NUMBER
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_NONSPACING_MARK
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_WHITESPACE
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_OTHER_NEUTRALS
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE
   * @see #DIRECTIONALITY_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static native byte getDirectionality(int codePoint);

  /**
   * Determines whether the character is mirrored according to Unicode. For
   * example, <code>\u0028</code> (LEFT PARENTHESIS) appears as '(' in
   * left-to-right text, but ')' in right-to-left text.
   *
   * @param ch the character to look up
   * @return true if the character is mirrored
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public static boolean isMirrored(char ch)
  {
    return (readChar(ch) & MIRROR_MASK) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Determines whether the character is mirrored according to Unicode. For
   * example, <code>\u0028</code> (LEFT PARENTHESIS) appears as '(' in
   * left-to-right text, but ')' in right-to-left text.  Unlike 
   * isMirrored(char), this method supports supplementary Unicode code points.
   *
   * @param codePoint the character to look up
   * @return true if the character is mirrored
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isMirrored(int codePoint)
  {
    int plane = codePoint >>> 16;
    if (plane > 2 && plane != 14)
      return false;
    return (readCodePoint(codePoint) & MIRROR_MASK) != 0;
  }

  /**
   * Compares another Character to this Character, numerically.
   *
   * @param anotherCharacter Character to compare with this Character
   * @return a negative integer if this Character is less than
   *         anotherCharacter, zero if this Character is equal, and
   *         a positive integer if this Character is greater
   * @throws NullPointerException if anotherCharacter is null
   * @since 1.2
   */
  public int compareTo(Character anotherCharacter)
  {
    return value - anotherCharacter.value;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an <code>Character</code> object wrapping the value.
   * In contrast to the <code>Character</code> constructor, this method
   * will cache some values.  It is used by boxing conversion.
   *
   * @param val the value to wrap
   * @return the <code>Character</code>
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static Character valueOf(char val)
  {
    if (val > MAX_CACHE)
      return new Character(val);
    synchronized (charCache)
      {
	if (charCache[val - MIN_VALUE] == null)
	  charCache[val - MIN_VALUE] = new Character(val);
	return charCache[val - MIN_VALUE];
      }
  }

  /**
   * Reverse the bytes in val.
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static char reverseBytes(char val)
  {
    return (char) (((val >> 8) & 0xff) | ((val << 8) & 0xff00));
  }

  /**
   * Converts a unicode code point to a UTF-16 representation of that
   * code point.
   * 
   * @param codePoint the unicode code point
   *
   * @return the UTF-16 representation of that code point
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the code point is not a valid
   *         unicode code point
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static char[] toChars(int codePoint)
  {
    if (!isValidCodePoint(codePoint))
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal Unicode code point : "
                                         + codePoint);
    char[] result = new char[charCount(codePoint)];
    int ignore = toChars(codePoint, result, 0);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Converts a unicode code point to its UTF-16 representation.
   *
   * @param codePoint the unicode code point
   * @param dst the target char array
   * @param dstIndex the start index for the target
   *
   * @return number of characters written to <code>dst</code>
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>codePoint</code> is not a
   *         valid unicode code point
   * @throws NullPointerException if <code>dst</code> is <code>null</code>
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>dstIndex</code> is not valid
   *         in <code>dst</code> or if the UTF-16 representation does not
   *         fit into <code>dst</code>
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int toChars(int codePoint, char[] dst, int dstIndex)
  {
    if (!isValidCodePoint(codePoint))
      {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("not a valid code point: "
                                           + codePoint);
      }

    int result;
    if (isSupplementaryCodePoint(codePoint))
      {
        // Write second char first to cause IndexOutOfBoundsException
        // immediately.
        final int cp2 = codePoint - 0x10000;
        dst[dstIndex + 1] = (char) ((cp2 % 0x400) + (int) MIN_LOW_SURROGATE);
        dst[dstIndex] = (char) ((cp2 / 0x400) + (int) MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE);
        result = 2;
      }
    else
      {
        dst[dstIndex] = (char) codePoint;
        result = 1; 
      }
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Return number of 16-bit characters required to represent the given
   * code point.
   *
   * @param codePoint a unicode code point
   *
   * @return 2 if codePoint >= 0x10000, 1 otherwise.
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int charCount(int codePoint)
  {
    return 
      (codePoint >= MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) 
      ? 2 
      : 1;
  }

  /**
   * Determines whether the specified code point is
   * in the range 0x10000 .. 0x10FFFF, i.e. the character is within the Unicode
   * supplementary character range.
   *
   * @param codePoint a Unicode code point
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if code point is in supplementary range
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isSupplementaryCodePoint(int codePoint)
  {
    return codePoint >= MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT
      && codePoint <= MAX_CODE_POINT;
  }

  /**
   * Determines whether the specified code point is
   * in the range 0x0000 .. 0x10FFFF, i.e. it is a valid Unicode code point.
   *
   * @param codePoint a Unicode code point
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if code point is valid
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isValidCodePoint(int codePoint)
  {
    return codePoint >= MIN_CODE_POINT && codePoint <= MAX_CODE_POINT;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if the given character is a high surrogate.
   * @param ch the character
   * @return true if the character is a high surrogate character
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isHighSurrogate(char ch)
  {
    return ch >= MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE && ch <= MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if the given character is a low surrogate.
   * @param ch the character
   * @return true if the character is a low surrogate character
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isLowSurrogate(char ch)
  {
    return ch >= MIN_LOW_SURROGATE && ch <= MAX_LOW_SURROGATE;
  }

  /**
   * Return true if the given characters compose a surrogate pair.
   * This is true if the first character is a high surrogate and the
   * second character is a low surrogate.
   * @param ch1 the first character
   * @param ch2 the first character
   * @return true if the characters compose a surrogate pair
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static boolean isSurrogatePair(char ch1, char ch2)
  {
    return isHighSurrogate(ch1) && isLowSurrogate(ch2);
  }

  /**
   * Given a valid surrogate pair, this returns the corresponding
   * code point.
   * @param high the high character of the pair
   * @param low the low character of the pair
   * @return the corresponding code point
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int toCodePoint(char high, char low)
  {
    return ((high - MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE) * 0x400) +
      (low - MIN_LOW_SURROGATE) + 0x10000;
  }

  /**
   * Get the code point at the specified index in the CharSequence.
   * This is like CharSequence#charAt(int), but if the character is
   * the start of a surrogate pair, and there is a following
   * character, and this character completes the pair, then the
   * corresponding supplementary code point is returned.  Otherwise,
   * the character at the index is returned.
   *
   * @param sequence the CharSequence
   * @param index the index of the codepoint to get, starting at 0
   * @return the codepoint at the specified index
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or &gt;= length()
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointAt(CharSequence sequence, int index)
  {
    int len = sequence.length();
    if (index < 0 || index >= len)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    char high = sequence.charAt(index);
    if (! isHighSurrogate(high) || ++index >= len)
      return high;
    char low = sequence.charAt(index);
    if (! isLowSurrogate(low))
      return high;
    return toCodePoint(high, low);
  }

  /**
   * Get the code point at the specified index in the CharSequence.
   * If the character is the start of a surrogate pair, and there is a
   * following character, and this character completes the pair, then
   * the corresponding supplementary code point is returned.
   * Otherwise, the character at the index is returned.
   *
   * @param chars the character array in which to look
   * @param index the index of the codepoint to get, starting at 0
   * @return the codepoint at the specified index
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or &gt;= length()
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointAt(char[] chars, int index)
  {
    return codePointAt(chars, index, chars.length);
  }

  /**
   * Get the code point at the specified index in the CharSequence.
   * If the character is the start of a surrogate pair, and there is a
   * following character within the specified range, and this
   * character completes the pair, then the corresponding
   * supplementary code point is returned.  Otherwise, the character
   * at the index is returned.
   *
   * @param chars the character array in which to look
   * @param index the index of the codepoint to get, starting at 0
   * @param limit the limit past which characters should not be examined
   * @return the codepoint at the specified index
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or &gt;=
   * limit, or if limit is negative or &gt;= the length of the array
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointAt(char[] chars, int index, int limit)
  {
    if (index < 0 || index >= limit || limit < 0 || limit > chars.length)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    char high = chars[index];
    if (! isHighSurrogate(high) || ++index >= limit)
      return high;
    char low = chars[index];
    if (! isLowSurrogate(low))
      return high;
    return toCodePoint(high, low);
  }

  /**
   * Get the code point before the specified index.  This is like
   * #codePointAt(char[], int), but checks the characters at
   * <code>index-1</code> and <code>index-2</code> to see if they form
   * a supplementary code point.  If they do not, the character at
   * <code>index-1</code> is returned.
   *
   * @param chars the character array
   * @param index the index just past the codepoint to get, starting at 0
   * @return the codepoint at the specified index
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or &gt;= length()
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointBefore(char[] chars, int index)
  {
    return codePointBefore(chars, index, 1);
  }

  /**
   * Get the code point before the specified index.  This is like
   * #codePointAt(char[], int), but checks the characters at
   * <code>index-1</code> and <code>index-2</code> to see if they form
   * a supplementary code point.  If they do not, the character at
   * <code>index-1</code> is returned.  The start parameter is used to
   * limit the range of the array which may be examined.
   *
   * @param chars the character array
   * @param index the index just past the codepoint to get, starting at 0
   * @param start the index before which characters should not be examined
   * @return the codepoint at the specified index
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is &gt; start or &gt;
   * the length of the array, or if limit is negative or &gt;= the
   * length of the array
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointBefore(char[] chars, int index, int start)
  {
    if (index < start || index > chars.length
	|| start < 0 || start >= chars.length)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    --index;
    char low = chars[index];
    if (! isLowSurrogate(low) || --index < start)
      return low;
    char high = chars[index];
    if (! isHighSurrogate(high))
      return low;
    return toCodePoint(high, low);
  }

  /**
   * Get the code point before the specified index.  This is like
   * #codePointAt(CharSequence, int), but checks the characters at
   * <code>index-1</code> and <code>index-2</code> to see if they form
   * a supplementary code point.  If they do not, the character at
   * <code>index-1</code> is returned.
   *
   * @param sequence the CharSequence
   * @param index the index just past the codepoint to get, starting at 0
   * @return the codepoint at the specified index
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or &gt;= length()
   * @since 1.5
   */
  public static int codePointBefore(CharSequence sequence, int index)
  {
    int len = sequence.length();
    if (index < 1 || index > len)
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    --index;
    char low = sequence.charAt(index);
    if (! isLowSurrogate(low) || --index < 0)
      return low;
    char high = sequence.charAt(index);
    if (! isHighSurrogate(high))
      return low;
    return toCodePoint(high, low);
  }
} // class Character