/* * @(#)String.java	1.204 06/06/09 * * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */package java.lang;import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;import java.io.ObjectStreamField;import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;import java.nio.charset.Charset;import java.util.ArrayList;import java.util.Arrays;import java.util.Comparator;import java.util.Formatter;import java.util.Locale;import java.util.regex.Matcher;import java.util.regex.Pattern;import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;/** * The String class represents character strings. All * string literals in Java programs, such as "abc", are * implemented as instances of this class. * 
 * Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they * are created. String buffers support mutable strings. * Because String objects are immutable they can be shared. For example: * 
     
      
 *     String str = "abc"; * 
     
 * is equivalent to: * 
     
      
 *     char data[] = {'a', 'b', 'c'}; *     String str = new String(data); * 
     
 * Here are some more examples of how strings can be used: * 
     
      
 *     System.out.println("abc"); *     String cde = "cde"; *     System.out.println("abc" + cde); *     String c = "abc".substring(2,3); *     String d = cde.substring(1, 2); * 
     
 * 
 * The class String includes methods for examining * individual characters of the sequence, for comparing strings, for * searching strings, for extracting substrings, and for creating a * copy of a string with all characters translated to uppercase or to * lowercase. Case mapping is based on the Unicode Standard version * specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character} class. * 
 * The Java language provides special support for the string * concatenation operator ( + ), and for conversion of * other objects to strings. String concatenation is implemented * through the StringBuilder(or StringBuffer) * class and its append method. * String conversions are implemented through the method * toString, defined by Object and * inherited by all classes in Java. For additional information on * string concatenation and conversion, see Gosling, Joy, and Steele, * The Java Language Specification. * * 
 Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor * or method in this class will cause a {@link NullPointerException} to be * thrown. * * 
A String represents a string in the UTF-16 format * in which supplementary characters are represented by surrogate * pairs (see the section Unicode * Character Representations in the Character class for * more information). * Index values refer to char code units, so a supplementary * character uses two positions in a String. * 
The String class provides methods for dealing with * Unicode code points (i.e., characters), in addition to those for * dealing with Unicode code units (i.e., char values). * * @author  Lee Boynton * @author  Arthur van Hoff * @version 1.204, 06/09/06 * @see     java.lang.Object#toString() * @see     java.lang.StringBuffer * @see     java.lang.StringBuilder * @see     java.nio.charset.Charset * @since   JDK1.0 */public final class String    implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable
      
       , CharSequence{    /** The value is used for character storage. */    private final char value[];    /** The offset is the first index of the storage that is used. */    private final int offset;    /** The count is the number of characters in the String. */    private final int count;    /** Cache the hash code for the string */    private int hash; // Default to 0    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6849794470754667710L;    /**     * Class String is special cased within the Serialization Stream Protocol.     *     * A String instance is written initially into an ObjectOutputStream in the     * following format:     * 
      
     *      TC_STRING (utf String)     * 
     * The String is written by method DataOutput.writeUTF.     * A new handle is generated to  refer to all future references to the     * string instance within the stream.     */    private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields =        new ObjectStreamField[0];    /**     * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents     * an empty character sequence.  Note that use of this constructor is     * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.     */    public String() {	this.offset = 0;	this.count = 0;	this.value = new char[0];    }    /**     * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents     * the same sequence of characters as the argument; in other words, the     * newly created string is a copy of the argument string. Unless an     * explicit copy of {@code original} is needed, use of this constructor is     * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.     *     * @param  original     *         A {@code String}     */    public String(String original) {	int size = original.count;	char[] originalValue = original.value;	char[] v;  	if (originalValue.length > size) { 	    // The array representing the String is bigger than the new 	    // String itself.  Perhaps this constructor is being called 	    // in order to trim the baggage, so make a copy of the array.            int off = original.offset;            v = Arrays.copyOfRange(originalValue, off, off+size); 	} else { 	    // The array representing the String is the same 	    // size as the String, so no point in making a copy.	    v = originalValue; 	}	this.offset = 0;	this.count = size;	this.value = v;    }    /**     * Allocates a new {@code String} so that it represents the sequence of     * characters currently contained in the character array argument. The     * contents of the character array are copied; subsequent modification of     * the character array does not affect the newly created string.     *     * @param  value     *         The initial value of the string     */    public String(char value[]) {	int size = value.length;	this.offset = 0;	this.count = size;	this.value = Arrays.copyOf(value, size);    }    /**     * Allocates a new {@code String} that contains characters from a subarray     * of the character array argument. The {@code offset} argument is the     * index of the first character of the subarray and the {@code count}     * argument specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the     * subarray are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does     * not affect the newly created string.     *     * @param  value     *         Array that is the source of characters     *     * @param  offset     *         The initial offset     *     * @param  count     *         The length     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If the {@code offset} and {@code count} arguments index     *          characters outside the bounds of the {@code value} array     */    public String(char value[], int offset, int count) {        if (offset < 0) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);        }        if (count < 0) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);        }        // Note: offset or count might be near -1>>>1.        if (offset > value.length - count) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset + count);        }        this.offset = 0;        this.count = count;        this.value = Arrays.copyOfRange(value, offset, offset+count);    }    /**     * Allocates a new {@code String} that contains characters from a subarray     * of the Unicode code point array argument. The {@code offset} argument     * is the index of the first code point of the subarray and the     * {@code count} argument specifies the length of the subarray. The     * contents of the subarray are converted to {@code char}s; subsequent     * modification of the {@code int} array does not affect the newly created     * string.     *     * @param  codePoints     *         Array that is the source of Unicode code points     *     * @param  offset     *         The initial offset     *     * @param  count     *         The length     *     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException     *          If any invalid Unicode code point is found in {@code     *          codePoints}     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If the {@code offset} and {@code count} arguments index     *          characters outside the bounds of the {@code codePoints} array     *     * @since  1.5     */    public String(int[] codePoints, int offset, int count) {        if (offset < 0) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);        }        if (count < 0) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);        }        // Note: offset or count might be near -1>>>1.        if (offset > codePoints.length - count) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset + count);        }	int expansion = 0;	int margin = 1;	char[] v = new char[count + margin];	int x = offset;	int j = 0;	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {	    int c = codePoints[x++];	    if (c < 0) {		throw new IllegalArgumentException();	    }	    if (margin <= 0 && (j+1) >= v.length) {		if (expansion == 0) {		    expansion = (((-margin + 1) * count) << 10) / i;		    expansion >>= 10;		    if (expansion <= 0) {			expansion = 1;		    }		} else {		    expansion *= 2;		}                int newLen = Math.min(v.length+expansion, count*2);		margin = (newLen - v.length) - (count - i);                v = Arrays.copyOf(v, newLen);	    }	    if (c < Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) {		v[j++] = (char) c;	    } else if (c <= Character.MAX_CODE_POINT) {		Character.toSurrogates(c, v, j);		j += 2;		margin--;	    } else {		throw new IllegalArgumentException();	    }	}	this.offset = 0;	this.value = v;	this.count = j;    }    /**     * Allocates a new {@code String} constructed from a subarray of an array     * of 8-bit integer values.     *     * 
 The {@code offset} argument is the index of the first byte of the     * subarray, and the {@code count} argument specifies the length of the     * subarray.     *     * 
 Each {@code byte} in the subarray is converted to a {@code char} as     * specified in the method above.     *     * @deprecated This method does not properly convert bytes into characters.     * As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the     * {@code String} constructors that take a {@link     * java.nio.charset.Charset}, charset name, or that use the platform's     * default charset.     *     * @param  ascii     *         The bytes to be converted to characters     *     * @param  hibyte     *         The top 8 bits of each 16-bit Unicode code unit     *     * @param  offset     *         The initial offset     * @param  count     *         The length     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If the {@code offset} or {@code count} argument is invalid     *     * @see  #String(byte[], int)     * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String)     * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)     * @see  #String(byte[], int, int)     * @see  #String(byte[], java.lang.String)     * @see  #String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)     * @see  #String(byte[])     */    @Deprecated    public String(byte ascii[], int hibyte, int offset, int count) {	checkBounds(ascii, offset, count);        char value[] = new char[count];        if (hibyte == 0) {            for (int i = count ; i-- > 0 ;) {                value[i] = (char) (ascii[i + offset] & 0xff);            }        } else {            hibyte <<= 8;            for (int i = count ; i-- > 0 ;) {                value[i] = (char) (hibyte | (ascii[i + offset] & 0xff));            }        }	this.offset = 0;	this.count = count;	this.value = value;    }    /**     * Allocates a new {@code String} containing characters constructed from     * an array of 8-bit integer values. Each character cin the     * resulting string is constructed from the corresponding component     * b in the byte array such that:     *     * 
     
      
     *     c == (char)(((hibyte & 0xff) << 8)     *                         | (b & 0xff))     * 
     
     *     * @deprecated  This method does not properly convert bytes into     * characters.  As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the     * {@code String} constructors that take a {@link     * java.nio.charset.Charset}, charset name, or that use the platform's     * default charset.     *     * @param  ascii     *         The bytes to be converted to characters     *     * @param  hibyte     *         The top 8 bits of each 16-bit Unicode code unit     *     * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String)     * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)     * @see  #String(byte[], int, int)     * @see  #String(byte[], java.lang.String)     * @see  #String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)     * @see  #String(byte[])     */    @Deprecated    public String(byte ascii[], int hibyte) {        this(ascii, hibyte, 0, ascii.length);    }    /* Common private utility method used to bounds check the byte array     * and requested offset & length values used by the String(byte[],..)     * constructors.     */    private static void checkBounds(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {	if (length < 0)	    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(length);	if (offset < 0)	    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);	if (offset > bytes.length - length)	    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset + length);    }    /**     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of     * bytes using the specified charset.  The length of the new {@code String}     * is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the length     * of the subarray.     *     * 
 The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid     * in the given charset is unspecified.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control     * over the decoding process is required.     *     * @param  bytes     *         The bytes to be decoded into characters     *     * @param  offset     *         The index of the first byte to decode     *     * @param  length     *         The number of bytes to decode     * @param  charsetName     *         The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset     *         charset}     *     * @throws  UnsupportedEncodingException     *          If the named charset is not supported     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If the {@code offset} and {@code length} arguments index     *          characters outside the bounds of the {@code bytes} array     *     * @since  JDK1.1     */    public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, String charsetName)	throws UnsupportedEncodingException    {	if (charsetName == null)	    throw new NullPointerException("charsetName");	checkBounds(bytes, offset, length);	char[] v = StringCoding.decode(charsetName, bytes, offset, length);	this.offset = 0;	this.count = v.length;	this.value = v;    }    /**     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of     * bytes using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.     * The length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and     * hence may not be equal to the length of the subarray.     *     * 
 This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character     * sequences with this charset's default replacement string.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control     * over the decoding process is required.     *     * @param  bytes     *         The bytes to be decoded into characters     *     * @param  offset     *         The index of the first byte to decode     *     * @param  length     *         The number of bytes to decode     *     * @param  charset     *         The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} to be used to     *         decode the {@code bytes}     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If the {@code offset} and {@code length} arguments index     *          characters outside the bounds of the {@code bytes} array     *     * @since  1.6     */    public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, Charset charset) {	if (charset == null)	    throw new NullPointerException("charset");	checkBounds(bytes, offset, length);	char[] v = StringCoding.decode(charset, bytes, offset, length);	this.offset = 0;	this.count = v.length;	this.value = v;    }    /**     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes     * using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.  The     * length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and hence     * may not be equal to the length of the byte array.     *     * 
 The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid     * in the given charset is unspecified.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control     * over the decoding process is required.     *     * @param  bytes     *         The bytes to be decoded into characters     *     * @param  charsetName     *         The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset     *         charset}     *     * @throws  UnsupportedEncodingException     *          If the named charset is not supported     *     * @since  JDK1.1     */    public String(byte bytes[], String charsetName)	throws UnsupportedEncodingException    {	this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, charsetName);    }    /**     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of     * bytes using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.     * The length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and     * hence may not be equal to the length of the byte array.     *     * 
 This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character     * sequences with this charset's default replacement string.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control     * over the decoding process is required.     *     * @param  bytes     *         The bytes to be decoded into characters     *     * @param  charset     *         The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} to be used to     *         decode the {@code bytes}     *     * @since  1.6     */    public String(byte bytes[], Charset charset) {	this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, charset);    }    /**     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of     * bytes using the platform's default charset.  The length of the new     * {@code String} is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal     * to the length of the subarray.     *     * 
 The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid     * in the default charset is unspecified.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control     * over the decoding process is required.     *     * @param  bytes     *         The bytes to be decoded into characters     *     * @param  offset     *         The index of the first byte to decode     *     * @param  length     *         The number of bytes to decode     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If the {@code offset} and the {@code length} arguments index     *          characters outside the bounds of the {@code bytes} array     *     * @since  JDK1.1     */    public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length) {	checkBounds(bytes, offset, length);	char[] v  = StringCoding.decode(bytes, offset, length);	this.offset = 0;	this.count = v.length;	this.value = v;    }    /**     * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes     * using the platform's default charset.  The length of the new {@code     * String} is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the     * length of the byte array.     *     * 
 The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid     * in the default charset is unspecified.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control     * over the decoding process is required.     *     * @param  bytes     *         The bytes to be decoded into characters     *     * @since  JDK1.1     */    public String(byte bytes[]) {	this(bytes, 0, bytes.length);    }    /**     * Allocates a new string that contains the sequence of characters     * currently contained in the string buffer argument. The contents of the     * string buffer are copied; subsequent modification of the string buffer     * does not affect the newly created string.     *     * @param  buffer     *         A {@code StringBuffer}     */    public String(StringBuffer buffer) {        String result = buffer.toString();        this.value = result.value;        this.count = result.count;        this.offset = result.offset;    }    /**     * Allocates a new string that contains the sequence of characters     * currently contained in the string builder argument. The contents of the     * string builder are copied; subsequent modification of the string builder     * does not affect the newly created string.     *     * 
 This constructor is provided to ease migration to {@code     * StringBuilder}. Obtaining a string from a string builder via the {@code     * toString} method is likely to run faster and is generally preferred.     *     * @param   builder     *          A {@code StringBuilder}     *     * @since  1.5     */    public String(StringBuilder builder) {        String result = builder.toString();        this.value = result.value;        this.count = result.count;        this.offset = result.offset;    }    // Package private constructor which shares value array for speed.    String(int offset, int count, char value[]) {	this.value = value;	this.offset = offset;	this.count = count;    }    /**     * Returns the length of this string.     * The length is equal to the number of Unicode     * code units in the string.     *     * @return  the length of the sequence of characters represented by this     *          object.     */    public int length() {        return count;    }    /**     * Returns true if, and only if, {@link #length()} is 0.     *     * @return true if {@link #length()} is 0, otherwise     * false     *     * @since 1.6     */    public boolean isEmpty() {	return count == 0;    }    /**     * Returns the char value at the     * specified index. An index ranges from 0 to     * length() - 1. The first char value of the sequence     * is at index 0, the next at index 1,     * and so on, as for array indexing.     *     * 
If the char value specified by the index is a     * surrogate, the surrogate     * value is returned.     *     * @param      index   the index of the char value.     * @return     the char value at the specified index of this string.     *             The first char value is at index 0.     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the index     *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this     *             string.     */    public char charAt(int index) {        if ((index < 0) || (index >= count)) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);        }        return value[index + offset];    }    /**     * Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified     * index. The index refers to char values     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from 0 to     * {@link #length()} - 1.     *     * 
 If the char value specified at the given index     * is in the high-surrogate range, the following index is less     * than the length of this String, and the     * char value at the following index is in the     * low-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point     * corresponding to this surrogate pair is returned. Otherwise,     * the char value at the given index is returned.     *     * @param      index the index to the char values     * @return     the code point value of the character at the     *             index     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the index     *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this     *             string.     * @since      1.5     */    public int codePointAt(int index) {        if ((index < 0) || (index >= count)) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);        }        return Character.codePointAtImpl(value, offset + index, offset + count);    }    /**     * Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified     * index. The index refers to char values     * (Unicode code units) and ranges from 1 to {@link     * CharSequence#length() length}.     *     * 
 If the char value at (index - 1)     * is in the low-surrogate range, (index - 2) is not     * negative, and the char value at (index -     * 2) is in the high-surrogate range, then the     * supplementary code point value of the surrogate pair is     * returned. If the char value at index -     * 1 is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the     * surrogate value is returned.     *     * @param     index the index following the code point that should be returned     * @return    the Unicode code point value before the given index.     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index     *            argument is less than 1 or greater than the length     *            of this string.     * @since     1.5     */    public int codePointBefore(int index) {	int i = index - 1;        if ((i < 0) || (i >= count)) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);        }        return Character.codePointBeforeImpl(value, offset + index, offset);    }    /**     * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text     * range of this String. The text range begins at the     * specified beginIndex and extends to the     * char at index endIndex - 1. Thus the     * length (in chars) of the text range is     * endIndex-beginIndex. Unpaired surrogates within     * the text range count as one code point each.     *     * @param beginIndex the index to the first char of     * the text range.     * @param endIndex the index after the last char of     * the text range.     * @return the number of Unicode code points in the specified text     * range     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the     * beginIndex is negative, or endIndex     * is larger than the length of this String, or     * beginIndex is larger than endIndex.     * @since  1.5     */    public int codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {	if (beginIndex < 0 || endIndex > count || beginIndex > endIndex) {	    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();	}	return Character.codePointCountImpl(value, offset+beginIndex, endIndex-beginIndex);    }    /**     * Returns the index within this String that is     * offset from the given index by     * codePointOffset code points. Unpaired surrogates     * within the text range given by index and     * codePointOffset count as one code point each.     *     * @param index the index to be offset     * @param codePointOffset the offset in code points     * @return the index within this String     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if index     *   is negative or larger then the length of this     *   String, or if codePointOffset is positive     *   and the substring starting with index has fewer     *   than codePointOffset code points,     *   or if codePointOffset is negative and the substring     *   before index has fewer than the absolute value     *   of codePointOffset code points.     * @since 1.5     */    public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset) {	if (index < 0 || index > count) {	    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();	}	return Character.offsetByCodePointsImpl(value, offset, count,						offset+index, codePointOffset) - offset;    }    /**     * Copy characters from this string into dst starting at dstBegin.     * This method doesn't perform any range checking.     */    void getChars(char dst[], int dstBegin) {        System.arraycopy(value, offset, dst, dstBegin, count);    }    /**     * Copies characters from this string into the destination character     * array.     * 
     * The first character to be copied is at index srcBegin;     * the last character to be copied is at index srcEnd-1     * (thus the total number of characters to be copied is     * srcEnd-srcBegin). The characters are copied into the     * subarray of dst starting at index dstBegin     * and ending at index:     * 
     
      
     *     dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1     * 
     
     *     * @param      srcBegin   index of the first character in the string     *                        to copy.     * @param      srcEnd     index after the last character in the string     *                        to copy.     * @param      dst        the destination array.     * @param      dstBegin   the start offset in the destination array.     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following     *            is true:     *            
     
      
srcBegin is negative.     *            
      
srcBegin is greater than srcEnd     *            
      
srcEnd is greater than the length of this     *                string     *            
      
dstBegin is negative     *            
      
dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin) is larger than     *                dst.length
     
     */    public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin) {        if (srcBegin < 0) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcBegin);        }        if (srcEnd > count) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd);        }        if (srcBegin > srcEnd) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd - srcBegin);        }        System.arraycopy(value, offset + srcBegin, dst, dstBegin,             srcEnd - srcBegin);    }    /**     * Copies characters from this string into the destination byte array. Each     * byte receives the 8 low-order bits of the corresponding character. The     * eight high-order bits of each character are not copied and do not     * participate in the transfer in any way.     *     * 
 The first character to be copied is at index {@code srcBegin}; the     * last character to be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}.  The total     * number of characters to be copied is {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}. The     * characters, converted to bytes, are copied into the subarray of {@code     * dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin} and ending at index:     *     * 
     
      
     *     dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1     * 
     
     *     * @deprecated  This method does not properly convert characters into     * bytes.  As of JDK 1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the     * {@link #getBytes()} method, which uses the platform's default charset.     *     * @param  srcBegin     *         Index of the first character in the string to copy     *     * @param  srcEnd     *         Index after the last character in the string to copy     *     * @param  dst     *         The destination array     *     * @param  dstBegin     *         The start offset in the destination array     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          If any of the following is true:     *          
     
           *            
      
 {@code srcBegin} is negative     *            
      
 {@code srcBegin} is greater than {@code srcEnd}     *            
      
 {@code srcEnd} is greater than the length of this String     *            
      
 {@code dstBegin} is negative     *            
      
 {@code dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)} is larger than {@code     *                 dst.length}     *          
     
     */    @Deprecated    public void getBytes(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, byte dst[], int dstBegin) {        if (srcBegin < 0) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcBegin);        }        if (srcEnd > count) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd);        }        if (srcBegin > srcEnd) {            throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd - srcBegin);        }        int j = dstBegin;        int n = offset + srcEnd;        int i = offset + srcBegin;        char[] val = value;   /* avoid getfield opcode */        while (i < n) {            dst[j++] = (byte)val[i++];        }    }    /**     * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the named     * charset, storing the result into a new byte array.     *     * 
 The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in     * the given charset is unspecified.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control     * over the encoding process is required.     *     * @param  charsetName     *         The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset     *         charset}     *     * @return  The resultant byte array     *     * @throws  UnsupportedEncodingException     *          If the named charset is not supported     *     * @since  JDK1.1     */    public byte[] getBytes(String charsetName)	throws UnsupportedEncodingException    {	if (charsetName == null) throw new NullPointerException();	return StringCoding.encode(charsetName, value, offset, count);    }    /**     * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the given     * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}, storing the result into a     * new byte array.     *     * 
 This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character     * sequences with this charset's default replacement byte array.  The     * {@link java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more     * control over the encoding process is required.     *     * @param  charset     *         The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset} to be used to encode     *         the {@code String}     *     * @return  The resultant byte array     *     * @since  1.6     */    public byte[] getBytes(Charset charset) {	if (charset == null) throw new NullPointerException();	return StringCoding.encode(charset, value, offset, count);    }    /**     * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the     * platform's default charset, storing the result into a new byte array.     *     * 
 The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in     * the default charset is unspecified.  The {@link     * java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control     * over the encoding process is required.     *     * @return  The resultant byte array     *     * @since      JDK1.1     */    public byte[] getBytes() {	return StringCoding.encode(value, offset, count);    }    /**     * Compares this string to the specified object.  The result is {@code     * true} if and only if the argument is not {@code null} and is a {@code     * String} object that represents the same sequence of characters as this     * object.     *     * @param  anObject     *         The object to compare this {@code String} against     *     * @return  {@code true} if the given object represents a {@code String}     *          equivalent to this string, {@code false} otherwise     *     * @see  #compareTo(String)     * @see  #equalsIgnoreCase(String)     */    public boolean equals(Object anObject) {	if (this == anObject) {	    return true;	}	if (anObject instanceof String) {	    String anotherString = (String)anObject;	    int n = count;	    if (n == anotherString.count) {		char v1[] = value;		char v2[] = anotherString.value;		int i = offset;		int j = anotherString.offset;		while (n-- != 0) {		    if (v1[i++] != v2[j++])			return false;		}		return true;	    }	}	return false;    }    /**     * Compares this string to the specified {@code StringBuffer}.  The result     * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same     * sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer}.     *     * @param  sb     *         The {@code StringBuffer} to compare this {@code String} against     *     * @return  {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same     *          sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer},     *          {@code false} otherwise     *     * @since  1.4     */    public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb) {        synchronized(sb) {            return contentEquals((CharSequence)sb);        }    }    /**     * Compares this string to the specified {@code CharSequence}.  The result     * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same     * sequence of char values as the specified sequence.     *     * @param  cs     *         The sequence to compare this {@code String} against     *     * @return  {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same     *          sequence of char values as the specified sequence, {@code     *          false} otherwise     *     * @since  1.5     */    public boolean contentEquals(CharSequence cs) {        if (count != cs.length())            return false;        // Argument is a StringBuffer, StringBuilder        if (cs instanceof AbstractStringBuilder) {            char v1[] = value;            char v2[] = ((AbstractStringBuilder)cs).getValue();            int i = offset;            int j = 0;            int n = count;            while (n-- != 0) {                if (v1[i++] != v2[j++])                    return false;            }        }        // Argument is a String        if (cs.equals(this))            return true;        // Argument is a generic CharSequence        char v1[] = value;        int i = offset;        int j = 0;        int n = count;        while (n-- != 0) {            if (v1[i++] != cs.charAt(j++))                return false;        }        return true;    }    /**     * Compares this {@code String} to another {@code String}, ignoring case     * considerations.  Two strings are considered equal ignoring case if they     * are of the same length and corresponding characters in the two strings     * are equal ignoring case.     *     * 
 Two characters {@code c1} and {@code c2} are considered the same     * ignoring case if at least one of the following is true:     * 
     
           *   
      
 The two characters are the same (as compared by the     *        {@code ==} operator)     *   
      
 Applying the method {@link     *        java.lang.Character#toUpperCase(char)} to each character     *        produces the same result     *   
      
 Applying the method {@link     *        java.lang.Character#toLowerCase(char)} to each character     *        produces the same result     * 
     
     *     * @param  anotherString     *         The {@code String} to compare this {@code String} against     *     * @return  {@code true} if the argument is not {@code null} and it     *          represents an equivalent {@code String} ignoring case; {@code     *          false} otherwise     *     * @see  #equals(Object)     */    public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString) {        return (this == anotherString) ? true :               (anotherString != null) && (anotherString.count == count) &&	       regionMatches(true, 0, anotherString, 0, count);    }    /**     * Compares two strings lexicographically.     * The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in     * the strings. The character sequence represented by this     * String object is compared lexicographically to the     * character sequence represented by the argument string. The result is     * a negative integer if this String object     * lexicographically precedes the argument string. The result is a     * positive integer if this String object lexicographically     * follows the argument string. The result is zero if the strings     * are equal; compareTo returns 0 exactly when     * the {@link #equals(Object)} method would return true.     * 
     * This is the definition of lexicographic ordering. If two strings are     * different, then either they have different characters at some index     * that is a valid index for both strings, or their lengths are different,     * or both. If they have different characters at one or more index     * positions, let k be the smallest such index; then the string     * whose character at position k has the smaller value, as     * determined by using the < operator, lexicographically precedes the     * other string. In this case, compareTo returns the     * difference of the two character values at position k in     * the two string -- that is, the value:     * 
     
      
     * this.charAt(k)-anotherString.charAt(k)     * 
     
     * If there is no index position at which they differ, then the shorter     * string lexicographically precedes the longer string. In this case,     * compareTo returns the difference of the lengths of the     * strings -- that is, the value:     * 
     
      
     * this.length()-anotherString.length()     * 
     
     *     * @param   anotherString   the String to be compared.     * @return  the value 0 if the argument string is equal to     *          this string; a value less than 0 if this string     *          is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a     *          value greater than 0 if this string is     *          lexicographically greater than the string argument.     */    public int compareTo(String anotherString) {	int len1 = count;	int len2 = anotherString.count;	int n = Math.min(len1, len2);	char v1[] = value;	char v2[] = anotherString.value;	int i = offset;	int j = anotherString.offset;	if (i == j) {	    int k = i;	    int lim = n + i;	    while (k < lim) {		char c1 = v1[k];		char c2 = v2[k];		if (c1 != c2) {		    return c1 - c2;		}		k++;	    }	} else {	    while (n-- != 0) {		char c1 = v1[i++];		char c2 = v2[j++];		if (c1 != c2) {		    return c1 - c2;		}	    }	}	return len1 - len2;    }    /**     * A Comparator that orders String objects as by     * compareToIgnoreCase. This comparator is serializable.     * 
     * Note that this Comparator does not take locale into account,     * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.     * The java.text package provides Collators to allow     * locale-sensitive ordering.     *     * @see     java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)     * @since   1.2     */    public static final Comparator
      
        CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER                                         = new CaseInsensitiveComparator();    private static class CaseInsensitiveComparator                         implements Comparator
       
        , java.io.Serializable {	// use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.2.2 for interoperability	private static final long serialVersionUID = 8575799808933029326L;        public int compare(String s1, String s2) {            int n1=s1.length(), n2=s2.length();            for (int i1=0, i2=0; i1
        
         compareTo with normalized versions of the strings     * where case differences have been eliminated by calling     * 
         Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(character)) on     * each character.     * 
        
       
      
     * Note that this method does not take locale into account,     * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.     * The java.text package provides collators to allow     * locale-sensitive ordering.     *     * @param   str   the String to be compared.     * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the     *		specified String is greater than, equal to, or less     *		than this String, ignoring case considerations.     * @see     java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)     * @since   1.2     */    public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) {        return CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.compare(this, str);    }    /**     * Tests if two string regions are equal.     * 
     * A substring of this String object is compared to a substring     * of the argument other. The result is true if these substrings     * represent identical character sequences. The substring of this     * String object to be compared begins at index toffset     * and has length len. The substring of other to be compared     * begins at index ooffset and has length len. The     * result is false if and only if at least one of the following     * is true:     * 
     
      
toffset is negative.     * 
      
ooffset is negative.     * 
      
toffset+len is greater than the length of this     * String object.     * 
      
ooffset+len is greater than the length of the other     * argument.     * 
      
There is some nonnegative integer k less than len     * such that:     * this.charAt(toffset+k) != other.charAt(ooffset+k)     * 
     
     *     * @param   toffset   the starting offset of the subregion in this string.     * @param   other     the string argument.     * @param   ooffset   the starting offset of the subregion in the string     *                    argument.     * @param   len       the number of characters to compare.     * @return  true if the specified subregion of this string     *          exactly matches the specified subregion of the string argument;     *          false otherwise.     */    public boolean regionMatches(int toffset, String other, int ooffset,				 int len) {	char ta[] = value;	int to = offset + toffset;	char pa[] = other.value;	int po = other.offset + ooffset;	// Note: toffset, ooffset, or len might be near -1>>>1.	if ((ooffset < 0) || (toffset < 0) || (toffset > (long)count - len)	    || (ooffset > (long)other.count - len)) {	    return false;	}	while (len-- > 0) {	    if (ta[to++] != pa[po++]) {	        return false;	    }	}	return true;    }    /**     * Tests if two string regions are equal.     * 
     * A substring of this String object is compared to a substring     * of the argument other. The result is true if these     * substrings represent character sequences that are the same, ignoring     * case if and only if ignoreCase is true. The substring of     * this String object to be compared begins at index     * toffset and has length len. The substring of     * other to be compared begins at index ooffset and     * has length len. The result is false if and only if     * at least one of the following is true:     * 
     
      
toffset is negative.     * 
      
ooffset is negative.     * 
      
toffset+len is greater than the length of this     * String object.     * 
      
ooffset+len is greater than the length of the other     * argument.     * 
      
ignoreCase is false and there is some nonnegative     * integer k less than len such that:     * 
       
        
     * this.charAt(toffset+k) != other.charAt(ooffset+k)     * 
       
     * 
      
ignoreCase is true and there is some nonnegative     * integer k less than len such that:     * 
       
        
     * Character.toLowerCase(this.charAt(toffset+k)) !=               Character.toLowerCase(other.charAt(ooffset+k))     * 
       
     * and:     * 
       
        
     * Character.toUpperCase(this.charAt(toffset+k)) !=     *         Character.toUpperCase(other.charAt(ooffset+k))     * 
       
     * 
     
     *     * @param   ignoreCase   if true, ignore case when comparing     *                       characters.     * @param   toffset      the starting offset of the subregion in this     *                       string.     * @param   other        the string argument.     * @param   ooffset      the starting offset of the subregion in the string     *                       argument.     * @param   len          the number of characters to compare.     * @return  true if the specified subregion of this string     *          matches the specified subregion of the string argument;     *          false otherwise. Whether the matching is exact     *          or case insensitive depends on the ignoreCase     *          argument.     */    public boolean regionMatches(boolean ignoreCase, int toffset,                           String other, int ooffset, int len) {        char ta[] = value;        int to = offset + toffset;        char pa[] = other.value;        int po = other.offset + ooffset;        // Note: toffset, ooffset, or len might be near -1>>>1.        if ((ooffset < 0) || (toffset < 0) || (toffset > (long)count - len) ||                (ooffset > (long)other.count - len)) {            return false;        }        while (len-- > 0) {            char c1 = ta[to++];            char c2 = pa[po++];            if (c1 == c2) {                continue;            }            if (ignoreCase) {                // If characters don't match but case may be ignored,                // try converting both characters to uppercase.                // If the results match, then the comparison scan should                // continue.                char u1 = Character.toUpperCase(c1);                char u2 = Character.toUpperCase(c2);                if (u1 == u2) {                    continue;                }                // Unfortunately, conversion to uppercase does not work properly                // for the Georgian alphabet, which has strange rules about case                // conversion.  So we need to make one last check before                // exiting.                if (Character.toLowerCase(u1) == Character.toLowerCase(u2)) {                    continue;                }            }            return false;        }        return true;    }    /**     * Tests if the substring of this string beginning at the     * specified index starts with the specified prefix.     *     * @param   prefix    the prefix.     * @param   toffset   where to begin looking in this string.     * @return  true if the character sequence represented by the     *          argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting     *          at index toffset; false otherwise.     *          The result is false if toffset is     *          negative or greater than the length of this     *          String object; otherwise the result is the same     *          as the result of the expression     *          
     *          this.substring(toffset).startsWith(prefix)     *          
     */    public boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset) {	char ta[] = value;	int to = offset + toffset;	char pa[] = prefix.value;	int po = prefix.offset;	int pc = prefix.count;	// Note: toffset might be near -1>>>1.	if ((toffset < 0) || (toffset > count - pc)) {	    return false;	}	while (--pc >= 0) {	    if (ta[to++] != pa[po++]) {	        return false;	    }	}	return true;    }    /**     * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.     *     * @param   prefix   the prefix.     * @return  true if the character sequence represented by the     *          argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by     *          this string; false otherwise.     *          Note also that true will be returned if the     *          argument is an empty string or is equal to this     *          String object as determined by the     *          {@link #equals(Object)} method.     * @since   1. 0     */    public boolean startsWith(String prefix) {	return startsWith(prefix, 0);    }    /**     * Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.     *     * @param   suffix   the suffix.     * @return  true if the character sequence represented by the     *          argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by     *          this object; false otherwise. Note that the     *          result will be true if the argument is the     *          empty string or is equal to this String object     *          as determined by the {@link #equals(Object)} method.     */    public boolean endsWith(String suffix) {	return startsWith(suffix, count - suffix.count);    }    /**     * Returns a hash code for this string. The hash code for a     * String object is computed as     * 
     
      
     * s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]     * 
     
     * using int arithmetic, where s[i] is the     * ith character of the string, n is the length of     * the string, and ^ indicates exponentiation.     * (The hash value of the empty string is zero.)     *     * @return  a hash code value for this object.     */    public int hashCode() {	int h = hash;	if (h == 0) {	    int off = offset;	    char val[] = value;	    int len = count;            for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {                h = 31*h + val[off++];            }            hash = h;        }        return h;    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of     * the specified character. If a character with value     * ch occurs in the character sequence represented by     * this String object, then the index (in Unicode     * code units) of the first such occurrence is returned. For     * values of ch in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF     * (inclusive), this is the smallest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * this.charAt(k) == ch     * 
     
     * is true. For other values of ch, it is the     * smallest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * this.codePointAt(k) == ch     * 
     
     * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this     * string, then -1 is returned.     *     * @param   ch   a character (Unicode code point).     * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the character in the     *          character sequence represented by this object, or     *          -1 if the character does not occur.     */    public int indexOf(int ch) {	return indexOf(ch, 0);    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the     * specified character, starting the search at the specified index.     * 
     * If a character with value ch occurs in the     * character sequence represented by this String     * object at an index no smaller than fromIndex, then     * the index of the first such occurrence is returned. For values     * of ch in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive),     * this is the smallest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * (this.charAt(k) == ch) && (k >= fromIndex)     * 
     
     * is true. For other values of ch, it is the     * smallest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * (this.codePointAt(k) == ch) && (k >= fromIndex)     * 
     
     * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this     * string at or after position fromIndex, then     * -1 is returned.     *     * 
     * There is no restriction on the value of fromIndex. If it     * is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire     * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this     * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of     * this string: -1 is returned.     *     * 
All indices are specified in char values     * (Unicode code units).     *     * @param   ch          a character (Unicode code point).     * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from.     * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the character in the     *          character sequence represented by this object that is greater     *          than or equal to fromIndex, or -1     *          if the character does not occur.     */    public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {	int max = offset + count;	char v[] = value;	if (fromIndex < 0) {	    fromIndex = 0;	} else if (fromIndex >= count) {	    // Note: fromIndex might be near -1>>>1.	    return -1;	}	int i = offset + fromIndex;	if (ch < Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) {	    // handle most cases here (ch is a BMP code point or a	    // negative value (invalid code point))	    for (; i < max ; i++) {		if (v[i] == ch) {		    return i - offset;		}	    }	    return -1;	}	if (ch <= Character.MAX_CODE_POINT) {	    // handle supplementary characters here	    char[] surrogates = Character.toChars(ch);	    for (; i < max; i++) {		if (v[i] == surrogates[0]) {		    if (i + 1 == max) {			break;		    }		    if (v[i+1] == surrogates[1]) {			return i - offset;		    }		}	    }	}	return -1;    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of     * the specified character. For values of ch in the     * range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index (in Unicode code     * units) returned is the largest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * this.charAt(k) == ch     * 
     
     * is true. For other values of ch, it is the     * largest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * this.codePointAt(k) == ch     * 
     
     * is true.  In either case, if no such character occurs in this     * string, then -1 is returned.  The     * String is searched backwards starting at the last     * character.     *     * @param   ch   a character (Unicode code point).     * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the character in the     *          character sequence represented by this object, or     *          -1 if the character does not occur.     */    public int lastIndexOf(int ch) {	return lastIndexOf(ch, count - 1);    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of     * the specified character, searching backward starting at the     * specified index. For values of ch in the range     * from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index returned is the largest     * value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * (this.charAt(k) == ch) && (k <= fromIndex)     * 
     
     * is true. For other values of ch, it is the     * largest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     * (this.codePointAt(k) == ch) && (k <= fromIndex)     * 
     
     * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this     * string at or before position fromIndex, then     * -1 is returned.     *     * 
All indices are specified in char values     * (Unicode code units).     *     * @param   ch          a character (Unicode code point).     * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from. There is no     *          restriction on the value of fromIndex. If it is     *          greater than or equal to the length of this string, it has     *          the same effect as if it were equal to one less than the     *          length of this string: this entire string may be searched.     *          If it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were -1:     *          -1 is returned.     * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the character in the     *          character sequence represented by this object that is less     *          than or equal to fromIndex, or -1     *          if the character does not occur before that point.     */    public int lastIndexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {	int min = offset;	char v[] = value;	int i = offset + ((fromIndex >= count) ? count - 1 : fromIndex);	if (ch < Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) {	    // handle most cases here (ch is a BMP code point or a	    // negative value (invalid code point))	    for (; i >= min ; i--) {		if (v[i] == ch) {		    return i - offset;		}	    }	    return -1;	}	int max = offset + count;	if (ch <= Character.MAX_CODE_POINT) {	    // handle supplementary characters here	    char[] surrogates = Character.toChars(ch);	    for (; i >= min; i--) {		if (v[i] == surrogates[0]) {		    if (i + 1 == max) {			break;		    }		    if (v[i+1] == surrogates[1]) {			return i - offset;		    }		}	    }	}	return -1;    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the     * specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value     * k such that:     * 
     
      
     * this.startsWith(str, k)     * 
     
     * is true.     *     * @param   str   any string.     * @return  if the string argument occurs as a substring within this     *          object, then the index of the first character of the first     *          such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a     *          substring, -1 is returned.     */    public int indexOf(String str) {	return indexOf(str, 0);    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the     * specified substring, starting at the specified index.  The integer     * returned is the smallest value k for which:     * 
     
      
     *     k >= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) && this.startsWith(str, k)     * 
     
     * If no such value of k exists, then -1 is returned.     *     * @param   str         the substring for which to search.     * @param   fromIndex   the index from which to start the search.     * @return  the index within this string of the first occurrence of the     *          specified substring, starting at the specified index.     */    public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {        return indexOf(value, offset, count,                       str.value, str.offset, str.count, fromIndex);    }    /**     * Code shared by String and StringBuffer to do searches. The     * source is the character array being searched, and the target     * is the string being searched for.     *     * @param   source       the characters being searched.     * @param   sourceOffset offset of the source string.     * @param   sourceCount  count of the source string.     * @param   target       the characters being searched for.     * @param   targetOffset offset of the target string.     * @param   targetCount  count of the target string.     * @param   fromIndex    the index to begin searching from.     */    static int indexOf(char[] source, int sourceOffset, int sourceCount,                       char[] target, int targetOffset, int targetCount,                       int fromIndex) {	if (fromIndex >= sourceCount) {            return (targetCount == 0 ? sourceCount : -1);	}    	if (fromIndex < 0) {    	    fromIndex = 0;    	}	if (targetCount == 0) {	    return fromIndex;	}        char first  = target[targetOffset];        int max = sourceOffset + (sourceCount - targetCount);        for (int i = sourceOffset + fromIndex; i <= max; i++) {            /* Look for first character. */            if (source[i] != first) {                while (++i <= max && source[i] != first);            }            /* Found first character, now look at the rest of v2 */            if (i <= max) {                int j = i + 1;                int end = j + targetCount - 1;                for (int k = targetOffset + 1; j < end && source[j] ==                         target[k]; j++, k++);                if (j == end) {                    /* Found whole string. */                    return i - sourceOffset;                }            }        }        return -1;    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence     * of the specified substring.  The rightmost empty string "" is     * considered to occur at the index value this.length().     * The returned index is the largest value k such that     * 
     
      
     * this.startsWith(str, k)     * 
     
     * is true.     *     * @param   str   the substring to search for.     * @return  if the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring     *          within this object, then the index of the first character of     *          the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as     *          a substring, -1 is returned.     */    public int lastIndexOf(String str) {	return lastIndexOf(str, count);    }    /**     * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the     * specified substring, searching backward starting at the specified index.     * The integer returned is the largest value k such that:     * 
     
      
     *     k <= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) && this.startsWith(str, k)     * 
     
     * If no such value of k exists, then -1 is returned.     *     * @param   str         the substring to search for.     * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from.     * @return  the index within this string of the last occurrence of the     *          specified substring.     */    public int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {        return lastIndexOf(value, offset, count,                           str.value, str.offset, str.count, fromIndex);    }    /**     * Code shared by String and StringBuffer to do searches. The     * source is the character array being searched, and the target     * is the string being searched for.     *     * @param   source       the characters being searched.     * @param   sourceOffset offset of the source string.     * @param   sourceCount  count of the source string.     * @param   target       the characters being searched for.     * @param   targetOffset offset of the target string.     * @param   targetCount  count of the target string.     * @param   fromIndex    the index to begin searching from.     */    static int lastIndexOf(char[] source, int sourceOffset, int sourceCount,                           char[] target, int targetOffset, int targetCount,                           int fromIndex) {        /*	 * Check arguments; return immediately where possible. For	 * consistency, don't check for null str.	 */        int rightIndex = sourceCount - targetCount;	if (fromIndex < 0) {	    return -1;	}	if (fromIndex > rightIndex) {	    fromIndex = rightIndex;	}	/* Empty string always matches. */	if (targetCount == 0) {	    return fromIndex;	}        int strLastIndex = targetOffset + targetCount - 1;	char strLastChar = target[strLastIndex];	int min = sourceOffset + targetCount - 1;	int i = min + fromIndex;    startSearchForLastChar:	while (true) {	    while (i >= min && source[i] != strLastChar) {		i--;	    }	    if (i < min) {		return -1;	    }	    int j = i - 1;	    int start = j - (targetCount - 1);	    int k = strLastIndex - 1;	    while (j > start) {	        if (source[j--] != target[k--]) {		    i--;		    continue startSearchForLastChar;		}	    }	    return start - sourceOffset + 1;	}    }    /**     * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The     * substring begins with the character at the specified index and     * extends to the end of this string. 
     * Examples:     * 
     
      
     * "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy"     * "Harbison".substring(3) returns "bison"     * "emptiness".substring(9) returns "" (an empty string)     * 
     
     *     * @param      beginIndex   the beginning index, inclusive.     * @return     the specified substring.     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if     *             beginIndex is negative or larger than the     *             length of this String object.     */    public String substring(int beginIndex) {	return substring(beginIndex, count);    }    /**     * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The     * substring begins at the specified beginIndex and     * extends to the character at index endIndex - 1.     * Thus the length of the substring is endIndex-beginIndex.     * 
     * Examples:     * 
     
      
     * "hamburger".substring(4, 8) returns "urge"     * "smiles".substring(1, 5) returns "mile"     * 
     
     *     * @param      beginIndex   the beginning index, inclusive.     * @param      endIndex     the ending index, exclusive.     * @return     the specified substring.     * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the     *             beginIndex is negative, or     *             endIndex is larger than the length of     *             this String object, or     *             beginIndex is larger than     *             endIndex.     */    public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {	if (beginIndex < 0) {	    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(beginIndex);	}	if (endIndex > count) {	    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex);	}	if (beginIndex > endIndex) {	    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex - beginIndex);	}	return ((beginIndex == 0) && (endIndex == count)) ? this :	    new String(offset + beginIndex, endIndex - beginIndex, value);    }    /**     * Returns a new character sequence that is a subsequence of this sequence.     *     * 
 An invocation of this method of the form     *     * 
     
      
     * str.subSequence(begin, end)
     
     *     * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation     *     * 
     
      
     * str.substring(begin, end)
     
     *     * This method is defined so that the String class can implement     * the {@link CharSequence} interface. 
     *     * @param      beginIndex   the begin index, inclusive.     * @param      endIndex     the end index, exclusive.     * @return     the specified subsequence.     *     * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException     *          if beginIndex or endIndex are negative,     *          if endIndex is greater than length(),     *          or if beginIndex is greater than startIndex     *     * @since 1.4     * @spec JSR-51     */    public CharSequence subSequence(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {        return this.substring(beginIndex, endIndex);    }    /**     * Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.     * 
     * If the length of the argument string is 0, then this     * String object is returned. Otherwise, a new     * String object is created, representing a character     * sequence that is the concatenation of the character sequence     * represented by this String object and the character     * sequence represented by the argument string.
     * Examples:     * 
     
      
     * "cares".concat("s") returns "caress"     * "to".concat("get").concat("her") returns "together"     * 
     
     *     * @param   str   the String that is concatenated to the end     *                of this String.     * @return  a string that represents the concatenation of this object's     *          characters followed by the string argument's characters.     */    public String concat(String str) {	int otherLen = str.length();	if (otherLen == 0) {	    return this;	}	char buf[] = new char[count + otherLen];	getChars(0, count, buf, 0);	str.getChars(0, otherLen, buf, count);	return new String(0, count + otherLen, buf);    }    /**     * Returns a new string resulting from replacing all occurrences of     * oldChar in this string with newChar.     * 
     * If the character oldChar does not occur in the     * character sequence represented by this String object,     * then a reference to this String object is returned.     * Otherwise, a new String object is created that     * represents a character sequence identical to the character sequence     * represented by this String object, except that every     * occurrence of oldChar is replaced by an occurrence     * of newChar.     * 
     * Examples:     * 
     
      
     * "mesquite in your cellar".replace('e', 'o')     *         returns "mosquito in your collar"     * "the war of baronets".replace('r', 'y')     *         returns "the way of bayonets"     * "sparring with a purple porpoise".replace('p', 't')     *         returns "starring with a turtle tortoise"     * "JonL".replace('q', 'x') returns "JonL" (no change)     * 
     
     *     * @param   oldChar   the old character.     * @param   newChar   the new character.     * @return  a string derived from this string by replacing every     *          occurrence of oldChar with newChar.     */    public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) {	if (oldChar != newChar) {	    int len = count;	    int i = -1;	    char[] val = value; /* avoid getfield opcode */	    int off = offset;   /* avoid getfield opcode */	    while (++i < len) {		if (val[off + i] == oldChar) {		    break;		}	    }	    if (i < len) {		char buf[] = new char[len];		for (int j = 0 ; j < i ; j++) {		    buf[j] = val[off+j];		}		while (i < len) {		    char c = val[off + i];		    buf[i] = (c == oldChar) ? newChar : c;		    i++;		}		return new String(0, len, buf);	    }	}	return this;    }    /**     * Tells whether or not this string matches the given regular expression.     *     * 
 An invocation of this method of the form     * str.matches(regex) yields exactly the     * same result as the expression     *     * 
     
       {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link     * java.util.regex.Pattern#matches(String,CharSequence)     * matches}(
      regex
      , 
      str
      )
     
     *     * @param   regex     *          the regular expression to which this string is to be matched     *     * @return  true if, and only if, this string matches the     *          given regular expression     *     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException     *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid     *     * @see java.util.regex.Pattern     *     * @since 1.4     * @spec JSR-51     */    public boolean matches(String regex) {        return Pattern.matches(regex, this);    }    /**     * Returns true if and only if this string contains the specified     * sequence of char values.     *     * @param s the sequence to search for     * @return true if this string contains s, false otherwise     * @throws NullPointerException if s is null     * @since 1.5     */    public boolean contains(CharSequence s) {        return indexOf(s.toString()) > -1;    }    /**     * Replaces the first substring of this string that matches the given regular expression with the     * given replacement.     *     * 
 An invocation of this method of the form     * str.replaceFirst(regex, repl)     * yields exactly the same result as the expression     *     * 
     
           * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#compile     * compile}(
      regex
      ).{@link     * java.util.regex.Pattern#matcher(java.lang.CharSequence)     * matcher}(
      str
      ).{@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst     * replaceFirst}(
      repl
      )
     
     *     *
     * Note that backslashes (\) and dollar signs ($) in the     * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were     * being treated as a literal replacement string; see     * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst}.     * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special     * meaning of these characters, if desired.     *     * @param   regex     *          the regular expression to which this string is to be matched     * @param   replacement     *          the string to be substituted for the first match     *     * @return  The resulting String     *     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException     *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid     *     * @see java.util.regex.Pattern     *     * @since 1.4     * @spec JSR-51     */    public String replaceFirst(String regex, String replacement) {	return Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(this).replaceFirst(replacement);    }    /**     * Replaces each substring of this string that matches the given regular expression with the     * given replacement.     *     * 
 An invocation of this method of the form     * str.replaceAll(regex, repl)     * yields exactly the same result as the expression     *     * 
     
           * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#compile     * compile}(
      regex
      ).{@link     * java.util.regex.Pattern#matcher(java.lang.CharSequence)     * matcher}(
      str
      ).{@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll     * replaceAll}(
      repl
      )
     
     *     *
     * Note that backslashes (\) and dollar signs ($) in the     * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were     * being treated as a literal replacement string; see     * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll Matcher.replaceAll}.     * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special     * meaning of these characters, if desired.     *     * @param   regex     *          the regular expression to which this string is to be matched     * @param   replacement     *          the string to be substituted for each match     *     * @return  The resulting String     *     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException     *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid     *     * @see java.util.regex.Pattern     *     * @since 1.4     * @spec JSR-51     */    public String replaceAll(String regex, String replacement) {	return Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(this).replaceAll(replacement);    }    /**     * Replaces each substring of this string that matches the literal target     * sequence with the specified literal replacement sequence. The     * replacement proceeds from the beginning of the string to the end, for     * example, replacing "aa" with "b" in the string "aaa" will result in     * "ba" rather than "ab".     *     * @param  target The sequence of char values to be replaced     * @param  replacement The replacement sequence of char values     * @return  The resulting string     * @throws NullPointerException if target or     *         replacement is null.     * @since 1.5     */    public String replace(CharSequence target, CharSequence replacement) {        return Pattern.compile(target.toString(), Pattern.LITERAL).matcher(            this).replaceAll(Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement.toString()));    }    /**     * Splits this string around matches of the given     * regular expression.     *     * 
 The array returned by this method contains each substring of this     * string that is terminated by another substring that matches the given     * expression or is terminated by the end of the string.  The substrings in     * the array are in the order in which they occur in this string.  If the     * expression does not match any part of the input then the resulting array     * has just one element, namely this string.     *     * 
 The limit parameter controls the number of times the     * pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting     * array.  If the limit n is greater than zero then the pattern     * will be applied at most n - 1 times, the array's     * length will be no greater than n, and the array's last entry     * will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter.  If n     * is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as     * possible and the array can have any length.  If n is zero then     * the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can     * have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.     *     * 
 The string "boo:and:foo", for example, yields the     * following results with these parameters:     *     * 
     
      
            * 
              *     
     *     
     *     
     * 
     * 
     *     
     *     
     * 
     *     
     *     
     * 
     *     
     *     
     * 
     *     
     *     
     * 
     *     
     *     
     * 
     *     
     *     
     * 
       
        
         
Regex
         
Limit
         
Result
        
        
         
:
         
2
         
{ "boo", "and:foo" }
        
        
         
:
         
5
         
{ "boo", "and", "foo" }
        
        
         
:
         
-2
         
{ "boo", "and", "foo" }
        
        
         
o
         
5
         
{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }
        
        
         
o
         
-2
         
{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }
        
        
         
o
         
0
         
{ "b", "", ":and:f" }
        
       
      
     
     *     * 
 An invocation of this method of the form     * str.split(regex, n)     * yields the same result as the expression     *     * 
     
           * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#compile     * compile}
      (
      regex
      ).{@link     * java.util.regex.Pattern#split(java.lang.CharSequence,int)     * split}
      (
      str
      , 
      n
      )     * 
     
     *     *     * @param  regex     *         the delimiting regular expression     *     * @param  limit     *         the result threshold, as described above     *     * @return  the array of strings computed by splitting this string     *          around matches of the given regular expression     *     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException     *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid     *     * @see java.util.regex.Pattern     *     * @since 1.4     * @spec JSR-51     */    public String[] split(String regex, int limit) {	return Pattern.compile(regex).split(this, limit);    }    /**     * Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.     *     * 
 This method works as if by invoking the two-argument {@link     * #split(String, int) split} method with the given expression and a limit     * argument of zero.  Trailing empty strings are therefore not included in     * the resulting array.     *     * 
 The string "boo:and:foo", for example, yields the following     * results with these expressions:     *     * 
     
      
            * 
              *  
     *  
     * 
     * 
     *     
     * 
     *     
     * 
       
        
         
Regex
         
Result
        
        
         
:
         
{ "boo", "and", "foo" }
        
        
         
o
         
{ "b", "", ":and:f" }
        
       
      
     
     *     *     * @param  regex     *         the delimiting regular expression     *     * @return  the array of strings computed by splitting this string     *          around matches of the given regular expression     *     * @throws  PatternSyntaxException     *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid     *     * @see java.util.regex.Pattern     *     * @since 1.4     * @spec JSR-51     */    public String[] split(String regex) {        return split(regex, 0);    }    /**     * Converts all of the characters in this String to lower     * case using the rules of the given Locale.  Case mapping is based     * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}     * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting     * String may be a different length than the original String.     * 
     * Examples of lowercase  mappings are in the following table:     * 
     
           * 
             *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
             *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
             *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
             *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
             *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
      
       
        
Language Code of Locale
        
Upper Case
        
Lower Case
        
Description
       
       
        
tr (Turkish)
        
\u0130
        
\u0069
        
capital letter I with dot above -> small letter i
       
       
        
tr (Turkish)
        
\u0049
        
\u0131
        
capital letter I -> small letter dotless i 
       
       
        
(all)
        
French Fries
        
french fries
        
lowercased all chars in String
       
       
        
(all)
        
     *            *       
        
     *            *       
        
lowercased all chars in String
       
      
     
     *     * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale     * @return the String, converted to lowercase.     * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase()     * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase()     * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)     * @since   1.1     */    public String toLowerCase(Locale locale) {	if (locale == null) {	    throw new NullPointerException();        }        int     firstUpper;	/* Now check if there are any characters that need to be changed. */	scan: {	    for (firstUpper = 0 ; firstUpper < count; ) {		char c = value[offset+firstUpper];		if ((c >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE) &&		    (c <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE)) {		    int supplChar = codePointAt(firstUpper);		    if (supplChar != Character.toLowerCase(supplChar)) {		        break scan;		    }		    firstUpper += Character.charCount(supplChar);		} else {		    if (c != Character.toLowerCase(c)) {		        break scan;		    }		    firstUpper++;		}	    }	    return this;	}        char[]  result = new char[count];	int     resultOffset = 0;  /* result may grow, so i+resultOffset				    * is the write location in result */        /* Just copy the first few lowerCase characters. */        System.arraycopy(value, offset, result, 0, firstUpper);	String lang = locale.getLanguage();	boolean localeDependent =            (lang == "tr" || lang == "az" || lang == "lt");        char[] lowerCharArray;        int lowerChar;        int srcChar;        int srcCount;        for (int i = firstUpper; i < count; i += srcCount) {	    srcChar = (int)value[offset+i];	    if ((char)srcChar >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE &&	        (char)srcChar <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE) {		srcChar = codePointAt(i);		srcCount = Character.charCount(srcChar);	    } else {	        srcCount = 1;	    }            if (localeDependent || srcChar == '\u03A3') { // GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA                lowerChar = ConditionalSpecialCasing.toLowerCaseEx(this, i, locale);            } else {                lowerChar = Character.toLowerCase(srcChar);            }            if ((lowerChar == Character.ERROR) ||                (lowerChar >= Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT)) {                if (lowerChar == Character.ERROR) {                    lowerCharArray =                        ConditionalSpecialCasing.toLowerCaseCharArray(this, i, locale);                } else if (srcCount == 2) {		    resultOffset += Character.toChars(lowerChar, result, i + resultOffset) - srcCount;		    continue;                } else {		    lowerCharArray = Character.toChars(lowerChar);		}                /* Grow result if needed */                int mapLen = lowerCharArray.length;		if (mapLen > srcCount) {                    char[] result2 = new char[result.length + mapLen - srcCount];                    System.arraycopy(result, 0, result2, 0,                        i + resultOffset);                    result = result2;		}                for (int x=0; x
     
      String to lower     * case using the rules of the default locale. This is equivalent to calling     * 
      toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()).     * 
      
     * Note: This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected     * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale     * independently.     * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML     * tags.     * For instance, "TITLE".toLowerCase() in a Turkish locale     * returns "t\u0131tle", where '\u0131' is the LATIN SMALL     * LETTER DOTLESS I character.     * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use     * toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).     * 
      
     * @return  the String, converted to lowercase.     * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)     */    public String toLowerCase() {        return toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault());    }    /**     * Converts all of the characters in this String to upper     * case using the rules of the given Locale. Case mapping is based     * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}     * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting     * String may be a different length than the original String.     * 
      
     * Examples of locale-sensitive and 1:M case mappings are in the following table.     * 
      
     * 
      
            * 
              *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
              *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
              *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
              *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
              *   
     *   
     *   
     *   
     * 
     * 
       
        
         
Language Code of Locale
         
Lower Case
         
Upper Case
         
Description
        
        
         
tr (Turkish)
         
\u0069
         
\u0130
         
small letter i -> capital letter I with dot above
        
        
         
tr (Turkish)
         
\u0131
         
\u0049
         
small letter dotless i -> capital letter I
        
        
         
(all)
         
\u00df
         
\u0053 \u0053
         
small letter sharp s -> two letters: SS
        
        
         
(all)
         
Fahrvergnügen
         
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     * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale     * @return the 
      String, converted to uppercase.     * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase()     * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase()     * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)     * @since   1.1     */    public String toUpperCase(Locale locale) {	if (locale == null) {	    throw new NullPointerException();        }        int     firstLower;	/* Now check if there are any characters that need to be changed. */	scan: {	    for (firstLower = 0 ; firstLower < count; ) {		int c = (int)value[offset+firstLower];		int srcCount;		if ((c >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE) &&		    (c <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE)) {		    c = codePointAt(firstLower);		    srcCount = Character.charCount(c);		} else {		    srcCount = 1;		}		int upperCaseChar = Character.toUpperCaseEx(c);		if ((upperCaseChar == Character.ERROR) ||		    (c != upperCaseChar)) {		    break scan;		}		firstLower += srcCount;	    }	    return this;	}        char[]  result       = new char[count]; /* may grow */	int     resultOffset = 0;  /* result may grow, so i+resultOffset				    * is the write location in result */	/* Just copy the first few upperCase characters. */	System.arraycopy(value, offset, result, 0, firstLower);	String lang = locale.getLanguage();	boolean localeDependent =            (lang == "tr" || lang == "az" || lang == "lt");        char[] upperCharArray;        int upperChar;        int srcChar;        int srcCount;        for (int i = firstLower; i < count; i += srcCount) {	    srcChar = (int)value[offset+i];	    if ((char)srcChar >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE &&	        (char)srcChar <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE) {		srcChar = codePointAt(i);		srcCount = Character.charCount(srcChar);	    } else {	        srcCount = 1;	    }            if (localeDependent) {                upperChar = ConditionalSpecialCasing.toUpperCaseEx(this, i, locale);            } else {                upperChar = Character.toUpperCaseEx(srcChar);            }            if ((upperChar == Character.ERROR) ||                (upperChar >= Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT)) {                if (upperChar == Character.ERROR) {                    if (localeDependent) {                        upperCharArray =                            ConditionalSpecialCasing.toUpperCaseCharArray(this, i, locale);                    } else {                        upperCharArray = Character.toUpperCaseCharArray(srcChar);                    }                } else if (srcCount == 2) {		    resultOffset += Character.toChars(upperChar, result, i + resultOffset) - srcCount;		    continue;                } else {                    upperCharArray = Character.toChars(upperChar);		}                /* Grow result if needed */                int mapLen = upperCharArray.length;		if (mapLen > srcCount) {                    char[] result2 = new char[result.length + mapLen - srcCount];                    System.arraycopy(result, 0, result2, 0,                        i + resultOffset);                    result = result2;		}                for (int x=0; x
      
       String to upper     * case using the rules of the default locale. This method is equivalent to     * 
       toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault()).     * 
       
     * Note: This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected     * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale     * independently.     * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML     * tags.     * For instance, "title".toUpperCase() in a Turkish locale     * returns "T\u0130TLE", where '\u0130' is the LATIN CAPITAL     * LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE character.     * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use     * toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH).     * 
       
     * @return  the String, converted to uppercase.     * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)     */    public String toUpperCase() {        return toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault());    }    /**     * Returns a copy of the string, with leading and trailing whitespace     * omitted.     * 
       
     * If this String object represents an empty character     * sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence     * represented by this String object both have codes     * greater than '\u0020' (the space character), then a     * reference to this String object is returned.     * 
       
     * Otherwise, if there is no character with a code greater than     * '\u0020' in the string, then a new     * String object representing an empty string is created     * and returned.     * 
       
     * Otherwise, let k be the index of the first character in the     * string whose code is greater than '\u0020', and let     * m be the index of the last character in the string whose code     * is greater than '\u0020'. A new String     * object is created, representing the substring of this string that     * begins with the character at index k and ends with the     * character at index m-that is, the result of     * this.substring(k, m+1).     * 
       
     * This method may be used to trim whitespace (as defined above) from     * the beginning and end of a string.     *     * @return  A copy of this string with leading and trailing white     *          space removed, or this string if it has no leading or     *          trailing white space.     */    public String trim() {	int len = count;	int st = 0;	int off = offset;      /* avoid getfield opcode */	char[] val = value;    /* avoid getfield opcode */	while ((st < len) && (val[off + st] <= ' ')) {	    st++;	}	while ((st < len) && (val[off + len - 1] <= ' ')) {	    len--;	}	return ((st > 0) || (len < count)) ? substring(st, len) : this;    }    /**     * This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.     *     * @return  the string itself.     */    public String toString() {	return this;    }    /**     * Converts this string to a new character array.     *     * @return  a newly allocated character array whose length is the length     *          of this string and whose contents are initialized to contain     *          the character sequence represented by this string.     */    public char[] toCharArray() {	char result[] = new char[count];	getChars(0, count, result, 0);	return result;    }    /**     * Returns a formatted string using the specified format string and     * arguments.     *     * 
       
 The locale always used is the one returned by {@link     * java.util.Locale#getDefault() Locale.getDefault()}.     *     * @param  format     *         A format string     *     * @param  args     *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format     *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the     *         extra arguments are ignored.  The number of arguments is     *         variable and may be zero.  The maximum number of arguments is     *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by     *         the Java     *         Virtual Machine Specification.  The behaviour on a     *         null argument depends on the conversion.     *     * @throws  IllegalFormatException     *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format     *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,     *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other     *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible     *          formatting errors, see the Details section of the     *          formatter class specification.     *     * @throws  NullPointerException     *          If the format is null     *     * @return  A formatted string     *     * @see  java.util.Formatter     * @since  1.5     */    public static String format(String format, Object ... args) {	return new Formatter().format(format, args).toString();    }    /**     * Returns a formatted string using the specified locale, format string,     * and arguments.     *     * @param  l     *         The {@linkplain java.util.Locale locale} to apply during     *         formatting.  If l is null then no localization     *         is applied.     *     * @param  format     *         A format string     *     * @param  args     *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format     *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the     *         extra arguments are ignored.  The number of arguments is     *         variable and may be zero.  The maximum number of arguments is     *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by     *         the Java     *         Virtual Machine Specification.  The behaviour on a     *         null argument depends on the conversion.     *     * @throws  IllegalFormatException     *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format     *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,     *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other     *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible     *          formatting errors, see the Details section of the     *          formatter class specification     *     * @throws  NullPointerException     *          If the format is null     *     * @return  A formatted string     *     * @see  java.util.Formatter     * @since  1.5     */    public static String format(Locale l, String format, Object ... args) {	return new Formatter(l).format(format, args).toString();    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the Object argument.     *     * @param   obj   an Object.     * @return  if the argument is null, then a string equal to     *          "null"; otherwise, the value of     *          obj.toString() is returned.     * @see     java.lang.Object#toString()     */    public static String valueOf(Object obj) {	return (obj == null) ? "null" : obj.toString();    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the char array     * argument. The contents of the character array are copied; subsequent     * modification of the character array does not affect the newly     * created string.     *     * @param   data   a char array.     * @return  a newly allocated string representing the same sequence of     *          characters contained in the character array argument.     */    public static String valueOf(char data[]) {	return new String(data);    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of a specific subarray of the     * char array argument.     * 
       
     * The offset argument is the index of the first     * character of the subarray. The count argument     * specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the subarray     * are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does not     * affect the newly created string.     *     * @param   data     the character array.     * @param   offset   the initial offset into the value of the     *                  String.     * @param   count    the length of the value of the String.     * @return  a string representing the sequence of characters contained     *          in the subarray of the character array argument.     * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if offset is     *          negative, or count is negative, or     *          offset+count is larger than     *          data.length.     */    public static String valueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {	return new String(data, offset, count);    }    /**     * Returns a String that represents the character sequence in the     * array specified.     *     * @param   data     the character array.     * @param   offset   initial offset of the subarray.     * @param   count    length of the subarray.     * @return  a String that contains the characters of the     *          specified subarray of the character array.     */    public static String copyValueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {	// All public String constructors now copy the data.	return new String(data, offset, count);    }    /**     * Returns a String that represents the character sequence in the     * array specified.     *     * @param   data   the character array.     * @return  a String that contains the characters of the     *          character array.     */    public static String copyValueOf(char data[]) {	return copyValueOf(data, 0, data.length);    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the boolean argument.     *     * @param   b   a boolean.     * @return  if the argument is true, a string equal to     *          "true" is returned; otherwise, a string equal to     *          "false" is returned.     */    public static String valueOf(boolean b) {	return b ? "true" : "false";    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the char     * argument.     *     * @param   c   a char.     * @return  a string of length 1 containing     *          as its single character the argument c.     */    public static String valueOf(char c) {	char data[] = {c};	return new String(0, 1, data);    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the int argument.     * 
       
     * The representation is exactly the one returned by the     * Integer.toString method of one argument.     *     * @param   i   an int.     * @return  a string representation of the int argument.     * @see     java.lang.Integer#toString(int, int)     */    public static String valueOf(int i) {        return Integer.toString(i, 10);    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the long argument.     * 
       
     * The representation is exactly the one returned by the     * Long.toString method of one argument.     *     * @param   l   a long.     * @return  a string representation of the long argument.     * @see     java.lang.Long#toString(long)     */    public static String valueOf(long l) {        return Long.toString(l, 10);    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the float argument.     * 
       
     * The representation is exactly the one returned by the     * Float.toString method of one argument.     *     * @param   f   a float.     * @return  a string representation of the float argument.     * @see     java.lang.Float#toString(float)     */    public static String valueOf(float f) {	return Float.toString(f);    }    /**     * Returns the string representation of the double argument.     * 
       
     * The representation is exactly the one returned by the     * Double.toString method of one argument.     *     * @param   d   a double.     * @return  a  string representation of the double argument.     * @see     java.lang.Double#toString(double)     */    public static String valueOf(double d) {	return Double.toString(d);    }    /**     * Returns a canonical representation for the string object.     * 
       
     * A pool of strings, initially empty, is maintained privately by the     * class String.     * 
       
     * When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a     * string equal to this String object as determined by     * the {@link #equals(Object)} method, then the string from the pool is     * returned. Otherwise, this String object is added to the     * pool and a reference to this String object is returned.     * 
       
     * It follows that for any two strings s and t,     * s.intern() == t.intern() is true     * if and only if s.equals(t) is true.     * 
       
     * All literal strings and string-valued constant expressions are     * interned. String literals are defined in §3.10.5 of the     * Java Language     * Specification     *     * @return  a string that has the same contents as this string, but is     *          guaranteed to be from a pool of unique strings.     */    public native String intern();}