public abstract Class Alphabet

Class Inheritance

extends Object

Known Direct Subclasses

A base-n encoder/decoder alphabet. Alphabets may be little-endian or big-endian. Each base has its own subclass.

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private final boolean	littleEndian

Access	Constructor and Description
pack-priv	Alphabet(final boolean littleEndian)

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public abstract int	Returns: the decoded value or -1 if the code point is not valid decode(int the Unicode code point codePoint) Decode the given code point (character).
public abstract int	Returns: the Unicode code point encode(int the value val) Encode the given byte value to a code point.
public boolean	Returns: `true` if the alphabet is little-endian, `false` if it is big-endian isLittleEndian() Determine whether this is a little-endian or big-endian alphabet.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

littleEndian	back to summary
private final boolean littleEndian

Alphabet	back to summary
pack-priv Alphabet(final boolean littleEndian)

decode	back to summary
public abstract int decode(int codePoint) Decode the given code point (character). If the code point is not valid, -1 is returned. Parameters codePoint:int the Unicode code point Returns:int the decoded value or -1 if the code point is not valid

decode

public abstract int decode(int codePoint)

Decode the given code point (character). If the code point is not valid, -1 is returned.

Parameters

Returns:int

the decoded value or -1 if the code point is not valid

encode	back to summary
public abstract int encode(int val) Encode the given byte value to a code point. Parameters val:int the value Returns:int the Unicode code point

encode

public abstract int encode(int val)

Encode the given byte value to a code point.

Parameters

Returns:int

the Unicode code point

isLittleEndian back to summary

isLittleEndian	back to summary
public boolean isLittleEndian() Determine whether this is a little-endian or big-endian alphabet. Returns:boolean `true` if the alphabet is little-endian, `false` if it is big-endian

public boolean isLittleEndian()

Determine whether this is a little-endian or big-endian alphabet.

Returns:boolean: true if the alphabet is little-endian, false if it is big-endian