org.mortbay.util
Class Utf8StringBuffer

java.lang.Object
  org.mortbay.util.Utf8StringBuffer

public class Utf8StringBuffer
extends Object

UTF-8 StringBuffer. This class wraps a standard StringBuffer and provides methods to append UTF-8 encoded bytes, that are converted into characters. This class is stateful and up to 6 calls to append(byte) may be needed before state a character is appended to the string buffer. The UTF-8 decoding is done by this class and no additional buffers or Readers are used. The UTF-8 code was inspired by http://javolution.org

Method Summary

void	append(byte b)
void	append(byte[] b, int offset, int length)
StringBuffer	getStringBuffer()
boolean	isError()
int	length()
void	reset()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

append

public void append(byte[] b,
                   int offset,
                   int length)

append

public void append(byte b)

length

public int length()

reset

public void reset()

getStringBuffer

public StringBuffer getStringBuffer()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isError

public boolean isError()

Returns:

True if there are non UTF-8 characters or incomplete UTF-8 characters in the buffer.