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/* java.lang.Character
   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
 
GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307 USA.

Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
combination.

As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
exception statement from your version. */


package java.lang;

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import gnu.java.lang.ClassLoaderHelper;

/**
 * Wrapper class for the primitive char data type.  In addition,
 * this class allows one to retrieve property information and
 * perform transformations on the 38,000+ characters in the
 * Unicode Standard, Version 2.  java.lang.Character is designed 
 * to be very dynamic, and as such, it retrieves information on
 * the Unicode character set from a separate database, which
 * can be easily upgraded.<br>
 * <br>
 * For predicates, boundaries are used to describe
 * the set of characters for which the method will return true.
 * This syntax uses fairly normal regular expression notation.
 * See 5.13 of the Unicode Standard, Version 2.0, for the
 * boundary specification.<br>
 * <br>
 * See http://www.unicode.org for more information on the Unicode Standard.
 *
 * @author Paul N. Fisher
 * @since JDK1.0
 */
public final class Character implements Serializable, Comparable
{
  /**
   * Constants for character blocks.
   * All character blocks are part of the Unicode 2 standard, unless 
   * otherwise noted.
   */
  public static class Subset {
    private char start;
    private char end;
    private static final int NUM_SUBSETS = 66;
    private static final Subset sets[] = new Subset[NUM_SUBSETS];

    /**
     * Returns the Unicode character block which a character belongs to.
     */
    private static Subset getBlock(char ch) {
      // do a simple binary search for the correct block
      int low = 0; int hi = sets.length-1; int mid = 0;
      while (low <= hi) {
	mid = (low + hi) >> 1;
	Subset b = sets[mid];
	if (ch < b.start)
	  hi = mid - 1;
	else if (ch > b.end)
	  low = mid + 1;
	else return b;
      }
      return null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for strictly defined normative blocks
     */
    private Subset(int num, char start, char end) {
      this.start = start;
      this.end = end;
      sets[num] = this;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for strictly defined blocks.
     */
    private Subset(char start, char end) {
      this.start = start;
      this.end = end;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for loosely defined CJK blocks
     */
    private Subset() { }
    
    /**
     * U+0000 - U+007F
     */
    public final static Subset BASIC_LATIN = new Subset(0, '\u0000', '\u007F');
    /**
     * U+0080 - U+00FF
     */
    public final static Subset LATIN_1_SUPPLEMENT = new Subset(1, '\u0080', '\u00FF');
    /**
     * U+0100 - U+017F
     */
    public final static Subset LATIN_EXTENDED_A = new Subset(2, '\u0100', '\u017F');
    /**
     * U+0180 - U+024F
     */
    public final static Subset LATIN_EXTENDED_B = new Subset(3, '\u0180', '\u024F');
    /**
     * U+0250 - U+02AF
     */
    public final static Subset IPA_EXTENSIONS = new Subset(4,'\u0250', '\u02AF');
    /**
     * U+02B0 - U+02FF
     */
    public final static Subset SPACING_MODIFIER_LETTERS = new Subset(5, '\u02B0', '\u02FF');
    /**
     * U+0300 - U+036F
     */
    public final static Subset COMBINING_DIACRITICAL_MARKS = new Subset(6, '\u0300', '\u036F');
    /**
     * U+0370 - U+03FF
     */
    public final static Subset GREEK = new Subset(7, '\u0370', '\u03FF');
    /**
     * U+0400 - U+04FF
     */
    public final static Subset CYRILLIC = new Subset(8, '\u0400', '\u04FF');
    /**
     * U+0530 - U+058F
     */
    public final static Subset ARMENIAN = new Subset(9, '\u0530', '\u058F');
    /**
     * U+0590 - U+05FF
     */
    public final static Subset HEBREW = new Subset(10, '\u0590', '\u05FF');
    /** 
     * U+0600 - U+06FF
     */
    public final static Subset ARABIC = new Subset(11, '\u0600', '\u06FF');
    /**
     * U+0900 - U+097F
     */
    public final static Subset DEVANAGARI = new Subset(12, '\u0900', '\u097F');
    /**
     * U+0980 - U+09FF
     */
    public final static Subset BENGALI = new Subset(13, '\u0980', '\u09FF');
    /**
     * U+0A00 - U+0A7F
     */
    public final static Subset GURMUKHI = new Subset(14, '\u0A00', '\u0A7F');
    /**
     * U+0A80 - U+0AFF
     */
    public final static Subset GUJARATI = new Subset(15, '\u0A80', '\u0AFF');
    /**
     * U+0B00 - U+0B7F
     */
    public final static Subset ORIYA = new Subset(16, '\u0B00', '\u0B7F');
    /**
     * U+0B80 - U+0BFF
     */
    public final static Subset TAMIL = new Subset(17, '\u0B80', '\u0BFF');
    /**
     * U+0C00 - U+0C7F
     */
    public final static Subset TELUGU = new Subset(18, '\u0C00', '\u0C7F');
    /**
     * U+0C80 - U+0CFF
     */
    public final static Subset KANNADA = new Subset(19, '\u0C80', '\u0CFF');
    /**
     * U+0D00 - U+0D7F
     */
    public final static Subset MALAYALAM = new Subset(20, '\u0D00', '\u0D7F');
    /**
     * U+0E00 - U+0E7F
     */
    public final static Subset THAI = new Subset(21, '\u0E00', '\u0E7F');
    /**
     * U+0E80 - U+0EFF
     */
    public final static Subset LAO = new Subset(22, '\u0E80', '\u0EFF');
    /**
     * U+0F00 - U+0FBF
     */
    public final static Subset TIBETAN = new Subset(23, '\u0F00', '\u0FBF');
    /**
     * U+10A0 - U+10FF
     */
    public final static Subset GEORGIAN = new Subset(24, '\u10A0', '\u10FF');
    /**
     * U+1100 - U+11FF
     */
    public final static Subset HANGUL_JAMO = new Subset(25, '\u1100', '\u11FF');
    /**
     * U+1E00 - U+1EFF
     */
    public final static Subset LATIN_EXTENDED_ADDITIONAL = new Subset(26, '\u1E00', '\u1EFF');
    /**
     * U+1F00 - U+1FFF
     */
    public final static Subset GREEK_EXTENDED = new Subset(27, '\u1F00', '\u1FFF');
    /**
     * U+2000 - U+206F
     */
    public final static Subset GENERAL_PUNCTUATION = new Subset(28, '\u2000', '\u206F');
    /**
     * U+2070 - U+209F
     */
    public final static Subset SUPERSCRIPTS_AND_SUBSCRIPTS = new Subset(29, '\u2070', '\u209F');
    /**
     * U+20A0 - U+20CF
     */
    public final static Subset CURRENCY_SYMBOLS = new Subset(30, '\u20A0', '\u20CF');
    /**
     * U+20D0 - U+20FF
     */
    public final static Subset COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS = new Subset(31, '\u20D0', '\u20FF');
    /**
     * U+2100 - U+214F
     */
    public final static Subset LETTERLIKE_SYMBOLS = new Subset(32, '\u2100', '\u214F');
    /**
     * U+2150 - U+218F
     */
    public final static Subset NUMBER_FORMS = new Subset(33, '\u2150', '\u218F');
    /**
     * U+2190 - U+21FF
     */
    public final static Subset ARROWS = new Subset(34, '\u2190', '\u21FF');
    /**
     * U+2200 - U+22FF
     */
    public final static Subset MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS = new Subset(35, '\u2200', '\u22FF');
    /**
     * U+2300 - U+23FF
     */
    public final static Subset MISCELLANEOUS_TECHNICAL = new Subset(36, '\u2300', '\u23FF');
    /**
     * U+2400 - U+243F
     */
    public final static Subset CONTROL_PICTURES = new Subset(37, '\u2400', '\u243F');
    /**
     * U+2440 - U+245F
     */
    public final static Subset OPTICAL_CHARACTER_RECOGNITION = new Subset(38, '\u2440', '\u245F');
    /**
     * U+2460 - U+24FF
     */
    public final static Subset ENCLOSED_ALPHANUMERICS = new Subset(39, '\u2460', '\u24FF');
    /**
     * U+2500 - U+257F
     */
    public final static Subset BOX_DRAWING = new Subset(40, '\u2500', '\u257F');
    /**
     * U+2580 - U+259F
     */
    public final static Subset BLOCK_ELEMENTS = new Subset(41, '\u2580', '\u259F');
    /**
     * U+25A0 - U+25FF
     */
    public final static Subset GEOMETRIC_SHAPES = new Subset(42, '\u25A0', '\u25FF');
    /**
     * U+2600 - U+26FF
     */
    public final static Subset MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS = new Subset(43, '\u2600', '\u26FF');
    /**
     * U+2700 - U+27BF
     */
    public final static Subset DINGBATS = new Subset(44, '\u2700', '\u27BF');
    /**
     * U+3000 - U+303F
     */
    public final static Subset CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION = new Subset(45, '\u3000', '\u303F');
    /**
     * U+3040 - U+309F
     */
    public final static Subset HIRAGANA = new Subset(46, '\u3040', '\u309F');
    /**
     * U+30A0 - U+30FF
     */
    public final static Subset KATAKANA = new Subset(47, '\u30A0', '\u30FF');
    /**
     * U+3100 - U+312F
     */
    public final static Subset BOPOMOFO = new Subset(48, '\u3100', '\u312F');
    /**
     * U+3130 - U+318F
     */
    public final static Subset HANGUL_COMPATIBILITY_JAMO = new Subset(49, '\u3130', '\u318F');
    /**
     * U+3190 - U+319F
     */
    public final static Subset KANBUN = new Subset(50, '\u3190', '\u319F');
    /**
     * U+3200 - U+32FF
     */
    public final static Subset ENCLOSED_CJK_LETTERS_AND_MONTHS = new Subset(51, '\u3200', '\u32FF');
    /**
     * U+3300 - U+33FF
     */
    public final static Subset CJK_COMPATIBILITY = new Subset(52, '\u3300', '\u33FF');
    /**
     * U+4E00 - U+9FFF
     */
    public final static Subset CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS = new Subset(53, '\u4E00', '\u9FFF');
    /**
     * U+AC00 - U+D7A3
     */
    public final static Subset HANGUL_SYLLABLES = new Subset(54, '\uAC00', '\uD7A3');

    /**
     * SURROGATES combines the following 3 Unicode character blocks:<br>
     * High Surrogates: U+D800 - U+DB7F<br>
     * High Private Use Surrogates: U+DB80 - U+DBFF<br>
     * Low Surrogates: U+DC00 - U+DFFF
     */
    public final static Subset SURROGATES = new Subset(55, '\uD800', '\uDFFF');

    /**
     * U+E000 - U+F8FF
     */
    public final static Subset PRIVATE_USE = new Subset(56, '\uE000', '\uF8FF');
    /**
     * U+F900 - U+FAFF
     */
    public final static Subset CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS = new Subset(57, '\uF900', '\uFAFF');
    /**
     * U+FB00 - U+FB4F
     */
    public final static Subset ALPHABETIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS = new Subset(58, '\uFB00', '\uFB4F');
    /**
     * U+FB50 - U+FDFF
     */
    public final static Subset ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_A = new Subset(59, '\uFB50', '\uFDFF');
    /**
     * U+FE20 - U+FE2F
     */
    public final static Subset COMBINING_HALF_MARKS = new Subset(60, '\uFE20', '\uFE2F');
    /**
     * U+FE30 - U+FE4F
     */
    public final static Subset CJK_COMPATIBILITY_FORMS = new Subset(61, '\uFE30', '\uFE4F');
    /**
     * U+FE50 - U+FE6F
     */
    public final static Subset SMALL_FORM_VARIANTS = new Subset(62, '\uFE50', '\uFE6F');
    /**
     * U+FE70 - U+FEFF
     */
    public final static Subset ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_B = new Subset(63, '\uFE70', '\uFEFF');
    /**
     * U+FF00 - U+FFEF
     */
    public final static Subset HALFWIDTH_AND_FULLWIDTH_FORMS = new Subset(64, '\uFF00', '\uFFEF');

    /**
     * SPECIALS combine the following two Unicode character blocks:<br>
     * SPECIALS: U+FEFF - U+FEFF<br>
     * SPECIALS: U+FFF0 - U+FFFF
     */
    public final static Subset SPECIALS = new Subset(65, '\uFEFF', '\uFFFF');


    /**
     * All Latin character blocks combined into one.
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     * U+0000 - U+024F
     */
    public final static Subset LATIN = new Subset('\u0000', '\u024F');
    /**
     * All Latin digits.
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     * U+0030 - U+0039
     */
    public final static Subset LATIN_DIGITS = new Subset('\u0030', '\u0039');
    /**
     * Halfwidth Katakana characters.  
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     * U+FF60 - U+FF9F
     */
    public final static Subset HALFWIDTH_KATAKANA = new Subset('\uFF60', '\uFF9F');
    /**
     * All Han characters used for writing traditional Chinese.
     * Loosely defined as Unicode characters which
     * have mappings to CNS 11643 or BigFive.
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     */
    public final static Subset TRADITIONAL_HANZI = new Subset();
    /**
     * All Han characters used for writing simplified Chinese.
     * Loosely defined as Unicode characters which
     * have mappings to GB 2312.
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     */
    public final static Subset SIMPLIFIED_HANZI = new Subset();
    /**
     * All Han characters used for writing Japanese.
     * Loosely defined as Unicode characters which
     * have mappings to JIS X 0208 or JIS X 0212.
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     */
    public final static Subset KANJI = new Subset();
    /**
     * All Han characters used for writing Korean.
     * Loosely defined as Unicode characters which
     * have mappings to KS C 5601.
     * Informative block added by Sun.
     */
    public final static Subset HANJA = new Subset();
  };

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

  static final long serialVersionUID = 3786198910865385080L;

  /**
   * The minimum value the char data type can hold.
   * This value is U+0000.
   */
  public static final char MIN_VALUE = '\u0000';

  /**
   * The maximum value the char data type can hold.
   * This value is U+FFFF.
   */
  public static final char MAX_VALUE = '\uFFFF';

  /**
   * Smallest value allowed for radix arguments in Java.
   * This value is 2.
   */
  public static final int MIN_RADIX = 2;

  /**
   * Largest value allowed for radix arguments in Java.
   * This value is 36.
   */
  public static final int MAX_RADIX = 36;

  /**
   * Class object representing the primitive char data type.
   */
  public static final Class TYPE = VMClassLoader.getPrimitiveClass('C');

  /**
   * Cn = Other, Not Assigned (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte UNASSIGNED = 0;
  /**
   * Lu = Letter, Uppercase (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte UPPERCASE_LETTER = 1;
  /**
   * Ll = Letter, Lowercase (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte LOWERCASE_LETTER = 2;
  /**
   * Lt = Letter, Titlecase (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte TITLECASE_LETTER = 3;
  /**
   * Lm = Letter, Modifier (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte MODIFIER_LETTER = 4;
  /**
   * Lo = Letter, Other (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_LETTER = 5;
  /**
   * Mn = Mark, Non-Spacing (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte NON_SPACING_MARK = 6;
  /**
   * Me = Mark, Enclosing (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte ENCLOSING_MARK = 7;
  /**
   * Mc = Mark, Spacing Combining (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte COMBINING_SPACING_MARK = 8;
  /**
   * Nd = Number, Decimal Digit (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER = 9;
  /**
   * Nl = Number, Letter (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte LETTER_NUMBER = 10;
  /**
   * No = Number, Other (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_NUMBER = 11;
  /**
   * Zs = Separator, Space (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte SPACE_SEPARATOR = 12;
  /**
   * Zl = Separator, Line (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte LINE_SEPARATOR = 13;
  /**
   * Zp = Separator, Paragraph (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR = 14;
  /**
   * Cc = Other, Control (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte CONTROL = 15;
  /**
   * Cf = Other, Format (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte FORMAT = 16;

  // 17 is skipped (don't ask me why)

  /**
   * Co = Other, Private Use (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte PRIVATE_USE = 18;
  /**
   * Cs = Other, Surrogate (Normative)
   */
  public static final byte SURROGATE = 19;
  /**
   * Pd = Punctuation, Dash (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte DASH_PUNCTUATION = 20;
  /**
   * Ps = Punctuation, Open (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte START_PUNCTUATION = 21;
  /**
   * Pe = Punctuation, Close (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte END_PUNCTUATION = 22;
  /**
   * Pc = Punctuation, Connector (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION = 23;
  /**
   * Po = Punctuation, Other (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_PUNCTUATION = 24;
  /**
   * Sm = Symbol, Math (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte MATH_SYMBOL = 25;
  /**
   * Sc = Symbol, Currency (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte CURRENCY_SYMBOL = 26;
  /**
   * Sk = Symbol, Modifier (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte MODIFIER_SYMBOL = 27;
  /**
   * So = Symbol, Other (Informative)
   */
  public static final byte OTHER_SYMBOL = 28;

  static Block blocks[];	// block.uni
  static char tcs[][];		// titlecase.uni
  static byte[] unicodeData; // character.uni

  static CharAttr cachedCharAttr;

  // open up the Unicode attribute database and read the index into memory
  static {
    File cFile = ClassLoaderHelper.getSystemResourceAsFile(
                   "/gnu/java/locale/character.uni");
    File blockFile = ClassLoaderHelper.getSystemResourceAsFile(
                   "/gnu/java/locale/block.uni");
    File tcFile = ClassLoaderHelper.getSystemResourceAsFile(
                   "/gnu/java/locale/titlecase.uni");
    if (cFile == null || blockFile == null || tcFile == null)
      throw new Error("Cannot locate Unicode attribute database.");

    blocks = new Block[(int) blockFile.length() / 9];
    try {
      DataInputStream blockIS = 
	new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(blockFile));
      for (int i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
	char start = blockIS.readChar();
	char end = blockIS.readChar();
	boolean compressed = (blockIS.readUnsignedByte() != 0);
	int offset = blockIS.readInt();
	blocks[i] = new Block(start, end, compressed, offset);
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new Error("Error reading block file: " + e);
    }

    tcs = new char[(int) tcFile.length() / 4][2];
    try {
      DataInputStream tcIS = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(tcFile));
      for (int i = 0; i < tcs.length; i++) {
	tcs[i][0] = tcIS.readChar();
	tcs[i][1] = tcIS.readChar();
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new Error("Error reading titlecase file: " + e);
    }

    try {
      RandomAccessFile charFile = new RandomAccessFile(cFile, "r");
      unicodeData = new byte[(int)charFile.length()];
      charFile.readFully(unicodeData, 0, unicodeData.length);
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new Error("Unable to open Unicode character attribute file: " + e);
    }

    cachedCharAttr = new CharAttr((char)0, false, CONTROL, 65535, 
				  (char)0, (char)0);
  }

  /**
   * Grabs a character out of the Unicode attribute database.
   */
  private static CharAttr readChar(char ch) {
    CharAttr cached = cachedCharAttr;
    if (cached.ch == ch)
      return cached;

    int i = getBlock(ch);
    if (i == -1) return new CharAttr(ch, false, UNASSIGNED, 65535, ch, ch);
    Block b = blocks[i];
    int offset = (b.compressed) ? b.offset : (b.offset + (ch-b.start)*7);
    int byte7 = unicodeData[offset] & 0xFF;
    boolean noBreakSpace = ((byte7 >> 5 & 0x1) == 1);
    int category = byte7 & 0x1F;
    int numericalDecimalValue = (((unicodeData[offset+1] & 0xFF) << 8) + 
				 (unicodeData[offset+2] & 0xFF));
    char uppercase = (char)(((unicodeData[offset+3] & 0xFF) << 8) + 
			    (unicodeData[offset+4] & 0xFF));
    char lowercase = (char)(((unicodeData[offset+5] & 0xFF) << 8) + 
			    (unicodeData[offset+6] & 0xFF));

    CharAttr ca = new CharAttr(ch, noBreakSpace, category, 
			       numericalDecimalValue, uppercase, lowercase);
    cachedCharAttr = ca;
    return ca;
  }

  /**
   * Locates which block a character's information resides in
   */
  private static int getBlock(char ch) {
    // simple binary search
    int low = 0;
    int hi = blocks.length-1;
    int mid = 0;
    while (low <= hi) {
      mid = (low + hi) >> 1;
      Block b = blocks[mid];
      if (ch < b.start)
	hi = mid - 1;
      else if (ch > b.end)
	low = mid + 1;
      else return mid;
    }
    return -1;
  }

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

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

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

  /**
   * Determines if an object is equal to this object.
   *
   * @param o object to compare
   *
   * @return true if o is an instance of Character and has the
   * same wrapped character, else false
   */
  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    return (o instanceof Character && value == ((Character)o).value);
  }

  /**
   * Converts the wrapped character into a String.
   *
   * @return a String containing one character -- the wrapped character
   * of this class
   */
  public String toString() {
    return String.valueOf(value);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the Unicode general category property of a character.
   *
   * @param ch character from which the general category property will
   * be retrieved
   *
   * @return the character category property of ch as an integer
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character#UNASSIGNED
   * @see java.lang.Character#UPPERCASE_LETTER
   * @see java.lang.Character#LOWERCASE_LETTER
   * @see java.lang.Character#TITLECASE_LETTER
   * @see java.lang.Character#MODIFIER_LETTER
   * @see java.lang.Character#OTHER_LETTER
   * @see java.lang.Character#NON_SPACING_MARK
   * @see java.lang.Character#ENCLOSING_MARK
   * @see java.lang.Character#COMBINING_SPACING_MARK
   * @see java.lang.Character#DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER
   * @see java.lang.Character#LETTER_NUMBER
   * @see java.lang.Character#OTHER_NUMBER
   * @see java.lang.Character#SPACE_SEPARATOR
   * @see java.lang.Character#LINE_SEPARATOR
   * @see java.lang.Character#PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR
   * @see java.lang.Character#CONTROL
   * @see java.lang.Character#FORMAT
   * @see java.lang.Character#PRIVATE_USE
   * @see java.lang.Character#SURROGATE
   * @see java.lang.Character#DASH_PUNCTUATION
   * @see java.lang.Character#START_PUNCTUATION
   * @see java.lang.Character#END_PUNCTUATION
   * @see java.lang.Character#CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
   * @see java.lang.Character#OTHER_PUNCTUATION
   * @see java.lang.Character#MATH_SYMBOL
   * @see java.lang.Character#CURRENCY_SYMBOL
   * @see java.lang.Character#MODIFIER_SYMBOL
   */
  public static int getType(char ch) {
    return readChar(ch).getType();
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the Unicode numeric value property of a character.
   * If the character lacks a numeric value property, -1 is returned.
   * If the character has a numeric value property which is not
   * representable as a nonnegative integer, -2 is returned.
   *
   * @param ch character from which the numeric value property will
   * be retrieved
   *
   * @return the numeric value property of ch, or -1 if it does not exist, or
   * -2 if it is not representable as a nonnegative integer
   */
  public static int getNumericValue(char ch) {
    return readChar(ch).getNumericValue();
  }

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

  /**
   * Converts a character into a digit of the specified radix.
   * <br>
   * character argument boundary = [Nd]|U+0041-U+005A|U+0061-007A
   *
   * @param ch character to convert into a digit
   * @param radix radix in which ch is a digit
   *
   * @return digit which ch represents in radix, or -1
   * if radix < MIN_RADIX or radix > MAX_RADIX or ch is not
   * a valid digit in radix
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character#MIN_RADIX
   * @see java.lang.Character#MAX_RADIX
   */
  public static int digit(char ch, int radix) {
    if (radix < MIN_RADIX || radix > MAX_RADIX)
      return -1;
    CharAttr attr = readChar(ch);
    if (attr.getType() == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER &&
	attr.getNumericValue() < radix)
      return attr.getNumericValue();
    if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z' && ch < radix+'A'-10)
      return ch-'A'+10;
    if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z' && ch < radix+'a'-10)
      return ch-'a'+10;
    return -1;
  }

  /**
   * Converts a digit into a character which represents that digit
   * in a specified radix.
   * <br>
   * return value boundary = U+0030-U+0039|U+0061-U+007A
   * 
   * @param digit digit to be converted into a character
   * @param radix radix of digit
   *
   * @return character representing digit in radix, or U+0000 if
   * radix < MIN_RADIX or radix > MAX_RADIX or digit < 0 or
   * digit >= radix
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character#MIN_RADIX
   * @see java.lang.Character#MAX_RADIX
   */
  public static char forDigit(int digit, int radix) {
    if (radix < MIN_RADIX || radix > MAX_RADIX ||
	digit < 0 || digit >= radix)
      return '\u0000';
    return (char) ((digit < 10) ? ('0' + digit) : ('a'+digit-10));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode space character.
   * <br>
   * Unicode space = [Zs]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode space, else false
   */
  public static boolean isSpaceChar(char ch) {
    return (getType(ch) == SPACE_SEPARATOR);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Java space, per JLS 20.5.19.
   * <br>
   * Java space = U+0020|U+0009|U+000A|U+000C|U+000D
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Java space, else false
   * 
   * @deprecated Replaced by isWhitespace()
   */
  public static boolean isSpace(char ch) {
    return ((ch == ' ') || (ch == '\t') || (ch == '\n') || (ch == '\f') || 
	    (ch == '\r'));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is Java whitespace.
   * <br>
   * Java whitespace = ([Zs] not Nb)|[Zl]|[Zp]|U+0009-U+000D|U+001C-U+001F
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is Java whitespace, else false
   */
  public static boolean isWhitespace(char ch) {
    CharAttr attr = readChar(ch);
    int category = attr.getType();
    return ((category == SPACE_SEPARATOR && !attr.isNoBreakSpace()) ||
	    category == LINE_SEPARATOR ||
	    category == PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR ||
	    //(ch >= '\u0009' && ch <= '\ u000D') ||
	    (ch >= '\u0009' && ch <= '\r') || // Change to make javadep work
	    (ch >= '\u001C' && ch <= '\u001F'));
  }
    
  /**
   * Determines if a character has the ISO Control property.
   * <br>
   * ISO Control = U+0000-U+001F|U+0074-U+0094
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is an ISO Control character, else false
   */
  public static boolean isISOControl(char ch) {
    return ((ch >= '\u0000' && ch <= '\u001F') ||
	    (ch >= '\u007F' && ch <= '\u009F'));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is part of the Unicode Standard.
   * <br>
   * defined = not [Cn]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode character, else false
   */
  public static boolean isDefined(char ch) {
    return (getBlock(ch) != -1);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode letter.
   * <br>
   * letter = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode letter, else false
   */
  public static boolean isLetter(char ch) {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((category >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && category <= OTHER_LETTER) ||
	    (category == LETTER_NUMBER));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode letter or a Unicode digit.
   * <br>
   * letter or digit = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Nd]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode letter or a Unicode digit, else false
   */
  public static boolean isLetterOrDigit(char ch) {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((category >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && category <= OTHER_LETTER) || 
	    (category == LETTER_NUMBER) ||
	    (category == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER));
  }

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

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its lowercase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   *
   * @param ch character to convert to lowercase
   *
   * @return lowercase mapping of ch, or ch if lowercase mapping does
   * not exist.
   */
  public static char toLowerCase(char ch) {
    return readChar(ch).toLowerCase();
  }
  
  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode uppercase letter.
   * <br>
   * uppercase = [Lu]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode uppercase letter, else false
   */
  public static boolean isUpperCase(char ch) {
    return (getType(ch) == UPPERCASE_LETTER);
  }

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its uppercase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   *
   * @param ch character to convert to uppercase
   *
   * @return uppercase mapping of ch, or ch if uppercase mapping does
   * not exist.
   */
  public static char toUpperCase(char ch) {
    return readChar(ch).toUpperCase();
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is a Unicode titlecase letter.
   * <br>
   * titlecase = [Lt]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is a Unicode titlecase letter, else false
   */
  public static boolean isTitleCase(char ch) {
    return (getType(ch) == TITLECASE_LETTER);
  }

  /**
   * Converts a Unicode character into its titlecase equivalent mapping.
   * If a mapping does not exist, then the character passed is returned.
   *
   * @param ch character to convert to titlecase
   *
   * @return titlecase mapping of ch, or ch if titlecase mapping does
   * not exist.
   */
  public static char toTitleCase(char ch) {
    for (int i = 0; i < tcs.length; i++)
      if (tcs[i][0] == ch)
	return tcs[i][1];
    return toUpperCase(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Java identifier.
   * This method does not implement JLS 20.5.17, but instead
   * implements the algorithm used by isJavaIdentifierStart().
   * 
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch can start a Java identifier, else false
   *
   * @deprecated Replaced by isJavaIdentifierStart()
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character#isJavaIdentifierStart
   */
  public static boolean isJavaLetter(char ch) {
    return isJavaIdentifierStart(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Java identifier.  This method does not implement JLS 20.5.18,
   * but instead implements the algorithm used by isJavaIdentifierPart().
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch can follow the first letter in a Java identifier,
   * else false
   *
   * @deprecated Replaced by isJavaIdentifierPart()
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character#isJavaIdentifierPart
   */
  public static boolean isJavaLetterOrDigit(char ch) {
    return isJavaIdentifierPart(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Java identifier.
   * <br>
   * Java identifier start = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Sc]|[Pc]
   * 
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch can start a Java identifier, else false
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifierStart(char ch) {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((category >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && category <= OTHER_LETTER) ||
	    (category == CURRENCY_SYMBOL) ||
	    (category == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Java identifier.
   * <br>
   * Java identifier extender = 
   *   [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Sc]|[Pc][Mn]|[Mc]|[Nd]|[Cf]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch can follow the first letter in a Java identifier,
   * else false
   */
  public static boolean isJavaIdentifierPart(char ch) {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((category >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && category <= OTHER_LETTER) ||
	    (category == LETTER_NUMBER) ||
	    (category == CURRENCY_SYMBOL) ||
	    (category == NON_SPACING_MARK) ||
	    (category == COMBINING_SPACING_MARK) ||
	    (category == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER) ||
	    (category == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION) ||
	    (category == FORMAT));
  }  
  
  /**
   * Determines if a character can start a Unicode identifier.  Only
   * letters can start a Unicode identifier.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier start = [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]
   * 
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch can start a Unicode identifier, else false
   */
  public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char ch) {
    return isLetter(ch);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character can follow the first letter in
   * a Unicode identifier.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier extender = 
   *   [Lu]|[Ll]|[Lt]|[Lm]|[Lo]|[Nl]|[Mn]|[Mc]|[Nd]|[Pc]|[Cf]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch can follow the first letter in a Unicode identifier,
   * else false
   */
  public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char ch) {
    int category = getType(ch);
    return ((category >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && category <= OTHER_LETTER) ||
	    (category == LETTER_NUMBER) ||
	    (category == NON_SPACING_MARK) ||
	    (category == COMBINING_SPACING_MARK) ||
	    (category == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER) ||
	    (category == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION) ||
	    (category == FORMAT));
  }

  /**
   * Determines if a character is ignorable in a Unicode identifier.
   * <br>
   * Unicode identifier ignorable = [Cf]
   *
   * @param ch character to test
   *
   * @return true if ch is ignorable in a Unicode identifier,
   * else false
   */
  public static boolean isIdentifierIgnorable(char ch) {
    return (getType(ch) == FORMAT);
  }

  /**
   * Determines the Unicode character block that a character belongs to.
   *
   * @param ch character for which the Unicode character block will
   * be retrieved
   *
   * @return the Unicode character block which ch belongs to, or null
   * if ch does not belong to any Unicode character block
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character.Subset
   */
  public static Character.Subset getUnicodeBlock(char ch) {
    return Character.Subset.getBlock(ch);
  }

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

  /**
   * Compares an object to this Character.  Assuming the object is a
   * Character object, this method performs the same comparison as
   * compareTo(Character).
   *
   * @param o object to compare
   *
   * @return a negative integer if this Character is less than o,
   * zero if this Character is equal to o, or a positive integer if this
   * Character is greater than o
   *
   * @exception ClassCastException if o is not a Character object
   * @exception NullPointerException if o is null
   *
   * @see java.lang.Character#compareTo(Character)
   */
  public int compareTo(Object o) 
    throws ClassCastException, NullPointerException {
    return compareTo((Character)o);
  }
}

/**
 * Represents an entry in block.uni
 */
final class Block {
  char start;
  char end;
  boolean compressed;
  int offset;

  Block(char start, char end, boolean compressed, int offset) {
    this.start = start;
    this.end = end;
    this.compressed = compressed;
    this.offset = offset;
  }
}

/**
 * Represents all the attributes stored for a character.
 */
final class CharAttr {
  boolean noBreakSpace;
  int category;
  int numericalDecimalValue;
  char uppercase;
  char lowercase;
  char ch;

  CharAttr(char ch, boolean noBreakSpace, int category, 
	   int numericalDecimalValue,
	   char uppercase, char lowercase) {
    this.noBreakSpace = noBreakSpace;
    this.category = category;
    this.numericalDecimalValue = numericalDecimalValue;
    this.uppercase = uppercase;
    this.lowercase = lowercase;
    this.ch = ch;
  }

  boolean isNoBreakSpace() {
    return noBreakSpace;
  }

  int getNumericValue() {
    if (numericalDecimalValue == 65535) return -1;
    if (numericalDecimalValue == 65534) return -2;
    return numericalDecimalValue;
  }

  int getType() {
    return category;
  }

  char toUpperCase() {
    return (uppercase != 0) ? uppercase : ch;
  }

  char toLowerCase() {
    return (lowercase != 0) ? lowercase : ch;
  }
}