Character.Subset (Java 2 Platform SE 5.0) (original) (raw)

java.lang

Class Character.Subset

java.lang.Object extended by java.lang.Character.Subset

Direct Known Subclasses:

Character.UnicodeBlock, InputSubset

Enclosing class:

Character

public static class Character.Subset

extends Object

Instances of this class represent particular subsets of the Unicode character set. The only family of subsets defined in theCharacter class is [UnicodeBlock](../../java/lang/Character.UnicodeBlock.html "class in java.lang"). Other portions of the Java API may define other subsets for their own purposes.

Since:

1.2

Constructor Summary
protected	Character.Subset(String name) Constructs a new Subset instance.

Method Summary
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares two Subset objects for equality.
int	hashCode() Returns the standard hash code as defined by theObject.hashCode() method.
String	toString() Returns the name of this subset.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait%28long, int%29)

Constructor Detail

Character.Subset

protected Character.Subset(String name)

Constructs a new Subset instance.

Parameters:

name - The name of this subset

Throws:

[NullPointerException](../../java/lang/NullPointerException.html "class in java.lang") - if name is null

Method Detail

equals

public final boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares two Subset objects for equality. This method returns true if and only ifthis and the argument refer to the same object; since this method is final, this guarantee holds for all subclasses.

Overrides:

[equals](../../java/lang/Object.html#equals%28java.lang.Object%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Parameters:

obj - the reference object with which to compare.

Returns:

true if this object is the same as the obj argument; false otherwise.

See Also:

Object.hashCode(), Hashtable

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Returns the standard hash code as defined by the[Object.hashCode()](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode%28%29) method. This method is final in order to ensure that theequals and hashCode methods will be consistent in all subclasses.

Overrides:

[hashCode](../../java/lang/Object.html#hashCode%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a hash code value for this object.

toString

public final String toString()

Returns the name of this subset.

Overrides:

[toString](../../java/lang/Object.html#toString%28%29) in class [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")

Returns:

a string representation of the object.

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