com.bluecast.util
Class CharStringConverter

java.lang.Object
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public final class CharStringConverter

extends java.lang.Object

A fast way to convert character arrays into Strings. This class maintains a hashtable of char[] -> String mappings. Returned Strings are guaranteed to be internalized.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Yuval Oren, yuval@bluecast.com

Constructor Summary

CharStringConverter()

CharStringConverter(int initialCapacity)

CharStringConverter(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor)

Method Summary

void	clearCache()
java.lang.String	convert(char[] ch) Converts a character array into an internalized String.
java.lang.String	convert(char[] ch, int start, int length) Converts a character array into an internalized String.
int	getCacheSize() Returns the number of cached conversion mappings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharStringConverter

public CharStringConverter(int initialCapacity,
                           float loadFactor)

CharStringConverter

public CharStringConverter()

CharStringConverter

public CharStringConverter(int initialCapacity)

Method Detail

getCacheSize

public int getCacheSize()

Returns the number of cached conversion mappings.

convert

public java.lang.String convert(char[] ch)

Converts a character array into an internalized String.

convert

public java.lang.String convert(char[] ch,
                                int start,
                                int length)

Converts a character array into an internalized String.

Parameters:

ch - character array to convert

start - starting offset of ch[]

length - number of characters to read

clearCache

public void clearCache()