Character

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Character

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Character>
```
public final class Character
extends Object
implements Serializable, Comparable<Character>
```
The Character class wraps a value of the primitive type char in an object. An object of type Character contains a single field whose type is char.
In addition, this class provides several methods for determining a character's category (lowercase letter, digit, etc.) and for converting characters from uppercase to lowercase and vice versa.
Character information is based on the Unicode Standard, version 6.0.0.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`MAX_RADIX` The maximum radix available for conversion to and from strings.
`static char`	`MAX_VALUE` The constant value of this field is the largest value of type `char`, `'\uFFFF'`.
`static int`	`MIN_RADIX` The minimum radix available for conversion to and from strings.
`static char`	`MIN_VALUE` The constant value of this field is the smallest value of type `char`, `'\u0000'`.
`static int`	`SIZE` The number of bits used to represent a `char` value in unsigned binary form, constant `16`.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

Character(char value)
Constructs a newly allocated Character object that represents the specified char value.

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`Character(char value)` Constructs a newly allocated `Character` object that represents the specified `char` value.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`char`	`charValue()` Returns the value of this `Character` object.
`static int`	`compare(char x, char y)` Compares two `char` values numerically.
`int`	`compareTo(Character anotherCharacter)` Compares two `Character` objects numerically.
`static int`	`digit(char ch, int radix)` Returns the numeric value of the character ch in the specified radix.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Compares this object against the specified object.
`static char`	`forDigit(int digit, int radix)` Determines the character representation for a specific digit in the specified radix.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code for this `Character`; equal to the result of invoking `charValue()`.
`static boolean`	`isDigit(char ch)` Determines if the specified character is a digit.
`static boolean`	`isISOControl(char ch)` Determines if the specified character is an ISO control character.
`static boolean`	`isLowerCase(char ch)` Determines if the specified character is a lowercase character.
`static boolean`	`isSpaceChar(char ch)` Determines if the specified character is a Unicode space character.
`static boolean`	`isUpperCase(char ch)` Determines if the specified character is an uppercase character.
`static boolean`	`isWhitespace(char ch)` Determines if the specified character is white space according to Java.
`static char`	`toLowerCase(char ch)` Converts the character argument to lowercase using case mapping information from the UnicodeData file.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a `String` object representing this `Character`'s value.
`static String`	`toString(char c)` Returns a `String` object representing the specified `char`.
`static char`	`toUpperCase(char ch)` Converts the character argument to uppercase using case mapping information from the UnicodeData file.
`static Character`	`valueOf(char c)` Returns a `Character` instance representing the specified `char` value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - MAX_RADIX
```
public static final int MAX_RADIX
```
    The maximum radix available for conversion to and from strings. The constant value of this field is the largest value permitted for the radix argument in radix-conversion methods such as the digit method, the forDigit method, and the toString method of class Integer.
    
    See Also:
    
    digit(char, int), forDigit(int, int), Integer.toString(int, int), Integer.valueOf(String), Constant Field Values
  - MAX_VALUE
```
public static final char MAX_VALUE
```
    The constant value of this field is the largest value of type char, '\uFFFF'.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - MIN_RADIX
```
public static final int MIN_RADIX
```
    The minimum radix available for conversion to and from strings. The constant value of this field is the smallest value permitted for the radix argument in radix-conversion methods such as the digit method, the forDigit method, and the toString method of class Integer.
    
    See Also:
    
    digit(char, int), forDigit(int, int), Integer.toString(int, int), Integer.valueOf(String), Constant Field Values
  - MIN_VALUE
```
public static final char MIN_VALUE
```
    The constant value of this field is the smallest value of type char, '\u0000'.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - SIZE
```
public static final int SIZE
```
    The number of bits used to represent a char value in unsigned binary form, constant 16.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Constructor Detail
  - Character
```
public Character(char value)
```
    Constructs a newly allocated Character object that represents the specified char value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value to be represented by the Character object.
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public static int compare(char x,
                          char y)
```
    Compares two char values numerically. The value returned is identical to what would be returned by:
```
 Character.valueOf(x).compareTo(Character.valueOf(y))
 
```
    Parameters:
    
    x - the first char to compare
    
    y - the second char to compare
    
    Returns:
    
    the value 0 if x == y; a value less than 0 if x < y; and a value greater than 0 if x > y
  - digit
```
public static int digit(char ch,
                        int radix)
```
    Returns the numeric value of the character ch in the specified radix.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be converted.
    
    radix - the radix.
    
    Returns:
    
    the numeric value represented by the character in the specified radix.
  - forDigit
```
public static char forDigit(int digit,
                            int radix)
```
    Determines the character representation for a specific digit in the specified radix. If the value of radix is not a valid radix, or the value of digit is not a valid digit in the specified radix, the null character ('\u0000') is returned.
    The radix argument is valid if it is greater than or equal to MIN_RADIX and less than or equal to MAX_RADIX. The digit argument is valid if 0 <= digit < radix.
    If the digit is less than 10, then '0' + digit is returned. Otherwise, the value 'a' + digit - 10 is returned.
    
    Parameters:
    
    digit - the number to convert to a character.
    
    radix - the radix.
    
    Returns:
    
    the char representation of the specified digit in the specified radix.
    
    See Also:
    
    MIN_RADIX, MAX_RADIX, digit(char, int)
  - isDigit
```
public static boolean isDigit(char ch)
```
    Determines if the specified character is a digit.
    Some Unicode character ranges that contain digits:
    - '\u0030' through '\u0039', ISO-LATIN-1 digits ('0' through '9')
    - '\u0660' through '\u0669', Arabic-Indic digits
    - '\u06F0' through '\u06F9', Extended Arabic-Indic digits
    - '\u0966' through '\u096F', Devanagari digits
    - '\uFF10' through '\uFF19', Fullwidth digits
    Many other character ranges contain digits as well.
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be tested.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the character is a digit; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    digit(char, int), forDigit(int, int)
  - isISOControl
```
public static boolean isISOControl(char ch)
```
    Determines if the specified character is an ISO control character. A character is considered to be an ISO control character if its code is in the range '\u0000' through '\u001F' or in the range '\u007F' through '\u009F'.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be tested.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the character is an ISO control character; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    isSpaceChar(char), isWhitespace(char)
  - isLowerCase
```
public static boolean isLowerCase(char ch)
```
    Determines if the specified character is a lowercase character.
    A character is lowercase if its general category type, provided by Character.getType(ch), is LOWERCASE_LETTER, or it has contributory property Other_Lowercase as defined by the Unicode Standard.
    The following are examples of lowercase characters:
    a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z '\u00DF' '\u00E0' '\u00E1' '\u00E2' '\u00E3' '\u00E4' '\u00E5' '\u00E6' '\u00E7' '\u00E8' '\u00E9' '\u00EA' '\u00EB' '\u00EC' '\u00ED' '\u00EE' '\u00EF' '\u00F0' '\u00F1' '\u00F2' '\u00F3' '\u00F4' '\u00F5' '\u00F6' '\u00F8' '\u00F9' '\u00FA' '\u00FB' '\u00FC' '\u00FD' '\u00FE' '\u00FF'
    Many other Unicode characters are lowercase too.
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be tested.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the character is lowercase; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    isLowerCase(char), toLowerCase(char)
  - isSpaceChar
```
public static boolean isSpaceChar(char ch)
```
    Determines if the specified character is a Unicode space character. A character is considered to be a space character if and only if it is specified to be a space character by the Unicode Standard. This method returns true if the character's general category type is any of the following:
    - SPACE_SEPARATOR
    - LINE_SEPARATOR
    - PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be tested.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the character is a space character; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    isWhitespace(char)
  - isUpperCase
```
public static boolean isUpperCase(char ch)
```
    Determines if the specified character is an uppercase character.
    A character is uppercase if its general category type, provided by Character.getType(ch), is UPPERCASE_LETTER. or it has contributory property Other_Uppercase as defined by the Unicode Standard.
    The following are examples of uppercase characters:
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z '\u00C0' '\u00C1' '\u00C2' '\u00C3' '\u00C4' '\u00C5' '\u00C6' '\u00C7' '\u00C8' '\u00C9' '\u00CA' '\u00CB' '\u00CC' '\u00CD' '\u00CE' '\u00CF' '\u00D0' '\u00D1' '\u00D2' '\u00D3' '\u00D4' '\u00D5' '\u00D6' '\u00D8' '\u00D9' '\u00DA' '\u00DB' '\u00DC' '\u00DD' '\u00DE'
    Many other Unicode characters are uppercase too.
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be tested.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the character is uppercase; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    isLowerCase(char), toUpperCase(char)
  - isWhitespace
```
public static boolean isWhitespace(char ch)
```
    Determines if the specified character is white space according to Java. A character is a Java whitespace character if and only if it satisfies one of the following criteria:
    - It is a Unicode space character (SPACE_SEPARATOR, LINE_SEPARATOR, or PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR) but is not also a non-breaking space ('\u00A0', '\u2007', '\u202F').
    - It is '\t', U+0009 HORIZONTAL TABULATION.
    - It is '\n', U+000A LINE FEED.
    - It is '\u000B', U+000B VERTICAL TABULATION.
    - It is '\f', U+000C FORM FEED.
    - It is '\r', U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN.
    - It is '\u001C', U+001C FILE SEPARATOR.
    - It is '\u001D', U+001D GROUP SEPARATOR.
    - It is '\u001E', U+001E RECORD SEPARATOR.
    - It is '\u001F', U+001F UNIT SEPARATOR.
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be tested.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the character is a Java whitespace character; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    isSpaceChar(char)
  - toLowerCase
```
public static char toLowerCase(char ch)
```
    Converts the character argument to lowercase using case mapping information from the UnicodeData file.
    Note that Character.isLowerCase(Character.toLowerCase(ch)) does not always return true for some ranges of characters, particularly those that are symbols or ideographs.
    In general, String.toLowerCase() should be used to map characters to lowercase. String case mapping methods have several benefits over Character case mapping methods. String case mapping methods can perform locale-sensitive mappings, context-sensitive mappings, and 1:M character mappings, whereas the Character case mapping methods cannot.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be converted.
    
    Returns:
    
    the lowercase equivalent of the character, if any; otherwise, the character itself.
    
    See Also:
    
    isLowerCase(char), String.toLowerCase()
  - toString
```
public static String toString(char c)
```
    Returns a String object representing the specified char. The result is a string of length 1 consisting solely of the specified char.
    
    Parameters:
    
    c - the char to be converted
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representation of the specified char
  - toUpperCase
```
public static char toUpperCase(char ch)
```
    Converts the character argument to uppercase using case mapping information from the UnicodeData file.
    Note that Character.isUpperCase(Character.toUpperCase(ch)) does not always return true for some ranges of characters, particularly those that are symbols or ideographs.
    In general, String.toUpperCase() should be used to map characters to uppercase. String case mapping methods have several benefits over Character case mapping methods. String case mapping methods can perform locale-sensitive mappings, context-sensitive mappings, and 1:M character mappings, whereas the Character case mapping methods cannot.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the character to be converted.
    
    Returns:
    
    the uppercase equivalent of the character, if any; otherwise, the character itself.
    
    See Also:
    
    isUpperCase(char), String.toUpperCase()
  - valueOf
```
public static Character valueOf(char c)
```
    Returns a Character instance representing the specified char value. If a new Character instance is not required, this method should generally be used in preference to the constructor Character(char), as this method is likely to yield significantly better space and time performance by caching frequently requested values. This method will always cache values in the range '\u0000' to '\u007F', inclusive, and may cache other values outside of this range.
    
    Parameters:
    
    c - a char value.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Character instance representing c.
  - charValue
```
public char charValue()
```
    Returns the value of this Character object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the primitive char value represented by this object.
  - compareTo
```
public int compareTo(Character anotherCharacter)
```
    Compares two Character objects numerically.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareTo in interface Comparable<Character>
    
    Parameters:
    
    anotherCharacter - the Character to be compared.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value 0 if the argument Character is equal to this Character; a value less than 0 if this Character is numerically less than the Character argument; and a value greater than 0 if this Character is numerically greater than the Character argument (unsigned comparison). Note that this is strictly a numerical comparison; it is not locale-dependent.
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(@Nullable
                      Object obj)
```
    Compares this object against the specified object. The result is true if and only if the argument is not null and is a Character object that represents the same char value as this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object to compare with.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the objects are the same; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.hashCode(), HashMap
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Returns a hash code for this Character; equal to the result of invoking charValue().
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a hash code value for this Character
    
    See Also:
    
    Object.equals(java.lang.Object), System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns a String object representing this Character's value. The result is a string of length 1 whose sole component is the primitive char value represented by this Character object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of this object.

Class Character

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

MAX_RADIX

MAX_VALUE

MIN_RADIX

MIN_VALUE

SIZE

Constructor Detail

Character

Method Detail

compare

digit

forDigit

isDigit

isISOControl

isLowerCase

isSpaceChar

isUpperCase

isWhitespace

toLowerCase

toString

toUpperCase

valueOf

charValue

compareTo

equals

hashCode

toString