Java/File Input Output/CharSequence

A contiguous range of characters, optionally negated.

  
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import java.io.Serializable;
/**
 * <p>A contiguous range of characters, optionally negated.</p>
 * 
 * <p>Instances are immutable.</p>
 *
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Chris Feldhacker
 * @author Gary Gregory
 * @since 1.0
 * @version $Id: CharRange.java 471626 2006-11-06 04:02:09Z bayard $
 */
public final class CharRange implements Serializable {
    /**
     * Required for serialization support. Lang version 2.0. 
     * 
     * @see java.io.Serializable
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8270183163158333422L;
    
    /** The first character, inclusive, in the range. */
    private final char start;
    /** The last character, inclusive, in the range. */
    private final char end;
    /** True if the range is everything except the characters specified. */
    private final boolean negated;
    
    /** Cached toString. */
    private transient String iToString;
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>Constructs a <code>CharRange</code> over a single character.</p>
     *
     * @param ch  only character in this range
     */
    public CharRange(char ch) {
        this(ch, ch, false);
    }
    /**
     * <p>Constructs a <code>CharRange</code> over a single character,
     * optionally negating the range.</p>
     *
     * <p>A negated range includes everything except the specified char.</p>
     *
     * @param ch  only character in this range
     * @param negated  true to express everything except the range
     */
    public CharRange(char ch, boolean negated) {
        this(ch, ch, negated);
    }
    /**
     * <p>Constructs a <code>CharRange</code> over a set of characters.</p>
     *
     * @param start  first character, inclusive, in this range
     * @param end  last character, inclusive, in this range
     */
    public CharRange(char start, char end) {
        this(start, end, false);
    }
    /**
     * <p>Constructs a <code>CharRange</code> over a set of characters,
     * optionally negating the range.</p>
     *
     * <p>A negated range includes everything except that defined by the
     * start and end characters.</p>
     * 
     * <p>If start and end are in the wrong order, they are reversed.
     * Thus <code>a-e</code> is the same as <code>e-a</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param start  first character, inclusive, in this range
     * @param end  last character, inclusive, in this range
     * @param negated  true to express everything except the range
     */
    public CharRange(char start, char end, boolean negated) {
        super();
        if (start > end) {
            char temp = start;
            start = end;
            end = temp;
        }
        
        this.start = start;
        this.end = end;
        this.negated = negated;
    }
    // Accessors
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>Gets the start character for this character range.</p>
     * 
     * @return the start char (inclusive)
     */
    public char getStart() {
        return this.start;
    }
    /**
     * <p>Gets the end character for this character range.</p>
     * 
     * @return the end char (inclusive)
     */
    public char getEnd() {
        return this.end;
    }
    /**
     * <p>Is this <code>CharRange</code> negated.</p>
     * 
     * <p>A negated range includes everything except that defined by the
     * start and end characters.</p>
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> is negated
     */
    public boolean isNegated() {
        return negated;
    }
    // Contains
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>Is the character specified contained in this range.</p>
     *
     * @param ch  the character to check
     * @return <code>true</code> if this range contains the input character
     */
    public boolean contains(char ch) {
        return (ch >= start && ch <= end) != negated;
    }
    /**
     * <p>Are all the characters of the passed in range contained in
     * this range.</p>
     *
     * @param range  the range to check against
     * @return <code>true</code> if this range entirely contains the input range
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>null</code> input
     */
    public boolean contains(CharRange range) {
        if (range == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The Range must not be null");
        }
        if (negated) {
            if (range.negated) {
                return start >= range.start && end <= range.end;
            } else {
                return range.end < start || range.start > end;
            }
        } else {
            if (range.negated) {
                return start == 0 && end == Character.MAX_VALUE;
            } else {
                return start <= range.start && end >= range.end;
            }
        }
    }
    // Basics
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * <p>Compares two CharRange objects, returning true if they represent
     * exactly the same range of characters defined in the same way.</p>
     * 
     * @param obj  the object to compare to
     * @return true if equal
     */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        if (obj == this) {
            return true;
        }
        if (obj instanceof CharRange == false) {
            return false;
        }
        CharRange other = (CharRange) obj;
        return start == other.start && end == other.end && negated == other.negated;
    }
    /**
     * <p>Gets a hashCode compatible with the equals method.</p>
     * 
     * @return a suitable hashCode
     */
    public int hashCode() {
        return 83 + start + 7 * end + (negated ? 1 : 0);
    }
    
    /**
     * <p>Gets a string representation of the character range.</p>
     * 
     * @return string representation of this range
     */
    public String toString() {
        if (iToString == null) {
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(4);
            if (isNegated()) {
                buf.append("^");
            }
            buf.append(start);
            if (start != end) {
                buf.append("-");
                buf.append(end);
            }
            iToString = buf.toString();
        }
        return iToString;
    }
    
}

Arrays.copyOf CharSequence

  
import java.util.Arrays;
public class Copy {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String[] sa = { "First", "Second", "Third" };
    CharSequence[] csa;
    csa = Arrays.copyOf(sa, sa.length, CharSequence[].class);
    for (int i = 0; i < csa.length; i++)
      System.out.println(csa[i].length());
  }
}