log4j/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/util/DoubleByteUtil.java

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package org.apache.poi.hwpf.util;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Utilities for working with double byte CodePages.
 *
 * <p>Provides constants for understanding numeric codepages,
 *  along with utilities to translate these into Java Character Sets.</p>
 */
public class DoubleByteUtil
{

    public static final Charset BIG5 = Charset.forName("Big5");

    public static final Set<Charset> DOUBLE_BYTE_CHARSETS = Collections.singleton(BIG5);

    /**
     * This tries to convert a LE byte array in cp950
     * (Microsoft's dialect of Big5) to a String.
     * We know MS zero-padded ascii, and we drop those.
     * There may be areas for improvement in this.
     *
     * @param data
     * @param offset
     * @param lengthInBytes
     * @return Decoded String
     */
    public static String cp950ToString(byte[] data, int offset, int lengthInBytes) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        LittleEndianCP950Reader reader = new LittleEndianCP950Reader(data, offset, lengthInBytes);
        int c = reader.read();
        while (c != -1) {
            sb.append((char)c);
            c = reader.read();
        }
        reader.close();
        return sb.toString();
    }
}