asdoc/org/apache/royale/textLayout/utils/CharacterUtil.swf.json

{ "type": "class",
  "qname": "org.apache.royale.textLayout.utils.CharacterUtil",
  "baseClassname": ""
  ,
    "description": "Utilities for managing and getting information about characters. The methods of this class are static and must be called using the syntax <code>CharacterUtil.method(<em>parameter</em>)</code>.",
  "tags": [
  {  "tagName": "playerversion",
         "values": ["Flash 10", "AIR 1.5"]},
      {  "tagName": "langversion",
         "values": ["3.0"]}  ],
  "members": [
  { "type": "method",
        "qname": "isHighSurrogate",
        "namespace": "public",
        "bindable": [],
        "details": ["static"],
        "deprecated": {},
          "description": "Returns <code>true</code> if the <code>charCode</code> argument is a high word in a surrogate pair. A surrogate pair represents a character with a code point that requires more than sixteen bits to express and thus requires a combination of two 16-bit words, a high surrogate and a low surrogate, to embody its code point. <p>This method can be used when processing a series of characters to ensure that you do not inadvertently divide a surrogate pair into incomplete halves.</p>   Character codes are usually represented in hexadecimal format. For example, the space character's character code can be represented by the number <code>0x0020</code>.",
        "tags": [
        {  "tagName": "param",
               "values": ["charCode An integer that represents a character code."]},
            {  "tagName": "playerversion",
               "values": ["Flash 10", "AIR 1.5"]},
            {  "tagName": "return",
               "values": ["<code>true</code> if <code>charCode</code> is the high surrogate in a surrogate pair."]},
            {  "tagName": "langversion",
               "values": ["3.0"]}  ],
          "return": "Boolean",
          "params": [{ "name": "charCode", "type": "int"}]}
      ,
      { "type": "method",
        "qname": "isLowSurrogate",
        "namespace": "public",
        "bindable": [],
        "details": ["static"],
        "deprecated": {},
          "description": "Returns <code>true</code> if the <code>charCode</code> argument is a low word in a surrogate pair. A surrogate pair represents a character with a code point that requires more than sixteen bits to express and thus requires a combination of two 16-bit words, a high surrogate and a low surrogate, to embody its code point. <p>This method can be used when processing a series of characters to ensure that you do not inadvertently divide a surrogate pair into incomplete halves.</p>  Character codes are usually represented in hexadecimal format. For example, the space character's character code can be represented by the number <code>0x0020</code>.",
        "tags": [
        {  "tagName": "param",
               "values": ["charCode An integer that represents a character code."]},
            {  "tagName": "playerversion",
               "values": ["Flash 10", "AIR 1.5"]},
            {  "tagName": "return",
               "values": ["<code>true</code> if <code>charCode</code> is the low surrogate in a surrogate pair."]},
            {  "tagName": "langversion",
               "values": ["3.0"]}  ],
          "return": "Boolean",
          "params": [{ "name": "charCode", "type": "int"}]}
      ,
      { "type": "method",
        "qname": "isWhitespace",
        "namespace": "public",
        "bindable": [],
        "details": ["static"],
        "deprecated": {},
          "description": "Returns <code>true</code> if <code>charCode</code> is a whitespace character. <p>The following table describes all characters that this method considers a whitespace character. </p> <table class=&quot;innertable&quot;> <tr><th>Character Code</th><th>Unicode Character Name</th><th>Category</th></tr> <tr><td><code>0x0020</code></td><td>SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x1680</code></td><td>OGHAM SPACE MARK</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x180E</code></td><td>MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2000</code></td><td>EN QUAD</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2001</code></td><td>EM QUAD</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2002</code></td><td>EN SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2003</code></td><td>EM SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2004</code></td><td>THREE-PER-EM SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2005</code></td><td>FOUR-PER-EM SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2006</code></td><td>SIX-PER-EM SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2007</code></td><td>FIGURE SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2008</code></td><td>PUNCTUATION SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2009</code></td><td>THIN SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x200A</code></td><td>HAIR SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x202F</code></td><td>NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x205F</code></td><td>MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x3000</code></td><td>IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE</td><td>Space Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2028</code></td><td>LINE SEPARATOR</td><td>Line Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x2029</code></td><td>PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR</td><td>Paragraph Separator</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x0009</code></td><td>CHARACTER TABULATION</td><td>Other</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x000A</code></td><td>LINE FEED</td><td>Other</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x000B</code></td><td>LINE TABULATION</td><td>Other</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x000C</code></td><td>FORM FEED</td><td>Other</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x000D</code></td><td>CARRIAGE RETURN</td><td>Other</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x0085</code></td><td>NEXT LINE</td><td>Other</td></tr> <tr><td><code>0x00A0</code></td><td>NO-BREAK SPACE</td><td>Other</td></tr> </table>   Character codes are usually represented in hexadecimal format. For example, the space character's character code can be represented by the number <code>0x0020</code>.",
        "tags": [
        {  "tagName": "param",
               "values": ["charCode An integer that represents a character code."]},
            {  "tagName": "playerversion",
               "values": ["Flash 10", "AIR 1.5"]},
            {  "tagName": "return",
               "values": ["<code>true</code> if <code>charCode</code> is a whitespace character."]},
            {  "tagName": "langversion",
               "values": ["3.0"]}  ],
          "return": "Boolean",
          "params": [{ "name": "charCode", "type": "int"}]}
      ]
  }