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Class XMLStringDefault</H2>
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<DT>public class <B>XMLStringDefault</B><DT>extends java.lang.Object<DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></DL>
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The default implementation of the XMLString interface,
which is just a simple wrapper of a String object.
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#XMLStringDefault(java.lang.String)">XMLStringDefault</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create a XMLStringDefault object from a String</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;char</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#charAt(int)">charAt</A></B>(int&nbsp;index)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the character at the specified index.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#compareTo(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">compareTo</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;anotherString)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares two strings lexicographically.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#compareToIgnoreCase(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">compareToIgnoreCase</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;str)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case considerations.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#concat(java.lang.String)">concat</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#dispatchAsComment(org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler)">dispatchAsComment</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/ext/LexicalHandler.html">LexicalHandler</A>&nbsp;lh)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Directly call the
comment method on the passed LexicalHandler for the
string-value.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#dispatchCharactersEvents(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler)">dispatchCharactersEvents</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.html">ContentHandler</A>&nbsp;ch)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Directly call the
characters method on the passed ContentHandler for the
string-value.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#endsWith(java.lang.String)">endsWith</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;anObject)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares this string to the specified object.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(java.lang.String)">equals</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;obj2)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares this string to the specified <code>String</code>.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">equals</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;anObject)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares this string to the specified object.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)">equalsIgnoreCase</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;anotherString)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Compares this <code>String</code> to another <code>String</code>,
ignoring case considerations.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#fixWhiteSpace(boolean, boolean, boolean)">fixWhiteSpace</A></B>(boolean&nbsp;trimHead,
boolean&nbsp;trimTail,
boolean&nbsp;doublePunctuationSpaces)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Conditionally trim all leading and trailing whitespace in the specified String.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#getChars(int, int, char[], int)">getChars</A></B>(int&nbsp;srcBegin,
int&nbsp;srcEnd,
char[]&nbsp;dst,
int&nbsp;dstBegin)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copies characters from this string into the destination character
array.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a hashcode for this string.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#hasString()">hasString</A></B>()</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tell if this object contains a java String object.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#indexOf(int)">indexOf</A></B>(int&nbsp;ch)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified character.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#indexOf(int, int)">indexOf</A></B>(int&nbsp;ch,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified character, starting the search at the specified index.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#indexOf(java.lang.String)">indexOf</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified substring.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#indexOf(java.lang.String, int)">indexOf</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified substring, starting at the specified index.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#indexOf(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">indexOf</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;str)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified substring.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#lastIndexOf(int)">lastIndexOf</A></B>(int&nbsp;ch)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
specified character.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#lastIndexOf(int, int)">lastIndexOf</A></B>(int&nbsp;ch,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
specified character, searching backward starting at the specified
index.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#lastIndexOf(java.lang.String)">lastIndexOf</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence
of the specified substring.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#lastIndexOf(java.lang.String, int)">lastIndexOf</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
the specified substring.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#length()">length</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the length of this string.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#startsWith(java.lang.String)">startsWith</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#startsWith(java.lang.String, int)">startsWith</A></B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
int&nbsp;toffset)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning
a specified index.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#startsWith(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">startsWith</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;prefix)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#startsWith(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString, int)">startsWith</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;prefix,
int&nbsp;toffset)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning
a specified index.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#substring(int)">substring</A></B>(int&nbsp;beginIndex)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a new string that is a substring of this string.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#substring(int, int)">substring</A></B>(int&nbsp;beginIndex,
int&nbsp;endIndex)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a new string that is a substring of this string.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;double</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#toDouble()">toDouble</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Convert a string to a double -- Allowed input is in fixed
notation ddd.fff.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#toLowerCase()">toLowerCase</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned
by <code>Locale.getDefault</code>.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#toLowerCase(java.util.Locale)">toLowerCase</A></B>(java.util.Locale&nbsp;locale)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#toString()">toString</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#toUpperCase()">toUpperCase</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned
by <code>Locale.getDefault</code>.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#toUpperCase(java.util.Locale)">toUpperCase</A></B>(java.util.Locale&nbsp;locale)</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
case using the rules of the given locale.</TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#trim()">trim</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Removes white space from both ends of this string.</TD>
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<TD><CODE>getClass,
notify,
notifyAll,
wait,
wait,
wait</CODE></TD>
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<A NAME="XMLStringDefault(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
XMLStringDefault</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>XMLStringDefault</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create a XMLStringDefault object from a String</DL>
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<A NAME="dispatchCharactersEvents(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler)"><!-- --></A><H3>
dispatchCharactersEvents</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>dispatchCharactersEvents</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/ContentHandler.html">ContentHandler</A>&nbsp;ch)
throws <A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/SAXException.html">SAXException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Directly call the
characters method on the passed ContentHandler for the
string-value. Multiple calls to the
ContentHandler's characters methods may well occur for a single call to
this method.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#dispatchCharactersEvents(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler)">dispatchCharactersEvents</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - A non-null reference to a ContentHandler.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/SAXException.html">SAXException</A> - &nbsp;</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="dispatchAsComment(org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler)"><!-- --></A><H3>
dispatchAsComment</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>dispatchAsComment</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/ext/LexicalHandler.html">LexicalHandler</A>&nbsp;lh)
throws <A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/SAXException.html">SAXException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Directly call the
comment method on the passed LexicalHandler for the
string-value.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#dispatchAsComment(org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler)">dispatchAsComment</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>lh</CODE> - A non-null reference to a LexicalHandler.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/xml/sax/SAXException.html">SAXException</A> - &nbsp;</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="fixWhiteSpace(boolean, boolean, boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>
fixWhiteSpace</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>fixWhiteSpace</B>(boolean&nbsp;trimHead,
boolean&nbsp;trimTail,
boolean&nbsp;doublePunctuationSpaces)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Conditionally trim all leading and trailing whitespace in the specified String.
All strings of white space are
replaced by a single space character (#x20), except spaces after punctuation which
receive double spaces if doublePunctuationSpaces is true.
This function may be useful to a formatter, but to get first class
results, the formatter should probably do it's own white space handling
based on the semantics of the formatting object.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#fixWhiteSpace(boolean, boolean, boolean)">fixWhiteSpace</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>trimHead</CODE> - Trim leading whitespace?<DD><CODE>trimTail</CODE> - Trim trailing whitespace?<DD><CODE>doublePunctuationSpaces</CODE> - Use double spaces for punctuation?<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The trimmed string.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="length()"><!-- --></A><H3>
length</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>length</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the length of this string.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#length()">length</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the length of the sequence of characters represented by this
object.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="charAt(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
charAt</H3>
<PRE>
public char <B>charAt</B>(int&nbsp;index)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the character at the specified index. An index ranges
from <code>0</code> to <code>length() - 1</code>. The first character
of the sequence is at index <code>0</code>, the next at index
<code>1</code>, and so on, as for array indexing.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#charAt(int)">charAt</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>index</CODE> - the index of the character.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the character at the specified index of this string.
The first character is at index <code>0</code>.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the <code>index</code>
argument is negative or not less than the length of this
string.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getChars(int, int, char[], int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getChars</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>getChars</B>(int&nbsp;srcBegin,
int&nbsp;srcEnd,
char[]&nbsp;dst,
int&nbsp;dstBegin)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Copies characters from this string into the destination character
array.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#getChars(int, int, char[], int)">getChars</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>srcBegin</CODE> - index of the first character in the string
to copy.<DD><CODE>srcEnd</CODE> - index after the last character in the string
to copy.<DD><CODE>dst</CODE> - the destination array.<DD><CODE>dstBegin</CODE> - the start offset in the destination array.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - If any of the following
is true:
<ul><li><code>srcBegin</code> is negative.
<li><code>srcBegin</code> is greater than <code>srcEnd</code>
<li><code>srcEnd</code> is greater than the length of this
string
<li><code>dstBegin</code> is negative
<li><code>dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)</code> is larger than
<code>dst.length</code></ul><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>dst</code> is <code>null</code></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="equals(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
equals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equals</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;obj2)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares this string to the specified <code>String</code>.
The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
<code>null</code> and is a <code>String</code> object that represents
the same sequence of characters as this object.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#equals(java.lang.String)">equals</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>obj2</CODE> - the object to compare this <code>String</code> against.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the <code>String</code>s are equal;
<code>false</code> otherwise.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>String.compareTo(java.lang.String)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="equals(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)"><!-- --></A><H3>
equals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equals</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;anObject)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares this string to the specified object.
The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
<code>null</code> and is a <code>String</code> object that represents
the same sequence of characters as this object.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#equals(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">equals</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>anObject</CODE> - the object to compare this <code>String</code>
against.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the <code>String </code>are equal;
<code>false</code> otherwise.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>String.compareTo(java.lang.String)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="equals(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
equals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equals</B>(java.lang.Object&nbsp;anObject)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares this string to the specified object.
The result is <code>true</code> if and only if the argument is not
<code>null</code> and is a <code>String</code> object that represents
the same sequence of characters as this object.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>anObject</CODE> - the object to compare this <code>String</code>
against.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the <code>String </code>are equal;
<code>false</code> otherwise.<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD>equals in class java.lang.Object<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>String.compareTo(java.lang.String)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
equalsIgnoreCase</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equalsIgnoreCase</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;anotherString)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares this <code>String</code> to another <code>String</code>,
ignoring case considerations. Two strings are considered equal
ignoring case if they are of the same length, and corresponding
characters in the two strings are equal ignoring case.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)">equalsIgnoreCase</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>anotherString</CODE> - the <code>String</code> to compare this
<code>String</code> against.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the argument is not <code>null</code>
and the <code>String</code>s are equal,
ignoring case; <code>false</code> otherwise.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>equals(Object)</CODE></A>,
<CODE>Character.toLowerCase(char)</CODE>,
<CODE>Character.toUpperCase(char)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="compareTo(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)"><!-- --></A><H3>
compareTo</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>compareTo</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;anotherString)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares two strings lexicographically.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#compareTo(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">compareTo</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>anotherString</CODE> - the <code>String</code> to be compared.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the value <code>0</code> if the argument string is equal to
this string; a value less than <code>0</code> if this string
is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a
value greater than <code>0</code> if this string is
lexicographically greater than the string argument.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>anotherString</code>
is <code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="compareToIgnoreCase(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)"><!-- --></A><H3>
compareToIgnoreCase</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>compareToIgnoreCase</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;str)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case considerations.
This method returns an integer whose sign is that of
<code>this.toUpperCase().toLowerCase().compareTo(
str.toUpperCase().toLowerCase())</code>.
<p>
Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
The java.text package provides <em>collators</em> to allow
locale-sensitive ordering.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#compareToIgnoreCase(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">compareToIgnoreCase</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - the <code>String</code> to be compared.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
the specified String is greater than, equal to, or less
than this String, ignoring case considerations.<DT><B>Since: </B><DD>1.2</DD>
<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>Collator.compare(String, String)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="startsWith(java.lang.String, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
startsWith</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>startsWith</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix,
int&nbsp;toffset)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning
a specified index.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#startsWith(java.lang.String, int)">startsWith</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - the prefix.<DD><CODE>toffset</CODE> - where to begin looking in the string.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
at index <code>toffset</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise.
The result is <code>false</code> if <code>toffset</code> is
negative or greater than the length of this
<code>String</code> object; otherwise the result is the same
as the result of the expression
<pre>
this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
</pre><DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>prefix</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="startsWith(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
startsWith</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>startsWith</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;prefix,
int&nbsp;toffset)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning
a specified index.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#startsWith(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString, int)">startsWith</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - the prefix.<DD><CODE>toffset</CODE> - where to begin looking in the string.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
at index <code>toffset</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise.
The result is <code>false</code> if <code>toffset</code> is
negative or greater than the length of this
<code>String</code> object; otherwise the result is the same
as the result of the expression
<pre>
this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
</pre><DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>prefix</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="startsWith(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
startsWith</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>startsWith</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;prefix)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#startsWith(java.lang.String)">startsWith</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - the prefix.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
this string; <code>false</code> otherwise.
Note also that <code>true</code> will be returned if the
argument is an empty string or is equal to this
<code>String</code> object as determined by the
<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>equals(Object)</CODE></A> method.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>prefix</code> is
<code>null</code>.<DT><B>Since: </B><DD>JDK1. 0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="startsWith(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)"><!-- --></A><H3>
startsWith</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>startsWith</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;prefix)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#startsWith(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">startsWith</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>prefix</CODE> - the prefix.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
this string; <code>false</code> otherwise.
Note also that <code>true</code> will be returned if the
argument is an empty string or is equal to this
<code>String</code> object as determined by the
<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>equals(Object)</CODE></A> method.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>prefix</code> is
<code>null</code>.<DT><B>Since: </B><DD>JDK1. 0</DD>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="endsWith(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
endsWith</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>endsWith</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;suffix)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#endsWith(java.lang.String)">endsWith</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>suffix</CODE> - the suffix.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by
this object; <code>false</code> otherwise. Note that the
result will be <code>true</code> if the argument is the
empty string or is equal to this <code>String</code> object
as determined by the <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLStringDefault.html#equals(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>equals(Object)</CODE></A> method.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>suffix</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="hashCode()"><!-- --></A><H3>
hashCode</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>hashCode</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns a hashcode for this string. The hashcode for a
<code>String</code> object is computed as
<blockquote><pre>
s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]
</pre></blockquote>
using <code>int</code> arithmetic, where <code>s[i]</code> is the
<i>i</i>th character of the string, <code>n</code> is the length of
the string, and <code>^</code> indicates exponentiation.
(The hash value of the empty string is zero.)<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a hash code value for this object.<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD>hashCode in class java.lang.Object</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="indexOf(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
indexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>indexOf</B>(int&nbsp;ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified character. If a character with value <code>ch</code> occurs
in the character sequence represented by this <code>String</code>
object, then the index of the first such occurrence is returned --
that is, the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
<blockquote><pre>
this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
</pre></blockquote>
is <code>true</code>. If no such character occurs in this string,
then <code>-1</code> is returned.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#indexOf(int)">indexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - a character.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
character sequence represented by this object, or
<code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="indexOf(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
indexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>indexOf</B>(int&nbsp;ch,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified character, starting the search at the specified index.
<p>
If a character with value <code>ch</code> occurs in the character
sequence represented by this <code>String</code> object at an index
no smaller than <code>fromIndex</code>, then the index of the first
such occurrence is returned--that is, the smallest value <i>k</i>
such that:
<blockquote><pre>
(this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> >= fromIndex)
</pre></blockquote>
is true. If no such character occurs in this string at or after
position <code>fromIndex</code>, then <code>-1</code> is returned.
<p>
There is no restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it
is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
this string: <code>-1</code> is returned.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#indexOf(int, int)">indexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - a character.<DD><CODE>fromIndex</CODE> - the index to start the search from.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
character sequence represented by this object that is greater
than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
if the character does not occur.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="lastIndexOf(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
lastIndexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>lastIndexOf</B>(int&nbsp;ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
specified character. That is, the index returned is the largest
value <i>k</i> such that:
<blockquote><pre>
this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
</pre></blockquote>
is true.
The String is searched backwards starting at the last character.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#lastIndexOf(int)">lastIndexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - a character.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
character sequence represented by this object, or
<code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="lastIndexOf(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
lastIndexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>lastIndexOf</B>(int&nbsp;ch,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
specified character, searching backward starting at the specified
index. That is, the index returned is the largest value <i>k</i>
such that:
<blockquote><pre>
this.charAt(k) == ch) && (k <= fromIndex)
</pre></blockquote>
is true.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#lastIndexOf(int, int)">lastIndexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - a character.<DD><CODE>fromIndex</CODE> - the index to start the search from. There is no
restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it is
greater than or equal to the length of this string, it has
the same effect as if it were equal to one less than the
length of this string: this entire string may be searched.
If it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were -1:
-1 is returned.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
character sequence represented by this object that is less
than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
if the character does not occur before that point.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="indexOf(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
indexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>indexOf</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value
<i>k</i> such that:
<blockquote><pre>
this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>)
</pre></blockquote>
is <code>true</code>.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#indexOf(java.lang.String)">indexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - any string.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>if the string argument occurs as a substring within this
object, then the index of the first character of the first
such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a
substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>str</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="indexOf(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)"><!-- --></A><H3>
indexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>indexOf</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A>&nbsp;str)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value
<i>k</i> such that:
<blockquote><pre>
this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>)
</pre></blockquote>
is <code>true</code>.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#indexOf(org.apache.xml.utils.XMLString)">indexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - any string.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>if the string argument occurs as a substring within this
object, then the index of the first character of the first
such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a
substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>str</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="indexOf(java.lang.String, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
indexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>indexOf</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
specified substring, starting at the specified index. The integer
returned is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
<blockquote><pre>
this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>) && (<i>k</i> >= fromIndex)
</pre></blockquote>
is <code>true</code>.
<p>
There is no restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If
it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
this string: <code>-1</code> is returned.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#indexOf(java.lang.String, int)">indexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - the substring to search for.<DD><CODE>fromIndex</CODE> - the index to start the search from.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>If the string argument occurs as a substring within this
object at a starting index no smaller than
<code>fromIndex</code>, then the index of the first character
of the first such substring is returned. If it does not occur
as a substring starting at <code>fromIndex</code> or beyond,
<code>-1</code> is returned.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>str</code> is
<code>null</code></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="lastIndexOf(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
lastIndexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>lastIndexOf</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence
of the specified substring. The rightmost empty string "" is
considered to occur at the index value <code>this.length()</code>.
The returned index is the largest value <i>k</i> such that
<blockquote><pre>
this.startsWith(str, k)
</pre></blockquote>
is true.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#lastIndexOf(java.lang.String)">lastIndexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - the substring to search for.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>if the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring
within this object, then the index of the first character of
the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as
a substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>str</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="lastIndexOf(java.lang.String, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
lastIndexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>lastIndexOf</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str,
int&nbsp;fromIndex)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
the specified substring.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#lastIndexOf(java.lang.String, int)">lastIndexOf</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - the substring to search for.<DD><CODE>fromIndex</CODE> - the index to start the search from. There is no
restriction on the value of fromIndex. If it is greater than
the length of this string, it has the same effect as if it
were equal to the length of this string: this entire string
may be searched. If it is negative, it has the same effect
as if it were -1: -1 is returned.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>If the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring
within this object at a starting index no greater than
<code>fromIndex</code>, then the index of the first character of
the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as a
substring starting at <code>fromIndex</code> or earlier,
<code>-1</code> is returned.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>str</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="substring(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
substring</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>substring</B>(int&nbsp;beginIndex)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
substring begins with the character at the specified index and
extends to the end of this string. <p>
Examples:
<blockquote><pre>
"unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy"
"Harbison".substring(3) returns "bison"
"emptiness".substring(9) returns "" (an empty string)
</pre></blockquote><DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#substring(int)">substring</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>beginIndex</CODE> - the beginning index, inclusive.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the specified substring.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if
<code>beginIndex</code> is negative or larger than the
length of this <code>String</code> object.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="substring(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
substring</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>substring</B>(int&nbsp;beginIndex,
int&nbsp;endIndex)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
substring begins at the specified <code>beginIndex</code> and
extends to the character at index <code>endIndex - 1</code>.
Thus the length of the substring is <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#substring(int, int)">substring</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>beginIndex</CODE> - the beginning index, inclusive.<DD><CODE>endIndex</CODE> - the ending index, exclusive.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the specified substring.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the
<code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or
<code>endIndex</code> is larger than the length of
this <code>String</code> object, or
<code>beginIndex</code> is larger than
<code>endIndex</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="concat(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
concat</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>concat</B>(java.lang.String&nbsp;str)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#concat(java.lang.String)">concat</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>str</CODE> - the <code>String</code> that is concatenated to the end
of this <code>String</code>.<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a string that represents the concatenation of this object's
characters followed by the string argument's characters.<DT><B>Throws:</B><DD>java.lang.NullPointerException - if <code>str</code> is
<code>null</code>.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toLowerCase(java.util.Locale)"><!-- --></A><H3>
toLowerCase</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>toLowerCase</B>(java.util.Locale&nbsp;locale)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#toLowerCase(java.util.Locale)">toLowerCase</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>locale</CODE> - use the case transformation rules for this locale<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the String, converted to lowercase.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>Character.toLowerCase(char)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.toUpperCase(Locale)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toLowerCase()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toLowerCase</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>toLowerCase</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned
by <code>Locale.getDefault</code>.
<p><DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#toLowerCase()">toLowerCase</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the string, converted to lowercase.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>Character.toLowerCase(char)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.toLowerCase(Locale)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toUpperCase(java.util.Locale)"><!-- --></A><H3>
toUpperCase</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>toUpperCase</B>(java.util.Locale&nbsp;locale)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
case using the rules of the given locale.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#toUpperCase(java.util.Locale)">toUpperCase</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>locale</CODE> - use the case transformation rules for this locale<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the String, converted to uppercase.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>Character.toUpperCase(char)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.toLowerCase(Locale)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toUpperCase()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toUpperCase</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>toUpperCase</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
case using the rules of the default locale, which is returned
by <code>Locale.getDefault</code>.
<p>
If no character in this string has a different uppercase version,
based on calling the <code>toUpperCase</code> method defined by
<code>Character</code>, then the original string is returned.
<p>
Otherwise, this method creates a new <code>String</code> object
representing a character sequence identical in length to the
character sequence represented by this <code>String</code> object and
with every character equal to the result of applying the method
<code>Character.toUpperCase</code> to the corresponding character of
this <code>String</code> object. <p>
Examples:
<blockquote><pre>
"Fahrvergn&uuml;gen".toUpperCase() returns "FAHRVERGN&Uuml;GEN"
"Visit Ljubinje!".toUpperCase() returns "VISIT LJUBINJE!"
</pre></blockquote><DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#toUpperCase()">toUpperCase</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the string, converted to uppercase.<DT><B>See Also: </B><DD><CODE>Character.toUpperCase(char)</CODE>,
<CODE>String.toUpperCase(Locale)</CODE></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="trim()"><!-- --></A><H3>
trim</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A> <B>trim</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Removes white space from both ends of this string.
<p>
If this <code>String</code> object represents an empty character
sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence
represented by this <code>String</code> object both have codes
greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> (the space character), then a
reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
<p>
Otherwise, if there is no character with a code greater than
<code>'&#92;u0020'</code> in the string, then a new
<code>String</code> object representing an empty string is created
and returned.
<p>
Otherwise, let <i>k</i> be the index of the first character in the
string whose code is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>, and let
<i>m</i> be the index of the last character in the string whose code
is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>. A new <code>String</code>
object is created, representing the substring of this string that
begins with the character at index <i>k</i> and ends with the
character at index <i>m</i>-that is, the result of
<code>this.substring(<i>k</i>,&nbsp;<i>m</i>+1)</code>.
<p>
This method may be used to trim
whitespace from the beginning and end
of a string; in fact, it trims all ASCII control characters as well.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#trim()">trim</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>this string, with white space removed from the front and end.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toString()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toString</H3>
<PRE>
public java.lang.String <B>toString</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#toString()">toString</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the string itself.<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD>toString in class java.lang.Object</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="hasString()"><!-- --></A><H3>
hasString</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>hasString</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Tell if this object contains a java String object.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#hasString()">hasString</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if this XMLString can return a string without creating one.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toDouble()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toDouble</H3>
<PRE>
public double <B>toDouble</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convert a string to a double -- Allowed input is in fixed
notation ddd.fff.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by: </B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html#toDouble()">toDouble</A> in interface <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/utils/XMLString.html">XMLString</A><DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>A double value representation of the string, or return Double.NaN
if the string can not be converted.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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