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<FONT color="green">018</FONT> /*<a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT> * $Id: XMLString.java 570109 2007-08-27 13:31:35Z zongaro $<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT> */<a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT> package org.apache.xml.utils;<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT> <a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT> import java.util.Locale;<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT> <a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT> /**<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT> * This class is meant to be an interface to character strings, whether they<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT> * be java Strings or &lt;code&gt;org.apache.xml.utils.FastStringBuffer&lt;/code&gt;s, or<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT> * other character data. By using XMLString, character copies can be reduced<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT> * in the XML pipeline.<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT> */<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT> public interface XMLString<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT> {<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT> <a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT> /**<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT> * Directly call the<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT> * characters method on the passed ContentHandler for the<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT> * string-value. Multiple calls to the<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT> * ContentHandler's characters methods may well occur for a single call to<a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT> * this method.<a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT> *<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT> * @param ch A non-null reference to a ContentHandler.<a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT> *<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT> * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException<a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT> */<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT> public abstract void dispatchCharactersEvents(org.xml.sax.ContentHandler ch)<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT> throws org.xml.sax.SAXException;<a name="line.46"></a>
<FONT color="green">047</FONT> <a name="line.47"></a>
<FONT color="green">048</FONT> /**<a name="line.48"></a>
<FONT color="green">049</FONT> * Directly call the<a name="line.49"></a>
<FONT color="green">050</FONT> * comment method on the passed LexicalHandler for the<a name="line.50"></a>
<FONT color="green">051</FONT> * string-value.<a name="line.51"></a>
<FONT color="green">052</FONT> *<a name="line.52"></a>
<FONT color="green">053</FONT> * @param lh A non-null reference to a LexicalHandler.<a name="line.53"></a>
<FONT color="green">054</FONT> *<a name="line.54"></a>
<FONT color="green">055</FONT> * @throws org.xml.sax.SAXException<a name="line.55"></a>
<FONT color="green">056</FONT> */<a name="line.56"></a>
<FONT color="green">057</FONT> public abstract void dispatchAsComment(org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler lh)<a name="line.57"></a>
<FONT color="green">058</FONT> throws org.xml.sax.SAXException;<a name="line.58"></a>
<FONT color="green">059</FONT> <a name="line.59"></a>
<FONT color="green">060</FONT> /**<a name="line.60"></a>
<FONT color="green">061</FONT> * Conditionally trim all leading and trailing whitespace in the specified String.<a name="line.61"></a>
<FONT color="green">062</FONT> * All strings of white space are<a name="line.62"></a>
<FONT color="green">063</FONT> * replaced by a single space character (#x20), except spaces after punctuation which<a name="line.63"></a>
<FONT color="green">064</FONT> * receive double spaces if doublePunctuationSpaces is true.<a name="line.64"></a>
<FONT color="green">065</FONT> * This function may be useful to a formatter, but to get first class<a name="line.65"></a>
<FONT color="green">066</FONT> * results, the formatter should probably do it's own white space handling<a name="line.66"></a>
<FONT color="green">067</FONT> * based on the semantics of the formatting object.<a name="line.67"></a>
<FONT color="green">068</FONT> * <a name="line.68"></a>
<FONT color="green">069</FONT> * @param trimHead Trim leading whitespace?<a name="line.69"></a>
<FONT color="green">070</FONT> * @param trimTail Trim trailing whitespace?<a name="line.70"></a>
<FONT color="green">071</FONT> * @param doublePunctuationSpaces Use double spaces for punctuation?<a name="line.71"></a>
<FONT color="green">072</FONT> * @return The trimmed string.<a name="line.72"></a>
<FONT color="green">073</FONT> */<a name="line.73"></a>
<FONT color="green">074</FONT> public XMLString fixWhiteSpace(boolean trimHead,<a name="line.74"></a>
<FONT color="green">075</FONT> boolean trimTail,<a name="line.75"></a>
<FONT color="green">076</FONT> boolean doublePunctuationSpaces);<a name="line.76"></a>
<FONT color="green">077</FONT> <a name="line.77"></a>
<FONT color="green">078</FONT> /**<a name="line.78"></a>
<FONT color="green">079</FONT> * Returns the length of this string.<a name="line.79"></a>
<FONT color="green">080</FONT> *<a name="line.80"></a>
<FONT color="green">081</FONT> * @return the length of the sequence of characters represented by this<a name="line.81"></a>
<FONT color="green">082</FONT> * object.<a name="line.82"></a>
<FONT color="green">083</FONT> */<a name="line.83"></a>
<FONT color="green">084</FONT> public abstract int length();<a name="line.84"></a>
<FONT color="green">085</FONT> <a name="line.85"></a>
<FONT color="green">086</FONT> /**<a name="line.86"></a>
<FONT color="green">087</FONT> * Returns the character at the specified index. An index ranges<a name="line.87"></a>
<FONT color="green">088</FONT> * from &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;length() - 1&lt;/code&gt;. The first character<a name="line.88"></a>
<FONT color="green">089</FONT> * of the sequence is at index &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt;, the next at index<a name="line.89"></a>
<FONT color="green">090</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;, and so on, as for array indexing.<a name="line.90"></a>
<FONT color="green">091</FONT> *<a name="line.91"></a>
<FONT color="green">092</FONT> * @param index the index of the character.<a name="line.92"></a>
<FONT color="green">093</FONT> * @return the character at the specified index of this string.<a name="line.93"></a>
<FONT color="green">094</FONT> * The first character is at index &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.94"></a>
<FONT color="green">095</FONT> * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the &lt;code&gt;index&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.95"></a>
<FONT color="green">096</FONT> * argument is negative or not less than the length of this<a name="line.96"></a>
<FONT color="green">097</FONT> * string.<a name="line.97"></a>
<FONT color="green">098</FONT> */<a name="line.98"></a>
<FONT color="green">099</FONT> public abstract char charAt(int index);<a name="line.99"></a>
<FONT color="green">100</FONT> <a name="line.100"></a>
<FONT color="green">101</FONT> /**<a name="line.101"></a>
<FONT color="green">102</FONT> * Copies characters from this string into the destination character<a name="line.102"></a>
<FONT color="green">103</FONT> * array.<a name="line.103"></a>
<FONT color="green">104</FONT> *<a name="line.104"></a>
<FONT color="green">105</FONT> * @param srcBegin index of the first character in the string<a name="line.105"></a>
<FONT color="green">106</FONT> * to copy.<a name="line.106"></a>
<FONT color="green">107</FONT> * @param srcEnd index after the last character in the string<a name="line.107"></a>
<FONT color="green">108</FONT> * to copy.<a name="line.108"></a>
<FONT color="green">109</FONT> * @param dst the destination array.<a name="line.109"></a>
<FONT color="green">110</FONT> * @param dstBegin the start offset in the destination array.<a name="line.110"></a>
<FONT color="green">111</FONT> * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following<a name="line.111"></a>
<FONT color="green">112</FONT> * is true:<a name="line.112"></a>
<FONT color="green">113</FONT> * &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;srcBegin&lt;/code&gt; is negative.<a name="line.113"></a>
<FONT color="green">114</FONT> * &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;srcBegin&lt;/code&gt; is greater than &lt;code&gt;srcEnd&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.114"></a>
<FONT color="green">115</FONT> * &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;srcEnd&lt;/code&gt; is greater than the length of this<a name="line.115"></a>
<FONT color="green">116</FONT> * string<a name="line.116"></a>
<FONT color="green">117</FONT> * &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dstBegin&lt;/code&gt; is negative<a name="line.117"></a>
<FONT color="green">118</FONT> * &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)&lt;/code&gt; is larger than<a name="line.118"></a>
<FONT color="green">119</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;dst.length&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;<a name="line.119"></a>
<FONT color="green">120</FONT> * @exception NullPointerException if &lt;code&gt;dst&lt;/code&gt; is &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.120"></a>
<FONT color="green">121</FONT> */<a name="line.121"></a>
<FONT color="green">122</FONT> public abstract void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[],<a name="line.122"></a>
<FONT color="green">123</FONT> int dstBegin);<a name="line.123"></a>
<FONT color="green">124</FONT> <a name="line.124"></a>
<FONT color="green">125</FONT> /**<a name="line.125"></a>
<FONT color="green">126</FONT> * Compares this string to the specified object.<a name="line.126"></a>
<FONT color="green">127</FONT> * The result is &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if and only if the argument is not<a name="line.127"></a>
<FONT color="green">128</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt; and is an &lt;code&gt;XMLString&lt;/code&gt; object that represents<a name="line.128"></a>
<FONT color="green">129</FONT> * the same sequence of characters as this object.<a name="line.129"></a>
<FONT color="green">130</FONT> *<a name="line.130"></a>
<FONT color="green">131</FONT> * @param anObject the object to compare this &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.131"></a>
<FONT color="green">132</FONT> * against.<a name="line.132"></a>
<FONT color="green">133</FONT> * @return &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if the &lt;code&gt;String &lt;/code&gt;are equal;<a name="line.133"></a>
<FONT color="green">134</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; otherwise.<a name="line.134"></a>
<FONT color="green">135</FONT> * @see java.lang.String#compareTo(java.lang.String)<a name="line.135"></a>
<FONT color="green">136</FONT> * @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)<a name="line.136"></a>
<FONT color="green">137</FONT> */<a name="line.137"></a>
<FONT color="green">138</FONT> public abstract boolean equals(XMLString anObject);<a name="line.138"></a>
<FONT color="green">139</FONT> <a name="line.139"></a>
<FONT color="green">140</FONT> /**<a name="line.140"></a>
<FONT color="green">141</FONT> * Compares this string to the specified &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.141"></a>
<FONT color="green">142</FONT> * The result is &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if and only if the argument is not<a name="line.142"></a>
<FONT color="green">143</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt; and is a &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; object that represents<a name="line.143"></a>
<FONT color="green">144</FONT> * the same sequence of characters as this object.<a name="line.144"></a>
<FONT color="green">145</FONT> *<a name="line.145"></a>
<FONT color="green">146</FONT> * @param anotherString the object to compare this &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.146"></a>
<FONT color="green">147</FONT> * against.<a name="line.147"></a>
<FONT color="green">148</FONT> * @return &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if the &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;s are equal;<a name="line.148"></a>
<FONT color="green">149</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; otherwise.<a name="line.149"></a>
<FONT color="green">150</FONT> * @see java.lang.String#compareTo(java.lang.String)<a name="line.150"></a>
<FONT color="green">151</FONT> * @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)<a name="line.151"></a>
<FONT color="green">152</FONT> */<a name="line.152"></a>
<FONT color="green">153</FONT> public abstract boolean equals(String anotherString);<a name="line.153"></a>
<FONT color="green">154</FONT> <a name="line.154"></a>
<FONT color="green">155</FONT> /**<a name="line.155"></a>
<FONT color="green">156</FONT> * Compares this string to the specified object.<a name="line.156"></a>
<FONT color="green">157</FONT> * The result is &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if and only if the argument is not<a name="line.157"></a>
<FONT color="green">158</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt; and is a &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; object that represents<a name="line.158"></a>
<FONT color="green">159</FONT> * the same sequence of characters as this object.<a name="line.159"></a>
<FONT color="green">160</FONT> *<a name="line.160"></a>
<FONT color="green">161</FONT> * @param anObject the object to compare this &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.161"></a>
<FONT color="green">162</FONT> * against.<a name="line.162"></a>
<FONT color="green">163</FONT> * @return &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if the &lt;code&gt;String &lt;/code&gt;are equal;<a name="line.163"></a>
<FONT color="green">164</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; otherwise.<a name="line.164"></a>
<FONT color="green">165</FONT> * @see java.lang.String#compareTo(java.lang.String)<a name="line.165"></a>
<FONT color="green">166</FONT> * @see java.lang.String#equalsIgnoreCase(java.lang.String)<a name="line.166"></a>
<FONT color="green">167</FONT> */<a name="line.167"></a>
<FONT color="green">168</FONT> public abstract boolean equals(Object anObject);<a name="line.168"></a>
<FONT color="green">169</FONT> <a name="line.169"></a>
<FONT color="green">170</FONT> /**<a name="line.170"></a>
<FONT color="green">171</FONT> * Compares this &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; to another &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;,<a name="line.171"></a>
<FONT color="green">172</FONT> * ignoring case considerations. Two strings are considered equal<a name="line.172"></a>
<FONT color="green">173</FONT> * ignoring case if they are of the same length, and corresponding<a name="line.173"></a>
<FONT color="green">174</FONT> * characters in the two strings are equal ignoring case.<a name="line.174"></a>
<FONT color="green">175</FONT> *<a name="line.175"></a>
<FONT color="green">176</FONT> * @param anotherString the &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; to compare this<a name="line.176"></a>
<FONT color="green">177</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; against.<a name="line.177"></a>
<FONT color="green">178</FONT> * @return &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if the argument is not &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.178"></a>
<FONT color="green">179</FONT> * and the &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt;s are equal,<a name="line.179"></a>
<FONT color="green">180</FONT> * ignoring case; &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; otherwise.<a name="line.180"></a>
<FONT color="green">181</FONT> * @see #equals(Object)<a name="line.181"></a>
<FONT color="green">182</FONT> * @see java.lang.Character#toLowerCase(char)<a name="line.182"></a>
<FONT color="green">183</FONT> * @see java.lang.Character#toUpperCase(char)<a name="line.183"></a>
<FONT color="green">184</FONT> */<a name="line.184"></a>
<FONT color="green">185</FONT> public abstract boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString);<a name="line.185"></a>
<FONT color="green">186</FONT> <a name="line.186"></a>
<FONT color="green">187</FONT> /**<a name="line.187"></a>
<FONT color="green">188</FONT> * Compares two strings lexicographically.<a name="line.188"></a>
<FONT color="green">189</FONT> *<a name="line.189"></a>
<FONT color="green">190</FONT> * @param anotherString the &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; to be compared.<a name="line.190"></a>
<FONT color="green">191</FONT> * @return the value &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; if the argument string is equal to<a name="line.191"></a>
<FONT color="green">192</FONT> * this string; a value less than &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; if this string<a name="line.192"></a>
<FONT color="green">193</FONT> * is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a<a name="line.193"></a>
<FONT color="green">194</FONT> * value greater than &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; if this string is<a name="line.194"></a>
<FONT color="green">195</FONT> * lexicographically greater than the string argument.<a name="line.195"></a>
<FONT color="green">196</FONT> * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if &lt;code&gt;anotherString&lt;/code&gt;<a name="line.196"></a>
<FONT color="green">197</FONT> * is &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.197"></a>
<FONT color="green">198</FONT> */<a name="line.198"></a>
<FONT color="green">199</FONT> public abstract int compareTo(XMLString anotherString);<a name="line.199"></a>
<FONT color="green">200</FONT> <a name="line.200"></a>
<FONT color="green">201</FONT> /**<a name="line.201"></a>
<FONT color="green">202</FONT> * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case considerations.<a name="line.202"></a>
<FONT color="green">203</FONT> * This method returns an integer whose sign is that of<a name="line.203"></a>
<FONT color="green">204</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;this.toUpperCase().toLowerCase().compareTo(<a name="line.204"></a>
<FONT color="green">205</FONT> * str.toUpperCase().toLowerCase())&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.205"></a>
<FONT color="green">206</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.206"></a>
<FONT color="green">207</FONT> * Note that this method does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; take locale into account,<a name="line.207"></a>
<FONT color="green">208</FONT> * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.<a name="line.208"></a>
<FONT color="green">209</FONT> * The java.text package provides &lt;em&gt;collators&lt;/em&gt; to allow<a name="line.209"></a>
<FONT color="green">210</FONT> * locale-sensitive ordering.<a name="line.210"></a>
<FONT color="green">211</FONT> *<a name="line.211"></a>
<FONT color="green">212</FONT> * @param str the &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; to be compared.<a name="line.212"></a>
<FONT color="green">213</FONT> * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the<a name="line.213"></a>
<FONT color="green">214</FONT> * the specified String is greater than, equal to, or less<a name="line.214"></a>
<FONT color="green">215</FONT> * than this String, ignoring case considerations.<a name="line.215"></a>
<FONT color="green">216</FONT> * @see java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)<a name="line.216"></a>
<FONT color="green">217</FONT> * @since 1.2<a name="line.217"></a>
<FONT color="green">218</FONT> */<a name="line.218"></a>
<FONT color="green">219</FONT> public abstract int compareToIgnoreCase(XMLString str);<a name="line.219"></a>
<FONT color="green">220</FONT> <a name="line.220"></a>
<FONT color="green">221</FONT> /**<a name="line.221"></a>
<FONT color="green">222</FONT> * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning<a name="line.222"></a>
<FONT color="green">223</FONT> * a specified index.<a name="line.223"></a>
<FONT color="green">224</FONT> *<a name="line.224"></a>
<FONT color="green">225</FONT> * @param prefix the prefix.<a name="line.225"></a>
<FONT color="green">226</FONT> * @param toffset where to begin looking in the string.<a name="line.226"></a>
<FONT color="green">227</FONT> * @return &lt;code&gt;true&lt;/code&gt; if the character sequence represented by the<a name="line.227"></a>
<FONT color="green">228</FONT> * argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting<a name="line.228"></a>
<FONT color="green">229</FONT> * at index &lt;code&gt;toffset&lt;/code&gt;; &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; otherwise.<a name="line.229"></a>
<FONT color="green">230</FONT> * The result is &lt;code&gt;false&lt;/code&gt; if &lt;code&gt;toffset&lt;/code&gt; is<a name="line.230"></a>
<FONT color="green">231</FONT> * negative or greater than the length of this<a name="line.231"></a>
<FONT color="green">232</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; object; otherwise the result is the same<a name="line.232"></a>
<FONT color="green">233</FONT> * as the result of the expression<a name="line.233"></a>
<FONT color="green">234</FONT> * &lt;pre&gt;<a name="line.234"></a>
<FONT color="green">235</FONT> * this.subString(toffset).startsWith(prefix)<a name="line.235"></a>
<FONT color="green">236</FONT> * &lt;/pre&gt;<a name="line.236"></a>
<FONT color="green">237</FONT> * @exception java.lang.NullPointerException if &lt;code&gt;prefix&lt;/code&gt; is<a name="line.237"></a>
<FONT color="green">238</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.238"></a>
<FONT color="green">239</FONT> */<a name="line.239"></a>
<FONT color="green">240</FONT> public abstract boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset);<a name="line.240"></a>
<FONT color="green">241</FONT> <a name="line.241"></a>
<FONT color="green">242</FONT> /**<a name="line.242"></a>
<FONT color="green">243</FONT> * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix beginning<a name="line.243"></a>
<FONT color="green">244</FONT> * a specified index.<a name="line.244"></a>
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<FONT color="green">281</FONT> * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.<a name="line.281"></a>
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<FONT color="green">289</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;String&lt;/code&gt; object as determined by the<a name="line.289"></a>
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<FONT color="green">296</FONT> <a name="line.296"></a>
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<FONT color="green">347</FONT> * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the<a name="line.347"></a>
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<FONT color="green">467</FONT> * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this<a name="line.467"></a>
<FONT color="green">468</FONT> * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of<a name="line.468"></a>
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<FONT color="green">503</FONT> <a name="line.503"></a>
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<FONT color="green">516</FONT> * within this object at a starting index no greater than<a name="line.516"></a>
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<FONT color="green">559</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;endIndex&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.559"></a>
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<FONT color="green">612</FONT> *<a name="line.612"></a>
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<FONT color="green">617</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.617"></a>
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<FONT color="green">638</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.638"></a>
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<FONT color="green">644</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.644"></a>
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<FONT color="green">646</FONT> * &lt;code&gt;'&amp;#92;u0020'&lt;/code&gt; in the string, then a new<a name="line.646"></a>
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<FONT color="green">649</FONT> * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.649"></a>
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<FONT color="green">656</FONT> * character at index &lt;i&gt;m&lt;/i&gt;-that is, the result of<a name="line.656"></a>
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<FONT color="green">659</FONT> * This method may be used to trim<a name="line.659"></a>
<FONT color="green">660</FONT> * {@link Character#isSpace(char) whitespace} from the beginning and end<a name="line.660"></a>
<FONT color="green">661</FONT> * of a string; in fact, it trims all ASCII control characters as well.<a name="line.661"></a>
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<FONT color="green">666</FONT> <a name="line.666"></a>
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<FONT color="green">668</FONT> * This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.<a name="line.668"></a>
<FONT color="green">669</FONT> *<a name="line.669"></a>
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<FONT color="green">673</FONT> <a name="line.673"></a>
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<FONT color="green">680</FONT> <a name="line.680"></a>
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<FONT color="green">682</FONT> * Convert a string to a double -- Allowed input is in fixed<a name="line.682"></a>
<FONT color="green">683</FONT> * notation ddd.fff.<a name="line.683"></a>
<FONT color="green">684</FONT> *<a name="line.684"></a>
<FONT color="green">685</FONT> * @return A double value representation of the string, or return Double.NaN <a name="line.685"></a>
<FONT color="green">686</FONT> * if the string can not be converted.<a name="line.686"></a>
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<FONT color="green">688</FONT> public double toDouble();<a name="line.688"></a>
<FONT color="green">689</FONT> }<a name="line.689"></a>
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