edu.stanford.nlp.util

Class Characters

java.lang.Object

edu.stanford.nlp.util.Characters

public final class Characters
extends java.lang.Object

Character-level utilities.

Author:

Dan Klein, Spence Green

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Character[]	asCharacterArray(java.lang.String s) Map a String to an array of type Character.
static java.lang.Character	getCharacter(char c)
static boolean	isControl(char c) Returns true if a character is a control character, and false otherwise.
static boolean	isPunctuation(char c) Returns true if a character is punctuation, and false otherwise.
static boolean	isSymbol(char c) Returns true if a character is a symbol, and false otherwise.
static java.lang.String	unicodeBlockStringOf(char c) Returns a string representation of a character's unicode block.
static java.lang.String	unicodeBlockStringOf(int codePoint) Returns a string representation of a character's unicode block.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getCharacter

public static java.lang.Character getCharacter(char c)

asCharacterArray

public static java.lang.Character[] asCharacterArray(java.lang.String s)

Map a String to an array of type Character.

Parameters:

s - The String to map

Returns:

An array of Character

unicodeBlockStringOf

public static java.lang.String unicodeBlockStringOf(char c)

Returns a string representation of a character's unicode block.

Parameters:

c -

Returns:

unicodeBlockStringOf

public static java.lang.String unicodeBlockStringOf(int codePoint)

Returns a string representation of a character's unicode block.

Parameters:

c -

Returns:

isPunctuation

public static boolean isPunctuation(char c)

Returns true if a character is punctuation, and false otherwise.

Parameters:

c -

Returns:

isSymbol

public static boolean isSymbol(char c)

Returns true if a character is a symbol, and false otherwise.

Parameters:

c -

Returns:

isControl

public static boolean isControl(char c)

Returns true if a character is a control character, and false otherwise.

Parameters:

c -

Returns: