| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2001, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
| * |
| * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
| * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
| * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this |
| * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
| * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
| * |
| * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
| * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
| * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
| * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
| * accompanied this code). |
| * |
| * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
| * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
| * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
| * |
| * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA |
| * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any |
| * questions. |
| */ |
| |
| /** |
| * Defines charsets, decoders, and encoders, for translating between |
| * bytes and Unicode characters. |
| * |
| * <blockquote><table cellspacing=1 cellpadding=0 summary="Summary of charsets, decoders, and encoders in this package"> |
| * <tr><th align="left">Class name</th><th align="left">Description</th></tr> |
| * <tr><td valign=top>{@link java.nio.charset.Charset}</td> |
| * <td>A named mapping between characters<br>and bytes</td></tr> |
| * <tr><td valign=top>{@link java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder}</td> |
| * <td>Decodes bytes into characters</td></tr> |
| * <tr><td valign=top>{@link java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} </td> |
| * <td>Encodes characters into bytes</td></tr> |
| * <tr><td valign=top>{@link java.nio.charset.CoderResult} </td> |
| * <td>Describes coder results</td></tr> |
| * <tr><td valign=top>{@link java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction} </td> |
| * <td>Describes actions to take when<br>coding errors are detected</td></tr> |
| * |
| * </table></blockquote> |
| * |
| * <p> A <i>charset</i> is named mapping between sequences of |
| * sixteen-bit Unicode characters and sequences of bytes, in the sense |
| * defined in <a |
| * href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2278.txt"><i>RFC 2278</i></a>. |
| * A <i>decoder</i> is an engine which transforms bytes in a specific |
| * charset into characters, and an <i>encoder</i> is an engine which |
| * transforms characters into bytes. Encoders and decoders operate on |
| * byte and character buffers. They are collectively referred to as |
| * <i>coders</i>. |
| * |
| * <p> The {@link java.nio.charset.Charset} class defines methods for |
| * creating coders for a given charset and for retrieving the various |
| * names associated with a charset. It also defines static methods |
| * for testing whether a particular charset is supported, for locating |
| * charset instances by name, and for constructing a map that contains |
| * every charset for which support is available in the current Java |
| * virtual machine. |
| * |
| * <p> Most users will not use these classes directly; instead they |
| * will use the existing charset-related constructors and methods in |
| * the {@link java.lang.String} class, together with the existing |
| * {@link java.io.InputStreamReader} and {@link |
| * java.io.OutputStreamWriter} classes, all of whose implementations |
| * have been reworked to make use of the charset facilities defined in |
| * this package. A small number of changes have been made to the |
| * {@link java.io.InputStreamReader} and {@link |
| * java.io.OutputStreamWriter} classes in order to allow explicit |
| * charset objects to be specified in the construction of instances of |
| * those classes. |
| * |
| * <p> Support for new charsets can be made available via the |
| * interface defined in the {@link |
| * java.nio.charset.spi.CharsetProvider} class in the {@link |
| * java.nio.charset.spi} package. |
| * |
| * <p> Unless otherwise noted, passing a {@code null} argument to a |
| * constructor or method in any class or interface in this package |
| * will cause a {@link java.lang.NullPointerException |
| * NullPointerException} to be thrown. |
| * |
| * |
| * @since 1.4 |
| * @author Mark Reinhold |
| * @author JSR-51 Expert Group |
| */ |
| package java.nio.charset; |
