fc.util
Class CharRange

java.lang.Object
  fc.util.Range
      fc.util.CharRange

public class CharRange
extends Range

A range of characters.

Note, many methods in this particular class have the same signatures as in the apache commons.lang package but the implementation was strictly clean-room.

Thread Safety: This class is not thread safe in the face of any concurrent modification (via changing the start/end chars or union/intersection operations).

Constructor Summary

CharRange(char start, char end)
Constructs a character range between the specified start and end chars (both inclusive).

Method Summary

char	getEnd() Get the end character for this character range.
char	getStart() Get the start character for this character range
boolean	inRange(char c) Is the passed in character inside this range
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
void	setEnd(char c) Sets the end character for this character range
void	setStart(char c) Set the start character for this character range
java.lang.String	toString() Output a string representation of the character range

Methods inherited from class fc.util.Range

isNegated, setNegated

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CharRange

public CharRange(char start,
                 char end)

Constructs a character range between the specified start and end chars (both inclusive).

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the end char is lesser (via a < comparison) than the start char (equal to the start char is ok)

Method Detail

getStart

public char getStart()

Get the start character for this character range

getEnd

public char getEnd()

Get the end character for this character range.

inRange

public boolean inRange(char c)

Is the passed in character inside this range

setEnd

public void setEnd(char c)

Sets the end character for this character range

Parameters:

c - the end char

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the end char is lesser (via a < comparison) than the current start char (equal to the start char is ok)

setStart

public void setStart(char c)

Set the start character for this character range

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the start char is greater (via a > comparison) than the current end char (equal to the end char is ok)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Output a string representation of the character range

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)