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Class FastStringBuffer</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public final class <B>FastStringBuffer</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/tiny/AppendableCharSequence.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny">AppendableCharSequence</A>, <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</A></DL>
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A simple implementation of a class similar to StringBuffer. Unlike
StringBuffer it is not synchronized. It also offers the capability
to remove unused space. (This class could possibly be replaced by
StringBuilder in JDK 1.5, but using our own class gives more control.)
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<CODE>static int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#TINY">TINY</A></B></CODE>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#FastStringBuffer(java.lang.CharSequence)">FastStringBuffer</A></B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> cs)</CODE>
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Create a FastStringBuffer with initial content</TD>
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Create a FastStringBuffer with a given initial capacity</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#append(char)">append</A></B>(char ch)</CODE>
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Append a character to the buffer</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#append(char[])">append</A></B>(char[] srcArray)</CODE>
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Append the entire contents of a character array to the buffer</TD>
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Append the contents of a character array to the buffer</TD>
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Append the contents of a general CharSequence to the buffer</TD>
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Append the contents of a CharSlice to the buffer</TD>
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Append the contents of a FastStringBuffer to the buffer</TD>
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Append the contents of a String to the buffer</TD>
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Append the contents of a StringBuffer to the buffer</TD>
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Append a wide character to the buffer (as a surrogate pair if necessary)</TD>
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Returns the <code>char</code> value at the specified index.</TD>
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Remove surplus space from the array.</TD>
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Diagnostic print of the contents of a CharSequence.</TD>
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Expand the character array if necessary to ensure capacity for appended data</TD>
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Compare equality</TD>
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Get a char[] array containing the characters.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#getChars(int, int, char[], int)">getChars</A></B>(int srcBegin,
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char[] dst,
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Copies characters from this FastStringBuffer into the destination character
array.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A></B>()</CODE>
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Generate a hash code</TD>
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Get the index of the first character equal to a given value</TD>
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char ch)</CODE>
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Insert a character at a particular offset</TD>
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int ch)</CODE>
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Insert wide character at a particular offset</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#length()">length</A></B>()</CODE>
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Returns the length of this character sequence.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#prepend(char)">prepend</A></B>(char ch)</CODE>
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Insert a given character at the start of the buffer</TD>
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Insert a given character N times at the start of the buffer</TD>
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Prepend a wide character to the buffer (as a surrogate pair if necessary)</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#removeCharAt(int)">removeCharAt</A></B>(int index)</CODE>
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Remove a character at a particular offset</TD>
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Set the character at a particular offset</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#setLength(int)">setLength</A></B>(int length)</CODE>
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Set the length.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html#subSequence(int, int)">subSequence</A></B>(int start,
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Returns a new <code>CharSequence</code> that is a subsequence of this sequence.</TD>
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Convert contents of the FastStringBuffer to a string</TD>
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SMALL</H3>
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public static final int <B>SMALL</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#net.sf.saxon.tree.util.FastStringBuffer.SMALL">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
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<A NAME="MEDIUM"><!-- --></A><H3>
MEDIUM</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>MEDIUM</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#net.sf.saxon.tree.util.FastStringBuffer.MEDIUM">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="LARGE"><!-- --></A><H3>
LARGE</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>LARGE</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#net.sf.saxon.tree.util.FastStringBuffer.LARGE">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
</DL>
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<A NAME="FastStringBuffer(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
FastStringBuffer</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>FastStringBuffer</B>(int initialSize)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create a FastStringBuffer with a given initial capacity
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>initialSize</CODE> - the initial capacity</DL>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="FastStringBuffer(java.lang.CharSequence)"><!-- --></A><H3>
FastStringBuffer</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>FastStringBuffer</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> cs)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Create a FastStringBuffer with initial content
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>cs</CODE> - the initial content. The buffer is created with just enough capacity for
this content (it will be expanded if more content is added later).</DL>
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<A NAME="append(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> s)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the contents of a String to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>s</CODE> - the String to be appended</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny.CharSlice)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/tiny/CharSlice.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny">CharSlice</A> s)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the contents of a CharSlice to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>s</CODE> - the String to be appended</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(net.sf.saxon.tree.util.FastStringBuffer)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/util/FastStringBuffer.html" title="class in net.sf.saxon.tree.util">FastStringBuffer</A> s)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the contents of a FastStringBuffer to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>s</CODE> - the FastStringBuffer to be appended</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(java.lang.StringBuffer)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/StringBuffer.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">StringBuffer</A> s)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the contents of a StringBuffer to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>s</CODE> - the StringBuffer to be appended</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(java.lang.CharSequence)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> s)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the contents of a general CharSequence to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/tiny/AppendableCharSequence.html#append(java.lang.CharSequence)">append</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/tiny/AppendableCharSequence.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny">AppendableCharSequence</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>s</CODE> - the CharSequence to be appended</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(char[], int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(char[] srcArray,
int start,
int length)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the contents of a character array to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>srcArray</CODE> - the array whose contents are to be added<DD><CODE>start</CODE> - the offset of the first character in the array to be copied<DD><CODE>length</CODE> - the number of characters to be copied</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(char[])"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(char[] srcArray)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append the entire contents of a character array to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>srcArray</CODE> - the array whose contents are to be added</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="append(char)"><!-- --></A><H3>
append</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>append</B>(char ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append a character to the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character to be added</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="appendWideChar(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
appendWideChar</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>appendWideChar</B>(int ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Append a wide character to the buffer (as a surrogate pair if necessary)
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character, as a 32-bit Unicode codepoint</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="prependWideChar(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
prependWideChar</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>prependWideChar</B>(int ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Prepend a wide character to the buffer (as a surrogate pair if necessary)
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character, as a 32-bit Unicode codepoint</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 character sequence. The length is the number
of 16-bit <code>char</code>s in the sequence.</p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true#length()" title="class or interface in java.lang">length</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the number of <code>char</code>s in this sequence</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="charAt(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
charAt</H3>
<PRE>
public char <B>charAt</B>(int index)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the <code>char</code> value at the specified index. An index ranges from zero
to <tt>length() - 1</tt>. The first <code>char</code> value of the sequence is at
index zero, the next at index one, and so on, as for array
indexing. </p>
<p/>
<p>If the <code>char</code> value specified by the index is a
<a href="Character.html#unicode">surrogate</a>, the surrogate
value is returned.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true#charAt(int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">charAt</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>index</CODE> - the index of the <code>char</code> value to be returned
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the specified <code>char</code> value
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - if the <tt>index</tt> argument is negative or not less than
<tt>length()</tt></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="subSequence(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
subSequence</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> <B>subSequence</B>(int start,
int end)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns a new <code>CharSequence</code> that is a subsequence of this sequence.
The subsequence starts with the <code>char</code> value at the specified index and
ends with the <code>char</code> value at index <tt>end - 1</tt>. The length
(in <code>char</code>s) of the
returned sequence is <tt>end - start</tt>, so if <tt>start == end</tt>
then an empty sequence is returned. </p>
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true#subSequence(int, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">subSequence</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>start</CODE> - the start index, inclusive<DD><CODE>end</CODE> - the end index, exclusive
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the specified subsequence
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - if <tt>start</tt> or <tt>end</tt> are negative,
if <tt>end</tt> is greater than <tt>length()</tt>,
or if <tt>start</tt> is greater than <tt>end</tt></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getChars(int, int, char[], int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
getChars</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>getChars</B>(int srcBegin,
int srcEnd,
char[] dst,
int dstBegin)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Copies characters from this FastStringBuffer into the destination character
array.
<p>
The first character to be copied is at index <code>srcBegin</code>;
the last character to be copied is at index <code>srcEnd-1</code>
(thus the total number of characters to be copied is
<code>srcEnd-srcBegin</code>). The characters are copied into the
subarray of <code>dst</code> starting at index <code>dstBegin</code>
and ending at index:
<p><blockquote><pre>
dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
</pre></blockquote>
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<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><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - 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></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="indexOf(char)"><!-- --></A><H3>
indexOf</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>indexOf</B>(char ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the index of the first character equal to a given value
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character to search for
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the position of the first occurrence, or -1 if not found</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toString()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toString</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>toString</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convert contents of the FastStringBuffer to a string
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A></CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#toString()" title="class or interface in java.lang">toString</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="equals(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3>
equals</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>equals</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> other)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Compare equality
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="hashCode()"><!-- --></A><H3>
hashCode</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>hashCode</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Generate a hash code
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getCharArray()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getCharArray</H3>
<PRE>
public char[] <B>getCharArray</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get a char[] array containing the characters. The caller should not modify the
array.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a char[] array containing the characters</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setCharAt(int, char)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setCharAt</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setCharAt</B>(int index,
char ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the character at a particular offset
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>index</CODE> - the index of the character to be set<DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the new character to overwrite the existing character at that location
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - if int<0 or int>=length()</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="insertCharAt(int, char)"><!-- --></A><H3>
insertCharAt</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>insertCharAt</B>(int index,
char ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Insert a character at a particular offset
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>index</CODE> - the index of the character to be set<DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the new character to insert at that location
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - if int<0 or int>=length()</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="insertWideCharAt(int, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
insertWideCharAt</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>insertWideCharAt</B>(int index,
int ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Insert wide character at a particular offset
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>index</CODE> - the index of the character to be set<DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character, as a 32-bit Unicode codepoint
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - if int<0 or int>=length()</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="removeCharAt(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
removeCharAt</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>removeCharAt</B>(int index)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Remove a character at a particular offset
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>index</CODE> - the index of the character to be set
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">IndexOutOfBoundsException</A></CODE> - if int<0 or int>=length()</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="prepend(char)"><!-- --></A><H3>
prepend</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>prepend</B>(char ch)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Insert a given character at the start of the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character to insert</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="prependRepeated(char, int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
prependRepeated</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>prependRepeated</B>(char ch,
int repeat)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Insert a given character N times at the start of the buffer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>ch</CODE> - the character to insert<DD><CODE>repeat</CODE> - the number of occurrences required. Supplying 0 or a negative number is OK,
and is treated as a no-op.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setLength(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setLength</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setLength</B>(int length)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the length. If this exceeds the current length, this method is a no-op.
If this is less than the current length, characters beyond the specified point
are deleted.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/tiny/AppendableCharSequence.html#setLength(int)">setLength</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../net/sf/saxon/tree/tiny/AppendableCharSequence.html" title="interface in net.sf.saxon.tree.tiny">AppendableCharSequence</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>length</CODE> - the new length</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="ensureCapacity(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
ensureCapacity</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>ensureCapacity</B>(int extra)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Expand the character array if necessary to ensure capacity for appended data
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>extra</CODE> - the amount of additional capacity needed, in characters</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="condense()"><!-- --></A><H3>
condense</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> <B>condense</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Remove surplus space from the array. This doesn't reduce the array to the minimum
possible size; it only reclaims space if it seems worth doing. Specifically, it
contracts the array if the amount of wasted space is more than 256 characters, or
more than half the allocated size and more than 20 chars.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the buffer after removing unused space</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="write(java.io.Writer)"><!-- --></A><H3>
write</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>write</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/Writer.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Writer</A> writer)
throws <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Write the value to a writer
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>writer</CODE> - the writer to which the content is to be written
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE></DL>
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diagnosticPrint</H3>
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public static <A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>diagnosticPrint</B>(<A HREF="http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/CharSequence.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">CharSequence</A> in)</PRE>
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<DD>Diagnostic print of the contents of a CharSequence. Ordinary printable ASCII characters
are displayed as themselves; anything else is displayed as a \\uNNNN escape sequence
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>in</CODE> - the CharSequence whose contents are to be displayed.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the diagnostic output</DL>
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