Count the number of bytes included in the given char[]. : Character « Data Type « Java

1. Java
2. Data Type
3. Character

Count the number of bytes included in the given char[].

   
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import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

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/**
 * Various string manipulation methods that are more efficient then chaining
 * string operations: all is done in the same buffer without creating a bunch of
 * string objects.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@labs.apache.org">Dungeon Project</a>
 */
public class Main {
  private static final int CHAR_ONE_BYTE_MASK = 0xFFFFFF80;

  private static final int CHAR_TWO_BYTES_MASK = 0xFFFFF800;

  private static final int CHAR_THREE_BYTES_MASK = 0xFFFF0000;

  private static final int CHAR_FOUR_BYTES_MASK = 0xFFE00000;

  private static final int CHAR_FIVE_BYTES_MASK = 0xFC000000;

  private static final int CHAR_SIX_BYTES_MASK = 0x80000000;
  
  /**
   * Count the number of bytes included in the given char[].
   * 
   * @param chars
   *            The char array to decode
   * @return The number of bytes in the char array
   */
  public static final int countBytes( char[] chars )
  {
      if ( chars == null )
      {
          return 0;
      }

      int nbBytes = 0;
      int currentPos = 0;

      while ( currentPos < chars.length )
      {
          int nbb = countNbBytesPerChar( chars[currentPos] );

          // If the number of bytes necessary to encode a character is
          // above 3, we will need two UTF-16 chars
          currentPos += ( nbb < 4 ? 1 : 2 );
          nbBytes += nbb;
      }

      return nbBytes;
  }
  
  
  /**
   * Return the number of bytes that hold an Unicode char.
   * 
   * @param car
   *            The character to be decoded
   * @return The number of bytes to hold the char. TODO : Should stop after
   *         the third byte, as a char is only 2 bytes long.
   */
  public static final int countNbBytesPerChar( char car )
  {
      if ( ( car & CHAR_ONE_BYTE_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 1;
      }
      else if ( ( car & CHAR_TWO_BYTES_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 2;
      }
      else if ( ( car & CHAR_THREE_BYTES_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 3;
      }
      else if ( ( car & CHAR_FOUR_BYTES_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 4;
      }
      else if ( ( car & CHAR_FIVE_BYTES_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 5;
      }
      else if ( ( car & CHAR_SIX_BYTES_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 6;
      }
      else
      {
          return -1;
      }
  }
}

   
    
    
  

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