org.apache.commons.text

## Class AlphabetConverter

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.commons.text.AlphabetConverter

-     public final class AlphabetConverter
      extends Object

  Convert from one alphabet to another, with the possibility of leaving certain characters unencoded.

  The target and do not encode languages must be in the Unicode BMP, but the source language does not.

  The encoding will all be of a fixed length, except for the 'do not encode' chars, which will be of length 1

  ### Sample usage

       Character[] originals; // a, b, c, d
       Character[] encoding; // 0, 1, d
       Character[] doNotEncode; // d

       AlphabetConverter ac = AlphabetConverter.createConverterFromChars(originals,
       encoding, doNotEncode);

       ac.encode("a"); // 00
       ac.encode("b"); // 01
       ac.encode("c"); // 0d
       ac.encode("d"); // d
       ac.encode("abcd"); // 00010dd

  #ThreadSafe# AlphabetConverter class methods are threadsafe as they do not change internal state.

  Since:
    1.0

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static AlphabetConverter` | `createConverter(Integer[] original, Integer[] encoding, Integer[] doNotEncode)` Create an alphabet converter, for converting from the original alphabet, to the encoded alphabet, while leaving the characters in doNotEncode as they are (if possible).
    `static AlphabetConverter` | `createConverterFromChars(Character[] original, Character[] encoding, Character[] doNotEncode)` Create an alphabet converter, for converting from the original alphabet, to the encoded alphabet, while leaving the characters in doNotEncode as they are (if possible).
    `static AlphabetConverter` | `createConverterFromMap(Map<Integer,String> originalToEncoded)` Create a new converter from a map.
    `String` | `decode(String encoded)` Decode a given string.
    `String` | `encode(String original)` Encode a given string.
    `boolean` | `equals(Object obj)`
    `int` | `getEncodedCharLength()` Get the length of characters in the encoded alphabet that are necessary for each character in the original alphabet.
    `Map<Integer,String>` | `getOriginalToEncoded()` Get the mapping from integer code point of source language to encoded string.
    `int` | `hashCode()`
    `String` | `toString()`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### encode

          public String encode(String original)
                        throws UnsupportedEncodingException

      Encode a given string.
      Parameters:
        `original` - the string to be encoded
      Returns:
        the encoded string, `null` if the given string is null
      Throws:
        `UnsupportedEncodingException` - if chars that are not supported are encountered

    - #### decode

          public String decode(String encoded)
                        throws UnsupportedEncodingException

      Decode a given string.
      Parameters:
        `encoded` - a string that has been encoded using this AlphabetConverter
      Returns:
        the decoded string, `null` if the given string is null
      Throws:
        `UnsupportedEncodingException` - if unexpected characters that cannot be handled are encountered

    - #### getEncodedCharLength

          public int getEncodedCharLength()

      Get the length of characters in the encoded alphabet that are necessary for each character in the original alphabet.
      Returns:
        the length of the encoded char

    - #### getOriginalToEncoded

          public Map<Integer,String> getOriginalToEncoded()

      Get the mapping from integer code point of source language to encoded string. Use to reconstruct converter from serialized map.
      Returns:
        the original map

    - #### toString

          public String toString()

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `Object`

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(Object obj)

      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `Object`

    - #### hashCode

          public int hashCode()

      Overrides:
        `hashCode` in class `Object`

    - #### createConverterFromMap

          public static AlphabetConverter createConverterFromMap(Map<Integer,String> originalToEncoded)

      Create a new converter from a map.
      Parameters:
        `originalToEncoded` - a map returned from getOriginalToEncoded()
      Returns:
        the reconstructed AlphabetConverter
      See Also:
        `getOriginalToEncoded()`

    - #### createConverterFromChars

          public static AlphabetConverter createConverterFromChars(Character[] original,
                                                                   Character[] encoding,
                                                                   Character[] doNotEncode)

      Create an alphabet converter, for converting from the original alphabet, to the encoded alphabet, while leaving the characters in doNotEncode as they are (if possible).

      Duplicate letters in either original or encoding will be ignored.

      Parameters:
        `original` - an array of chars representing the original alphabet
        `encoding` - an array of chars representing the alphabet to be used for encoding
        `doNotEncode` - an array of chars to be encoded using the original alphabet - every char here must appear in both the previous params
      Returns:
        the AlphabetConverter
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if an AlphabetConverter cannot be constructed

    - #### createConverter

          public static AlphabetConverter createConverter(Integer[] original,
                                                          Integer[] encoding,
                                                          Integer[] doNotEncode)

      Create an alphabet converter, for converting from the original alphabet, to the encoded alphabet, while leaving the characters in doNotEncode as they are (if possible).

      Duplicate letters in either original or encoding will be ignored.

      Parameters:
        `original` - an array of ints representing the original alphabet in codepoints
        `encoding` - an array of ints representing the alphabet to be used for encoding, in codepoints
        `doNotEncode` - an array of ints representing the chars to be encoded using the original alphabet - every char here must appear in both the previous params
      Returns:
        the AlphabetConverter
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if an AlphabetConverter cannot be constructed

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