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Character.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API114422Wed May 06 22:41:04 BST 2009java.lang

Character.java

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package java.lang;

import java.io.Serializable;
// BEGIN android-removed
// import java.util.SortedMap;
// import java.util.TreeMap;
// 
// import org.apache.harmony.luni.util.BinarySearch;
// END android-removed

// BEGIN android-changed
import com.ibm.icu4jni.lang.UCharacter;
// END android-changed

/**
 * The wrapper for the primitive type {@code char}. This class also provides a
 * number of utility methods for working with characters.
 * <p>
 * Character data is based upon the Unicode Standard, 4.0. The Unicode
 * specification, character tables and other information are available at <a
 * href="http://www.unicode.org/">http://www.unicode.org/</a>.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Unicode characters are referred to as <i>code points</i>. The range of valid
 * code points is U+0000 to U+10FFFF. The <i>Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)</i>
 * is the code point range U+0000 to U+FFFF. Characters above the BMP are
 * referred to as <i>Supplementary Characters</i>. On the Java platform, UTF-16
 * encoding and {@code char} pairs are used to represent code points in the
 * supplementary range. A pair of {@code char} values that represent a
 * supplementary character are made up of a <i>high surrogate</i> with a value
 * range of 0xD800 to 0xDBFF and a <i>low surrogate</i> with a value range of
 * 0xDC00 to 0xDFFF.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * On the Java platform a {@code char} value represents either a single BMP code
 * point or a UTF-16 unit that's part of a surrogate pair. The {@code int} type
 * is used to represent all Unicode code points.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since Android 1.0
 */
public final class Character implements Serializable, Comparable<Character> {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3786198910865385080L;

    private final char value;

    /**
     * The minimum {@code Character} value.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MIN_VALUE = '\u0000';

    /**
     * The maximum {@code Character} value.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MAX_VALUE = '\uffff';

    /**
     * The minimum radix used for conversions between characters and integers.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final int MIN_RADIX = 2;

    /**
     * The maximum radix used for conversions between characters and integers.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final int MAX_RADIX = 36;

    /**
     * The {@link Class} object that represents the primitive type {@code char}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static final Class<Character> TYPE = (Class<Character>) new char[0]
            .getClass().getComponentType();

    // Note: This can't be set to "char.class", since *that* is
    // defined to be "java.lang.Character.TYPE";

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Cn.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte UNASSIGNED = 0;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Lu.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte UPPERCASE_LETTER = 1;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Ll.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte LOWERCASE_LETTER = 2;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Lt.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte TITLECASE_LETTER = 3;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Lm.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte MODIFIER_LETTER = 4;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Lo.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte OTHER_LETTER = 5;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Mn.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte NON_SPACING_MARK = 6;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Me.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte ENCLOSING_MARK = 7;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Mc.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte COMBINING_SPACING_MARK = 8;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Nd.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER = 9;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Nl.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte LETTER_NUMBER = 10;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant No.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte OTHER_NUMBER = 11;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Zs.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte SPACE_SEPARATOR = 12;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Zl.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte LINE_SEPARATOR = 13;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Zp.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR = 14;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Cc.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte CONTROL = 15;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Cf.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte FORMAT = 16;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Co.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte PRIVATE_USE = 18;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Cs.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte SURROGATE = 19;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Pd.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DASH_PUNCTUATION = 20;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Ps.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte START_PUNCTUATION = 21;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Pe.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte END_PUNCTUATION = 22;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Pc.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION = 23;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Po.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte OTHER_PUNCTUATION = 24;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Sm.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte MATH_SYMBOL = 25;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Sc.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte CURRENCY_SYMBOL = 26;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Sk.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte MODIFIER_SYMBOL = 27;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant So.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte OTHER_SYMBOL = 28;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Pi.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte INITIAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION = 29;

    /**
     * Unicode category constant Pf.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte FINAL_QUOTE_PUNCTUATION = 30;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED = -1;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant L.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT = 0;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant R.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT = 1;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant AL.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC = 2;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant EN.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER = 3;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant ES.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR = 4;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant ET.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR = 5;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant AN.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_ARABIC_NUMBER = 6;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant CS.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR = 7;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant NSM.
     *
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_NONSPACING_MARK = 8;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant BN.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL = 9;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant B.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR = 10;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant S.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR = 11;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant WS.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_WHITESPACE = 12;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant ON.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_OTHER_NEUTRALS = 13;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant LRE.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING = 14;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant LRO.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE = 15;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant RLE.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING = 16;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant RLO.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE = 17;

    /**
     * Unicode bidirectional constant PDF.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final byte DIRECTIONALITY_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT = 18;
    
    /**
     * The minimum value of a high surrogate or leading surrogate unit in UTF-16
     * encoding, {@code '\uD800'}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE = '\uD800';

    /**
     * The maximum value of a high surrogate or leading surrogate unit in UTF-16
     * encoding, {@code '\uDBFF'}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE = '\uDBFF';

    /**
     * The minimum value of a low surrogate or trailing surrogate unit in UTF-16
     * encoding, {@code '\uDC00'}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MIN_LOW_SURROGATE = '\uDC00';

    /**
     * The maximum value of a low surrogate or trailing surrogate unit in UTF-16
     * encoding, {@code '\uDFFF'}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MAX_LOW_SURROGATE = '\uDFFF';

    /**
     * The minimum value of a surrogate unit in UTF-16 encoding, {@code '\uD800'}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MIN_SURROGATE = '\uD800';

    /**
     * The maximum value of a surrogate unit in UTF-16 encoding, {@code '\uDFFF'}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final char MAX_SURROGATE = '\uDFFF';

    /**
     * The minimum value of a supplementary code point, {@code U+010000}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final int MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT = 0x10000;

    /**
     * The minimum code point value, {@code U+0000}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final int MIN_CODE_POINT = 0x000000;

    /**
     * The maximum code point value, {@code U+10FFFF}.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final int MAX_CODE_POINT = 0x10FFFF;

    /**
     * The number of bits required to represent a {@code Character} value in
     * two's compliment form.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final int SIZE = 16;

    // BEGIN android-removed
    // removed strings containing information about chars that now are read from
    // icu data.
    // END android-removed
    
    private static final char[] typeTags = "\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0003\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0002\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0003\u0000\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0003\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0002"
            .getValue();
    
    private static final byte[] DIRECTIONALITY = new byte[] {
            DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT, DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT,
            DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER,
            DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR,
            DIRECTIONALITY_EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR,
            DIRECTIONALITY_ARABIC_NUMBER,
            DIRECTIONALITY_COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR,
            DIRECTIONALITY_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR,
            DIRECTIONALITY_SEGMENT_SEPARATOR, DIRECTIONALITY_WHITESPACE,
            DIRECTIONALITY_OTHER_NEUTRALS,
            DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING,
            DIRECTIONALITY_LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE,
            DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC,
            DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING,
            DIRECTIONALITY_RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE,
            DIRECTIONALITY_POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT,
            DIRECTIONALITY_NONSPACING_MARK, DIRECTIONALITY_BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL };

    private static final int ISJAVASTART = 1;

    private static final int ISJAVAPART = 2;

    // BEGIN android-removed
    // removed strings containing information about chars that now are read from
    // icu data.
    // END android-removed
    
    /**
     * Represents a subset of the Unicode character set.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static class Subset {
        String name;

        /**
         * Constructs a new {@code Subset}.
         * 
         * @param string
         *            this subset's name.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        protected Subset(String string) {
            if (string == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException();
            }
            name = string;
        }

        /**
         * Compares this character subset with the specified object. Uses
         * {@link java.lang.Object#equals(Object)} to do the comparison.
         * 
         * @param object
         *            the object to compare this character subset with.
         * @return {@code true} if {@code object} is this subset, that is, if
         *         {@code object == this}; {@code false} otherwise.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        @Override
        public final boolean equals(Object object) {
            return super.equals(object);
        }

        /**
         * Returns the integer hash code for this character subset.
         * 
         * @return this subset's hash code, which is the hash code computed by
         *         {@link java.lang.Object#hashCode()}.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        @Override
        public final int hashCode() {
            return super.hashCode();
        }

        /**
         * Returns the string representation of this subset.
         * 
         * @return this subset's name.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        @Override
        public final String toString() {
            return name;
        }
    }

    // BEGIN android-changed
    
    /**
     * Represents a block of Unicode characters, as defined by the Unicode 4.0.1
     * specification.
     * 
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static final class UnicodeBlock extends Subset {
        /**
         * The "Surrogates Area" Unicode Block.
         * 
         * @deprecated As of Java 5, this block has been replaced by
         *             {@link #HIGH_SURROGATES},
         *             {@link #HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES} and
         *             {@link #LOW_SURROGATES}.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        @Deprecated
        public static final UnicodeBlock SURROGATES_AREA = new UnicodeBlock("SURROGATES_AREA");
        /**
         * The "Basic Latin" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BASIC_LATIN = new UnicodeBlock("BASIC_LATIN");
        /**
         * The "Latin-1 Supplement" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_1_SUPPLEMENT = new UnicodeBlock("LATIN_1_SUPPLEMENT");
        /**
         * The "Latin Extended-A" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_EXTENDED_A = new UnicodeBlock("LATIN_EXTENDED_A");
        /**
         * The "Latin Extended-B" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_EXTENDED_B = new UnicodeBlock("LATIN_EXTENDED_B");
        /**
         * The "IPA Extensions" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock IPA_EXTENSIONS = new UnicodeBlock("IPA_EXTENSIONS");
        /**
         * The "Spacing Modifier Letters" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SPACING_MODIFIER_LETTERS = new UnicodeBlock("SPACING_MODIFIER_LETTERS");
        /**
         * The "Combining Diacritical Marks" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock COMBINING_DIACRITICAL_MARKS = new UnicodeBlock("COMBINING_DIACRITICAL_MARKS");
        /**
         * The "Greek and Coptic" Unicode Block. Previously referred
         * to as "Greek".
         * 
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GREEK = new UnicodeBlock("GREEK");
        /**
         * The "Cyrillic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CYRILLIC = new UnicodeBlock("CYRILLIC");
        /**
         * The "Cyrillic Supplement" Unicode Block. Previously
         * referred to as "Cyrillic Supplementary".
         * 
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CYRILLIC_SUPPLEMENTARY = new UnicodeBlock("CYRILLIC_SUPPLEMENTARY");
        /**
         * The "Armenian" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ARMENIAN = new UnicodeBlock("ARMENIAN");
        /**
         * The "Hebrew" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HEBREW = new UnicodeBlock("HEBREW");
        /**
         * The "Arabic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ARABIC = new UnicodeBlock("ARABIC");
        /**
         * The "Syriac" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SYRIAC = new UnicodeBlock("SYRIAC");
        /**
         * The "Thaana" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock THAANA = new UnicodeBlock("THAANA");
        /**
         * The "Devanagari" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock DEVANAGARI = new UnicodeBlock("DEVANAGARI");
        /**
         * The "Bengali" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BENGALI = new UnicodeBlock("BENGALI");
        /**
         * The "Gurmukhi" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GURMUKHI = new UnicodeBlock("GURMUKHI");
        /**
         * The "Gujarati" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GUJARATI = new UnicodeBlock("GUJARATI");
        /**
         * The "Oriya" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ORIYA = new UnicodeBlock("ORIYA");
        /**
         * The "Tamil" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TAMIL = new UnicodeBlock("TAMIL");
        /**
         * The "Telugu" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TELUGU = new UnicodeBlock("TELUGU");
        /**
         * The "Kannada" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KANNADA = new UnicodeBlock("KANNADA");
        /**
         * The "Malayalam" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MALAYALAM = new UnicodeBlock("MALAYALAM");
        /**
         * The "Sinhala" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SINHALA = new UnicodeBlock("SINHALA");
        /**
         * The "Thai" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock THAI = new UnicodeBlock("THAI");
        /**
         * The "Lao" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LAO = new UnicodeBlock("LAO");
        /**
         * The "Tibetan" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TIBETAN = new UnicodeBlock("TIBETAN");
        /**
         * The "Myanmar" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MYANMAR = new UnicodeBlock("MYANMAR");
        /**
         * The "Georgian" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GEORGIAN = new UnicodeBlock("GEORGIAN");
        /**
         * The "Hangul Jamo" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HANGUL_JAMO = new UnicodeBlock("HANGUL_JAMO");
        /**
         * The "Ethiopic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ETHIOPIC = new UnicodeBlock("ETHIOPIC");
        /**
         * The "Cherokee" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CHEROKEE = new UnicodeBlock("CHEROKEE");
        /**
         * The "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock UNIFIED_CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL_SYLLABICS = new UnicodeBlock("UNIFIED_CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL_SYLLABICS");
        /**
         * The "Ogham" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock OGHAM = new UnicodeBlock("OGHAM");
        /**
         * The "Runic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock RUNIC = new UnicodeBlock("RUNIC");
        /**
         * The "Tagalog" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TAGALOG = new UnicodeBlock("TAGALOG");
        /**
         * The "Hanunoo" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HANUNOO = new UnicodeBlock("HANUNOO");
        /**
         * The "Buhid" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BUHID = new UnicodeBlock("BUHID");
        /**
         * The "Tagbanwa" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TAGBANWA = new UnicodeBlock("TAGBANWA");
        /**
         * The "Khmer" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KHMER = new UnicodeBlock("KHMER");
        /**
         * The "Mongolian" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MONGOLIAN = new UnicodeBlock("MONGOLIAN");
        /**
         * The "Limbu" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LIMBU = new UnicodeBlock("LIMBU");
        /**
         * The "Tai Le" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TAI_LE = new UnicodeBlock("TAI_LE");
        /**
         * The "Khmer Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KHMER_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("KHMER_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Phonetic Extensions" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS = new UnicodeBlock("PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS");
        /**
         * The "Latin Extended Additional" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LATIN_EXTENDED_ADDITIONAL = new UnicodeBlock("LATIN_EXTENDED_ADDITIONAL");
        /**
         * The "Greek Extended" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GREEK_EXTENDED = new UnicodeBlock("GREEK_EXTENDED");
        /**
         * The "General Punctuation" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GENERAL_PUNCTUATION = new UnicodeBlock("GENERAL_PUNCTUATION");
        /**
         * The "Superscripts and Subscripts" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SUPERSCRIPTS_AND_SUBSCRIPTS = new UnicodeBlock("SUPERSCRIPTS_AND_SUBSCRIPTS");
        /**
         * The "Currency Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CURRENCY_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("CURRENCY_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols" Unicode
         * Block. Previously referred to as "Combining Marks for
         * Symbols".
         * 
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Letterlike Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LETTERLIKE_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("LETTERLIKE_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Number Forms" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock NUMBER_FORMS = new UnicodeBlock("NUMBER_FORMS");
        /**
         * The "Arrows" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ARROWS = new UnicodeBlock("ARROWS");
        /**
         * The "Mathematical Operators" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS = new UnicodeBlock("MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS");
        /**
         * The "Miscellaneous Technical" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_TECHNICAL = new UnicodeBlock("MISCELLANEOUS_TECHNICAL");
        /**
         * The "Control Pictures" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CONTROL_PICTURES = new UnicodeBlock("CONTROL_PICTURES");
        /**
         * The "Optical Character Recognition" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock OPTICAL_CHARACTER_RECOGNITION = new UnicodeBlock("OPTICAL_CHARACTER_RECOGNITION");
        /**
         * The "Enclosed Alphanumerics" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ENCLOSED_ALPHANUMERICS = new UnicodeBlock("ENCLOSED_ALPHANUMERICS");
        /**
         * The "Box Drawing" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BOX_DRAWING = new UnicodeBlock("BOX_DRAWING");
        /**
         * The "Block Elements" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BLOCK_ELEMENTS = new UnicodeBlock("BLOCK_ELEMENTS");
        /**
         * The "Geometric Shapes" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GEOMETRIC_SHAPES = new UnicodeBlock("GEOMETRIC_SHAPES");
        /**
         * The "Miscellaneous Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Dingbats" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock DINGBATS = new UnicodeBlock("DINGBATS");
        /**
         * The "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_A = new UnicodeBlock("MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_A");
        /**
         * The "Supplemental Arrows-A" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_A = new UnicodeBlock("SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_A");
        /**
         * The "Braille Patterns" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BRAILLE_PATTERNS = new UnicodeBlock("BRAILLE_PATTERNS");
        /**
         * The "Supplemental Arrows-B" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_B = new UnicodeBlock("SUPPLEMENTAL_ARROWS_B");
        /**
         * The "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_B = new UnicodeBlock("MISCELLANEOUS_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOLS_B");
        /**
         * The "Supplemental Mathematical Operators" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTAL_MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS = new UnicodeBlock("SUPPLEMENTAL_MATHEMATICAL_OPERATORS");
        /**
         * The "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS_AND_ARROWS = new UnicodeBlock("MISCELLANEOUS_SYMBOLS_AND_ARROWS");
        /**
         * The "CJK Radicals Supplement" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_RADICALS_SUPPLEMENT = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_RADICALS_SUPPLEMENT");
        /**
         * The "Kangxi Radicals" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KANGXI_RADICALS = new UnicodeBlock("KANGXI_RADICALS");
        /**
         * The "Ideographic Description Characters" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock IDEOGRAPHIC_DESCRIPTION_CHARACTERS = new UnicodeBlock("IDEOGRAPHIC_DESCRIPTION_CHARACTERS");
        /**
         * The "CJK Symbols and Punctuation" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_SYMBOLS_AND_PUNCTUATION");
        /**
         * The "Hiragana" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HIRAGANA = new UnicodeBlock("HIRAGANA");
        /**
         * The "Katakana" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KATAKANA = new UnicodeBlock("KATAKANA");
        /**
         * The "Bopomofo" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BOPOMOFO = new UnicodeBlock("BOPOMOFO");
        /**
         * The "Hangul Compatibility Jamo" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HANGUL_COMPATIBILITY_JAMO = new UnicodeBlock("HANGUL_COMPATIBILITY_JAMO");
        /**
         * The "Kanbun" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KANBUN = new UnicodeBlock("KANBUN");
        /**
         * The "Bopomofo Extended" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BOPOMOFO_EXTENDED = new UnicodeBlock("BOPOMOFO_EXTENDED");
        /**
         * The "Katakana Phonetic Extensions" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock KATAKANA_PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS = new UnicodeBlock("KATAKANA_PHONETIC_EXTENSIONS");
        /**
         * The "Enclosed CJK Letters and Months" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ENCLOSED_CJK_LETTERS_AND_MONTHS = new UnicodeBlock("ENCLOSED_CJK_LETTERS_AND_MONTHS");
        /**
         * The "CJK Compatibility" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_COMPATIBILITY");
        /**
         * The "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_A = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_A");
        /**
         * The "Yijing Hexagram Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock YIJING_HEXAGRAM_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("YIJING_HEXAGRAM_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "CJK Unified Ideographs" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS");
        /**
         * The "Yi Syllables" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock YI_SYLLABLES = new UnicodeBlock("YI_SYLLABLES");
        /**
         * The "Yi Radicals" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock YI_RADICALS = new UnicodeBlock("YI_RADICALS");
        /**
         * The "Hangul Syllables" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HANGUL_SYLLABLES = new UnicodeBlock("HANGUL_SYLLABLES");
        /**
         * The "High Surrogates" Unicode Block. This block represents
         * code point values in the high surrogate range 0xD800 to 0xDB7F
         * 
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HIGH_SURROGATES = new UnicodeBlock("HIGH_SURROGATES");
        /**
         * The "High Private Use Surrogates" Unicode Block. This block
         * represents code point values in the high surrogate range 0xDB80 to
         * 0xDBFF
         * 
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES = new UnicodeBlock("HIGH_PRIVATE_USE_SURROGATES");
        /**
         * The "Low Surrogates" Unicode Block. This block represents
         * code point values in the low surrogate range 0xDC00 to 0xDFFF
         * 
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LOW_SURROGATES = new UnicodeBlock("LOW_SURROGATES");
        /**
         * The "Private Use Area" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock PRIVATE_USE_AREA = new UnicodeBlock("PRIVATE_USE_AREA");
        /**
         * The "CJK Compatibility Ideographs" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS");
        /**
         * The "Alphabetic Presentation Forms" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ALPHABETIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS = new UnicodeBlock("ALPHABETIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS");
        /**
         * The "Arabic Presentation Forms-A" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_A = new UnicodeBlock("ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_A");
        /**
         * The "Variation Selectors" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock VARIATION_SELECTORS = new UnicodeBlock("VARIATION_SELECTORS");
        /**
         * The "Combining Half Marks" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock COMBINING_HALF_MARKS = new UnicodeBlock("COMBINING_HALF_MARKS");
        /**
         * The "CJK Compatibility Forms" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY_FORMS = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_COMPATIBILITY_FORMS");
        /**
         * The "Small Form Variants" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SMALL_FORM_VARIANTS = new UnicodeBlock("SMALL_FORM_VARIANTS");
        /**
         * The "Arabic Presentation Forms-B" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_B = new UnicodeBlock("ARABIC_PRESENTATION_FORMS_B");
        /**
         * The "Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock HALFWIDTH_AND_FULLWIDTH_FORMS = new UnicodeBlock("HALFWIDTH_AND_FULLWIDTH_FORMS");
        /**
         * The "Specials" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SPECIALS = new UnicodeBlock("SPECIALS");
        /**
         * The "Linear B Syllabary" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LINEAR_B_SYLLABARY = new UnicodeBlock("LINEAR_B_SYLLABARY");
        /**
         * The "Linear B Ideograms" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock LINEAR_B_IDEOGRAMS = new UnicodeBlock("LINEAR_B_IDEOGRAMS");
        /**
         * The "Aegean Numbers" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock AEGEAN_NUMBERS = new UnicodeBlock("AEGEAN_NUMBERS");
        /**
         * The "Old Italic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock OLD_ITALIC = new UnicodeBlock("OLD_ITALIC");
        /**
         * The "Gothic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock GOTHIC = new UnicodeBlock("GOTHIC");
        /**
         * The "Ugaritic" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock UGARITIC = new UnicodeBlock("UGARITIC");
        /**
         * The "Deseret" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock DESERET = new UnicodeBlock("DESERET");
        /**
         * The "Shavian" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SHAVIAN = new UnicodeBlock("SHAVIAN");
        /**
         * The "Osmanya" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock OSMANYA = new UnicodeBlock("OSMANYA");
        /**
         * The "Cypriot Syllabary" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CYPRIOT_SYLLABARY = new UnicodeBlock("CYPRIOT_SYLLABARY");
        /**
         * The "Byzantine Musical Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock BYZANTINE_MUSICAL_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("BYZANTINE_MUSICAL_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Musical Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MUSICAL_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("MUSICAL_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Tai Xuan Jing Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TAI_XUAN_JING_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("TAI_XUAN_JING_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock MATHEMATICAL_ALPHANUMERIC_SYMBOLS = new UnicodeBlock("MATHEMATICAL_ALPHANUMERIC_SYMBOLS");
        /**
         * The "CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_B = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_B");
        /**
         * The "CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS_SUPPLEMENT = new UnicodeBlock("CJK_COMPATIBILITY_IDEOGRAPHS_SUPPLEMENT");
        /**
         * The "Tags" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock TAGS = new UnicodeBlock("TAGS");
        /**
         * The "Variation Selectors Supplement" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock VARIATION_SELECTORS_SUPPLEMENT = new UnicodeBlock("VARIATION_SELECTORS_SUPPLEMENT");
        /**
         * The "Supplementary Private Use Area-A" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_A = new UnicodeBlock("SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_A");
        /**
         * The "Supplementary Private Use Area-B" Unicode Block. 
         *
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_B = new UnicodeBlock("SUPPLEMENTARY_PRIVATE_USE_AREA_B");

        /*
         * All of the UnicodeBlocks with valid ranges in ascending order.
         */
        private static UnicodeBlock[] BLOCKS;

        // END android-changed
        
        /**
         * Retrieves the constant that corresponds to the specified block name.
         * The block names are defined by the Unicode 4.0.1 specification in the
         * {@code Blocks-4.0.1.txt} file.
         * <p>
         * Block names may be one of the following:
         * </p>
         * <ul>
         * <li>Canonical block name, as defined by the Unicode specification;
         * case-insensitive.</li>
         * <li>Canonical block name without any spaces, as defined by the
         * Unicode specification; case-insensitive.</li>
         * <li>{@code UnicodeBlock} constant identifier. This is determined by
         * uppercasing the canonical name and replacing all spaces and hyphens
         * with underscores.</li>
         * </ul>
         * 
         * @param blockName
         *            the name of the block to retrieve.
         * @return the UnicodeBlock constant corresponding to {@code blockName}.
         * @throws IllegalArgumentException
         *             if {@code blockName} is not a valid block name.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static final UnicodeBlock forName(String blockName) {
            // BEGIN android-note
            // trying to get closer to the RI which defines this as final.
            // END android-note
            if (blockName == null) {
                throw new NullPointerException();
            }
            // BEGIN android-changed
            if (BLOCKS == null) {
                BLOCKS = UCharacter.getBlockTable();
            }
            int block = UCharacter.forName(blockName);
            if (block == -1) {
                if(blockName.equals("SURROGATES_AREA")) {
                    return SURROGATES_AREA;
                } else if(blockName.equalsIgnoreCase("greek")) {
                    return GREEK;
                } else if(blockName.equals("COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS") || 
                        blockName.equals("Combining Marks for Symbols") ||
                        blockName.equals("CombiningMarksforSymbols")) {
                    return COMBINING_MARKS_FOR_SYMBOLS;
                }
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }
            return BLOCKS[block];
            // END android-changed
        }
        
        /**
         * Gets the constant for the Unicode block that contains the specified
         * character.
         * 
         * @param c
         *            the character for which to get the {@code UnicodeBlock}
         *            constant.
         * @return the {@code UnicodeBlock} constant for the block that contains
         *         {@code c}, or {@code null} if {@code c} does not belong to
         *         any defined block.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static UnicodeBlock of(char c) {
            return of((int) c);
        }
        
        /**
         * Gets the constant for the Unicode block that contains the specified
         * Unicode code point.
         * 
         * @param codePoint
         *            the Unicode code point for which to get the
         *            {@code UnicodeBlock} constant.
         * @return the {@code UnicodeBlock} constant for the block that contains
         *         {@code codePoint}, or {@code null} if {@code codePoint} does
         *         not belong to any defined block.
         * @throws IllegalArgumentException
         *             if {@code codePoint} is not a valid Unicode code point.
         * @since Android 1.0
         */
        public static UnicodeBlock of(int codePoint) {
            if (!isValidCodePoint(codePoint)) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }
            // BEGIN android-changed
            if (BLOCKS == null) {
                BLOCKS = UCharacter.getBlockTable();
            }
            int block = UCharacter.of(codePoint);
            if(block == -1 || block >= BLOCKS.length) {
                return null;
            }
            return BLOCKS[block];
            // END android-changed
        }
        
        // BEGIN android-changed
        private UnicodeBlock(String blockName) {
            super(blockName);
        }
        // END android-changed
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new {@code Character} with the specified primitive char
     * value.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the primitive char value to store in the new instance.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public Character(char value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the primitive value of this character.
     * 
     * @return this object's primitive value.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public char charValue() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Compares this object to the specified character object to determine their
     * relative order.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character object to compare this object to.
     * @return {@code 0} if the value of this character and the value of
     *         {@code c} are equal; a positive value if the value of this
     *         character is greater than the value of {@code c}; a negative
     *         value if the value of this character is less than the value of
     *         {@code c}.
     * @see java.lang.Comparable
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public int compareTo(Character c) {
        return value - c.value;
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns a {@code Character} instance for the {@code char} value passed.
     * For ASCII/Latin-1 characters (and generally all characters with a Unicode
     * value up to 512), this method should be used instead of the constructor,
     * as it maintains a cache of corresponding {@code Character} instances.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the char value for which to get a {@code Character} instance.
     * @return the {@code Character} instance for {@code c}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static Character valueOf(char c) {
        if (c >= CACHE_LEN ) {
            return new Character(c);
        }
        return valueOfCache.CACHE[c];
    }

    private static final int CACHE_LEN = 512;

    static class valueOfCache {
        /*
        * Provides a cache for the 'valueOf' method. A size of 512 should cache the
        * first couple pages of Unicode, which includes the ASCII/Latin-1
        * characters, which other parts of this class are optimized for.
        */
        private static final Character[] CACHE = new Character[CACHE_LEN ];

        static {
            for(int i=0; i<CACHE.length; i++){
                CACHE[i] =  new Character((char)i);
            }
        }
    }
    /**
     * Indicates whether {@code codePoint} is a valid Unicode code point.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to test.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a valid Unicode code point;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isValidCodePoint(int codePoint) {
        return (MIN_CODE_POINT <= codePoint && MAX_CODE_POINT >= codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether {@code codePoint} is within the supplementary code
     * point range.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to test.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is within the supplementary
     *         code point range; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isSupplementaryCodePoint(int codePoint) {
        return (MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT <= codePoint && MAX_CODE_POINT >= codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether {@code ch} is a high- (or leading-) surrogate code unit
     * that is used for representing supplementary characters in UTF-16
     * encoding.
     * 
     * @param ch
     *            the character to test.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code ch} is a high-surrogate code unit;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @see #isLowSurrogate(char)
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isHighSurrogate(char ch) {
        return (MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE <= ch && MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE >= ch);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether {@code ch} is a low- (or trailing-) surrogate code unit
     * that is used for representing supplementary characters in UTF-16
     * encoding.
     * 
     * @param ch
     *            the character to test.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code ch} is a low-surrogate code unit;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @see #isHighSurrogate(char)
     * @since Android 1.0
     */    
    public static boolean isLowSurrogate(char ch) {
        return (MIN_LOW_SURROGATE <= ch && MAX_LOW_SURROGATE >= ch);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character pair is a valid surrogate pair.
     * 
     * @param high
     *            the high surrogate unit to test.
     * @param low
     *            the low surrogate unit to test.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code high} is a high-surrogate code unit and
     *         {@code low} is a low-surrogate code unit; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @see #isHighSurrogate(char)
     * @see #isLowSurrogate(char)
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isSurrogatePair(char high, char low) {
        return (isHighSurrogate(high) && isLowSurrogate(low));
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the number of {@code char} values required to represent the
     * specified Unicode code point. This method checks if the {@code codePoint}
     * is greater than or equal to {@code 0x10000}, in which case {@code 2} is
     * returned, otherwise {@code 1}. To test if the code point is valid, use
     * the {@link #isValidCodePoint(int)} method.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point for which to calculate the number of required
     *            chars.
     * @return {@code 2} if {@code codePoint >= 0x10000}; {@code 1} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int charCount(int codePoint) {
        return (codePoint >= 0x10000 ? 2 : 1);
    }

    /**
     * Converts a surrogate pair into a Unicode code point. This method assumes
     * that the pair are valid surrogates. If the pair are <i>not</i> valid
     * surrogates, then the result is indeterminate. The
     * {@link #isSurrogatePair(char, char)} method should be used prior to this
     * method to validate the pair.
     * 
     * @param high
     *            the high surrogate unit.
     * @param low
     *            the low surrogate unit.
     * @return the Unicode code point corresponding to the surrogate unit pair.
     * @see #isSurrogatePair(char, char)
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int toCodePoint(char high, char low) {
        // See RFC 2781, Section 2.2
        // http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2781.html
        int h = (high & 0x3FF) << 10;
        int l = low & 0x3FF;
        return (h | l) + 0x10000;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the code point at {@code index} in the specified sequence of
     * character units. If the unit at {@code index} is a high-surrogate unit,
     * {@code index + 1} is less than the length of the sequence and the unit at
     * {@code index + 1} is a low-surrogate unit, then the supplementary code
     * point represented by the pair is returned; otherwise the {@code char}
     * value at {@code index} is returned.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the source sequence of {@code char} units.
     * @param index
     *            the position in {@code seq} from which to retrieve the code
     *            point.
     * @return the Unicode code point or {@code char} value at {@code index} in
     *         {@code seq}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if the {@code index} is negative or greater than or equal to
     *             the length of {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointAt(CharSequence seq, int index) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length();
        if (index < 0 || index >= len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        char high = seq.charAt(index++);
        if (index >= len) {
            return high;
        }
        char low = seq.charAt(index);
        if (isSurrogatePair(high, low)) {
            return toCodePoint(high, low);
        }
        return high;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the code point at {@code index} in the specified array of
     * character units. If the unit at {@code index} is a high-surrogate unit,
     * {@code index + 1} is less than the length of the array and the unit at
     * {@code index + 1} is a low-surrogate unit, then the supplementary code
     * point represented by the pair is returned; otherwise the {@code char}
     * value at {@code index} is returned.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the source array of {@code char} units.
     * @param index
     *            the position in {@code seq} from which to retrieve the code
     *            point.
     * @return the Unicode code point or {@code char} value at {@code index} in
     *         {@code seq}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if the {@code index} is negative or greater than or equal to
     *             the length of {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointAt(char[] seq, int index) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length;
        if (index < 0 || index >= len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        char high = seq[index++];
        if (index >= len) {
            return high;
        }
        char low = seq[index];
        if (isSurrogatePair(high, low)) {
            return toCodePoint(high, low);
        }
        return high;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the code point at {@code index} in the specified array of
     * character units, where {@code index} has to be less than {@code limit}.
     * If the unit at {@code index} is a high-surrogate unit, {@code index + 1}
     * is less than {@code limit} and the unit at {@code index + 1} is a
     * low-surrogate unit, then the supplementary code point represented by the
     * pair is returned; otherwise the {@code char} value at {@code index} is
     * returned.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the source array of {@code char} units.
     * @param index
     *            the position in {@code seq} from which to get the code point.
     * @param limit
     *            the index after the last unit in {@code seq} that can be used.
     * @return the Unicode code point or {@code char} value at {@code index} in
     *         {@code seq}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if {@code index < 0}, {@code index >= limit},
     *             {@code limit < 0} or if {@code limit} is greater than the
     *             length of {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointAt(char[] seq, int index, int limit) {
        if (index < 0 || index >= limit || limit < 0 || limit > seq.length) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }       

        char high = seq[index++];
        if (index >= limit) {
            return high;
        }
        char low = seq[index];
        if (isSurrogatePair(high, low)) {
            return toCodePoint(high, low);
        }
        return high;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the code point that preceds {@code index} in the specified
     * sequence of character units. If the unit at {@code index - 1} is a
     * low-surrogate unit, {@code index - 2} is not negative and the unit at
     * {@code index - 2} is a high-surrogate unit, then the supplementary code
     * point represented by the pair is returned; otherwise the {@code char}
     * value at {@code index - 1} is returned.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the source sequence of {@code char} units.
     * @param index
     *            the position in {@code seq} following the code
     *            point that should be returned.
     * @return the Unicode code point or {@code char} value before {@code index}
     *         in {@code seq}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if the {@code index} is less than 1 or greater than the
     *             length of {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointBefore(CharSequence seq, int index) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length();
        if (index < 1 || index > len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        char low = seq.charAt(--index);
        if (--index < 0) {
            return low;
        }
        char high = seq.charAt(index);
        if (isSurrogatePair(high, low)) {
            return toCodePoint(high, low);
        }
        return low;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the code point that preceds {@code index} in the specified
     * array of character units. If the unit at {@code index - 1} is a
     * low-surrogate unit, {@code index - 2} is not negative and the unit at
     * {@code index - 2} is a high-surrogate unit, then the supplementary code
     * point represented by the pair is returned; otherwise the {@code char}
     * value at {@code index - 1} is returned.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the source array of {@code char} units.
     * @param index
     *            the position in {@code seq} following the code
     *            point that should be returned.
     * @return the Unicode code point or {@code char} value before {@code index}
     *         in {@code seq}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if the {@code index} is less than 1 or greater than the
     *             length of {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointBefore(char[] seq, int index) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length;
        if (index < 1 || index > len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        char low = seq[--index];
        if (--index < 0) {
            return low;
        }
        char high = seq[index];
        if (isSurrogatePair(high, low)) {
            return toCodePoint(high, low);
        }
        return low;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the code point that preceds the {@code index} in the specified
     * array of character units and is not less than {@code start}. If the unit
     * at {@code index - 1} is a low-surrogate unit, {@code index - 2} is not
     * less than {@code start} and the unit at {@code index - 2} is a
     * high-surrogate unit, then the supplementary code point represented by the
     * pair is returned; otherwise the {@code char} value at {@code index - 1}
     * is returned.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the source array of {@code char} units.
     * @param index
     *            the position in {@code seq} following the code point that
     *            should be returned.
     * @param start
     *            the index of the first element in {@code seq}.
     * @return the Unicode code point or {@code char} value before {@code index}
     *         in {@code seq}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if the {@code index <= start}, {@code start < 0},
     *             {@code index} is greater than the length of {@code seq}, or
     *             if {@code start} is equal or greater than the length of
     *             {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointBefore(char[] seq, int index, int start) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length;
        if (index <= start || index > len || start < 0 || start >= len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        char low = seq[--index];
        if (--index < start) {
            return low;
        }
        char high = seq[index];
        if (isSurrogatePair(high, low)) {
            return toCodePoint(high, low);
        }
        return low;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the specified Unicode code point into a UTF-16 encoded sequence
     * and copies the value(s) into the char array {@code dst}, starting at
     * index {@code dstIndex}.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the Unicode code point to encode.
     * @param dst
     *            the destination array to copy the encoded value into.
     * @param dstIndex
     *            the index in {@code dst} from where to start copying.
     * @return the number of {@code char} value units copied into {@code dst}.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if {@code codePoint} is not a valid Unicode code point.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if {@code dstIndex} is negative, greater than or equal to
     *             {@code dst.length} or equals {@code dst.length - 1} when
     *             {@code codePoint} is a
     *             {@link #isSupplementaryCodePoint(int) supplementary code point}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int toChars(int codePoint, char[] dst, int dstIndex) {
        if (!isValidCodePoint(codePoint)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
        if (dst == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        if (dstIndex < 0 || dstIndex >= dst.length) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        if (isSupplementaryCodePoint(codePoint)) {
            if (dstIndex == dst.length - 1) {
                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
            }
            // See RFC 2781, Section 2.1
            // http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2781.html
            int cpPrime = codePoint - 0x10000;
            int high = 0xD800 | ((cpPrime >> 10) & 0x3FF);
            int low = 0xDC00 | (cpPrime & 0x3FF);
            dst[dstIndex] = (char) high;
            dst[dstIndex + 1] = (char) low;
            return 2;
        }

        dst[dstIndex] = (char) codePoint;
        return 1;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the specified Unicode code point into a UTF-16 encoded sequence
     * and returns it as a char array.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the Unicode code point to encode.
     * @return the UTF-16 encoded char sequence. If {@code codePoint} is a
     *         {@link #isSupplementaryCodePoint(int) supplementary code point},
     *         then the returned array contains two characters, otherwise it
     *         contains just one character.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if {@code codePoint} is not a valid Unicode code point.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static char[] toChars(int codePoint) {
        if (!isValidCodePoint(codePoint)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }

        if (isSupplementaryCodePoint(codePoint)) {
            int cpPrime = codePoint - 0x10000;
            int high = 0xD800 | ((cpPrime >> 10) & 0x3FF);
            int low = 0xDC00 | (cpPrime & 0x3FF);
            return new char[] { (char) high, (char) low };
        }
        return new char[] { (char) codePoint };
    }

    /**
     * Counts the number of Unicode code points in the subsequence of the
     * specified character sequence, as delineated by {@code beginIndex} and
     * {@code endIndex}. Any surrogate values with missing pair values will be
     * counted as one code point.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the {@code CharSequence} to look through.
     * @param beginIndex
     *            the inclusive index to begin counting at.
     * @param endIndex
     *            the exclusive index to stop counting at.
     * @return the number of Unicode code points.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if {@code beginIndex < 0}, {@code beginIndex > endIndex} or
     *             if {@code endIndex} is greater than the length of {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointCount(CharSequence seq, int beginIndex,
            int endIndex) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length();
        if (beginIndex < 0 || endIndex > len || beginIndex > endIndex) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        int result = 0;
        for (int i = beginIndex; i < endIndex; i++) {
            char c = seq.charAt(i);
            if (isHighSurrogate(c)) {
                if (++i < endIndex) {
                    c = seq.charAt(i);
                    if (!isLowSurrogate(c)) {
                        result++;
                    }
                }
            }
            result++;
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Counts the number of Unicode code points in the subsequence of the
     * specified char array, as delineated by {@code offset} and {@code count}.
     * Any surrogate values with missing pair values will be counted as one code
     * point.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the char array to look through
     * @param offset
     *            the inclusive index to begin counting at.
     * @param count
     *            the number of {@code char} values to look through in
     *            {@code seq}.
     * @return the number of Unicode code points.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if {@code offset < 0}, {@code count < 0} or if
     *             {@code offset + count} is greater than the length of
     *             {@code seq}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int codePointCount(char[] seq, int offset, int count) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length;
        int endIndex = offset + count;
        if (offset < 0 || count < 0 || endIndex > len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        int result = 0;
        for (int i = offset; i < endIndex; i++) {
            char c = seq[i];
            if (isHighSurrogate(c)) {
                if (++i < endIndex) {
                    c = seq[i];
                    if (!isLowSurrogate(c)) {
                        result++;
                    }
                }
            }
            result++;
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Determines the index in the specified character sequence that is offset
     * {@code codePointOffset} code points from {@code index}.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the character sequence to find the index in.
     * @param index
     *            the start index in {@code seq}.
     * @param codePointOffset
     *            the number of code points to look backwards or forwards; may
     *            be a negative or positive value.
     * @return the index in {@code seq} that is {@code codePointOffset} code
     *         points away from {@code index}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if {@code index < 0}, {@code index} is greater than the
     *             length of {@code seq}, or if there are not enough values in
     *             {@code seq} to skip {@code codePointOffset} code points
     *             forwards or backwards (if {@code codePointOffset} is
     *             negative) from {@code index}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int offsetByCodePoints(CharSequence seq, int index,
            int codePointOffset) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int len = seq.length();
        if (index < 0 || index > len) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        if (codePointOffset == 0) {
            return index;
        }

        if (codePointOffset > 0) {
            int codePoints = codePointOffset;
            int i = index;
            while (codePoints > 0) {
                codePoints--;
                if (i >= len) {
                    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
                }
                if (isHighSurrogate(seq.charAt(i))) {
                    int next = i + 1;
                    if (next < len && isLowSurrogate(seq.charAt(next))) {
                        i++;
                    }
                }
                i++;
            }
            return i;
        }

        assert codePointOffset < 0;
        int codePoints = -codePointOffset;
        int i = index;
        while (codePoints > 0) {
            codePoints--;
            i--;
            if (i < 0) {
                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
            }
            if (isLowSurrogate(seq.charAt(i))) {
                int prev = i - 1;
                if (prev >= 0 && isHighSurrogate(seq.charAt(prev))) {
                    i--;
                }
            }
        }
        return i;
    }

    /**
     * Determines the index in a subsequence of the specified character array
     * that is offset {@code codePointOffset} code points from {@code index}.
     * The subsequence is delineated by {@code start} and {@code count}.
     * 
     * @param seq
     *            the character array to find the index in.
     * @param start
     *            the inclusive index that marks the beginning of the
     *            subsequence.
     * @param count
     *            the number of {@code char} values to include within the
     *            subsequence.
     * @param index
     *            the start index in the subsequence of the char array.
     * @param codePointOffset
     *            the number of code points to look backwards or forwards; may
     *            be a negative or positive value.
     * @return the index in {@code seq} that is {@code codePointOffset} code
     *         points away from {@code index}.
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     *             if {@code start < 0}, {@code count < 0},
     *             {@code index < start}, {@code index > start + count},
     *             {@code start + count} is greater than the length of
     *             {@code seq}, or if there are not enough values in
     *             {@code seq} to skip {@code codePointOffset} code points
     *             forward or backward (if {@code codePointOffset} is
     *             negative) from {@code index}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int offsetByCodePoints(char[] seq, int start, int count,
            int index, int codePointOffset) {
        if (seq == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        int end = start + count;
        if (start < 0 || count < 0 || end > seq.length || index < start
                || index > end) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
        }

        if (codePointOffset == 0) {
            return index;
        }

        if (codePointOffset > 0) {
            int codePoints = codePointOffset;
            int i = index;
            while (codePoints > 0) {
                codePoints--;
                if (i >= end) {
                    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
                }
                if (isHighSurrogate(seq[i])) {
                    int next = i + 1;
                    if (next < end && isLowSurrogate(seq[next])) {
                        i++;
                    }
                }
                i++;
            }
            return i;
        }

        assert codePointOffset < 0;
        int codePoints = -codePointOffset;
        int i = index;
        while (codePoints > 0) {
            codePoints--;
            i--;
            if (i < start) {
                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
            }
            if (isLowSurrogate(seq[i])) {
                int prev = i - 1;
                if (prev >= start && isHighSurrogate(seq[prev])) {
                    i--;
                }
            }
        }
        return i;
    }

    /**
     * Convenience method to determine the value of the specified character
     * {@code c} in the supplied radix. The value of {@code radix} must be
     * between MIN_RADIX and MAX_RADIX.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to determine the value of.
     * @param radix
     *            the radix.
     * @return the value of {@code c} in {@code radix} if {@code radix} lies
     *         between {@link #MIN_RADIX} and {@link #MAX_RADIX}; -1 otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int digit(char c, int radix) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // if (radix >= MIN_RADIX && radix <= MAX_RADIX) {
        //     if (c < 128) {
        //         // Optimized for ASCII
        //         int result = -1;
        //         if ('0' <= c && c <= '9') {
        //             result = c - '0';
        //         } else if ('a' <= c && c <= 'z') {
        //             result = c - ('a' - 10);
        //         } else if ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') {
        //             result = c - ('A' - 10);
        //         }
        //         return result < radix ? result : -1;
        //     }
        //     int result = BinarySearch.binarySearchRange(digitKeys, c);
        //     if (result >= 0 && c <= digitValues[result * 2]) {
        //         int value = (char) (c - digitValues[result * 2 + 1]);
        //         if (value >= radix) {
        //             return -1;
        //         }
        //         return value;
        //     }
        // }
        // return -1;
        return UCharacter.digit(c, radix);
        // ENd android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Convenience method to determine the value of the character
     * {@code codePoint} in the supplied radix. The value of {@code radix} must
     * be between MIN_RADIX and MAX_RADIX.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the character, including supplementary characters.
     * @param radix
     *            the radix.
     * @return if {@code radix} lies between {@link #MIN_RADIX} and
     *         {@link #MAX_RADIX} then the value of the character in the radix;
     *         -1 otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int digit(int codePoint, int radix) {
        return UCharacter.digit(codePoint, radix);
    }

    /**
     * Compares this object with the specified object and indicates if they are
     * equal. In order to be equal, {@code object} must be an instance of
     * {@code Character} and have the same char value as this object.
     * 
     * @param object
     *            the object to compare this double with.
     * @return {@code true} if the specified object is equal to this
     *         {@code Character}; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        return (object instanceof Character)
                && (value == ((Character) object).value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the character which represents the specified digit in the
     * specified radix. The {@code radix} must be between {@code MIN_RADIX} and
     * {@code MAX_RADIX} inclusive; {@code digit} must not be negative and
     * smaller than {@code radix}. If any of these conditions does not hold, 0
     * is returned.
     * 
     * @param digit
     *            the integer value.
     * @param radix
     *            the radix.
     * @return the character which represents the {@code digit} in the
     *         {@code radix}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static char forDigit(int digit, int radix) {
        if (MIN_RADIX <= radix && radix <= MAX_RADIX) {
            if (0 <= digit && digit < radix) {
                return (char) (digit < 10 ? digit + '0' : digit + 'a' - 10);
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the numeric value of the specified Unicode character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the Unicode character to get the numeric value of.
     * @return a non-negative numeric integer value if a numeric value for
     *         {@code c} exists, -1 if there is no numeric value for {@code c},
     *         -2 if the numeric value can not be represented with an integer.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int getNumericValue(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // if (c < 128) {
        //     // Optimized for ASCII
        //     if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
        //         return c - '0';
        //     }
        //     if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') {
        //         return c - ('a' - 10);
        //     }
        //     if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
        //         return c - ('A' - 10);
        //     }
        //     return -1;
        // }
        // int result = BinarySearch.binarySearchRange(numericKeys, c);
        // if (result >= 0 && c <= numericValues[result * 2]) {
        //     char difference = numericValues[result * 2 + 1];
        //     if (difference == 0) {
        //         return -2;
        //     }
        //     // Value is always positive, must be negative value
        //     if (difference > c) {
        //         return c - (short) difference;
        //     }
        //     return c - difference;
        // }
        // return -1;
        return UCharacter.getNumericValue(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Gets the numeric value of the specified Unicode code point. For example,
     * the code point '\u216B' stands for the Roman number XII, which has the
     * numeric value 12.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the Unicode code point to get the numeric value of.
     * @return a non-negative numeric integer value if a numeric value for
     *         {@code codePoint} exists, -1 if there is no numeric value for
     *         {@code codePoint}, -2 if the numeric value can not be
     *         represented with an integer.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int getNumericValue(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.getNumericValue(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the general Unicode category of the specified character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to get the category of.
     * @return the Unicode category of {@code c}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int getType(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // int result = BinarySearch.binarySearchRange(typeKeys, c);
        // int high = typeValues[result * 2];
        // if (c <= high) {
        //     int code = typeValues[result * 2 + 1];
        //     if (code < 0x100) {
        //         return code;
        //     }
        //     return (c & 1) == 1 ? code >> 8 : code & 0xff;
        // }
        // return UNASSIGNED;
        return getType((int)c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Gets the general Unicode category of the specified code point.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the Unicode code point to get the category of.
     * @return the Unicode category of {@code codePoint}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int getType(int codePoint) {
        int type = UCharacter.getType(codePoint);

        // the type values returned by UCharacter are not compatible with what
        // the spec says.RI's Character type values skip the value 17.
        if (type <= Character.FORMAT) {
            return type;
        }
        return (type + 1);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the Unicode directionality of the specified character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to get the directionality of.
     * @return the Unicode directionality of {@code c}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static byte getDirectionality(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // int result = BinarySearch.binarySearchRange(bidiKeys, c);
        // int high = bidiValues[result * 2];
        // if (c <= high) {
        //     int code = bidiValues[result * 2 + 1];
        //     if (code < 0x100) {
        //         return (byte) (code - 1);
        //     }
        //     return (byte) (((c & 1) == 1 ? code >> 8 : code & 0xff) - 1);
        // }
        // return DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED;
        return getDirectionality((int)c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Gets the Unicode directionality of the specified character.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the Unicode code point to get the directionality of.
     * @return the Unicode directionality of {@code codePoint}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static byte getDirectionality(int codePoint) {
        if (getType(codePoint) == Character.UNASSIGNED) {
            return Character.DIRECTIONALITY_UNDEFINED;
        }
        
        byte UCDirectionality = UCharacter.getDirectionality(codePoint);       
        if (UCDirectionality == -1) {
            return -1;
        }
        return DIRECTIONALITY[UCDirectionality];
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is mirrored.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is mirrored; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isMirrored(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // int value = c / 16;
        // if (value >= mirrored.length) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // int bit = 1 << (c % 16);
        // return (mirrored[value] & bit) != 0;
        return isMirrored((int)c);
        // ENd android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is mirrored.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is mirrored, {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isMirrored(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isMirrored(codePoint);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return value;
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is defined in the Unicode
     * specification.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if the general Unicode category of the character is
     *         not {@code UNASSIGNED}; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isDefined(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // return getType(c) != UNASSIGNED;
        return UCharacter.isDefined(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is defined in the Unicode
     * specification.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if the general Unicode category of the code point is
     *         not {@code UNASSIGNED}; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isDefined(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isDefined(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a digit.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a digit; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isDigit(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // // Optimized case for ASCII
        // if ('0' <= c && c <= '9') {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c < 1632) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // return getType(c) == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER;
        return UCharacter.isDigit(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a digit.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a digit; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isDigit(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isDigit(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is ignorable in a Java or
     * Unicode identifier.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is ignorable; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isIdentifierIgnorable(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // return (c >= 0 && c <= 8) || (c >= 0xe && c <= 0x1b)
        //         || (c >= 0x7f && c <= 0x9f) || getType(c) == FORMAT;
        return UCharacter.isIdentifierIgnorable(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is ignorable in a Java or
     * Unicode identifier.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is ignorable; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isIdentifierIgnorable(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isIdentifierIgnorable(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is an ISO control character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is an ISO control character;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isISOControl(char c) {
        return isISOControl((int)c);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is an ISO control character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is an ISO control character;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isISOControl(int c) {
        return (c >= 0 && c <= 0x1f) || (c >= 0x7f && c <= 0x9f);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a valid part of a Java
     * identifier other than the first character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is valid as part of a Java identifier;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isJavaIdentifierPart(char c) {
        // Optimized case for ASCII
        if (c < 128) {
            return (typeTags[c] & ISJAVAPART) != 0;
        }

        int type = getType(c);
        return (type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER)
                || type == CURRENCY_SYMBOL || type == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
                || (type >= DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER && type <= LETTER_NUMBER)
                || type == NON_SPACING_MARK || type == COMBINING_SPACING_MARK
                || (c >= 0x80 && c <= 0x9f) || type == FORMAT;
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a valid part of a Java
     * identifier other than the first character.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is valid as part of a Java identifier;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isJavaIdentifierPart(int codePoint) {
        int type = getType(codePoint);
        return (type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER)
                || type == CURRENCY_SYMBOL || type == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
                || (type >= DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER && type <= LETTER_NUMBER)
                || type == COMBINING_SPACING_MARK || type == NON_SPACING_MARK 
                || isIdentifierIgnorable(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a valid first character for
     * a Java identifier.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a valid first character of a Java
     *         identifier; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isJavaIdentifierStart(char c) {
        // Optimized case for ASCII
        if (c < 128) {
            return (typeTags[c] & ISJAVASTART) != 0;
        }

        int type = getType(c);
        return (type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER)
                || type == CURRENCY_SYMBOL || type == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
                || type == LETTER_NUMBER;
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a valid start for a Java
     * identifier.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a valid start of a Java
     *         identifier; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isJavaIdentifierStart(int codePoint) {
        int type = getType(codePoint);
        return isLetter(codePoint) || type == CURRENCY_SYMBOL
                || type == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION || type == LETTER_NUMBER;
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a Java letter.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a Java letter; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #isJavaIdentifierStart(char)}
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isJavaLetter(char c) {
        return isJavaIdentifierStart(c);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a Java letter or digit
     * character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a Java letter or digit;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #isJavaIdentifierPart(char)}
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isJavaLetterOrDigit(char c) {
        return isJavaIdentifierPart(c);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a letter.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a letter; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isLetter(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // if (('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') || ('a' <= c && c <= 'z')) {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c < 128) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // int type = getType(c);
        // return type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER;
        return UCharacter.isLetter(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a letter.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a letter; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isLetter(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isLetter(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a letter or a digit.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a letter or a digit; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isLetterOrDigit(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // int type = getType(c);
        // return (type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER)
        //         || type == DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER;
        return UCharacter.isLetterOrDigit(c);
        // END andorid-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a letter or a digit.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a letter or a digit;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isLetterOrDigit(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isLetterOrDigit(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a lower case letter.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a lower case letter; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isLowerCase(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // // Optimized case for ASCII
        // if ('a' <= c && c <= 'z') {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c < 128) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // 
        // return getType(c) == LOWERCASE_LETTER;
        return UCharacter.isLowerCase(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a lower case letter.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a lower case letter;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isLowerCase(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isLowerCase(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a Java space.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a Java space; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #isWhitespace(char)}
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean isSpace(char c) {
        return c == '\n' || c == '\t' || c == '\f' || c == '\r' || c == ' ';
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a Unicode space character.
     * That is, if it is a member of one of the Unicode categories Space
     * Separator, Line Separator, or Paragraph Separator.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a Unicode space character,
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isSpaceChar(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // if (c == 0x20 || c == 0xa0 || c == 0x1680) {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c < 0x2000) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // return c <= 0x200b || c == 0x2028 || c == 0x2029 || c == 0x202f
        //         || c == 0x3000;
        return UCharacter.isSpaceChar(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a Unicode space character.
     * That is, if it is a member of one of the Unicode categories Space
     * Separator, Line Separator, or Paragraph Separator.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a Unicode space character,
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isSpaceChar(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isSpaceChar(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a titlecase character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a titlecase character, {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isTitleCase(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // if (c == '\u01c5' || c == '\u01c8' || c == '\u01cb' || c == '\u01f2') {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c >= '\u1f88' && c <= '\u1ffc') {
        //     // 0x1f88 - 0x1f8f, 0x1f98 - 0x1f9f, 0x1fa8 - 0x1faf
        //     if (c > '\u1faf') {
        //         return c == '\u1fbc' || c == '\u1fcc' || c == '\u1ffc';
        //     }
        //     int last = c & 0xf;
        //     return last >= 8 && last <= 0xf;
        // }
        // return false;
        return UCharacter.isTitleCase(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a titlecase character.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a titlecase character,
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isTitleCase(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isTitleCase(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is valid as part of a Unicode
     * identifier other than the first character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is valid as part of a Unicode
     *         identifier; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierPart(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // int type = getType(c);
        // return (type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER)
        //         || type == CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION
        //         || (type >= DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER && type <= LETTER_NUMBER)
        //         || type == NON_SPACING_MARK || type == COMBINING_SPACING_MARK
        //         || isIdentifierIgnorable(c);
        return UCharacter.isUnicodeIdentifierPart(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is valid as part of a Unicode
     * identifier other than the first character.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is valid as part of a Unicode
     *         identifier; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierPart(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isUnicodeIdentifierPart(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a valid initial character
     * for a Unicode identifier.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a valid first character for a
     *         Unicode identifier; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierStart(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // int type = getType(c);
        // return (type >= UPPERCASE_LETTER && type <= OTHER_LETTER)
        //         || type == LETTER_NUMBER;
        return UCharacter.isUnicodeIdentifierStart(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a valid initial character
     * for a Unicode identifier.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a valid first character for
     *         a Unicode identifier; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isUnicodeIdentifierStart(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isUnicodeIdentifierStart(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is an upper case letter.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code c} is a upper case letter; {@code false}
     *         otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isUpperCase(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // // Optimized case for ASCII
        // if ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c < 128) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // 
        // return getType(c) == UPPERCASE_LETTER;
        return UCharacter.isUpperCase(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is an upper case letter.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if {@code codePoint} is a upper case letter;
     *         {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isUpperCase(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.isUpperCase(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified character is a whitespace character in
     * Java.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to check.
     * @return {@code true} if the supplied {@code c} is a whitespace character
     *         in Java; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isWhitespace(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // // Optimized case for ASCII
        // if ((c >= 0x1c && c <= 0x20) || (c >= 0x9 && c <= 0xd)) {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c == 0x1680) {
        //     return true;
        // }
        // if (c < 0x2000 || c == 0x2007) {
        //     return false;
        // }
        // return c <= 0x200b || c == 0x2028 || c == 0x2029 || c == 0x3000;
        return UCharacter.isWhitespace(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Indicates whether the specified code point is a whitespace character in
     * Java.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return {@code true} if the supplied {@code c} is a whitespace character
     *         in Java; {@code false} otherwise.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static boolean isWhitespace(int codePoint) {
        //FIXME depends on ICU when the codePoint is '\u2007'
        return UCharacter.isWhitespace(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Reverses the order of the first and second byte in the specified
     * character.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to reverse.
     * @return the character with reordered bytes.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static char reverseBytes(char c) {
        return (char)((c<<8) | (c>>8));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the lower case equivalent for the specified character if the
     * character is an upper case letter. Otherwise, the specified character is
     * returned unchanged.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character
     * @return if {@code c} is an upper case character then its lower case
     *         counterpart, otherwise just {@code c}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static char toLowerCase(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // // Optimized case for ASCII
        // if ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') {
        //     return (char) (c + ('a' - 'A'));
        // }
        // if (c < 128) {
        //     return c;
        // }
        // 
        // int result = BinarySearch.binarySearchRange(lowercaseKeys, c);
        // if (result >= 0) {
        //     boolean by2 = false;
        //     char start = lowercaseKeys.charAt(result);
        //     char end = lowercaseValues[result * 2];
        //     if ((start & 0x8000) != (end & 0x8000)) {
        //         end ^= 0x8000;
        //         by2 = true;
        //     }
        //     if (c <= end) {
        //         if (by2 && (c & 1) != (start & 1)) {
        //             return c;
        //         }
        //         char mapping = lowercaseValues[result * 2 + 1];
        //         return (char) (c + mapping);
        //     }
        // }
        // return c;
        return (char)UCharacter.toLowerCase(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the lower case equivalent for the specified code point if it is
     * an upper case letter. Otherwise, the specified code point is returned
     * unchanged.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to check.
     * @return if {@code codePoint} is an upper case character then its lower
     *         case counterpart, otherwise just {@code codePoint}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int toLowerCase(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.toLowerCase(codePoint);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return String.valueOf(value);
    }

    /**
     * Converts the specified character to its string representation.
     * 
     * @param value
     *            the character to convert.
     * @return the character converted to a string.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static String toString(char value) {
        return String.valueOf(value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the title case equivalent for the specified character if it
     * exists. Otherwise, the specified character is returned unchanged.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to convert.
     * @return the title case equivalent of {@code c} if it exists, otherwise
     *         {@code c}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static char toTitleCase(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // if (isTitleCase(c)) {
        //     return c;
        // }
        // int result = BinarySearch.binarySearch(titlecaseKeys, c);
        // if (result >= 0) {
        //     return titlecaseValues[result];
        // }
        // return toUpperCase(c);
        return (char)UCharacter.toTitleCase(c);
        // ENd android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the title case equivalent for the specified code point if it
     * exists. Otherwise, the specified code point is returned unchanged.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to convert.
     * @return the title case equivalent of {@code codePoint} if it exists,
     *         otherwise {@code codePoint}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int toTitleCase(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.toTitleCase(codePoint);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the upper case equivalent for the specified character if the
     * character is a lower case letter. Otherwise, the specified character is
     * returned unchanged.
     * 
     * @param c
     *            the character to convert.
     * @return if {@code c} is a lower case character then its upper case
     *         counterpart, otherwise just {@code c}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static char toUpperCase(char c) {
        // BEGIN android-changed
        // // Optimized case for ASCII
        // if ('a' <= c && c <= 'z') {
        //     return (char) (c - ('a' - 'A'));
        // }
        // if (c < 128) {
        //     return c;
        // }
        // 
        // int result = BinarySearch.binarySearchRange(uppercaseKeys, c);
        // if (result >= 0) {
        //     boolean by2 = false;
        //     char start = uppercaseKeys.charAt(result);
        //     char end = uppercaseValues[result * 2];
        //     if ((start & 0x8000) != (end & 0x8000)) {
        //         end ^= 0x8000;
        //         by2 = true;
        //     }
        //     if (c <= end) {
        //         if (by2 && (c & 1) != (start & 1)) {
        //             return c;
        //         }
        //         char mapping = uppercaseValues[result * 2 + 1];
        //         return (char) (c + mapping);
        //     }
        // }
        // return c;
        return (char)UCharacter.toUpperCase(c);
        // END android-changed
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the upper case equivalent for the specified code point if the
     * code point is a lower case letter. Otherwise, the specified code point is
     * returned unchanged.
     * 
     * @param codePoint
     *            the code point to convert.
     * @return if {@code codePoint} is a lower case character then its upper
     *         case counterpart, otherwise just {@code codePoint}.
     * @since Android 1.0
     */
    public static int toUpperCase(int codePoint) {
        return UCharacter.toUpperCase(codePoint);
    }

}