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  25 
  26 package java.lang;
  27 
  28 import java.io.ObjectStreamField;
  29 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
  30 import java.lang.annotation.Native;
  31 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
  32 import java.lang.constant.Constable;
  33 import java.lang.constant.ConstantDesc;
  34 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
  35 import java.util.ArrayList;
  36 import java.util.Arrays;
  37 import java.util.Comparator;
  38 import java.util.Formatter;
  39 import java.util.List;
  40 import java.util.Locale;
  41 import java.util.Objects;
  42 import java.util.Optional;
  43 import java.util.Spliterator;
  44 import java.util.StringJoiner;
  45 import java.util.function.Function;
  46 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
  47 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  48 import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
  49 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
  50 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
  51 import java.util.stream.Stream;
  52 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
  53 import jdk.internal.HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate;
  54 import jdk.internal.vm.annotation.Stable;
  55 
  56 import static java.util.function.Predicate.not;
  57 
  58 /**
  59  * The {@code String} class represents character strings. All
  60  * string literals in Java programs, such as {@code "abc"}, are
  61  * implemented as instances of this class.
  62  * <p>
  63  * Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they
  64  * are created. String buffers support mutable strings.
  65  * Because String objects are immutable they can be shared. For example:
  66  * <blockquote><pre>
  67  *     String str = "abc";
  68  * </pre></blockquote><p>
  69  * is equivalent to:
  70  * <blockquote><pre>
  71  *     char data[] = {'a', 'b', 'c'};
  72  *     String str = new String(data);
  73  * </pre></blockquote><p>
  74  * Here are some more examples of how strings can be used:
  75  * <blockquote><pre>
  76  *     System.out.println("abc");
  77  *     String cde = "cde";
  78  *     System.out.println("abc" + cde);
  79  *     String c = "abc".substring(2, 3);
  80  *     String d = cde.substring(1, 2);
  81  * </pre></blockquote>
  82  * <p>
  83  * The class {@code String} includes methods for examining
  84  * individual characters of the sequence, for comparing strings, for
  85  * searching strings, for extracting substrings, and for creating a
  86  * copy of a string with all characters translated to uppercase or to
  87  * lowercase. Case mapping is based on the Unicode Standard version
  88  * specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character} class.
  89  * <p>
  90  * The Java language provides special support for the string
  91  * concatenation operator (&nbsp;+&nbsp;), and for conversion of
  92  * other objects to strings. For additional information on string
  93  * concatenation and conversion, see <i>The Java&trade; Language Specification</i>.
  94  *
  95  * <p> Unless otherwise noted, passing a {@code null} argument to a constructor
  96  * or method in this class will cause a {@link NullPointerException} to be
  97  * thrown.
  98  *
  99  * <p>A {@code String} represents a string in the UTF-16 format
 100  * in which <em>supplementary characters</em> are represented by <em>surrogate
 101  * pairs</em> (see the section <a href="Character.html#unicode">Unicode
 102  * Character Representations</a> in the {@code Character} class for
 103  * more information).
 104  * Index values refer to {@code char} code units, so a supplementary
 105  * character uses two positions in a {@code String}.
 106  * <p>The {@code String} class provides methods for dealing with
 107  * Unicode code points (i.e., characters), in addition to those for
 108  * dealing with Unicode code units (i.e., {@code char} values).
 109  *
 110  * <p>Unless otherwise noted, methods for comparing Strings do not take locale
 111  * into account.  The {@link java.text.Collator} class provides methods for
 112  * finer-grain, locale-sensitive String comparison.
 113  *
 114  * @implNote The implementation of the string concatenation operator is left to
 115  * the discretion of a Java compiler, as long as the compiler ultimately conforms
 116  * to <i>The Java&trade; Language Specification</i>. For example, the {@code javac} compiler
 117  * may implement the operator with {@code StringBuffer}, {@code StringBuilder},
 118  * or {@code java.lang.invoke.StringConcatFactory} depending on the JDK version. The
 119  * implementation of string conversion is typically through the method {@code toString},
 120  * defined by {@code Object} and inherited by all classes in Java.
 121  *
 122  * @author  Lee Boynton
 123  * @author  Arthur van Hoff
 124  * @author  Martin Buchholz
 125  * @author  Ulf Zibis
 126  * @see     java.lang.Object#toString()
 127  * @see     java.lang.StringBuffer
 128  * @see     java.lang.StringBuilder
 129  * @see     java.nio.charset.Charset
 130  * @since   1.0
 131  * @jls     15.18.1 String Concatenation Operator +
 132  */
 133 
 134 public final class String
 135     implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence,
 136                Constable, ConstantDesc {
 137 
 138     /**
 139      * The value is used for character storage.
 140      *
 141      * @implNote This field is trusted by the VM, and is a subject to
 142      * constant folding if String instance is constant. Overwriting this
 143      * field after construction will cause problems.
 144      *
 145      * Additionally, it is marked with {@link Stable} to trust the contents
 146      * of the array. No other facility in JDK provides this functionality (yet).
 147      * {@link Stable} is safe here, because value is never null.
 148      */
 149     @Stable
 150     private final byte[] value;
 151 
 152     /**
 153      * The identifier of the encoding used to encode the bytes in
 154      * {@code value}. The supported values in this implementation are
 155      *
 156      * LATIN1
 157      * UTF16
 158      *
 159      * @implNote This field is trusted by the VM, and is a subject to
 160      * constant folding if String instance is constant. Overwriting this
 161      * field after construction will cause problems.
 162      */
 163     private final byte coder;
 164 
 165     /** Cache the hash code for the string */
 166     private int hash; // Default to 0
 167 
 168     /**
 169      * Cache if the hash has been calculated as actually being zero, enabling
 170      * us to avoid recalculating this.
 171      */
 172     private boolean hashIsZero; // Default to false;
 173 
 174     /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
 175     private static final long serialVersionUID = -6849794470754667710L;
 176 
 177     /**
 178      * If String compaction is disabled, the bytes in {@code value} are
 179      * always encoded in UTF16.
 180      *
 181      * For methods with several possible implementation paths, when String
 182      * compaction is disabled, only one code path is taken.
 183      *
 184      * The instance field value is generally opaque to optimizing JIT
 185      * compilers. Therefore, in performance-sensitive place, an explicit
 186      * check of the static boolean {@code COMPACT_STRINGS} is done first
 187      * before checking the {@code coder} field since the static boolean
 188      * {@code COMPACT_STRINGS} would be constant folded away by an
 189      * optimizing JIT compiler. The idioms for these cases are as follows.
 190      *
 191      * For code such as:
 192      *
 193      *    if (coder == LATIN1) { ... }
 194      *
 195      * can be written more optimally as
 196      *
 197      *    if (coder() == LATIN1) { ... }
 198      *
 199      * or:
 200      *
 201      *    if (COMPACT_STRINGS && coder == LATIN1) { ... }
 202      *
 203      * An optimizing JIT compiler can fold the above conditional as:
 204      *
 205      *    COMPACT_STRINGS == true  => if (coder == LATIN1) { ... }
 206      *    COMPACT_STRINGS == false => if (false)           { ... }
 207      *
 208      * @implNote
 209      * The actual value for this field is injected by JVM. The static
 210      * initialization block is used to set the value here to communicate
 211      * that this static final field is not statically foldable, and to
 212      * avoid any possible circular dependency during vm initialization.
 213      */
 214     static final boolean COMPACT_STRINGS;
 215 
 216     static {
 217         COMPACT_STRINGS = true;
 218     }
 219 
 220     /**
 221      * Class String is special cased within the Serialization Stream Protocol.
 222      *
 223      * A String instance is written into an ObjectOutputStream according to
 224      * <a href="{@docRoot}/../specs/serialization/protocol.html#stream-elements">
 225      * Object Serialization Specification, Section 6.2, "Stream Elements"</a>
 226      */
 227     private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields =
 228         new ObjectStreamField[0];
 229 
 230     /**
 231      * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents
 232      * an empty character sequence.  Note that use of this constructor is
 233      * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.
 234      */
 235     public String() {
 236         this.value = "".value;
 237         this.coder = "".coder;
 238     }
 239 
 240     /**
 241      * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents
 242      * the same sequence of characters as the argument; in other words, the
 243      * newly created string is a copy of the argument string. Unless an
 244      * explicit copy of {@code original} is needed, use of this constructor is
 245      * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.
 246      *
 247      * @param  original
 248      *         A {@code String}
 249      */
 250     @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
 251     public String(String original) {
 252         this.value = original.value;
 253         this.coder = original.coder;
 254         this.hash = original.hash;
 255     }
 256 
 257     /**
 258      * Allocates a new {@code String} so that it represents the sequence of
 259      * characters currently contained in the character array argument. The
 260      * contents of the character array are copied; subsequent modification of
 261      * the character array does not affect the newly created string.
 262      *
 263      * @param  value
 264      *         The initial value of the string
 265      */
 266     public String(char value[]) {
 267         this(value, 0, value.length, null);
 268     }
 269 
 270     /**
 271      * Allocates a new {@code String} that contains characters from a subarray
 272      * of the character array argument. The {@code offset} argument is the
 273      * index of the first character of the subarray and the {@code count}
 274      * argument specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the
 275      * subarray are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does
 276      * not affect the newly created string.
 277      *
 278      * @param  value
 279      *         Array that is the source of characters
 280      *
 281      * @param  offset
 282      *         The initial offset
 283      *
 284      * @param  count
 285      *         The length
 286      *
 287      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 288      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code count} is negative, or
 289      *          {@code offset} is greater than {@code value.length - count}
 290      */
 291     public String(char value[], int offset, int count) {
 292         this(value, offset, count, rangeCheck(value, offset, count));
 293     }
 294 
 295     private static Void rangeCheck(char[] value, int offset, int count) {
 296         checkBoundsOffCount(offset, count, value.length);
 297         return null;
 298     }
 299 
 300     /**
 301      * Allocates a new {@code String} that contains characters from a subarray
 302      * of the <a href="Character.html#unicode">Unicode code point</a> array
 303      * argument.  The {@code offset} argument is the index of the first code
 304      * point of the subarray and the {@code count} argument specifies the
 305      * length of the subarray.  The contents of the subarray are converted to
 306      * {@code char}s; subsequent modification of the {@code int} array does not
 307      * affect the newly created string.
 308      *
 309      * @param  codePoints
 310      *         Array that is the source of Unicode code points
 311      *
 312      * @param  offset
 313      *         The initial offset
 314      *
 315      * @param  count
 316      *         The length
 317      *
 318      * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
 319      *          If any invalid Unicode code point is found in {@code
 320      *          codePoints}
 321      *
 322      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 323      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code count} is negative, or
 324      *          {@code offset} is greater than {@code codePoints.length - count}
 325      *
 326      * @since  1.5
 327      */
 328     public String(int[] codePoints, int offset, int count) {
 329         checkBoundsOffCount(offset, count, codePoints.length);
 330         if (count == 0) {
 331             this.value = "".value;
 332             this.coder = "".coder;
 333             return;
 334         }
 335         if (COMPACT_STRINGS) {
 336             byte[] val = StringLatin1.toBytes(codePoints, offset, count);
 337             if (val != null) {
 338                 this.coder = LATIN1;
 339                 this.value = val;
 340                 return;
 341             }
 342         }
 343         this.coder = UTF16;
 344         this.value = StringUTF16.toBytes(codePoints, offset, count);
 345     }
 346 
 347     /**
 348      * Allocates a new {@code String} constructed from a subarray of an array
 349      * of 8-bit integer values.
 350      *
 351      * <p> The {@code offset} argument is the index of the first byte of the
 352      * subarray, and the {@code count} argument specifies the length of the
 353      * subarray.
 354      *
 355      * <p> Each {@code byte} in the subarray is converted to a {@code char} as
 356      * specified in the {@link #String(byte[],int) String(byte[],int)} constructor.
 357      *
 358      * @deprecated This method does not properly convert bytes into characters.
 359      * As of JDK&nbsp;1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the
 360      * {@code String} constructors that take a {@link
 361      * java.nio.charset.Charset}, charset name, or that use the platform's
 362      * default charset.
 363      *
 364      * @param  ascii
 365      *         The bytes to be converted to characters
 366      *
 367      * @param  hibyte
 368      *         The top 8 bits of each 16-bit Unicode code unit
 369      *
 370      * @param  offset
 371      *         The initial offset
 372      * @param  count
 373      *         The length
 374      *
 375      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 376      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code count} is negative, or
 377      *          {@code offset} is greater than {@code ascii.length - count}
 378      *
 379      * @see  #String(byte[], int)
 380      * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String)
 381      * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)
 382      * @see  #String(byte[], int, int)
 383      * @see  #String(byte[], java.lang.String)
 384      * @see  #String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)
 385      * @see  #String(byte[])
 386      */
 387     @Deprecated(since="1.1")
 388     public String(byte ascii[], int hibyte, int offset, int count) {
 389         checkBoundsOffCount(offset, count, ascii.length);
 390         if (count == 0) {
 391             this.value = "".value;
 392             this.coder = "".coder;
 393             return;
 394         }
 395         if (COMPACT_STRINGS && (byte)hibyte == 0) {
 396             this.value = Arrays.copyOfRange(ascii, offset, offset + count);
 397             this.coder = LATIN1;
 398         } else {
 399             hibyte <<= 8;
 400             byte[] val = StringUTF16.newBytesFor(count);
 401             for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 402                 StringUTF16.putChar(val, i, hibyte | (ascii[offset++] & 0xff));
 403             }
 404             this.value = val;
 405             this.coder = UTF16;
 406         }
 407     }
 408 
 409     /**
 410      * Allocates a new {@code String} containing characters constructed from
 411      * an array of 8-bit integer values. Each character <i>c</i> in the
 412      * resulting string is constructed from the corresponding component
 413      * <i>b</i> in the byte array such that:
 414      *
 415      * <blockquote><pre>
 416      *     <b><i>c</i></b> == (char)(((hibyte &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 8)
 417      *                         | (<b><i>b</i></b> &amp; 0xff))
 418      * </pre></blockquote>
 419      *
 420      * @deprecated  This method does not properly convert bytes into
 421      * characters.  As of JDK&nbsp;1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the
 422      * {@code String} constructors that take a {@link
 423      * java.nio.charset.Charset}, charset name, or that use the platform's
 424      * default charset.
 425      *
 426      * @param  ascii
 427      *         The bytes to be converted to characters
 428      *
 429      * @param  hibyte
 430      *         The top 8 bits of each 16-bit Unicode code unit
 431      *
 432      * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String)
 433      * @see  #String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)
 434      * @see  #String(byte[], int, int)
 435      * @see  #String(byte[], java.lang.String)
 436      * @see  #String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)
 437      * @see  #String(byte[])
 438      */
 439     @Deprecated(since="1.1")
 440     public String(byte ascii[], int hibyte) {
 441         this(ascii, hibyte, 0, ascii.length);
 442     }
 443 
 444     /**
 445      * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of
 446      * bytes using the specified charset.  The length of the new {@code String}
 447      * is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the length
 448      * of the subarray.
 449      *
 450      * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
 451      * in the given charset is unspecified.  The {@link
 452      * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
 453      * over the decoding process is required.
 454      *
 455      * @param  bytes
 456      *         The bytes to be decoded into characters
 457      *
 458      * @param  offset
 459      *         The index of the first byte to decode
 460      *
 461      * @param  length
 462      *         The number of bytes to decode
 463 
 464      * @param  charsetName
 465      *         The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
 466      *         charset}
 467      *
 468      * @throws  UnsupportedEncodingException
 469      *          If the named charset is not supported
 470      *
 471      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 472      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code length} is negative, or
 473      *          {@code offset} is greater than {@code bytes.length - length}
 474      *
 475      * @since  1.1
 476      */
 477     public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, String charsetName)
 478             throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
 479         if (charsetName == null)
 480             throw new NullPointerException("charsetName");
 481         checkBoundsOffCount(offset, length, bytes.length);
 482         StringCoding.Result ret =
 483             StringCoding.decode(charsetName, bytes, offset, length);
 484         this.value = ret.value;
 485         this.coder = ret.coder;
 486     }
 487 
 488     /**
 489      * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of
 490      * bytes using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
 491      * The length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and
 492      * hence may not be equal to the length of the subarray.
 493      *
 494      * <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
 495      * sequences with this charset's default replacement string.  The {@link
 496      * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
 497      * over the decoding process is required.
 498      *
 499      * @param  bytes
 500      *         The bytes to be decoded into characters
 501      *
 502      * @param  offset
 503      *         The index of the first byte to decode
 504      *
 505      * @param  length
 506      *         The number of bytes to decode
 507      *
 508      * @param  charset
 509      *         The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} to be used to
 510      *         decode the {@code bytes}
 511      *
 512      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 513      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code length} is negative, or
 514      *          {@code offset} is greater than {@code bytes.length - length}
 515      *
 516      * @since  1.6
 517      */
 518     public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, Charset charset) {
 519         if (charset == null)
 520             throw new NullPointerException("charset");
 521         checkBoundsOffCount(offset, length, bytes.length);
 522         StringCoding.Result ret =
 523             StringCoding.decode(charset, bytes, offset, length);
 524         this.value = ret.value;
 525         this.coder = ret.coder;
 526     }
 527 
 528     /**
 529      * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes
 530      * using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.  The
 531      * length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and hence
 532      * may not be equal to the length of the byte array.
 533      *
 534      * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
 535      * in the given charset is unspecified.  The {@link
 536      * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
 537      * over the decoding process is required.
 538      *
 539      * @param  bytes
 540      *         The bytes to be decoded into characters
 541      *
 542      * @param  charsetName
 543      *         The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
 544      *         charset}
 545      *
 546      * @throws  UnsupportedEncodingException
 547      *          If the named charset is not supported
 548      *
 549      * @since  1.1
 550      */
 551     public String(byte bytes[], String charsetName)
 552             throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
 553         this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, charsetName);
 554     }
 555 
 556     /**
 557      * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of
 558      * bytes using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
 559      * The length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and
 560      * hence may not be equal to the length of the byte array.
 561      *
 562      * <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
 563      * sequences with this charset's default replacement string.  The {@link
 564      * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
 565      * over the decoding process is required.
 566      *
 567      * @param  bytes
 568      *         The bytes to be decoded into characters
 569      *
 570      * @param  charset
 571      *         The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} to be used to
 572      *         decode the {@code bytes}
 573      *
 574      * @since  1.6
 575      */
 576     public String(byte bytes[], Charset charset) {
 577         this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, charset);
 578     }
 579 
 580     /**
 581      * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of
 582      * bytes using the platform's default charset.  The length of the new
 583      * {@code String} is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal
 584      * to the length of the subarray.
 585      *
 586      * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
 587      * in the default charset is unspecified.  The {@link
 588      * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
 589      * over the decoding process is required.
 590      *
 591      * @param  bytes
 592      *         The bytes to be decoded into characters
 593      *
 594      * @param  offset
 595      *         The index of the first byte to decode
 596      *
 597      * @param  length
 598      *         The number of bytes to decode
 599      *
 600      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 601      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code length} is negative, or
 602      *          {@code offset} is greater than {@code bytes.length - length}
 603      *
 604      * @since  1.1
 605      */
 606     public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length) {
 607         checkBoundsOffCount(offset, length, bytes.length);
 608         StringCoding.Result ret = StringCoding.decode(bytes, offset, length);
 609         this.value = ret.value;
 610         this.coder = ret.coder;
 611     }
 612 
 613     /**
 614      * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes
 615      * using the platform's default charset.  The length of the new {@code
 616      * String} is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the
 617      * length of the byte array.
 618      *
 619      * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
 620      * in the default charset is unspecified.  The {@link
 621      * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
 622      * over the decoding process is required.
 623      *
 624      * @param  bytes
 625      *         The bytes to be decoded into characters
 626      *
 627      * @since  1.1
 628      */
 629     public String(byte[] bytes) {
 630         this(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
 631     }
 632 
 633     /**
 634      * Allocates a new string that contains the sequence of characters
 635      * currently contained in the string buffer argument. The contents of the
 636      * string buffer are copied; subsequent modification of the string buffer
 637      * does not affect the newly created string.
 638      *
 639      * @param  buffer
 640      *         A {@code StringBuffer}
 641      */
 642     public String(StringBuffer buffer) {
 643         this(buffer.toString());
 644     }
 645 
 646     /**
 647      * Allocates a new string that contains the sequence of characters
 648      * currently contained in the string builder argument. The contents of the
 649      * string builder are copied; subsequent modification of the string builder
 650      * does not affect the newly created string.
 651      *
 652      * <p> This constructor is provided to ease migration to {@code
 653      * StringBuilder}. Obtaining a string from a string builder via the {@code
 654      * toString} method is likely to run faster and is generally preferred.
 655      *
 656      * @param   builder
 657      *          A {@code StringBuilder}
 658      *
 659      * @since  1.5
 660      */
 661     public String(StringBuilder builder) {
 662         this(builder, null);
 663     }
 664 
 665     /**
 666      * Returns the length of this string.
 667      * The length is equal to the number of <a href="Character.html#unicode">Unicode
 668      * code units</a> in the string.
 669      *
 670      * @return  the length of the sequence of characters represented by this
 671      *          object.
 672      */
 673     public int length() {
 674         return value.length >> coder();
 675     }
 676 
 677     /**
 678      * Returns {@code true} if, and only if, {@link #length()} is {@code 0}.
 679      *
 680      * @return {@code true} if {@link #length()} is {@code 0}, otherwise
 681      * {@code false}
 682      *
 683      * @since 1.6
 684      */
 685     public boolean isEmpty() {
 686         return value.length == 0;
 687     }
 688 
 689     /**
 690      * Returns the {@code char} value at the
 691      * specified index. An index ranges from {@code 0} to
 692      * {@code length() - 1}. The first {@code char} value of the sequence
 693      * is at index {@code 0}, the next at index {@code 1},
 694      * and so on, as for array indexing.
 695      *
 696      * <p>If the {@code char} value specified by the index is a
 697      * <a href="Character.html#unicode">surrogate</a>, the surrogate
 698      * value is returned.
 699      *
 700      * @param      index   the index of the {@code char} value.
 701      * @return     the {@code char} value at the specified index of this string.
 702      *             The first {@code char} value is at index {@code 0}.
 703      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the {@code index}
 704      *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this
 705      *             string.
 706      */
 707     public char charAt(int index) {
 708         if (isLatin1()) {
 709             return StringLatin1.charAt(value, index);
 710         } else {
 711             return StringUTF16.charAt(value, index);
 712         }
 713     }
 714 
 715     /**
 716      * Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified
 717      * index. The index refers to {@code char} values
 718      * (Unicode code units) and ranges from {@code 0} to
 719      * {@link #length()}{@code  - 1}.
 720      *
 721      * <p> If the {@code char} value specified at the given index
 722      * is in the high-surrogate range, the following index is less
 723      * than the length of this {@code String}, and the
 724      * {@code char} value at the following index is in the
 725      * low-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point
 726      * corresponding to this surrogate pair is returned. Otherwise,
 727      * the {@code char} value at the given index is returned.
 728      *
 729      * @param      index the index to the {@code char} values
 730      * @return     the code point value of the character at the
 731      *             {@code index}
 732      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the {@code index}
 733      *             argument is negative or not less than the length of this
 734      *             string.
 735      * @since      1.5
 736      */
 737     public int codePointAt(int index) {
 738         if (isLatin1()) {
 739             checkIndex(index, value.length);
 740             return value[index] & 0xff;
 741         }
 742         int length = value.length >> 1;
 743         checkIndex(index, length);
 744         return StringUTF16.codePointAt(value, index, length);
 745     }
 746 
 747     /**
 748      * Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified
 749      * index. The index refers to {@code char} values
 750      * (Unicode code units) and ranges from {@code 1} to {@link
 751      * CharSequence#length() length}.
 752      *
 753      * <p> If the {@code char} value at {@code (index - 1)}
 754      * is in the low-surrogate range, {@code (index - 2)} is not
 755      * negative, and the {@code char} value at {@code (index -
 756      * 2)} is in the high-surrogate range, then the
 757      * supplementary code point value of the surrogate pair is
 758      * returned. If the {@code char} value at {@code index -
 759      * 1} is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the
 760      * surrogate value is returned.
 761      *
 762      * @param     index the index following the code point that should be returned
 763      * @return    the Unicode code point value before the given index.
 764      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the {@code index}
 765      *            argument is less than 1 or greater than the length
 766      *            of this string.
 767      * @since     1.5
 768      */
 769     public int codePointBefore(int index) {
 770         int i = index - 1;
 771         if (i < 0 || i >= length()) {
 772             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
 773         }
 774         if (isLatin1()) {
 775             return (value[i] & 0xff);
 776         }
 777         return StringUTF16.codePointBefore(value, index);
 778     }
 779 
 780     /**
 781      * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
 782      * range of this {@code String}. The text range begins at the
 783      * specified {@code beginIndex} and extends to the
 784      * {@code char} at index {@code endIndex - 1}. Thus the
 785      * length (in {@code char}s) of the text range is
 786      * {@code endIndex-beginIndex}. Unpaired surrogates within
 787      * the text range count as one code point each.
 788      *
 789      * @param beginIndex the index to the first {@code char} of
 790      * the text range.
 791      * @param endIndex the index after the last {@code char} of
 792      * the text range.
 793      * @return the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
 794      * range
 795      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
 796      * {@code beginIndex} is negative, or {@code endIndex}
 797      * is larger than the length of this {@code String}, or
 798      * {@code beginIndex} is larger than {@code endIndex}.
 799      * @since  1.5
 800      */
 801     public int codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
 802         if (beginIndex < 0 || beginIndex > endIndex ||
 803             endIndex > length()) {
 804             throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
 805         }
 806         if (isLatin1()) {
 807             return endIndex - beginIndex;
 808         }
 809         return StringUTF16.codePointCount(value, beginIndex, endIndex);
 810     }
 811 
 812     /**
 813      * Returns the index within this {@code String} that is
 814      * offset from the given {@code index} by
 815      * {@code codePointOffset} code points. Unpaired surrogates
 816      * within the text range given by {@code index} and
 817      * {@code codePointOffset} count as one code point each.
 818      *
 819      * @param index the index to be offset
 820      * @param codePointOffset the offset in code points
 821      * @return the index within this {@code String}
 822      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code index}
 823      *   is negative or larger then the length of this
 824      *   {@code String}, or if {@code codePointOffset} is positive
 825      *   and the substring starting with {@code index} has fewer
 826      *   than {@code codePointOffset} code points,
 827      *   or if {@code codePointOffset} is negative and the substring
 828      *   before {@code index} has fewer than the absolute value
 829      *   of {@code codePointOffset} code points.
 830      * @since 1.5
 831      */
 832     public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset) {
 833         if (index < 0 || index > length()) {
 834             throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
 835         }
 836         return Character.offsetByCodePoints(this, index, codePointOffset);
 837     }
 838 
 839     /**
 840      * Copies characters from this string into the destination character
 841      * array.
 842      * <p>
 843      * The first character to be copied is at index {@code srcBegin};
 844      * the last character to be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}
 845      * (thus the total number of characters to be copied is
 846      * {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}). The characters are copied into the
 847      * subarray of {@code dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin}
 848      * and ending at index:
 849      * <blockquote><pre>
 850      *     dstBegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
 851      * </pre></blockquote>
 852      *
 853      * @param      srcBegin   index of the first character in the string
 854      *                        to copy.
 855      * @param      srcEnd     index after the last character in the string
 856      *                        to copy.
 857      * @param      dst        the destination array.
 858      * @param      dstBegin   the start offset in the destination array.
 859      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following
 860      *            is true:
 861      *            <ul><li>{@code srcBegin} is negative.
 862      *            <li>{@code srcBegin} is greater than {@code srcEnd}
 863      *            <li>{@code srcEnd} is greater than the length of this
 864      *                string
 865      *            <li>{@code dstBegin} is negative
 866      *            <li>{@code dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)} is larger than
 867      *                {@code dst.length}</ul>
 868      */
 869     public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin) {
 870         checkBoundsBeginEnd(srcBegin, srcEnd, length());
 871         checkBoundsOffCount(dstBegin, srcEnd - srcBegin, dst.length);
 872         if (isLatin1()) {
 873             StringLatin1.getChars(value, srcBegin, srcEnd, dst, dstBegin);
 874         } else {
 875             StringUTF16.getChars(value, srcBegin, srcEnd, dst, dstBegin);
 876         }
 877     }
 878 
 879     /**
 880      * Copies characters from this string into the destination byte array. Each
 881      * byte receives the 8 low-order bits of the corresponding character. The
 882      * eight high-order bits of each character are not copied and do not
 883      * participate in the transfer in any way.
 884      *
 885      * <p> The first character to be copied is at index {@code srcBegin}; the
 886      * last character to be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}.  The total
 887      * number of characters to be copied is {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}. The
 888      * characters, converted to bytes, are copied into the subarray of {@code
 889      * dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin} and ending at index:
 890      *
 891      * <blockquote><pre>
 892      *     dstBegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
 893      * </pre></blockquote>
 894      *
 895      * @deprecated  This method does not properly convert characters into
 896      * bytes.  As of JDK&nbsp;1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the
 897      * {@link #getBytes()} method, which uses the platform's default charset.
 898      *
 899      * @param  srcBegin
 900      *         Index of the first character in the string to copy
 901      *
 902      * @param  srcEnd
 903      *         Index after the last character in the string to copy
 904      *
 905      * @param  dst
 906      *         The destination array
 907      *
 908      * @param  dstBegin
 909      *         The start offset in the destination array
 910      *
 911      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
 912      *          If any of the following is true:
 913      *          <ul>
 914      *            <li> {@code srcBegin} is negative
 915      *            <li> {@code srcBegin} is greater than {@code srcEnd}
 916      *            <li> {@code srcEnd} is greater than the length of this String
 917      *            <li> {@code dstBegin} is negative
 918      *            <li> {@code dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)} is larger than {@code
 919      *                 dst.length}
 920      *          </ul>
 921      */
 922     @Deprecated(since="1.1")
 923     public void getBytes(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, byte dst[], int dstBegin) {
 924         checkBoundsBeginEnd(srcBegin, srcEnd, length());
 925         Objects.requireNonNull(dst);
 926         checkBoundsOffCount(dstBegin, srcEnd - srcBegin, dst.length);
 927         if (isLatin1()) {
 928             StringLatin1.getBytes(value, srcBegin, srcEnd, dst, dstBegin);
 929         } else {
 930             StringUTF16.getBytes(value, srcBegin, srcEnd, dst, dstBegin);
 931         }
 932     }
 933 
 934     /**
 935      * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the named
 936      * charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
 937      *
 938      * <p> The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in
 939      * the given charset is unspecified.  The {@link
 940      * java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control
 941      * over the encoding process is required.
 942      *
 943      * @param  charsetName
 944      *         The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
 945      *         charset}
 946      *
 947      * @return  The resultant byte array
 948      *
 949      * @throws  UnsupportedEncodingException
 950      *          If the named charset is not supported
 951      *
 952      * @since  1.1
 953      */
 954     public byte[] getBytes(String charsetName)
 955             throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
 956         if (charsetName == null) throw new NullPointerException();
 957         return StringCoding.encode(charsetName, coder(), value);
 958     }
 959 
 960     /**
 961      * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the given
 962      * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}, storing the result into a
 963      * new byte array.
 964      *
 965      * <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
 966      * sequences with this charset's default replacement byte array.  The
 967      * {@link java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more
 968      * control over the encoding process is required.
 969      *
 970      * @param  charset
 971      *         The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset} to be used to encode
 972      *         the {@code String}
 973      *
 974      * @return  The resultant byte array
 975      *
 976      * @since  1.6
 977      */
 978     public byte[] getBytes(Charset charset) {
 979         if (charset == null) throw new NullPointerException();
 980         return StringCoding.encode(charset, coder(), value);
 981      }
 982 
 983     /**
 984      * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the
 985      * platform's default charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
 986      *
 987      * <p> The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in
 988      * the default charset is unspecified.  The {@link
 989      * java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control
 990      * over the encoding process is required.
 991      *
 992      * @return  The resultant byte array
 993      *
 994      * @since      1.1
 995      */
 996     public byte[] getBytes() {
 997         return StringCoding.encode(coder(), value);
 998     }
 999 
1000     /**
1001      * Compares this string to the specified object.  The result is {@code
1002      * true} if and only if the argument is not {@code null} and is a {@code
1003      * String} object that represents the same sequence of characters as this
1004      * object.
1005      *
1006      * <p>For finer-grained String comparison, refer to
1007      * {@link java.text.Collator}.
1008      *
1009      * @param  anObject
1010      *         The object to compare this {@code String} against
1011      *
1012      * @return  {@code true} if the given object represents a {@code String}
1013      *          equivalent to this string, {@code false} otherwise
1014      *
1015      * @see  #compareTo(String)
1016      * @see  #equalsIgnoreCase(String)
1017      */
1018     public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
1019         if (this == anObject) {
1020             return true;
1021         }
1022         if (anObject instanceof String) {
1023             String aString = (String)anObject;
1024             if (!COMPACT_STRINGS || this.coder == aString.coder) {
1025                 return StringLatin1.equals(value, aString.value);
1026             }
1027         }
1028         return false;
1029     }
1030 
1031     /**
1032      * Compares this string to the specified {@code StringBuffer}.  The result
1033      * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same
1034      * sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer}. This method
1035      * synchronizes on the {@code StringBuffer}.
1036      *
1037      * <p>For finer-grained String comparison, refer to
1038      * {@link java.text.Collator}.
1039      *
1040      * @param  sb
1041      *         The {@code StringBuffer} to compare this {@code String} against
1042      *
1043      * @return  {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same
1044      *          sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer},
1045      *          {@code false} otherwise
1046      *
1047      * @since  1.4
1048      */
1049     public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb) {
1050         return contentEquals((CharSequence)sb);
1051     }
1052 
1053     private boolean nonSyncContentEquals(AbstractStringBuilder sb) {
1054         int len = length();
1055         if (len != sb.length()) {
1056             return false;
1057         }
1058         byte v1[] = value;
1059         byte v2[] = sb.getValue();
1060         byte coder = coder();
1061         if (coder == sb.getCoder()) {
1062             int n = v1.length;
1063             for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
1064                 if (v1[i] != v2[i]) {
1065                     return false;
1066                 }
1067             }
1068         } else {
1069             if (coder != LATIN1) {  // utf16 str and latin1 abs can never be "equal"
1070                 return false;
1071             }
1072             return StringUTF16.contentEquals(v1, v2, len);
1073         }
1074         return true;
1075     }
1076 
1077     /**
1078      * Compares this string to the specified {@code CharSequence}.  The
1079      * result is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the
1080      * same sequence of char values as the specified sequence. Note that if the
1081      * {@code CharSequence} is a {@code StringBuffer} then the method
1082      * synchronizes on it.
1083      *
1084      * <p>For finer-grained String comparison, refer to
1085      * {@link java.text.Collator}.
1086      *
1087      * @param  cs
1088      *         The sequence to compare this {@code String} against
1089      *
1090      * @return  {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same
1091      *          sequence of char values as the specified sequence, {@code
1092      *          false} otherwise
1093      *
1094      * @since  1.5
1095      */
1096     public boolean contentEquals(CharSequence cs) {
1097         // Argument is a StringBuffer, StringBuilder
1098         if (cs instanceof AbstractStringBuilder) {
1099             if (cs instanceof StringBuffer) {
1100                 synchronized(cs) {
1101                    return nonSyncContentEquals((AbstractStringBuilder)cs);
1102                 }
1103             } else {
1104                 return nonSyncContentEquals((AbstractStringBuilder)cs);
1105             }
1106         }
1107         // Argument is a String
1108         if (cs instanceof String) {
1109             return equals(cs);
1110         }
1111         // Argument is a generic CharSequence
1112         int n = cs.length();
1113         if (n != length()) {
1114             return false;
1115         }
1116         byte[] val = this.value;
1117         if (isLatin1()) {
1118             for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
1119                 if ((val[i] & 0xff) != cs.charAt(i)) {
1120                     return false;
1121                 }
1122             }
1123         } else {
1124             if (!StringUTF16.contentEquals(val, cs, n)) {
1125                 return false;
1126             }
1127         }
1128         return true;
1129     }
1130 
1131     /**
1132      * Compares this {@code String} to another {@code String}, ignoring case
1133      * considerations.  Two strings are considered equal ignoring case if they
1134      * are of the same length and corresponding characters in the two strings
1135      * are equal ignoring case.
1136      *
1137      * <p> Two characters {@code c1} and {@code c2} are considered the same
1138      * ignoring case if at least one of the following is true:
1139      * <ul>
1140      *   <li> The two characters are the same (as compared by the
1141      *        {@code ==} operator)
1142      *   <li> Calling {@code Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(char))}
1143      *        on each character produces the same result
1144      * </ul>
1145      *
1146      * <p>Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account, and
1147      * will result in unsatisfactory results for certain locales.  The
1148      * {@link java.text.Collator} class provides locale-sensitive comparison.
1149      *
1150      * @param  anotherString
1151      *         The {@code String} to compare this {@code String} against
1152      *
1153      * @return  {@code true} if the argument is not {@code null} and it
1154      *          represents an equivalent {@code String} ignoring case; {@code
1155      *          false} otherwise
1156      *
1157      * @see  #equals(Object)
1158      */
1159     public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString) {
1160         return (this == anotherString) ? true
1161                 : (anotherString != null)
1162                 && (anotherString.length() == length())
1163                 && regionMatches(true, 0, anotherString, 0, length());
1164     }
1165 
1166     /**
1167      * Compares two strings lexicographically.
1168      * The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in
1169      * the strings. The character sequence represented by this
1170      * {@code String} object is compared lexicographically to the
1171      * character sequence represented by the argument string. The result is
1172      * a negative integer if this {@code String} object
1173      * lexicographically precedes the argument string. The result is a
1174      * positive integer if this {@code String} object lexicographically
1175      * follows the argument string. The result is zero if the strings
1176      * are equal; {@code compareTo} returns {@code 0} exactly when
1177      * the {@link #equals(Object)} method would return {@code true}.
1178      * <p>
1179      * This is the definition of lexicographic ordering. If two strings are
1180      * different, then either they have different characters at some index
1181      * that is a valid index for both strings, or their lengths are different,
1182      * or both. If they have different characters at one or more index
1183      * positions, let <i>k</i> be the smallest such index; then the string
1184      * whose character at position <i>k</i> has the smaller value, as
1185      * determined by using the {@code <} operator, lexicographically precedes the
1186      * other string. In this case, {@code compareTo} returns the
1187      * difference of the two character values at position {@code k} in
1188      * the two string -- that is, the value:
1189      * <blockquote><pre>
1190      * this.charAt(k)-anotherString.charAt(k)
1191      * </pre></blockquote>
1192      * If there is no index position at which they differ, then the shorter
1193      * string lexicographically precedes the longer string. In this case,
1194      * {@code compareTo} returns the difference of the lengths of the
1195      * strings -- that is, the value:
1196      * <blockquote><pre>
1197      * this.length()-anotherString.length()
1198      * </pre></blockquote>
1199      *
1200      * <p>For finer-grained String comparison, refer to
1201      * {@link java.text.Collator}.
1202      *
1203      * @param   anotherString   the {@code String} to be compared.
1204      * @return  the value {@code 0} if the argument string is equal to
1205      *          this string; a value less than {@code 0} if this string
1206      *          is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a
1207      *          value greater than {@code 0} if this string is
1208      *          lexicographically greater than the string argument.
1209      */
1210     public int compareTo(String anotherString) {
1211         byte v1[] = value;
1212         byte v2[] = anotherString.value;
1213         byte coder = coder();
1214         if (coder == anotherString.coder()) {
1215             return coder == LATIN1 ? StringLatin1.compareTo(v1, v2)
1216                                    : StringUTF16.compareTo(v1, v2);
1217         }
1218         return coder == LATIN1 ? StringLatin1.compareToUTF16(v1, v2)
1219                                : StringUTF16.compareToLatin1(v1, v2);
1220      }
1221 
1222     /**
1223      * A Comparator that orders {@code String} objects as by
1224      * {@code compareToIgnoreCase}. This comparator is serializable.
1225      * <p>
1226      * Note that this Comparator does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
1227      * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
1228      * The {@link java.text.Collator} class provides locale-sensitive comparison.
1229      *
1230      * @see     java.text.Collator
1231      * @since   1.2
1232      */
1233     public static final Comparator<String> CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER
1234                                          = new CaseInsensitiveComparator();
1235     private static class CaseInsensitiveComparator
1236             implements Comparator<String>, java.io.Serializable {
1237         // use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.2.2 for interoperability
1238         private static final long serialVersionUID = 8575799808933029326L;
1239 
1240         public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
1241             byte v1[] = s1.value;
1242             byte v2[] = s2.value;
1243             byte coder = s1.coder();
1244             if (coder == s2.coder()) {
1245                 return coder == LATIN1 ? StringLatin1.compareToCI(v1, v2)
1246                                        : StringUTF16.compareToCI(v1, v2);
1247             }
1248             return coder == LATIN1 ? StringLatin1.compareToCI_UTF16(v1, v2)
1249                                    : StringUTF16.compareToCI_Latin1(v1, v2);
1250         }
1251 
1252         /** Replaces the de-serialized object. */
1253         private Object readResolve() { return CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER; }
1254     }
1255 
1256     /**
1257      * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case
1258      * differences. This method returns an integer whose sign is that of
1259      * calling {@code compareTo} with normalized versions of the strings
1260      * where case differences have been eliminated by calling
1261      * {@code Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(character))} on
1262      * each character.
1263      * <p>
1264      * Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
1265      * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
1266      * The {@link java.text.Collator} class provides locale-sensitive comparison.
1267      *
1268      * @param   str   the {@code String} to be compared.
1269      * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
1270      *          specified String is greater than, equal to, or less
1271      *          than this String, ignoring case considerations.
1272      * @see     java.text.Collator
1273      * @since   1.2
1274      */
1275     public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) {
1276         return CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.compare(this, str);
1277     }
1278 
1279     /**
1280      * Tests if two string regions are equal.
1281      * <p>
1282      * A substring of this {@code String} object is compared to a substring
1283      * of the argument other. The result is true if these substrings
1284      * represent identical character sequences. The substring of this
1285      * {@code String} object to be compared begins at index {@code toffset}
1286      * and has length {@code len}. The substring of other to be compared
1287      * begins at index {@code ooffset} and has length {@code len}. The
1288      * result is {@code false} if and only if at least one of the following
1289      * is true:
1290      * <ul><li>{@code toffset} is negative.
1291      * <li>{@code ooffset} is negative.
1292      * <li>{@code toffset+len} is greater than the length of this
1293      * {@code String} object.
1294      * <li>{@code ooffset+len} is greater than the length of the other
1295      * argument.
1296      * <li>There is some nonnegative integer <i>k</i> less than {@code len}
1297      * such that:
1298      * {@code this.charAt(toffset + }<i>k</i>{@code ) != other.charAt(ooffset + }
1299      * <i>k</i>{@code )}
1300      * </ul>
1301      *
1302      * <p>Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account.  The
1303      * {@link java.text.Collator} class provides locale-sensitive comparison.
1304      *
1305      * @param   toffset   the starting offset of the subregion in this string.
1306      * @param   other     the string argument.
1307      * @param   ooffset   the starting offset of the subregion in the string
1308      *                    argument.
1309      * @param   len       the number of characters to compare.
1310      * @return  {@code true} if the specified subregion of this string
1311      *          exactly matches the specified subregion of the string argument;
1312      *          {@code false} otherwise.
1313      */
1314     public boolean regionMatches(int toffset, String other, int ooffset, int len) {
1315         byte tv[] = value;
1316         byte ov[] = other.value;
1317         // Note: toffset, ooffset, or len might be near -1>>>1.
1318         if ((ooffset < 0) || (toffset < 0) ||
1319              (toffset > (long)length() - len) ||
1320              (ooffset > (long)other.length() - len)) {
1321             return false;
1322         }
1323         byte coder = coder();
1324         if (coder == other.coder()) {
1325             if (!isLatin1() && (len > 0)) {
1326                 toffset = toffset << 1;
1327                 ooffset = ooffset << 1;
1328                 len = len << 1;
1329             }
1330             while (len-- > 0) {
1331                 if (tv[toffset++] != ov[ooffset++]) {
1332                     return false;
1333                 }
1334             }
1335         } else {
1336             if (coder == LATIN1) {
1337                 while (len-- > 0) {
1338                     if (StringLatin1.getChar(tv, toffset++) !=
1339                         StringUTF16.getChar(ov, ooffset++)) {
1340                         return false;
1341                     }
1342                 }
1343             } else {
1344                 while (len-- > 0) {
1345                     if (StringUTF16.getChar(tv, toffset++) !=
1346                         StringLatin1.getChar(ov, ooffset++)) {
1347                         return false;
1348                     }
1349                 }
1350             }
1351         }
1352         return true;
1353     }
1354 
1355     /**
1356      * Tests if two string regions are equal.
1357      * <p>
1358      * A substring of this {@code String} object is compared to a substring
1359      * of the argument {@code other}. The result is {@code true} if these
1360      * substrings represent character sequences that are the same, ignoring
1361      * case if and only if {@code ignoreCase} is true. The substring of
1362      * this {@code String} object to be compared begins at index
1363      * {@code toffset} and has length {@code len}. The substring of
1364      * {@code other} to be compared begins at index {@code ooffset} and
1365      * has length {@code len}. The result is {@code false} if and only if
1366      * at least one of the following is true:
1367      * <ul><li>{@code toffset} is negative.
1368      * <li>{@code ooffset} is negative.
1369      * <li>{@code toffset+len} is greater than the length of this
1370      * {@code String} object.
1371      * <li>{@code ooffset+len} is greater than the length of the other
1372      * argument.
1373      * <li>{@code ignoreCase} is {@code false} and there is some nonnegative
1374      * integer <i>k</i> less than {@code len} such that:
1375      * <blockquote><pre>
1376      * this.charAt(toffset+k) != other.charAt(ooffset+k)
1377      * </pre></blockquote>
1378      * <li>{@code ignoreCase} is {@code true} and there is some nonnegative
1379      * integer <i>k</i> less than {@code len} such that:
1380      * <blockquote><pre>
1381      * Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(this.charAt(toffset+k))) !=
1382      Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(other.charAt(ooffset+k)))
1383      * </pre></blockquote>
1384      * </ul>
1385      *
1386      * <p>Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
1387      * and will result in unsatisfactory results for certain locales when
1388      * {@code ignoreCase} is {@code true}.  The {@link java.text.Collator} class
1389      * provides locale-sensitive comparison.
1390      *
1391      * @param   ignoreCase   if {@code true}, ignore case when comparing
1392      *                       characters.
1393      * @param   toffset      the starting offset of the subregion in this
1394      *                       string.
1395      * @param   other        the string argument.
1396      * @param   ooffset      the starting offset of the subregion in the string
1397      *                       argument.
1398      * @param   len          the number of characters to compare.
1399      * @return  {@code true} if the specified subregion of this string
1400      *          matches the specified subregion of the string argument;
1401      *          {@code false} otherwise. Whether the matching is exact
1402      *          or case insensitive depends on the {@code ignoreCase}
1403      *          argument.
1404      */
1405     public boolean regionMatches(boolean ignoreCase, int toffset,
1406             String other, int ooffset, int len) {
1407         if (!ignoreCase) {
1408             return regionMatches(toffset, other, ooffset, len);
1409         }
1410         // Note: toffset, ooffset, or len might be near -1>>>1.
1411         if ((ooffset < 0) || (toffset < 0)
1412                 || (toffset > (long)length() - len)
1413                 || (ooffset > (long)other.length() - len)) {
1414             return false;
1415         }
1416         byte tv[] = value;
1417         byte ov[] = other.value;
1418         byte coder = coder();
1419         if (coder == other.coder()) {
1420             return coder == LATIN1
1421               ? StringLatin1.regionMatchesCI(tv, toffset, ov, ooffset, len)
1422               : StringUTF16.regionMatchesCI(tv, toffset, ov, ooffset, len);
1423         }
1424         return coder == LATIN1
1425               ? StringLatin1.regionMatchesCI_UTF16(tv, toffset, ov, ooffset, len)
1426               : StringUTF16.regionMatchesCI_Latin1(tv, toffset, ov, ooffset, len);
1427     }
1428 
1429     /**
1430      * Tests if the substring of this string beginning at the
1431      * specified index starts with the specified prefix.
1432      *
1433      * @param   prefix    the prefix.
1434      * @param   toffset   where to begin looking in this string.
1435      * @return  {@code true} if the character sequence represented by the
1436      *          argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
1437      *          at index {@code toffset}; {@code false} otherwise.
1438      *          The result is {@code false} if {@code toffset} is
1439      *          negative or greater than the length of this
1440      *          {@code String} object; otherwise the result is the same
1441      *          as the result of the expression
1442      *          <pre>
1443      *          this.substring(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
1444      *          </pre>
1445      */
1446     public boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset) {
1447         // Note: toffset might be near -1>>>1.
1448         if (toffset < 0 || toffset > length() - prefix.length()) {
1449             return false;
1450         }
1451         byte ta[] = value;
1452         byte pa[] = prefix.value;
1453         int po = 0;
1454         int pc = pa.length;
1455         byte coder = coder();
1456         if (coder == prefix.coder()) {
1457             int to = (coder == LATIN1) ? toffset : toffset << 1;
1458             while (po < pc) {
1459                 if (ta[to++] != pa[po++]) {
1460                     return false;
1461                 }
1462             }
1463         } else {
1464             if (coder == LATIN1) {  // && pcoder == UTF16
1465                 return false;
1466             }
1467             // coder == UTF16 && pcoder == LATIN1)
1468             while (po < pc) {
1469                 if (StringUTF16.getChar(ta, toffset++) != (pa[po++] & 0xff)) {
1470                     return false;
1471                }
1472             }
1473         }
1474         return true;
1475     }
1476 
1477     /**
1478      * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.
1479      *
1480      * @param   prefix   the prefix.
1481      * @return  {@code true} if the character sequence represented by the
1482      *          argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
1483      *          this string; {@code false} otherwise.
1484      *          Note also that {@code true} will be returned if the
1485      *          argument is an empty string or is equal to this
1486      *          {@code String} object as determined by the
1487      *          {@link #equals(Object)} method.
1488      * @since   1.0
1489      */
1490     public boolean startsWith(String prefix) {
1491         return startsWith(prefix, 0);
1492     }
1493 
1494     /**
1495      * Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.
1496      *
1497      * @param   suffix   the suffix.
1498      * @return  {@code true} if the character sequence represented by the
1499      *          argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by
1500      *          this object; {@code false} otherwise. Note that the
1501      *          result will be {@code true} if the argument is the
1502      *          empty string or is equal to this {@code String} object
1503      *          as determined by the {@link #equals(Object)} method.
1504      */
1505     public boolean endsWith(String suffix) {
1506         return startsWith(suffix, length() - suffix.length());
1507     }
1508 
1509     /**
1510      * Returns a hash code for this string. The hash code for a
1511      * {@code String} object is computed as
1512      * <blockquote><pre>
1513      * s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]
1514      * </pre></blockquote>
1515      * using {@code int} arithmetic, where {@code s[i]} is the
1516      * <i>i</i>th character of the string, {@code n} is the length of
1517      * the string, and {@code ^} indicates exponentiation.
1518      * (The hash value of the empty string is zero.)
1519      *
1520      * @return  a hash code value for this object.
1521      */
1522     public int hashCode() {
1523         // The hash or hashIsZero fields are subject to a benign data race,
1524         // making it crucial to ensure that any observable result of the
1525         // calculation in this method stays correct under any possible read of
1526         // these fields. Necessary restrictions to allow this to be correct
1527         // without explicit memory fences or similar concurrency primitives is
1528         // that we can ever only write to one of these two fields for a given
1529         // String instance, and that the computation is idempotent and derived
1530         // from immutable state
1531         int h = hash;
1532         if (h == 0 && !hashIsZero) {
1533             h = isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.hashCode(value)
1534                            : StringUTF16.hashCode(value);
1535             if (h == 0) {
1536                 hashIsZero = true;
1537             } else {
1538                 hash = h;
1539             }
1540         }
1541         return h;
1542     }
1543 
1544     /**
1545      * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of
1546      * the specified character. If a character with value
1547      * {@code ch} occurs in the character sequence represented by
1548      * this {@code String} object, then the index (in Unicode
1549      * code units) of the first such occurrence is returned. For
1550      * values of {@code ch} in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF
1551      * (inclusive), this is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
1552      * <blockquote><pre>
1553      * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
1554      * </pre></blockquote>
1555      * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
1556      * smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
1557      * <blockquote><pre>
1558      * this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
1559      * </pre></blockquote>
1560      * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
1561      * string, then {@code -1} is returned.
1562      *
1563      * @param   ch   a character (Unicode code point).
1564      * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
1565      *          character sequence represented by this object, or
1566      *          {@code -1} if the character does not occur.
1567      */
1568     public int indexOf(int ch) {
1569         return indexOf(ch, 0);
1570     }
1571 
1572     /**
1573      * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
1574      * specified character, starting the search at the specified index.
1575      * <p>
1576      * If a character with value {@code ch} occurs in the
1577      * character sequence represented by this {@code String}
1578      * object at an index no smaller than {@code fromIndex}, then
1579      * the index of the first such occurrence is returned. For values
1580      * of {@code ch} in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive),
1581      * this is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
1582      * <blockquote><pre>
1583      * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) {@code &&} (<i>k</i> &gt;= fromIndex)
1584      * </pre></blockquote>
1585      * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
1586      * smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
1587      * <blockquote><pre>
1588      * (this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) {@code &&} (<i>k</i> &gt;= fromIndex)
1589      * </pre></blockquote>
1590      * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
1591      * string at or after position {@code fromIndex}, then
1592      * {@code -1} is returned.
1593      *
1594      * <p>
1595      * There is no restriction on the value of {@code fromIndex}. If it
1596      * is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
1597      * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
1598      * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
1599      * this string: {@code -1} is returned.
1600      *
1601      * <p>All indices are specified in {@code char} values
1602      * (Unicode code units).
1603      *
1604      * @param   ch          a character (Unicode code point).
1605      * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from.
1606      * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
1607      *          character sequence represented by this object that is greater
1608      *          than or equal to {@code fromIndex}, or {@code -1}
1609      *          if the character does not occur.
1610      */
1611     public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {
1612         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.indexOf(value, ch, fromIndex)
1613                           : StringUTF16.indexOf(value, ch, fromIndex);
1614     }
1615 
1616     /**
1617      * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
1618      * the specified character. For values of {@code ch} in the
1619      * range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index (in Unicode code
1620      * units) returned is the largest value <i>k</i> such that:
1621      * <blockquote><pre>
1622      * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
1623      * </pre></blockquote>
1624      * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
1625      * largest value <i>k</i> such that:
1626      * <blockquote><pre>
1627      * this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
1628      * </pre></blockquote>
1629      * is true.  In either case, if no such character occurs in this
1630      * string, then {@code -1} is returned.  The
1631      * {@code String} is searched backwards starting at the last
1632      * character.
1633      *
1634      * @param   ch   a character (Unicode code point).
1635      * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
1636      *          character sequence represented by this object, or
1637      *          {@code -1} if the character does not occur.
1638      */
1639     public int lastIndexOf(int ch) {
1640         return lastIndexOf(ch, length() - 1);
1641     }
1642 
1643     /**
1644      * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
1645      * the specified character, searching backward starting at the
1646      * specified index. For values of {@code ch} in the range
1647      * from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index returned is the largest
1648      * value <i>k</i> such that:
1649      * <blockquote><pre>
1650      * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) {@code &&} (<i>k</i> &lt;= fromIndex)
1651      * </pre></blockquote>
1652      * is true. For other values of {@code ch}, it is the
1653      * largest value <i>k</i> such that:
1654      * <blockquote><pre>
1655      * (this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) {@code &&} (<i>k</i> &lt;= fromIndex)
1656      * </pre></blockquote>
1657      * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
1658      * string at or before position {@code fromIndex}, then
1659      * {@code -1} is returned.
1660      *
1661      * <p>All indices are specified in {@code char} values
1662      * (Unicode code units).
1663      *
1664      * @param   ch          a character (Unicode code point).
1665      * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from. There is no
1666      *          restriction on the value of {@code fromIndex}. If it is
1667      *          greater than or equal to the length of this string, it has
1668      *          the same effect as if it were equal to one less than the
1669      *          length of this string: this entire string may be searched.
1670      *          If it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were -1:
1671      *          -1 is returned.
1672      * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
1673      *          character sequence represented by this object that is less
1674      *          than or equal to {@code fromIndex}, or {@code -1}
1675      *          if the character does not occur before that point.
1676      */
1677     public int lastIndexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {
1678         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.lastIndexOf(value, ch, fromIndex)
1679                           : StringUTF16.lastIndexOf(value, ch, fromIndex);
1680     }
1681 
1682     /**
1683      * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
1684      * specified substring.
1685      *
1686      * <p>The returned index is the smallest value {@code k} for which:
1687      * <pre>{@code
1688      * this.startsWith(str, k)
1689      * }</pre>
1690      * If no such value of {@code k} exists, then {@code -1} is returned.
1691      *
1692      * @param   str   the substring to search for.
1693      * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring,
1694      *          or {@code -1} if there is no such occurrence.
1695      */
1696     public int indexOf(String str) {
1697         byte coder = coder();
1698         if (coder == str.coder()) {
1699             return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.indexOf(value, str.value)
1700                               : StringUTF16.indexOf(value, str.value);
1701         }
1702         if (coder == LATIN1) {  // str.coder == UTF16
1703             return -1;
1704         }
1705         return StringUTF16.indexOfLatin1(value, str.value);
1706     }
1707 
1708     /**
1709      * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
1710      * specified substring, starting at the specified index.
1711      *
1712      * <p>The returned index is the smallest value {@code k} for which:
1713      * <pre>{@code
1714      *     k >= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) &&
1715      *                   this.startsWith(str, k)
1716      * }</pre>
1717      * If no such value of {@code k} exists, then {@code -1} is returned.
1718      *
1719      * @param   str         the substring to search for.
1720      * @param   fromIndex   the index from which to start the search.
1721      * @return  the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring,
1722      *          starting at the specified index,
1723      *          or {@code -1} if there is no such occurrence.
1724      */
1725     public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {
1726         return indexOf(value, coder(), length(), str, fromIndex);
1727     }
1728 
1729     /**
1730      * Code shared by String and AbstractStringBuilder to do searches. The
1731      * source is the character array being searched, and the target
1732      * is the string being searched for.
1733      *
1734      * @param   src       the characters being searched.
1735      * @param   srcCoder  the coder of the source string.
1736      * @param   srcCount  length of the source string.
1737      * @param   tgtStr    the characters being searched for.
1738      * @param   fromIndex the index to begin searching from.
1739      */
1740     static int indexOf(byte[] src, byte srcCoder, int srcCount,
1741                        String tgtStr, int fromIndex) {
1742         byte[] tgt    = tgtStr.value;
1743         byte tgtCoder = tgtStr.coder();
1744         int tgtCount  = tgtStr.length();
1745 
1746         if (fromIndex >= srcCount) {
1747             return (tgtCount == 0 ? srcCount : -1);
1748         }
1749         if (fromIndex < 0) {
1750             fromIndex = 0;
1751         }
1752         if (tgtCount == 0) {
1753             return fromIndex;
1754         }
1755         if (tgtCount > srcCount) {
1756             return -1;
1757         }
1758         if (srcCoder == tgtCoder) {
1759             return srcCoder == LATIN1
1760                 ? StringLatin1.indexOf(src, srcCount, tgt, tgtCount, fromIndex)
1761                 : StringUTF16.indexOf(src, srcCount, tgt, tgtCount, fromIndex);
1762         }
1763         if (srcCoder == LATIN1) {    //  && tgtCoder == UTF16
1764             return -1;
1765         }
1766         // srcCoder == UTF16 && tgtCoder == LATIN1) {
1767         return StringUTF16.indexOfLatin1(src, srcCount, tgt, tgtCount, fromIndex);
1768     }
1769 
1770     /**
1771      * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
1772      * specified substring.  The last occurrence of the empty string ""
1773      * is considered to occur at the index value {@code this.length()}.
1774      *
1775      * <p>The returned index is the largest value {@code k} for which:
1776      * <pre>{@code
1777      * this.startsWith(str, k)
1778      * }</pre>
1779      * If no such value of {@code k} exists, then {@code -1} is returned.
1780      *
1781      * @param   str   the substring to search for.
1782      * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring,
1783      *          or {@code -1} if there is no such occurrence.
1784      */
1785     public int lastIndexOf(String str) {
1786         return lastIndexOf(str, length());
1787     }
1788 
1789     /**
1790      * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
1791      * specified substring, searching backward starting at the specified index.
1792      *
1793      * <p>The returned index is the largest value {@code k} for which:
1794      * <pre>{@code
1795      *     k <= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) &&
1796      *                   this.startsWith(str, k)
1797      * }</pre>
1798      * If no such value of {@code k} exists, then {@code -1} is returned.
1799      *
1800      * @param   str         the substring to search for.
1801      * @param   fromIndex   the index to start the search from.
1802      * @return  the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring,
1803      *          searching backward from the specified index,
1804      *          or {@code -1} if there is no such occurrence.
1805      */
1806     public int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {
1807         return lastIndexOf(value, coder(), length(), str, fromIndex);
1808     }
1809 
1810     /**
1811      * Code shared by String and AbstractStringBuilder to do searches. The
1812      * source is the character array being searched, and the target
1813      * is the string being searched for.
1814      *
1815      * @param   src         the characters being searched.
1816      * @param   srcCoder    coder handles the mapping between bytes/chars
1817      * @param   srcCount    count of the source string.
1818      * @param   tgt         the characters being searched for.
1819      * @param   fromIndex   the index to begin searching from.
1820      */
1821     static int lastIndexOf(byte[] src, byte srcCoder, int srcCount,
1822                            String tgtStr, int fromIndex) {
1823         byte[] tgt = tgtStr.value;
1824         byte tgtCoder = tgtStr.coder();
1825         int tgtCount = tgtStr.length();
1826         /*
1827          * Check arguments; return immediately where possible. For
1828          * consistency, don't check for null str.
1829          */
1830         int rightIndex = srcCount - tgtCount;
1831         if (fromIndex > rightIndex) {
1832             fromIndex = rightIndex;
1833         }
1834         if (fromIndex < 0) {
1835             return -1;
1836         }
1837         /* Empty string always matches. */
1838         if (tgtCount == 0) {
1839             return fromIndex;
1840         }
1841         if (srcCoder == tgtCoder) {
1842             return srcCoder == LATIN1
1843                 ? StringLatin1.lastIndexOf(src, srcCount, tgt, tgtCount, fromIndex)
1844                 : StringUTF16.lastIndexOf(src, srcCount, tgt, tgtCount, fromIndex);
1845         }
1846         if (srcCoder == LATIN1) {    // && tgtCoder == UTF16
1847             return -1;
1848         }
1849         // srcCoder == UTF16 && tgtCoder == LATIN1
1850         return StringUTF16.lastIndexOfLatin1(src, srcCount, tgt, tgtCount, fromIndex);
1851     }
1852 
1853     /**
1854      * Returns a string that is a substring of this string. The
1855      * substring begins with the character at the specified index and
1856      * extends to the end of this string. <p>
1857      * Examples:
1858      * <blockquote><pre>
1859      * "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy"
1860      * "Harbison".substring(3) returns "bison"
1861      * "emptiness".substring(9) returns "" (an empty string)
1862      * </pre></blockquote>
1863      *
1864      * @param      beginIndex   the beginning index, inclusive.
1865      * @return     the specified substring.
1866      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if
1867      *             {@code beginIndex} is negative or larger than the
1868      *             length of this {@code String} object.
1869      */
1870     public String substring(int beginIndex) {
1871         int subLen = length() - beginIndex;
1872         if (beginIndex <= 0 || subLen <= 0) {
1873             if (beginIndex == 0) {
1874                 return this;
1875             }
1876             if (subLen == 0) {
1877                 return "";
1878             }
1879             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(
1880                 "begin " + beginIndex + ", length " + length());
1881         }
1882         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.newString(value, beginIndex, subLen)
1883                           : StringUTF16.newString(value, beginIndex, subLen);
1884     }
1885 
1886     /**
1887      * Returns a string that is a substring of this string. The
1888      * substring begins at the specified {@code beginIndex} and
1889      * extends to the character at index {@code endIndex - 1}.
1890      * Thus the length of the substring is {@code endIndex-beginIndex}.
1891      * <p>
1892      * Examples:
1893      * <blockquote><pre>
1894      * "hamburger".substring(4, 8) returns "urge"
1895      * "smiles".substring(1, 5) returns "mile"
1896      * </pre></blockquote>
1897      *
1898      * @param      beginIndex   the beginning index, inclusive.
1899      * @param      endIndex     the ending index, exclusive.
1900      * @return     the specified substring.
1901      * @exception  IndexOutOfBoundsException  if the
1902      *             {@code beginIndex} is negative, or
1903      *             {@code endIndex} is larger than the length of
1904      *             this {@code String} object, or
1905      *             {@code beginIndex} is larger than
1906      *             {@code endIndex}.
1907      */
1908     public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
1909         int length = length();
1910         checkBoundsBeginEnd(beginIndex, endIndex, length);
1911         int subLen = endIndex - beginIndex;
1912         if (beginIndex == 0 && endIndex == length) {
1913             return this;
1914         }
1915         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.newString(value, beginIndex, subLen)
1916                           : StringUTF16.newString(value, beginIndex, subLen);
1917     }
1918 
1919     /**
1920      * Returns a character sequence that is a subsequence of this sequence.
1921      *
1922      * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
1923      *
1924      * <blockquote><pre>
1925      * str.subSequence(begin,&nbsp;end)</pre></blockquote>
1926      *
1927      * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
1928      *
1929      * <blockquote><pre>
1930      * str.substring(begin,&nbsp;end)</pre></blockquote>
1931      *
1932      * @apiNote
1933      * This method is defined so that the {@code String} class can implement
1934      * the {@link CharSequence} interface.
1935      *
1936      * @param   beginIndex   the begin index, inclusive.
1937      * @param   endIndex     the end index, exclusive.
1938      * @return  the specified subsequence.
1939      *
1940      * @throws  IndexOutOfBoundsException
1941      *          if {@code beginIndex} or {@code endIndex} is negative,
1942      *          if {@code endIndex} is greater than {@code length()},
1943      *          or if {@code beginIndex} is greater than {@code endIndex}
1944      *
1945      * @since 1.4
1946      * @spec JSR-51
1947      */
1948     public CharSequence subSequence(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
1949         return this.substring(beginIndex, endIndex);
1950     }
1951 
1952     /**
1953      * Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.
1954      * <p>
1955      * If the length of the argument string is {@code 0}, then this
1956      * {@code String} object is returned. Otherwise, a
1957      * {@code String} object is returned that represents a character
1958      * sequence that is the concatenation of the character sequence
1959      * represented by this {@code String} object and the character
1960      * sequence represented by the argument string.<p>
1961      * Examples:
1962      * <blockquote><pre>
1963      * "cares".concat("s") returns "caress"
1964      * "to".concat("get").concat("her") returns "together"
1965      * </pre></blockquote>
1966      *
1967      * @param   str   the {@code String} that is concatenated to the end
1968      *                of this {@code String}.
1969      * @return  a string that represents the concatenation of this object's
1970      *          characters followed by the string argument's characters.
1971      */
1972     public String concat(String str) {
1973         if (str.isEmpty()) {
1974             return this;
1975         }
1976         return StringConcatHelper.simpleConcat(this, str);
1977     }
1978 
1979     /**
1980      * Returns a string resulting from replacing all occurrences of
1981      * {@code oldChar} in this string with {@code newChar}.
1982      * <p>
1983      * If the character {@code oldChar} does not occur in the
1984      * character sequence represented by this {@code String} object,
1985      * then a reference to this {@code String} object is returned.
1986      * Otherwise, a {@code String} object is returned that
1987      * represents a character sequence identical to the character sequence
1988      * represented by this {@code String} object, except that every
1989      * occurrence of {@code oldChar} is replaced by an occurrence
1990      * of {@code newChar}.
1991      * <p>
1992      * Examples:
1993      * <blockquote><pre>
1994      * "mesquite in your cellar".replace('e', 'o')
1995      *         returns "mosquito in your collar"
1996      * "the war of baronets".replace('r', 'y')
1997      *         returns "the way of bayonets"
1998      * "sparring with a purple porpoise".replace('p', 't')
1999      *         returns "starring with a turtle tortoise"
2000      * "JonL".replace('q', 'x') returns "JonL" (no change)
2001      * </pre></blockquote>
2002      *
2003      * @param   oldChar   the old character.
2004      * @param   newChar   the new character.
2005      * @return  a string derived from this string by replacing every
2006      *          occurrence of {@code oldChar} with {@code newChar}.
2007      */
2008     public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) {
2009         if (oldChar != newChar) {
2010             String ret = isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.replace(value, oldChar, newChar)
2011                                     : StringUTF16.replace(value, oldChar, newChar);
2012             if (ret != null) {
2013                 return ret;
2014             }
2015         }
2016         return this;
2017     }
2018 
2019     /**
2020      * Tells whether or not this string matches the given <a
2021      * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a>.
2022      *
2023      * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
2024      * <i>str</i>{@code .matches(}<i>regex</i>{@code )} yields exactly the
2025      * same result as the expression
2026      *
2027      * <blockquote>
2028      * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#matches(String,CharSequence)
2029      * matches(<i>regex</i>, <i>str</i>)}
2030      * </blockquote>
2031      *
2032      * @param   regex
2033      *          the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
2034      *
2035      * @return  {@code true} if, and only if, this string matches the
2036      *          given regular expression
2037      *
2038      * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
2039      *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
2040      *
2041      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
2042      *
2043      * @since 1.4
2044      * @spec JSR-51
2045      */
2046     public boolean matches(String regex) {
2047         return Pattern.matches(regex, this);
2048     }
2049 
2050     /**
2051      * Returns true if and only if this string contains the specified
2052      * sequence of char values.
2053      *
2054      * @param s the sequence to search for
2055      * @return true if this string contains {@code s}, false otherwise
2056      * @since 1.5
2057      */
2058     public boolean contains(CharSequence s) {
2059         return indexOf(s.toString()) >= 0;
2060     }
2061 
2062     /**
2063      * Replaces the first substring of this string that matches the given <a
2064      * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a> with the
2065      * given replacement.
2066      *
2067      * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
2068      * <i>str</i>{@code .replaceFirst(}<i>regex</i>{@code ,} <i>repl</i>{@code )}
2069      * yields exactly the same result as the expression
2070      *
2071      * <blockquote>
2072      * <code>
2073      * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link
2074      * java.util.regex.Pattern#compile compile}(<i>regex</i>).{@link
2075      * java.util.regex.Pattern#matcher(java.lang.CharSequence) matcher}(<i>str</i>).{@link
2076      * java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst replaceFirst}(<i>repl</i>)
2077      * </code>
2078      * </blockquote>
2079      *
2080      *<p>
2081      * Note that backslashes ({@code \}) and dollar signs ({@code $}) in the
2082      * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were
2083      * being treated as a literal replacement string; see
2084      * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst}.
2085      * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special
2086      * meaning of these characters, if desired.
2087      *
2088      * @param   regex
2089      *          the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
2090      * @param   replacement
2091      *          the string to be substituted for the first match
2092      *
2093      * @return  The resulting {@code String}
2094      *
2095      * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
2096      *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
2097      *
2098      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
2099      *
2100      * @since 1.4
2101      * @spec JSR-51
2102      */
2103     public String replaceFirst(String regex, String replacement) {
2104         return Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(this).replaceFirst(replacement);
2105     }
2106 
2107     /**
2108      * Replaces each substring of this string that matches the given <a
2109      * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a> with the
2110      * given replacement.
2111      *
2112      * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
2113      * <i>str</i>{@code .replaceAll(}<i>regex</i>{@code ,} <i>repl</i>{@code )}
2114      * yields exactly the same result as the expression
2115      *
2116      * <blockquote>
2117      * <code>
2118      * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link
2119      * java.util.regex.Pattern#compile compile}(<i>regex</i>).{@link
2120      * java.util.regex.Pattern#matcher(java.lang.CharSequence) matcher}(<i>str</i>).{@link
2121      * java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll replaceAll}(<i>repl</i>)
2122      * </code>
2123      * </blockquote>
2124      *
2125      *<p>
2126      * Note that backslashes ({@code \}) and dollar signs ({@code $}) in the
2127      * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were
2128      * being treated as a literal replacement string; see
2129      * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll Matcher.replaceAll}.
2130      * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special
2131      * meaning of these characters, if desired.
2132      *
2133      * @param   regex
2134      *          the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
2135      * @param   replacement
2136      *          the string to be substituted for each match
2137      *
2138      * @return  The resulting {@code String}
2139      *
2140      * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
2141      *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
2142      *
2143      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
2144      *
2145      * @since 1.4
2146      * @spec JSR-51
2147      */
2148     public String replaceAll(String regex, String replacement) {
2149         return Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(this).replaceAll(replacement);
2150     }
2151 
2152     /**
2153      * Replaces each substring of this string that matches the literal target
2154      * sequence with the specified literal replacement sequence. The
2155      * replacement proceeds from the beginning of the string to the end, for
2156      * example, replacing "aa" with "b" in the string "aaa" will result in
2157      * "ba" rather than "ab".
2158      *
2159      * @param  target The sequence of char values to be replaced
2160      * @param  replacement The replacement sequence of char values
2161      * @return  The resulting string
2162      * @since 1.5
2163      */
2164     public String replace(CharSequence target, CharSequence replacement) {
2165         String trgtStr = target.toString();
2166         String replStr = replacement.toString();
2167         int thisLen = length();
2168         int trgtLen = trgtStr.length();
2169         int replLen = replStr.length();
2170 
2171         if (trgtLen > 0) {
2172             if (trgtLen == 1 && replLen == 1) {
2173                 return replace(trgtStr.charAt(0), replStr.charAt(0));
2174             }
2175 
2176             boolean thisIsLatin1 = this.isLatin1();
2177             boolean trgtIsLatin1 = trgtStr.isLatin1();
2178             boolean replIsLatin1 = replStr.isLatin1();
2179             String ret = (thisIsLatin1 && trgtIsLatin1 && replIsLatin1)
2180                     ? StringLatin1.replace(value, thisLen,
2181                                            trgtStr.value, trgtLen,
2182                                            replStr.value, replLen)
2183                     : StringUTF16.replace(value, thisLen, thisIsLatin1,
2184                                           trgtStr.value, trgtLen, trgtIsLatin1,
2185                                           replStr.value, replLen, replIsLatin1);
2186             if (ret != null) {
2187                 return ret;
2188             }
2189             return this;
2190 
2191         } else { // trgtLen == 0
2192             int resultLen;
2193             try {
2194                 resultLen = Math.addExact(thisLen, Math.multiplyExact(
2195                         Math.addExact(thisLen, 1), replLen));
2196             } catch (ArithmeticException ignored) {
2197                 throw new OutOfMemoryError();
2198             }
2199 
2200             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(resultLen);
2201             sb.append(replStr);
2202             for (int i = 0; i < thisLen; ++i) {
2203                 sb.append(charAt(i)).append(replStr);
2204             }
2205             return sb.toString();
2206         }
2207     }
2208 
2209     /**
2210      * Splits this string around matches of the given
2211      * <a href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a>.
2212      *
2213      * <p> The array returned by this method contains each substring of this
2214      * string that is terminated by another substring that matches the given
2215      * expression or is terminated by the end of the string.  The substrings in
2216      * the array are in the order in which they occur in this string.  If the
2217      * expression does not match any part of the input then the resulting array
2218      * has just one element, namely this string.
2219      *
2220      * <p> When there is a positive-width match at the beginning of this
2221      * string then an empty leading substring is included at the beginning
2222      * of the resulting array. A zero-width match at the beginning however
2223      * never produces such empty leading substring.
2224      *
2225      * <p> The {@code limit} parameter controls the number of times the
2226      * pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting
2227      * array.
2228      * <ul>
2229      *    <li><p>
2230      *    If the <i>limit</i> is positive then the pattern will be applied
2231      *    at most <i>limit</i>&nbsp;-&nbsp;1 times, the array's length will be
2232      *    no greater than <i>limit</i>, and the array's last entry will contain
2233      *    all input beyond the last matched delimiter.</p></li>
2234      *
2235      *    <li><p>
2236      *    If the <i>limit</i> is zero then the pattern will be applied as
2237      *    many times as possible, the array can have any length, and trailing
2238      *    empty strings will be discarded.</p></li>
2239      *
2240      *    <li><p>
2241      *    If the <i>limit</i> is negative then the pattern will be applied
2242      *    as many times as possible and the array can have any length.</p></li>
2243      * </ul>
2244      *
2245      * <p> The string {@code "boo:and:foo"}, for example, yields the
2246      * following results with these parameters:
2247      *
2248      * <blockquote><table class="plain">
2249      * <caption style="display:none">Split example showing regex, limit, and result</caption>
2250      * <thead>
2251      * <tr>
2252      *     <th scope="col">Regex</th>
2253      *     <th scope="col">Limit</th>
2254      *     <th scope="col">Result</th>
2255      * </tr>
2256      * </thead>
2257      * <tbody>
2258      * <tr><th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal">:</th>
2259      *     <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:right; padding-right:1em">2</th>
2260      *     <td>{@code { "boo", "and:foo" }}</td></tr>
2261      * <tr><!-- : -->
2262      *     <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:right; padding-right:1em">5</th>
2263      *     <td>{@code { "boo", "and", "foo" }}</td></tr>
2264      * <tr><!-- : -->
2265      *     <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:right; padding-right:1em">-2</th>
2266      *     <td>{@code { "boo", "and", "foo" }}</td></tr>
2267      * <tr><th scope="row" rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal">o</th>
2268      *     <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:right; padding-right:1em">5</th>
2269      *     <td>{@code { "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }}</td></tr>
2270      * <tr><!-- o -->
2271      *     <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:right; padding-right:1em">-2</th>
2272      *     <td>{@code { "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }}</td></tr>
2273      * <tr><!-- o -->
2274      *     <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:right; padding-right:1em">0</th>
2275      *     <td>{@code { "b", "", ":and:f" }}</td></tr>
2276      * </tbody>
2277      * </table></blockquote>
2278      *
2279      * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
2280      * <i>str.</i>{@code split(}<i>regex</i>{@code ,}&nbsp;<i>n</i>{@code )}
2281      * yields the same result as the expression
2282      *
2283      * <blockquote>
2284      * <code>
2285      * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link
2286      * java.util.regex.Pattern#compile compile}(<i>regex</i>).{@link
2287      * java.util.regex.Pattern#split(java.lang.CharSequence,int) split}(<i>str</i>,&nbsp;<i>n</i>)
2288      * </code>
2289      * </blockquote>
2290      *
2291      *
2292      * @param  regex
2293      *         the delimiting regular expression
2294      *
2295      * @param  limit
2296      *         the result threshold, as described above
2297      *
2298      * @return  the array of strings computed by splitting this string
2299      *          around matches of the given regular expression
2300      *
2301      * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
2302      *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
2303      *
2304      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
2305      *
2306      * @since 1.4
2307      * @spec JSR-51
2308      */
2309     public String[] split(String regex, int limit) {
2310         /* fastpath if the regex is a
2311          (1)one-char String and this character is not one of the
2312             RegEx's meta characters ".$|()[{^?*+\\", or
2313          (2)two-char String and the first char is the backslash and
2314             the second is not the ascii digit or ascii letter.
2315          */
2316         char ch = 0;
2317         if (((regex.length() == 1 &&
2318              ".$|()[{^?*+\\".indexOf(ch = regex.charAt(0)) == -1) ||
2319              (regex.length() == 2 &&
2320               regex.charAt(0) == '\\' &&
2321               (((ch = regex.charAt(1))-'0')|('9'-ch)) < 0 &&
2322               ((ch-'a')|('z'-ch)) < 0 &&
2323               ((ch-'A')|('Z'-ch)) < 0)) &&
2324             (ch < Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE ||
2325              ch > Character.MAX_LOW_SURROGATE))
2326         {
2327             int off = 0;
2328             int next = 0;
2329             boolean limited = limit > 0;
2330             ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
2331             while ((next = indexOf(ch, off)) != -1) {
2332                 if (!limited || list.size() < limit - 1) {
2333                     list.add(substring(off, next));
2334                     off = next + 1;
2335                 } else {    // last one
2336                     //assert (list.size() == limit - 1);
2337                     int last = length();
2338                     list.add(substring(off, last));
2339                     off = last;
2340                     break;
2341                 }
2342             }
2343             // If no match was found, return this
2344             if (off == 0)
2345                 return new String[]{this};
2346 
2347             // Add remaining segment
2348             if (!limited || list.size() < limit)
2349                 list.add(substring(off, length()));
2350 
2351             // Construct result
2352             int resultSize = list.size();
2353             if (limit == 0) {
2354                 while (resultSize > 0 && list.get(resultSize - 1).isEmpty()) {
2355                     resultSize--;
2356                 }
2357             }
2358             String[] result = new String[resultSize];
2359             return list.subList(0, resultSize).toArray(result);
2360         }
2361         return Pattern.compile(regex).split(this, limit);
2362     }
2363 
2364     /**
2365      * Splits this string around matches of the given <a
2366      * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a>.
2367      *
2368      * <p> This method works as if by invoking the two-argument {@link
2369      * #split(String, int) split} method with the given expression and a limit
2370      * argument of zero.  Trailing empty strings are therefore not included in
2371      * the resulting array.
2372      *
2373      * <p> The string {@code "boo:and:foo"}, for example, yields the following
2374      * results with these expressions:
2375      *
2376      * <blockquote><table class="plain">
2377      * <caption style="display:none">Split examples showing regex and result</caption>
2378      * <thead>
2379      * <tr>
2380      *  <th scope="col">Regex</th>
2381      *  <th scope="col">Result</th>
2382      * </tr>
2383      * </thead>
2384      * <tbody>
2385      * <tr><th scope="row" style="text-weight:normal">:</th>
2386      *     <td>{@code { "boo", "and", "foo" }}</td></tr>
2387      * <tr><th scope="row" style="text-weight:normal">o</th>
2388      *     <td>{@code { "b", "", ":and:f" }}</td></tr>
2389      * </tbody>
2390      * </table></blockquote>
2391      *
2392      *
2393      * @param  regex
2394      *         the delimiting regular expression
2395      *
2396      * @return  the array of strings computed by splitting this string
2397      *          around matches of the given regular expression
2398      *
2399      * @throws  PatternSyntaxException
2400      *          if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
2401      *
2402      * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
2403      *
2404      * @since 1.4
2405      * @spec JSR-51
2406      */
2407     public String[] split(String regex) {
2408         return split(regex, 0);
2409     }
2410 
2411     /**
2412      * Returns a new String composed of copies of the
2413      * {@code CharSequence elements} joined together with a copy of
2414      * the specified {@code delimiter}.
2415      *
2416      * <blockquote>For example,
2417      * <pre>{@code
2418      *     String message = String.join("-", "Java", "is", "cool");
2419      *     // message returned is: "Java-is-cool"
2420      * }</pre></blockquote>
2421      *
2422      * Note that if an element is null, then {@code "null"} is added.
2423      *
2424      * @param  delimiter the delimiter that separates each element
2425      * @param  elements the elements to join together.
2426      *
2427      * @return a new {@code String} that is composed of the {@code elements}
2428      *         separated by the {@code delimiter}
2429      *
2430      * @throws NullPointerException If {@code delimiter} or {@code elements}
2431      *         is {@code null}
2432      *
2433      * @see java.util.StringJoiner
2434      * @since 1.8
2435      */
2436     public static String join(CharSequence delimiter, CharSequence... elements) {
2437         Objects.requireNonNull(delimiter);
2438         Objects.requireNonNull(elements);
2439         // Number of elements not likely worth Arrays.stream overhead.
2440         StringJoiner joiner = new StringJoiner(delimiter);
2441         for (CharSequence cs: elements) {
2442             joiner.add(cs);
2443         }
2444         return joiner.toString();
2445     }
2446 
2447     /**
2448      * Returns a new {@code String} composed of copies of the
2449      * {@code CharSequence elements} joined together with a copy of the
2450      * specified {@code delimiter}.
2451      *
2452      * <blockquote>For example,
2453      * <pre>{@code
2454      *     List<String> strings = List.of("Java", "is", "cool");
2455      *     String message = String.join(" ", strings);
2456      *     //message returned is: "Java is cool"
2457      *
2458      *     Set<String> strings =
2459      *         new LinkedHashSet<>(List.of("Java", "is", "very", "cool"));
2460      *     String message = String.join("-", strings);
2461      *     //message returned is: "Java-is-very-cool"
2462      * }</pre></blockquote>
2463      *
2464      * Note that if an individual element is {@code null}, then {@code "null"} is added.
2465      *
2466      * @param  delimiter a sequence of characters that is used to separate each
2467      *         of the {@code elements} in the resulting {@code String}
2468      * @param  elements an {@code Iterable} that will have its {@code elements}
2469      *         joined together.
2470      *
2471      * @return a new {@code String} that is composed from the {@code elements}
2472      *         argument
2473      *
2474      * @throws NullPointerException If {@code delimiter} or {@code elements}
2475      *         is {@code null}
2476      *
2477      * @see    #join(CharSequence,CharSequence...)
2478      * @see    java.util.StringJoiner
2479      * @since 1.8
2480      */
2481     public static String join(CharSequence delimiter,
2482             Iterable<? extends CharSequence> elements) {
2483         Objects.requireNonNull(delimiter);
2484         Objects.requireNonNull(elements);
2485         StringJoiner joiner = new StringJoiner(delimiter);
2486         for (CharSequence cs: elements) {
2487             joiner.add(cs);
2488         }
2489         return joiner.toString();
2490     }
2491 
2492     /**
2493      * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to lower
2494      * case using the rules of the given {@code Locale}.  Case mapping is based
2495      * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}
2496      * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting
2497      * {@code String} may be a different length than the original {@code String}.
2498      * <p>
2499      * Examples of lowercase  mappings are in the following table:
2500      * <table class="plain">
2501      * <caption style="display:none">Lowercase mapping examples showing language code of locale, upper case, lower case, and description</caption>
2502      * <thead>
2503      * <tr>
2504      *   <th scope="col">Language Code of Locale</th>
2505      *   <th scope="col">Upper Case</th>
2506      *   <th scope="col">Lower Case</th>
2507      *   <th scope="col">Description</th>
2508      * </tr>
2509      * </thead>
2510      * <tbody>
2511      * <tr>
2512      *   <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
2513      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">\u0130</th>
2514      *   <td>\u0069</td>
2515      *   <td>capital letter I with dot above -&gt; small letter i</td>
2516      * </tr>
2517      * <tr>
2518      *   <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
2519      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">\u0049</th>
2520      *   <td>\u0131</td>
2521      *   <td>capital letter I -&gt; small letter dotless i </td>
2522      * </tr>
2523      * <tr>
2524      *   <td>(all)</td>
2525      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">French Fries</th>
2526      *   <td>french fries</td>
2527      *   <td>lowercased all chars in String</td>
2528      * </tr>
2529      * <tr>
2530      *   <td>(all)</td>
2531      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">
2532      *       &Iota;&Chi;&Theta;&Upsilon;&Sigma;</th>
2533      *   <td>&iota;&chi;&theta;&upsilon;&sigma;</td>
2534      *   <td>lowercased all chars in String</td>
2535      * </tr>
2536      * </tbody>
2537      * </table>
2538      *
2539      * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
2540      * @return the {@code String}, converted to lowercase.
2541      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase()
2542      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
2543      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
2544      * @since   1.1
2545      */
2546     public String toLowerCase(Locale locale) {
2547         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.toLowerCase(this, value, locale)
2548                           : StringUTF16.toLowerCase(this, value, locale);
2549     }
2550 
2551     /**
2552      * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to lower
2553      * case using the rules of the default locale. This is equivalent to calling
2554      * {@code toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault())}.
2555      * <p>
2556      * <b>Note:</b> This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected
2557      * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale
2558      * independently.
2559      * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML
2560      * tags.
2561      * For instance, {@code "TITLE".toLowerCase()} in a Turkish locale
2562      * returns {@code "t\u005Cu0131tle"}, where '\u005Cu0131' is the
2563      * LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I character.
2564      * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use
2565      * {@code toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)}.
2566      *
2567      * @return  the {@code String}, converted to lowercase.
2568      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
2569      */
2570     public String toLowerCase() {
2571         return toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault());
2572     }
2573 
2574     /**
2575      * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to upper
2576      * case using the rules of the given {@code Locale}. Case mapping is based
2577      * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}
2578      * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting
2579      * {@code String} may be a different length than the original {@code String}.
2580      * <p>
2581      * Examples of locale-sensitive and 1:M case mappings are in the following table.
2582      *
2583      * <table class="plain">
2584      * <caption style="display:none">Examples of locale-sensitive and 1:M case mappings. Shows Language code of locale, lower case, upper case, and description.</caption>
2585      * <thead>
2586      * <tr>
2587      *   <th scope="col">Language Code of Locale</th>
2588      *   <th scope="col">Lower Case</th>
2589      *   <th scope="col">Upper Case</th>
2590      *   <th scope="col">Description</th>
2591      * </tr>
2592      * </thead>
2593      * <tbody>
2594      * <tr>
2595      *   <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
2596      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">\u0069</th>
2597      *   <td>\u0130</td>
2598      *   <td>small letter i -&gt; capital letter I with dot above</td>
2599      * </tr>
2600      * <tr>
2601      *   <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
2602      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">\u0131</th>
2603      *   <td>\u0049</td>
2604      *   <td>small letter dotless i -&gt; capital letter I</td>
2605      * </tr>
2606      * <tr>
2607      *   <td>(all)</td>
2608      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">\u00df</th>
2609      *   <td>\u0053 \u0053</td>
2610      *   <td>small letter sharp s -&gt; two letters: SS</td>
2611      * </tr>
2612      * <tr>
2613      *   <td>(all)</td>
2614      *   <th scope="row" style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left">Fahrvergn&uuml;gen</th>
2615      *   <td>FAHRVERGN&Uuml;GEN</td>
2616      *   <td></td>
2617      * </tr>
2618      * </tbody>
2619      * </table>
2620      * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
2621      * @return the {@code String}, converted to uppercase.
2622      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
2623      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase()
2624      * @see     java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
2625      * @since   1.1
2626      */
2627     public String toUpperCase(Locale locale) {
2628         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.toUpperCase(this, value, locale)
2629                           : StringUTF16.toUpperCase(this, value, locale);
2630     }
2631 
2632     /**
2633      * Converts all of the characters in this {@code String} to upper
2634      * case using the rules of the default locale. This method is equivalent to
2635      * {@code toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault())}.
2636      * <p>
2637      * <b>Note:</b> This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected
2638      * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale
2639      * independently.
2640      * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML
2641      * tags.
2642      * For instance, {@code "title".toUpperCase()} in a Turkish locale
2643      * returns {@code "T\u005Cu0130TLE"}, where '\u005Cu0130' is the
2644      * LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE character.
2645      * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use
2646      * {@code toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)}.
2647      *
2648      * @return  the {@code String}, converted to uppercase.
2649      * @see     java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
2650      */
2651     public String toUpperCase() {
2652         return toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault());
2653     }
2654 
2655     /**
2656      * Returns a string whose value is this string, with all leading
2657      * and trailing space removed, where space is defined
2658      * as any character whose codepoint is less than or equal to
2659      * {@code 'U+0020'} (the space character).
2660      * <p>
2661      * If this {@code String} object represents an empty character
2662      * sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence
2663      * represented by this {@code String} object both have codes
2664      * that are not space (as defined above), then a
2665      * reference to this {@code String} object is returned.
2666      * <p>
2667      * Otherwise, if all characters in this string are space (as
2668      * defined above), then a  {@code String} object representing an
2669      * empty string is returned.
2670      * <p>
2671      * Otherwise, let <i>k</i> be the index of the first character in the
2672      * string whose code is not a space (as defined above) and let
2673      * <i>m</i> be the index of the last character in the string whose code
2674      * is not a space (as defined above). A {@code String}
2675      * object is returned, representing the substring of this string that
2676      * begins with the character at index <i>k</i> and ends with the
2677      * character at index <i>m</i>-that is, the result of
2678      * {@code this.substring(k, m + 1)}.
2679      * <p>
2680      * This method may be used to trim space (as defined above) from
2681      * the beginning and end of a string.
2682      *
2683      * @return  a string whose value is this string, with all leading
2684      *          and trailing space removed, or this string if it
2685      *          has no leading or trailing space.
2686      */
2687     public String trim() {
2688         String ret = isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.trim(value)
2689                                 : StringUTF16.trim(value);
2690         return ret == null ? this : ret;
2691     }
2692 
2693     /**
2694      * Returns a string whose value is this string, with all leading
2695      * and trailing {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2696      * removed.
2697      * <p>
2698      * If this {@code String} object represents an empty string,
2699      * or if all code points in this string are
2700      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}, then an empty string
2701      * is returned.
2702      * <p>
2703      * Otherwise, returns a substring of this string beginning with the first
2704      * code point that is not a {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2705      * up to and including the last code point that is not a
2706      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}.
2707      * <p>
2708      * This method may be used to strip
2709      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} from
2710      * the beginning and end of a string.
2711      *
2712      * @return  a string whose value is this string, with all leading
2713      *          and trailing white space removed
2714      *
2715      * @see Character#isWhitespace(int)
2716      *
2717      * @since 11
2718      */
2719     public String strip() {
2720         String ret = isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.strip(value)
2721                                 : StringUTF16.strip(value);
2722         return ret == null ? this : ret;
2723     }
2724 
2725     /**
2726      * Returns a string whose value is this string, with all leading
2727      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} removed.
2728      * <p>
2729      * If this {@code String} object represents an empty string,
2730      * or if all code points in this string are
2731      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}, then an empty string
2732      * is returned.
2733      * <p>
2734      * Otherwise, returns a substring of this string beginning with the first
2735      * code point that is not a {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2736      * up to and including the last code point of this string.
2737      * <p>
2738      * This method may be used to trim
2739      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} from
2740      * the beginning of a string.
2741      *
2742      * @return  a string whose value is this string, with all leading white
2743      *          space removed
2744      *
2745      * @see Character#isWhitespace(int)
2746      *
2747      * @since 11
2748      */
2749     public String stripLeading() {
2750         String ret = isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.stripLeading(value)
2751                                 : StringUTF16.stripLeading(value);
2752         return ret == null ? this : ret;
2753     }
2754 
2755     /**
2756      * Returns a string whose value is this string, with all trailing
2757      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} removed.
2758      * <p>
2759      * If this {@code String} object represents an empty string,
2760      * or if all characters in this string are
2761      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}, then an empty string
2762      * is returned.
2763      * <p>
2764      * Otherwise, returns a substring of this string beginning with the first
2765      * code point of this string up to and including the last code point
2766      * that is not a {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}.
2767      * <p>
2768      * This method may be used to trim
2769      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} from
2770      * the end of a string.
2771      *
2772      * @return  a string whose value is this string, with all trailing white
2773      *          space removed
2774      *
2775      * @see Character#isWhitespace(int)
2776      *
2777      * @since 11
2778      */
2779     public String stripTrailing() {
2780         String ret = isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.stripTrailing(value)
2781                                 : StringUTF16.stripTrailing(value);
2782         return ret == null ? this : ret;
2783     }
2784 
2785     /**
2786      * Returns {@code true} if the string is empty or contains only
2787      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} codepoints,
2788      * otherwise {@code false}.
2789      *
2790      * @return {@code true} if the string is empty or contains only
2791      *         {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} codepoints,
2792      *         otherwise {@code false}
2793      *
2794      * @see Character#isWhitespace(int)
2795      *
2796      * @since 11
2797      */
2798     public boolean isBlank() {
2799         return indexOfNonWhitespace() == length();
2800     }
2801 
2802     /**
2803      * Returns a stream of lines extracted from this string,
2804      * separated by line terminators.
2805      * <p>
2806      * A <i>line terminator</i> is one of the following:
2807      * a line feed character {@code "\n"} (U+000A),
2808      * a carriage return character {@code "\r"} (U+000D),
2809      * or a carriage return followed immediately by a line feed
2810      * {@code "\r\n"} (U+000D U+000A).
2811      * <p>
2812      * A <i>line</i> is either a sequence of zero or more characters
2813      * followed by a line terminator, or it is a sequence of one or
2814      * more characters followed by the end of the string. A
2815      * line does not include the line terminator.
2816      * <p>
2817      * The stream returned by this method contains the lines from
2818      * this string in the order in which they occur.
2819      *
2820      * @apiNote This definition of <i>line</i> implies that an empty
2821      *          string has zero lines and that there is no empty line
2822      *          following a line terminator at the end of a string.
2823      *
2824      * @implNote This method provides better performance than
2825      *           split("\R") by supplying elements lazily and
2826      *           by faster search of new line terminators.
2827      *
2828      * @return  the stream of lines extracted from this string
2829      *
2830      * @since 11
2831      */
2832     public Stream<String> lines() {
2833         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.lines(value) : StringUTF16.lines(value);
2834     }
2835 
2836     /**
2837      * Adjusts the indentation of each line of this string based on the value of
2838      * {@code n}, and normalizes line termination characters.
2839      * <p>
2840      * This string is conceptually separated into lines using
2841      * {@link String#lines()}. Each line is then adjusted as described below
2842      * and then suffixed with a line feed {@code "\n"} (U+000A). The resulting
2843      * lines are then concatenated and returned.
2844      * <p>
2845      * If {@code n > 0} then {@code n} spaces (U+0020) are inserted at the
2846      * beginning of each line.
2847      * <p>
2848      * If {@code n < 0} then up to {@code n}
2849      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space characters} are removed
2850      * from the beginning of each line. If a given line does not contain
2851      * sufficient white space then all leading
2852      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space characters} are removed.
2853      * Each white space character is treated as a single character. In
2854      * particular, the tab character {@code "\t"} (U+0009) is considered a
2855      * single character; it is not expanded.
2856      * <p>
2857      * If {@code n == 0} then the line remains unchanged. However, line
2858      * terminators are still normalized.
2859      *
2860      * @param n  number of leading
2861      *           {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space characters}
2862      *           to add or remove
2863      *
2864      * @return string with indentation adjusted and line endings normalized
2865      *
2866      * @see String#lines()
2867      * @see String#isBlank()
2868      * @see Character#isWhitespace(int)
2869      *
2870      * @since 12
2871      */
2872     public String indent(int n) {
2873         if (isEmpty()) {
2874             return "";
2875         }
2876         Stream<String> stream = lines();
2877         if (n > 0) {
2878             final String spaces = " ".repeat(n);
2879             stream = stream.map(s -> spaces + s);
2880         } else if (n == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
2881             stream = stream.map(s -> s.stripLeading());
2882         } else if (n < 0) {
2883             stream = stream.map(s -> s.substring(Math.min(-n, s.indexOfNonWhitespace())));
2884         }
2885         return stream.collect(Collectors.joining("\n", "", "\n"));
2886     }
2887 
2888     private int indexOfNonWhitespace() {
2889         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.indexOfNonWhitespace(value)
2890                           : StringUTF16.indexOfNonWhitespace(value);
2891     }
2892 
2893     private int lastIndexOfNonWhitespace() {
2894         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.lastIndexOfNonWhitespace(value)
2895                           : StringUTF16.lastIndexOfNonWhitespace(value);
2896     }
2897 
2898     /**
2899      * Returns a string whose value is this string, with incidental
2900      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} removed from
2901      * the beginning and end of every line.
2902      * <p>
2903      * Incidental {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2904      * is often present in a text block to align the content with the opening
2905      * delimiter. For example, in the following code, dots represent incidental
2906      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}:
2907      * <blockquote><pre>
2908      * String html = """
2909      * ..............&lt;html&gt;
2910      * ..............    &lt;body&gt;
2911      * ..............        &lt;p&gt;Hello, world&lt;/p&gt;
2912      * ..............    &lt;/body&gt;
2913      * ..............&lt;/html&gt;
2914      * ..............""";
2915      * </pre></blockquote>
2916      * This method treats the incidental
2917      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} as indentation to be
2918      * stripped, producing a string that preserves the relative indentation of
2919      * the content. Using | to visualize the start of each line of the string:
2920      * <blockquote><pre>
2921      * |&lt;html&gt;
2922      * |    &lt;body&gt;
2923      * |        &lt;p&gt;Hello, world&lt;/p&gt;
2924      * |    &lt;/body&gt;
2925      * |&lt;/html&gt;
2926      * </pre></blockquote>
2927      * First, the individual lines of this string are extracted as if by using
2928      * {@link String#lines()}.
2929      * <p>
2930      * Then, the <i>minimum indentation</i> (min) is determined as follows.
2931      * For each non-blank line (as defined by {@link String#isBlank()}), the
2932      * leading {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} characters are
2933      * counted. The leading {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2934      * characters on the last line are also counted even if
2935      * {@linkplain String#isBlank() blank}. The <i>min</i> value is the smallest
2936      * of these counts.
2937      * <p>
2938      * For each {@linkplain String#isBlank() non-blank} line, <i>min</i> leading
2939      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space} characters are removed,
2940      * and any trailing {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2941      * characters are removed. {@linkplain String#isBlank() Blank} lines are
2942      * replaced with the empty string.
2943      *
2944      * <p>
2945      * Finally, the lines are joined into a new string, using the LF character
2946      * {@code "\n"} (U+000A) to separate lines.
2947      *
2948      * @apiNote
2949      * This method's primary purpose is to shift a block of lines as far as
2950      * possible to the left, while preserving relative indentation. Lines
2951      * that were indented the least will thus have no leading
2952      * {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}.
2953      * The line count of the result will be the same as line count of this
2954      * string.
2955      * If this string ends with a line terminator then the result will end
2956      * with a line terminator.
2957      *
2958      * @implNote
2959      * This method treats all {@linkplain Character#isWhitespace(int) white space}
2960      * characters as having equal width. As long as the indentation on every
2961      * line is consistently composed of the same character sequences, then the
2962      * result will be as described above.
2963      *
2964      * @return string with incidental indentation removed and line
2965      *         terminators normalized
2966      *
2967      * @see String#lines()
2968      * @see String#isBlank()
2969      * @see String#indent(int)
2970      * @see Character#isWhitespace(int)
2971      *
2972      * @since 13
2973      *
2974      * @deprecated  This method is associated with text blocks, a preview language feature.
2975      *              Text blocks and/or this method may be changed or removed in a future release.
2976      */
2977     @Deprecated(forRemoval=true, since="13")
2978     public String stripIndent() {
2979         int length = length();
2980         if (length == 0) {
2981             return "";
2982         }
2983         char lastChar = charAt(length - 1);
2984         boolean optOut = lastChar == '\n' || lastChar == '\r';
2985         List<String> lines = lines().collect(Collectors.toList());
2986         final int outdent = optOut ? 0 : outdent(lines);
2987         return lines.stream()
2988             .map(line -> {
2989                 int firstNonWhitespace = line.indexOfNonWhitespace();
2990                 int lastNonWhitespace = line.lastIndexOfNonWhitespace();
2991                 int incidentalWhitespace = Math.min(outdent, firstNonWhitespace);
2992                 return firstNonWhitespace > lastNonWhitespace
2993                     ? "" : line.substring(incidentalWhitespace, lastNonWhitespace);
2994             })
2995             .collect(Collectors.joining("\n", "", optOut ? "\n" : ""));
2996     }
2997 
2998     private static int outdent(List<String> lines) {
2999         // Note: outdent is guaranteed to be zero or positive number.
3000         // If there isn't a non-blank line then the last must be blank
3001         int outdent = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
3002         for (String line : lines) {
3003             int leadingWhitespace = line.indexOfNonWhitespace();
3004             if (leadingWhitespace != line.length()) {
3005                 outdent = Integer.min(outdent, leadingWhitespace);
3006             }
3007         }
3008         String lastLine = lines.get(lines.size() - 1);
3009         if (lastLine.isBlank()) {
3010             outdent = Integer.min(outdent, lastLine.length());
3011         }
3012         return outdent;
3013     }
3014 
3015     /**
3016      * Returns a string whose value is this string, with escape sequences
3017      * translated as if in a string literal.
3018      * <p>
3019      * Escape sequences are translated as follows;
3020      * <table class="striped">
3021      *   <caption style="display:none">Translation</caption>
3022      *   <thead>
3023      *   <tr>
3024      *     <th scope="col">Escape</th>
3025      *     <th scope="col">Name</th>
3026      *     <th scope="col">Translation</th>
3027      *   </tr>
3028      *   </thead>
3029      *   <tbody>
3030      *   <tr>
3031      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005Cb}</th>
3032      *     <td>backspace</td>
3033      *     <td>{@code U+0008}</td>
3034      *   </tr>
3035      *   <tr>
3036      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005Ct}</th>
3037      *     <td>horizontal tab</td>
3038      *     <td>{@code U+0009}</td>
3039      *   </tr>
3040      *   <tr>
3041      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005Cn}</th>
3042      *     <td>line feed</td>
3043      *     <td>{@code U+000A}</td>
3044      *   </tr>
3045      *   <tr>
3046      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005Cf}</th>
3047      *     <td>form feed</td>
3048      *     <td>{@code U+000C}</td>
3049      *   </tr>
3050      *   <tr>
3051      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005Cr}</th>
3052      *     <td>carriage return</td>
3053      *     <td>{@code U+000D}</td>
3054      *   </tr>
3055      *   <tr>
3056      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005C"}</th>
3057      *     <td>double quote</td>
3058      *     <td>{@code U+0022}</td>
3059      *   </tr>
3060      *   <tr>
3061      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005C'}</th>
3062      *     <td>single quote</td>
3063      *     <td>{@code U+0027}</td>
3064      *   </tr>
3065      *   <tr>
3066      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005C\u005C}</th>
3067      *     <td>backslash</td>
3068      *     <td>{@code U+005C}</td>
3069      *   </tr>
3070      *   <tr>
3071      *     <th scope="row">{@code \u005C0 - \u005C377}</th>
3072      *     <td>octal escape</td>
3073      *     <td>code point equivalents</td>
3074      *   </tr>
3075      *   </tbody>
3076      * </table>
3077      *
3078      * @implNote
3079      * This method does <em>not</em> translate Unicode escapes such as "{@code \u005cu2022}".
3080      * Unicode escapes are translated by the Java compiler when reading input characters and
3081      * are not part of the string literal specification.
3082      *
3083      * @throws IllegalArgumentException when an escape sequence is malformed.
3084      *
3085      * @return String with escape sequences translated.
3086      *
3087      * @jls 3.10.7 Escape Sequences
3088      *
3089      * @since 13
3090      *
3091      * @deprecated  This method is associated with text blocks, a preview language feature.
3092      *              Text blocks and/or this method may be changed or removed in a future release.
3093      */
3094     @Deprecated(forRemoval=true, since="13")
3095     public String translateEscapes() {
3096         if (isEmpty()) {
3097             return "";
3098         }
3099         char[] chars = toCharArray();
3100         int length = chars.length;
3101         int from = 0;
3102         int to = 0;
3103         while (from < length) {
3104             char ch = chars[from++];
3105             if (ch == '\\') {
3106                 ch = from < length ? chars[from++] : '\0';
3107                 switch (ch) {
3108                 case 'b':
3109                     ch = '\b';
3110                     break;
3111                 case 'f':
3112                     ch = '\f';
3113                     break;
3114                 case 'n':
3115                     ch = '\n';
3116                     break;
3117                 case 'r':
3118                     ch = '\r';
3119                     break;
3120                 case 't':
3121                     ch = '\t';
3122                     break;
3123                 case '\'':
3124                 case '\"':
3125                 case '\\':
3126                     // as is
3127                     break;
3128                 case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3':
3129                 case '4': case '5': case '6': case '7':
3130                     int limit = Integer.min(from + (ch <= '3' ? 2 : 1), length);
3131                     int code = ch - '0';
3132                     while (from < limit) {
3133                         ch = chars[from];
3134                         if (ch < '0' || '7' < ch) {
3135                             break;
3136                         }
3137                         from++;
3138                         code = (code << 3) | (ch - '0');
3139                     }
3140                     ch = (char)code;
3141                     break;
3142                 default: {
3143                     String msg = String.format(
3144                         "Invalid escape sequence: \\%c \\\\u%04X",
3145                         ch, (int)ch);
3146                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg);
3147                 }
3148                 }
3149             }
3150 
3151             chars[to++] = ch;
3152         }
3153 
3154         return new String(chars, 0, to);
3155     }
3156 
3157     /**
3158      * This method allows the application of a function to {@code this}
3159      * string. The function should expect a single String argument
3160      * and produce an {@code R} result.
3161      * <p>
3162      * Any exception thrown by {@code f()} will be propagated to the
3163      * caller.
3164      *
3165      * @param f    functional interface to a apply
3166      *
3167      * @param <R>  class of the result
3168      *
3169      * @return     the result of applying the function to this string
3170      *
3171      * @see java.util.function.Function
3172      *
3173      * @since 12
3174      */
3175     public <R> R transform(Function<? super String, ? extends R> f) {
3176         return f.apply(this);
3177     }
3178 
3179     /**
3180      * This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.
3181      *
3182      * @return  the string itself.
3183      */
3184     public String toString() {
3185         return this;
3186     }
3187 
3188     /**
3189      * Returns a stream of {@code int} zero-extending the {@code char} values
3190      * from this sequence.  Any char which maps to a <a
3191      * href="{@docRoot}/java.base/java/lang/Character.html#unicode">surrogate code
3192      * point</a> is passed through uninterpreted.
3193      *
3194      * @return an IntStream of char values from this sequence
3195      * @since 9
3196      */
3197     @Override
3198     public IntStream chars() {
3199         return StreamSupport.intStream(
3200             isLatin1() ? new StringLatin1.CharsSpliterator(value, Spliterator.IMMUTABLE)
3201                        : new StringUTF16.CharsSpliterator(value, Spliterator.IMMUTABLE),
3202             false);
3203     }
3204 
3205 
3206     /**
3207      * Returns a stream of code point values from this sequence.  Any surrogate
3208      * pairs encountered in the sequence are combined as if by {@linkplain
3209      * Character#toCodePoint Character.toCodePoint} and the result is passed
3210      * to the stream. Any other code units, including ordinary BMP characters,
3211      * unpaired surrogates, and undefined code units, are zero-extended to
3212      * {@code int} values which are then passed to the stream.
3213      *
3214      * @return an IntStream of Unicode code points from this sequence
3215      * @since 9
3216      */
3217     @Override
3218     public IntStream codePoints() {
3219         return StreamSupport.intStream(
3220             isLatin1() ? new StringLatin1.CharsSpliterator(value, Spliterator.IMMUTABLE)
3221                        : new StringUTF16.CodePointsSpliterator(value, Spliterator.IMMUTABLE),
3222             false);
3223     }
3224 
3225     /**
3226      * Converts this string to a new character array.
3227      *
3228      * @return  a newly allocated character array whose length is the length
3229      *          of this string and whose contents are initialized to contain
3230      *          the character sequence represented by this string.
3231      */
3232     public char[] toCharArray() {
3233         return isLatin1() ? StringLatin1.toChars(value)
3234                           : StringUTF16.toChars(value);
3235     }
3236 
3237     /**
3238      * Returns a formatted string using the specified format string and
3239      * arguments.
3240      *
3241      * <p> The locale always used is the one returned by {@link
3242      * java.util.Locale#getDefault(java.util.Locale.Category)
3243      * Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category)} with
3244      * {@link java.util.Locale.Category#FORMAT FORMAT} category specified.
3245      *
3246      * @param  format
3247      *         A <a href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">format string</a>
3248      *
3249      * @param  args
3250      *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
3251      *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
3252      *         extra arguments are ignored.  The number of arguments is
3253      *         variable and may be zero.  The maximum number of arguments is
3254      *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
3255      *         <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>.
3256      *         The behaviour on a
3257      *         {@code null} argument depends on the <a
3258      *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">conversion</a>.
3259      *
3260      * @throws  java.util.IllegalFormatException
3261      *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
3262      *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
3263      *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
3264      *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible
3265      *          formatting errors, see the <a
3266      *          href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section of the
3267      *          formatter class specification.
3268      *
3269      * @return  A formatted string
3270      *
3271      * @see  java.util.Formatter
3272      * @since  1.5
3273      */
3274     public static String format(String format, Object... args) {
3275         return new Formatter().format(format, args).toString();
3276     }
3277 
3278     /**
3279      * Returns a formatted string using the specified locale, format string,
3280      * and arguments.
3281      *
3282      * @param  l
3283      *         The {@linkplain java.util.Locale locale} to apply during
3284      *         formatting.  If {@code l} is {@code null} then no localization
3285      *         is applied.
3286      *
3287      * @param  format
3288      *         A <a href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">format string</a>
3289      *
3290      * @param  args
3291      *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
3292      *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
3293      *         extra arguments are ignored.  The number of arguments is
3294      *         variable and may be zero.  The maximum number of arguments is
3295      *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
3296      *         <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>.
3297      *         The behaviour on a
3298      *         {@code null} argument depends on the
3299      *         <a href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">conversion</a>.
3300      *
3301      * @throws  java.util.IllegalFormatException
3302      *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
3303      *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
3304      *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
3305      *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible
3306      *          formatting errors, see the <a
3307      *          href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section of the
3308      *          formatter class specification
3309      *
3310      * @return  A formatted string
3311      *
3312      * @see  java.util.Formatter
3313      * @since  1.5
3314      */
3315     public static String format(Locale l, String format, Object... args) {
3316         return new Formatter(l).format(format, args).toString();
3317     }
3318 
3319     /**
3320      * Formats using this string as the format string, and the supplied
3321      * arguments.
3322      *
3323      * @implSpec This method is equivalent to {@code String.format(this, args)}.
3324      *
3325      * @param  args
3326      *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in this string.
3327      *
3328      * @return  A formatted string
3329      *
3330      * @see  java.lang.String#format(String,Object...)
3331      * @see  java.util.Formatter
3332      *
3333      * @since 13
3334      *
3335      * @deprecated  This method is associated with text blocks, a preview language feature.
3336      *              Text blocks and/or this method may be changed or removed in a future release.
3337      */
3338     @Deprecated(forRemoval=true, since="13")
3339     public String formatted(Object... args) {
3340         return new Formatter().format(this, args).toString();
3341     }
3342 
3343     /**
3344      * Returns the string representation of the {@code Object} argument.
3345      *
3346      * @param   obj   an {@code Object}.
3347      * @return  if the argument is {@code null}, then a string equal to
3348      *          {@code "null"}; otherwise, the value of
3349      *          {@code obj.toString()} is returned.
3350      * @see     java.lang.Object#toString()
3351      */
3352     public static String valueOf(Object obj) {
3353         return (obj == null) ? "null" : obj.toString();
3354     }
3355 
3356     /**
3357      * Returns the string representation of the {@code char} array
3358      * argument. The contents of the character array are copied; subsequent
3359      * modification of the character array does not affect the returned
3360      * string.
3361      *
3362      * @param   data     the character array.
3363      * @return  a {@code String} that contains the characters of the
3364      *          character array.
3365      */
3366     public static String valueOf(char data[]) {
3367         return new String(data);
3368     }
3369 
3370     /**
3371      * Returns the string representation of a specific subarray of the
3372      * {@code char} array argument.
3373      * <p>
3374      * The {@code offset} argument is the index of the first
3375      * character of the subarray. The {@code count} argument
3376      * specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the subarray
3377      * are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does not
3378      * affect the returned string.
3379      *
3380      * @param   data     the character array.
3381      * @param   offset   initial offset of the subarray.
3382      * @param   count    length of the subarray.
3383      * @return  a {@code String} that contains the characters of the
3384      *          specified subarray of the character array.
3385      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code offset} is
3386      *          negative, or {@code count} is negative, or
3387      *          {@code offset+count} is larger than
3388      *          {@code data.length}.
3389      */
3390     public static String valueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {
3391         return new String(data, offset, count);
3392     }
3393 
3394     /**
3395      * Equivalent to {@link #valueOf(char[], int, int)}.
3396      *
3397      * @param   data     the character array.
3398      * @param   offset   initial offset of the subarray.
3399      * @param   count    length of the subarray.
3400      * @return  a {@code String} that contains the characters of the
3401      *          specified subarray of the character array.
3402      * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code offset} is
3403      *          negative, or {@code count} is negative, or
3404      *          {@code offset+count} is larger than
3405      *          {@code data.length}.
3406      */
3407     public static String copyValueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {
3408         return new String(data, offset, count);
3409     }
3410 
3411     /**
3412      * Equivalent to {@link #valueOf(char[])}.
3413      *
3414      * @param   data   the character array.
3415      * @return  a {@code String} that contains the characters of the
3416      *          character array.
3417      */
3418     public static String copyValueOf(char data[]) {
3419         return new String(data);
3420     }
3421 
3422     /**
3423      * Returns the string representation of the {@code boolean} argument.
3424      *
3425      * @param   b   a {@code boolean}.
3426      * @return  if the argument is {@code true}, a string equal to
3427      *          {@code "true"} is returned; otherwise, a string equal to
3428      *          {@code "false"} is returned.
3429      */
3430     public static String valueOf(boolean b) {
3431         return b ? "true" : "false";
3432     }
3433 
3434     /**
3435      * Returns the string representation of the {@code char}
3436      * argument.
3437      *
3438      * @param   c   a {@code char}.
3439      * @return  a string of length {@code 1} containing
3440      *          as its single character the argument {@code c}.
3441      */
3442     public static String valueOf(char c) {
3443         if (COMPACT_STRINGS && StringLatin1.canEncode(c)) {
3444             return new String(StringLatin1.toBytes(c), LATIN1);
3445         }
3446         return new String(StringUTF16.toBytes(c), UTF16);
3447     }
3448 
3449     /**
3450      * Returns the string representation of the {@code int} argument.
3451      * <p>
3452      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
3453      * {@code Integer.toString} method of one argument.
3454      *
3455      * @param   i   an {@code int}.
3456      * @return  a string representation of the {@code int} argument.
3457      * @see     java.lang.Integer#toString(int, int)
3458      */
3459     public static String valueOf(int i) {
3460         return Integer.toString(i);
3461     }
3462 
3463     /**
3464      * Returns the string representation of the {@code long} argument.
3465      * <p>
3466      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
3467      * {@code Long.toString} method of one argument.
3468      *
3469      * @param   l   a {@code long}.
3470      * @return  a string representation of the {@code long} argument.
3471      * @see     java.lang.Long#toString(long)
3472      */
3473     public static String valueOf(long l) {
3474         return Long.toString(l);
3475     }
3476 
3477     /**
3478      * Returns the string representation of the {@code float} argument.
3479      * <p>
3480      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
3481      * {@code Float.toString} method of one argument.
3482      *
3483      * @param   f   a {@code float}.
3484      * @return  a string representation of the {@code float} argument.
3485      * @see     java.lang.Float#toString(float)
3486      */
3487     public static String valueOf(float f) {
3488         return Float.toString(f);
3489     }
3490 
3491     /**
3492      * Returns the string representation of the {@code double} argument.
3493      * <p>
3494      * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
3495      * {@code Double.toString} method of one argument.
3496      *
3497      * @param   d   a {@code double}.
3498      * @return  a  string representation of the {@code double} argument.
3499      * @see     java.lang.Double#toString(double)
3500      */
3501     public static String valueOf(double d) {
3502         return Double.toString(d);
3503     }
3504 
3505     /**
3506      * Returns a canonical representation for the string object.
3507      * <p>
3508      * A pool of strings, initially empty, is maintained privately by the
3509      * class {@code String}.
3510      * <p>
3511      * When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a
3512      * string equal to this {@code String} object as determined by
3513      * the {@link #equals(Object)} method, then the string from the pool is
3514      * returned. Otherwise, this {@code String} object is added to the
3515      * pool and a reference to this {@code String} object is returned.
3516      * <p>
3517      * It follows that for any two strings {@code s} and {@code t},
3518      * {@code s.intern() == t.intern()} is {@code true}
3519      * if and only if {@code s.equals(t)} is {@code true}.
3520      * <p>
3521      * All literal strings and string-valued constant expressions are
3522      * interned. String literals are defined in section 3.10.5 of the
3523      * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>.
3524      *
3525      * @return  a string that has the same contents as this string, but is
3526      *          guaranteed to be from a pool of unique strings.
3527      * @jls 3.10.5 String Literals
3528      */
3529     public native String intern();
3530 
3531     /**
3532      * Returns a string whose value is the concatenation of this
3533      * string repeated {@code count} times.
3534      * <p>
3535      * If this string is empty or count is zero then the empty
3536      * string is returned.
3537      *
3538      * @param   count number of times to repeat
3539      *
3540      * @return  A string composed of this string repeated
3541      *          {@code count} times or the empty string if this
3542      *          string is empty or count is zero
3543      *
3544      * @throws  IllegalArgumentException if the {@code count} is
3545      *          negative.
3546      *
3547      * @since 11
3548      */
3549     public String repeat(int count) {
3550         if (count < 0) {
3551             throw new IllegalArgumentException("count is negative: " + count);
3552         }
3553         if (count == 1) {
3554             return this;
3555         }
3556         final int len = value.length;
3557         if (len == 0 || count == 0) {
3558             return "";
3559         }
3560         if (len == 1) {
3561             final byte[] single = new byte[count];
3562             Arrays.fill(single, value[0]);
3563             return new String(single, coder);
3564         }
3565         if (Integer.MAX_VALUE / count < len) {
3566             throw new OutOfMemoryError("Repeating " + len + " bytes String " + count +
3567                     " times will produce a String exceeding maximum size.");
3568         }
3569         final int limit = len * count;
3570         final byte[] multiple = new byte[limit];
3571         System.arraycopy(value, 0, multiple, 0, len);
3572         int copied = len;
3573         for (; copied < limit - copied; copied <<= 1) {
3574             System.arraycopy(multiple, 0, multiple, copied, copied);
3575         }
3576         System.arraycopy(multiple, 0, multiple, copied, limit - copied);
3577         return new String(multiple, coder);
3578     }
3579 
3580     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3581 
3582     /**
3583      * Copy character bytes from this string into dst starting at dstBegin.
3584      * This method doesn't perform any range checking.
3585      *
3586      * Invoker guarantees: dst is in UTF16 (inflate itself for asb), if two
3587      * coders are different, and dst is big enough (range check)
3588      *
3589      * @param dstBegin  the char index, not offset of byte[]
3590      * @param coder     the coder of dst[]
3591      */
3592     void getBytes(byte dst[], int dstBegin, byte coder) {
3593         if (coder() == coder) {
3594             System.arraycopy(value, 0, dst, dstBegin << coder, value.length);
3595         } else {    // this.coder == LATIN && coder == UTF16
3596             StringLatin1.inflate(value, 0, dst, dstBegin, value.length);
3597         }
3598     }
3599 
3600     /*
3601      * Package private constructor. Trailing Void argument is there for
3602      * disambiguating it against other (public) constructors.
3603      *
3604      * Stores the char[] value into a byte[] that each byte represents
3605      * the8 low-order bits of the corresponding character, if the char[]
3606      * contains only latin1 character. Or a byte[] that stores all
3607      * characters in their byte sequences defined by the {@code StringUTF16}.
3608      */
3609     String(char[] value, int off, int len, Void sig) {
3610         if (len == 0) {
3611             this.value = "".value;
3612             this.coder = "".coder;
3613             return;
3614         }
3615         if (COMPACT_STRINGS) {
3616             byte[] val = StringUTF16.compress(value, off, len);
3617             if (val != null) {
3618                 this.value = val;
3619                 this.coder = LATIN1;
3620                 return;
3621             }
3622         }
3623         this.coder = UTF16;
3624         this.value = StringUTF16.toBytes(value, off, len);
3625     }
3626 
3627     /*
3628      * Package private constructor. Trailing Void argument is there for
3629      * disambiguating it against other (public) constructors.
3630      */
3631     String(AbstractStringBuilder asb, Void sig) {
3632         byte[] val = asb.getValue();
3633         int length = asb.length();
3634         if (asb.isLatin1()) {
3635             this.coder = LATIN1;
3636             this.value = Arrays.copyOfRange(val, 0, length);
3637         } else {
3638             if (COMPACT_STRINGS) {
3639                 byte[] buf = StringUTF16.compress(val, 0, length);
3640                 if (buf != null) {
3641                     this.coder = LATIN1;
3642                     this.value = buf;
3643                     return;
3644                 }
3645             }
3646             this.coder = UTF16;
3647             this.value = Arrays.copyOfRange(val, 0, length << 1);
3648         }
3649     }
3650 
3651    /*
3652     * Package private constructor which shares value array for speed.
3653     */
3654     String(byte[] value, byte coder) {
3655         this.value = value;
3656         this.coder = coder;
3657     }
3658 
3659     byte coder() {
3660         return COMPACT_STRINGS ? coder : UTF16;
3661     }
3662 
3663     byte[] value() {
3664         return value;
3665     }
3666 
3667     boolean isLatin1() {
3668         return COMPACT_STRINGS && coder == LATIN1;
3669     }
3670 
3671     @Native static final byte LATIN1 = 0;
3672     @Native static final byte UTF16  = 1;
3673 
3674     /*
3675      * StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code index} is
3676      * negative or greater than or equal to {@code length}.
3677      */
3678     static void checkIndex(int index, int length) {
3679         if (index < 0 || index >= length) {
3680             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("index " + index +
3681                                                       ",length " + length);
3682         }
3683     }
3684 
3685     /*
3686      * StringIndexOutOfBoundsException  if {@code offset}
3687      * is negative or greater than {@code length}.
3688      */
3689     static void checkOffset(int offset, int length) {
3690         if (offset < 0 || offset > length) {
3691             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException("offset " + offset +
3692                                                       ",length " + length);
3693         }
3694     }
3695 
3696     /*
3697      * Check {@code offset}, {@code count} against {@code 0} and {@code length}
3698      * bounds.
3699      *
3700      * @throws  StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
3701      *          If {@code offset} is negative, {@code count} is negative,
3702      *          or {@code offset} is greater than {@code length - count}
3703      */
3704     static void checkBoundsOffCount(int offset, int count, int length) {
3705         if (offset < 0 || count < 0 || offset > length - count) {
3706             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(
3707                 "offset " + offset + ", count " + count + ", length " + length);
3708         }
3709     }
3710 
3711     /*
3712      * Check {@code begin}, {@code end} against {@code 0} and {@code length}
3713      * bounds.
3714      *
3715      * @throws  StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
3716      *          If {@code begin} is negative, {@code begin} is greater than
3717      *          {@code end}, or {@code end} is greater than {@code length}.
3718      */
3719     static void checkBoundsBeginEnd(int begin, int end, int length) {
3720         if (begin < 0 || begin > end || end > length) {
3721             throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(
3722                 "begin " + begin + ", end " + end + ", length " + length);
3723         }
3724     }
3725 
3726     /**
3727      * Returns the string representation of the {@code codePoint}
3728      * argument.
3729      *
3730      * @param   codePoint a {@code codePoint}.
3731      * @return  a string of length {@code 1} or {@code 2} containing
3732      *          as its single character the argument {@code codePoint}.
3733      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified
3734      *          {@code codePoint} is not a {@linkplain Character#isValidCodePoint
3735      *          valid Unicode code point}.
3736      */
3737     static String valueOfCodePoint(int codePoint) {
3738         if (COMPACT_STRINGS && StringLatin1.canEncode(codePoint)) {
3739             return new String(StringLatin1.toBytes((char)codePoint), LATIN1);
3740         } else if (Character.isBmpCodePoint(codePoint)) {
3741             return new String(StringUTF16.toBytes((char)codePoint), UTF16);
3742         } else if (Character.isSupplementaryCodePoint(codePoint)) {
3743             return new String(StringUTF16.toBytesSupplementary(codePoint), UTF16);
3744         }
3745 
3746         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
3747             format("Not a valid Unicode code point: 0x%X", codePoint));
3748     }
3749 
3750     /**
3751      * Returns an {@link Optional} containing the nominal descriptor for this
3752      * instance, which is the instance itself.
3753      *
3754      * @return an {@link Optional} describing the {@linkplain String} instance
3755      * @since 12
3756      */
3757     @Override
3758     public Optional<String> describeConstable() {
3759         return Optional.of(this);
3760     }
3761 
3762     /**
3763      * Resolves this instance as a {@link ConstantDesc}, the result of which is
3764      * the instance itself.
3765      *
3766      * @param lookup ignored
3767      * @return the {@linkplain String} instance
3768      * @since 12
3769      */
3770     @Override
3771     public String resolveConstantDesc(MethodHandles.Lookup lookup) {
3772         return this;
3773     }
3774 
3775 }