net.sourceforge.neurosdbm.db.lang
Class Transliterator

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.neurosdbm.db.lang.Transliterator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultTransliterator, TransliteratorFactory.NullTransliterator

public abstract class Transliterator

extends java.lang.Object

Defines general idea of transliteration, ie converting characters from any script to latin chars

Since:

1.18

Author:

Dennis Stetsenko

Field Summary

private java.lang.String

charsetName

Constructor Summary

Transliterator(java.lang.String _charsetName)
Creates instance of transliterator for current charset

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCharsetName()
abstract java.lang.String	process(java.lang.String toTransliterate)
private void	setCharsetName(java.lang.String _charsetName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

charsetName

private java.lang.String charsetName

Constructor Detail

Transliterator

public Transliterator(java.lang.String _charsetName)

Creates instance of transliterator for current charset

Method Detail

process

public abstract java.lang.String process(java.lang.String toTransliterate)

Parameters:

toTransliterate - String that should be transliterated

Returns:

transliterated String or the same string if only latin chars are used, null is allowed here

getCharsetName

public java.lang.String getCharsetName()

Returns:

standard abbreviation of the language to transliterate from,

setCharsetName

private void setCharsetName(java.lang.String _charsetName)