Package com.ericsson.otp.erlang

## Class OtpErlangString

- java.lang.Object
- - com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject
  - - com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangString

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `java.io.Serializable`, `java.lang.Cloneable`

      public class OtpErlangString
      extends OtpErlangObject

  Provides a Java representation of Erlang strings.
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject

      `OtpErlangObject.Hash`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject

      `hashCodeValue`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `OtpErlangString​(OtpErlangList list)` | Create an Erlang string from a list of integers.
    `OtpErlangString​(OtpInputStream buf)` | Create an Erlang string from a stream containing a string encoded in Erlang external format.
    `OtpErlangString​(java.lang.String str)` | Create an Erlang string from the given string.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `protected int` | `doHashCode()` |
    `void` | `encode​(OtpOutputStream buf)` | Convert this string to the equivalent Erlang external representation.
    `boolean` | `equals​(java.lang.Object o)` | Determine if two strings are equal.
    `static boolean` | `isValidCodePoint​(int cp)` | Validate a code point according to Erlang definition; Unicode 3.0.
    `static java.lang.String` | `newString​(byte[] bytes)` | Construct a String from a Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) encoded byte array, if Latin-1 is available, otherwise use the default encoding.
    `static int[]` | `stringToCodePoints​(java.lang.String s)` | Create Unicode code points from a String.
    `java.lang.String` | `stringValue()` | Get the actual string contained in this object.
    `java.lang.String` | `toString()` | Get the printable version of the string contained in this object.

    - ### Methods inherited from class com.ericsson.otp.erlang.OtpErlangObject

      `bind, clone, decode, hashCode, match`

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### OtpErlangString

          public OtpErlangString​(java.lang.String str)

      Create an Erlang string from the given string.

    - #### OtpErlangString

          public OtpErlangString​(OtpErlangList list)
                          throws OtpErlangException

      Create an Erlang string from a list of integers.
      Throws:
        `OtpErlangException` - for non-proper and non-integer lists.
        `OtpErlangRangeException` - if an integer in the list is not a valid Unicode code point according to Erlang.

    - #### OtpErlangString

          public OtpErlangString​(OtpInputStream buf)
                          throws OtpErlangDecodeException

      Create an Erlang string from a stream containing a string encoded in Erlang external format.
      Parameters:
        `buf` - the stream containing the encoded string.
      Throws:
        `OtpErlangDecodeException` - if the buffer does not contain a valid external representation of an Erlang string.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### stringValue

          public java.lang.String stringValue()

      Get the actual string contained in this object.
      Returns:
        the raw string contained in this object, without regard to Erlang quoting rules.
      See Also:
        `toString()`

    - #### toString

          public java.lang.String toString()

      Get the printable version of the string contained in this object.
      Specified by:
        `toString` in class `OtpErlangObject`
      Returns:
        the string contained in this object, quoted.
      See Also:
        `stringValue()`

    - #### encode

          public void encode​(OtpOutputStream buf)

      Convert this string to the equivalent Erlang external representation.
      Specified by:
        `encode` in class `OtpErlangObject`
      Parameters:
        `buf` - an output stream to which the encoded string should be written.

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals​(java.lang.Object o)

      Determine if two strings are equal. They are equal if they represent the same sequence of characters. This method can be used to compare OtpErlangStrings with each other and with Strings.
      Specified by:
        `equals` in class `OtpErlangObject`
      Parameters:
        `o` - the OtpErlangString or String to compare to.
      Returns:
        true if the strings consist of the same sequence of characters, false otherwise.

    - #### doHashCode

          protected int doHashCode()

      Overrides:
        `doHashCode` in class `OtpErlangObject`

    - #### stringToCodePoints

          public static int[] stringToCodePoints​(java.lang.String s)

      Create Unicode code points from a String.
      Parameters:
        `s` - a String to convert to an Unicode code point array
      Returns:
        the corresponding array of integers representing Unicode code points

    - #### isValidCodePoint

          public static boolean isValidCodePoint​(int cp)

      Validate a code point according to Erlang definition; Unicode 3.0. That is; valid in the range U+0..U+10FFFF, but not in the range U+D800..U+DFFF (surrogat pairs).
      Parameters:
        `cp` - the code point value to validate
      Returns:
        true if the code point is valid, false otherwise.

    - #### newString

          public static java.lang.String newString​(byte[] bytes)

      Construct a String from a Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) encoded byte array, if Latin-1 is available, otherwise use the default encoding.