Count the number of bytes needed to return an Unicode char. This can be from 1 to 6.

     
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

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/**
 * Various string manipulation methods that are more efficient then chaining
 * string operations: all is done in the same buffer without creating a bunch of
 * string objects.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@labs.apache.org">Dungeon Project</a>
 */
public class Main {
  private static final int UTF8_MULTI_BYTES_MASK = 0x0080;

  private static final int UTF8_TWO_BYTES_MASK = 0x00E0;

  private static final int UTF8_TWO_BYTES = 0x00C0;

  private static final int UTF8_THREE_BYTES_MASK = 0x00F0;

  private static final int UTF8_THREE_BYTES = 0x00E0;

  private static final int UTF8_FOUR_BYTES_MASK = 0x00F8;

  private static final int UTF8_FOUR_BYTES = 0x00F0;

  private static final int UTF8_FIVE_BYTES_MASK = 0x00FC;

  private static final int UTF8_FIVE_BYTES = 0x00F8;

  private static final int UTF8_SIX_BYTES_MASK = 0x00FE;

  private static final int UTF8_SIX_BYTES = 0x00FC;
  /**
   * Count the number of bytes needed to return an Unicode char. This can be
   * from 1 to 6.
   * 
   * @param bytes
   *            The bytes to read
   * @param pos
   *            Position to start counting. It must be a valid start of a
   *            encoded char !
   * @return The number of bytes to create a char, or -1 if the encoding is
   *         wrong. TODO : Should stop after the third byte, as a char is only
   *         2 bytes long.
   */
  public static final int countBytesPerChar( byte[] bytes, int pos )
  {
      if ( bytes == null )
      {
          return -1;
      }

      if ( ( bytes[pos] & UTF8_MULTI_BYTES_MASK ) == 0 )
      {
          return 1;
      }
      else if ( ( bytes[pos] & UTF8_TWO_BYTES_MASK ) == UTF8_TWO_BYTES )
      {
          return 2;
      }
      else if ( ( bytes[pos] & UTF8_THREE_BYTES_MASK ) == UTF8_THREE_BYTES )
      {
          return 3;
      }
      else if ( ( bytes[pos] & UTF8_FOUR_BYTES_MASK ) == UTF8_FOUR_BYTES )
      {
          return 4;
      }
      else if ( ( bytes[pos] & UTF8_FIVE_BYTES_MASK ) == UTF8_FIVE_BYTES )
      {
          return 5;
      }
      else if ( ( bytes[pos] & UTF8_SIX_BYTES_MASK ) == UTF8_SIX_BYTES )
      {
          return 6;
      }
      else
      {
          return -1;
      }
  }
}

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