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/**
 * Operations on char primitives and Character objects.
 *
 * This class tries to handle <code>null</code> input gracefully.
 * An exception will not be thrown for a <code>null</code> input.
 * Each method documents its behaviour in more detail.
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @since 2.1
 * @version $Id: CharUtils.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
 */
public class Main {

  //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /**
   * Converts the string to the unicode format '\u0020'.
   * 
   * This format is the Java source code format.
   *
   * <pre>
   *   CharUtils.unicodeEscaped(' ') = "\u0020"
   *   CharUtils.unicodeEscaped('A') = "\u0041"
   * </pre>
   * 
   * @param ch  the character to convert
   * @return the escaped unicode string
   */
  public static String unicodeEscaped(char ch) {
      if (ch < 0x10) {
          return "\\u000" + Integer.toHexString(ch);
      } else if (ch < 0x100) {
          return "\\u00" + Integer.toHexString(ch);
      } else if (ch < 0x1000) {
          return "\\u0" + Integer.toHexString(ch);
      }
      return "\\u" + Integer.toHexString(ch);
  }
  
  /**
   * Converts the string to the unicode format '\u0020'.
   * 
   * This format is the Java source code format.
   * 
   * If <code>null</code> is passed in, <code>null</code> will be returned.
   *
   * <pre>
   *   CharUtils.unicodeEscaped(null) = null
   *   CharUtils.unicodeEscaped(' ')  = "\u0020"
   *   CharUtils.unicodeEscaped('A')  = "\u0041"
   * </pre>
   * 
   * @param ch  the character to convert, may be null
   * @return the escaped unicode string, null if null input
   */
  public static String unicodeEscaped(Character ch) {
      if (ch == null) {
          return null;
      }
      return unicodeEscaped(ch.charValue());
  }
  


}