Java ASCII to Unicode asciiToUnicode(String theString)

Description

ascii To Unicode

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String asciiToUnicode(String theString) throws IllegalArgumentException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static String asciiToUnicode(String theString) throws IllegalArgumentException {
        char aChar;
        int len = theString.length();
        StringBuffer outBuffer = new StringBuffer(len);

        for (int x = 0; x < len;) {
            aChar = theString.charAt(x++);
            if (aChar == '\\') {
                aChar = theString.charAt(x++);
                if (aChar == 'u') {
                    // Read the xxxx
                    int value = 0;
                    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
                        aChar = theString.charAt(x++);
                        switch (aChar) {
                        case '0':
                        case '1':
                        case '2':
                        case '3':
                        case '4':
                        case '5':
                        case '6':
                        case '7':
                        case '8':
                        case '9':
                            value = (value << 4) + aChar - '0';
                            break;
                        case 'a':
                        case 'b':
                        case 'c':
                        case 'd':
                        case 'e':
                        case 'f':
                            value = (value << 4) + 10 + aChar - 'a';
                            break;
                        case 'A':
                        case 'B':
                        case 'C':
                        case 'D':
                        case 'E':
                        case 'F':
                            value = (value << 4) + 10 + aChar - 'A';
                            break;
                        default:
                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Malformed \\uxxxx encoding.");
                        }//from   w  w w  .  ja  v  a  2 s .c o m
                    }
                    outBuffer.append((char) value);
                } else {
                    if (aChar == 't')
                        aChar = '\t';
                    else if (aChar == 'r')
                        aChar = '\r';
                    else if (aChar == 'n')
                        aChar = '\n';
                    else if (aChar == 'f')
                        aChar = '\f';
                    outBuffer.append(aChar);
                }
            } else {
                outBuffer.append(aChar);
            }
        }
        return outBuffer.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. ascii(String name)
2. ASCII2Unicode(String ascii)