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package org.apache.commons.lang3;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException;
/**
* <p>Character encoding names required of every implementation of the Java platform.</p>
*
* <p>According to <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html#charenc">JRE character
* encoding names</a>:</p>
*
* <p><cite>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support the following character encodings.
* Consult the release documentation for your implementation to see if any other encodings are supported.
* </cite></p>
*
* @see <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html">JRE character encoding names</a>
* @since 2.1
* @version $Id: CharEncoding.java 1088899 2011-04-05 05:31:27Z bayard $
*/
public class CharEncoding {
/**
* <p>ISO Latin Alphabet #1, also known as ISO-LATIN-1.</p>
*
* <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
*/
public static final String ISO_8859_1 = "ISO-8859-1";
/**
* <p>Seven-bit ASCII, also known as ISO646-US, also known as the Basic Latin block
* of the Unicode character set.</p>
*
* <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
*/
public static final String US_ASCII = "US-ASCII";
/**
* <p>Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, byte order specified by a mandatory initial
* byte-order mark (either order accepted on input, big-endian used on output).</p>
*
* <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
*/
public static final String UTF_16 = "UTF-16";
/**
* <p>Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, big-endian byte order.</p>
*
* <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
*/
public static final String UTF_16BE = "UTF-16BE";
/**
* <p>Sixteen-bit Unicode Transformation Format, little-endian byte order.</p>
*
* <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
*/
public static final String UTF_16LE = "UTF-16LE";
/**
* <p>Eight-bit Unicode Transformation Format.</p>
*
* <p>Every implementation of the Java platform is required to support this character encoding.</p>
*/
public static final String UTF_8 = "UTF-8";
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* <p>Returns whether the named charset is supported.</p>
*
* <p>This is similar to <a
* href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/nio/charset/Charset.html#isSupported%28java.lang.String%29">
* java.nio.charset.Charset.isSupported(String)</a> but handles more formats</p>
*
* @param name the name of the requested charset; may be either a canonical name or an alias, null returns false
* @return {@code true} if the charset is available in the current Java virtual machine
*/
public static boolean isSupported(String name) {
if (name == null) {
return false;
}
try {
return Charset.isSupported(name);
} catch (IllegalCharsetNameException ex) {
return false;
}
}
}
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