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    /*
    * @(#)String.java 1.204 06/06/09
    *
    * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
    * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
    */

    package java.lang;

    import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
    import java.io.ObjectStreamField;
    import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
    import java.nio.charset.Charset;
    import java.util.ArrayList;
    import java.util.Arrays;
    import java.util.Comparator;
    import java.util.Formatter;
    import java.util.Locale;
    import java.util.regex.Matcher;
    import java.util.regex.Pattern;
    import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;


    /**
    * The <code>String</code> class represents character strings. All
    * string literals in Java programs, such as <code>"abc"</code>, are
    * implemented as instances of this class.
    * <p>
    * Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they
    * are created. String buffers support mutable strings.
    * Because String objects are immutable they can be shared. For example:
    * <p><blockquote><pre>
    * String str = "abc";
    * </pre></blockquote><p>
    * is equivalent to:
    * <p><blockquote><pre>
    * char data[] = {'a', 'b', 'c'};
    * String str = new String(data);
    * </pre></blockquote><p>
    * Here are some more examples of how strings can be used:
    * <p><blockquote><pre>
    * System.out.println("abc");
    * String cde = "cde";
    * System.out.println("abc" + cde);
    * String c = "abc".substring(2,3);
    * String d = cde.substring(1, 2);
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * <p>
    * The class <code>String</code> includes methods for examining
    * individual characters of the sequence, for comparing strings, for
    * searching strings, for extracting substrings, and for creating a
    * copy of a string with all characters translated to uppercase or to
    * lowercase. Case mapping is based on the Unicode Standard version
    * specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character} class.
    * <p>
    * The Java language provides special support for the string
    * concatenation operator (&nbsp;+&nbsp;), and for conversion of
    * other objects to strings. String concatenation is implemented
    * through the <code>StringBuilder</code>(or <code>StringBuffer</code>)
    * class and its <code>append</code> method.
    * String conversions are implemented through the method
    * <code>toString</code>, defined by <code>Object</code> and
    * inherited by all classes in Java. For additional information on
    * string concatenation and conversion, see Gosling, Joy, and Steele,
    * <i>The Java Language Specification</i>.
    *
    * <p> Unless otherwise noted, passing a <tt>null</tt> argument to a constructor
    * or method in this class will cause a {@link NullPointerException} to be
    * thrown.
    *
    * <p>A <code>String</code> represents a string in the UTF-16 format
    * in which <em>supplementary characters</em> are represented by <em>surrogate
    * pairs</em> (see the section <a href="Character.html#unicode">Unicode
    * Character Representations</a> in the <code>Character</code> class for
    * more information).
    * Index values refer to <code>char</code> code units, so a supplementary
    * character uses two positions in a <code>String</code>.
    * <p>The <code>String</code> class provides methods for dealing with
    * Unicode code points (i.e., characters), in addition to those for
    * dealing with Unicode code units (i.e., <code>char</code> values).
    *
    * @author Lee Boynton
    * @author Arthur van Hoff
    * @version 1.204, 06/09/06
    * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
    * @see java.lang.StringBuffer
    * @see java.lang.StringBuilder
    * @see java.nio.charset.Charset
    * @since JDK1.0
    */

    public final class String
    implements java.io.Serializable, Comparable<String>, CharSequence
    {
    /** The value is used for character storage. */
    private final char value[];

    /** The offset is the first index of the storage that is used. */
    private final int offset;

    /** The count is the number of characters in the String. */
    private final int count;

    /** Cache the hash code for the string */
    private int hash; // Default to 0

    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6849794470754667710L;

    /**
    * Class String is special cased within the Serialization Stream Protocol.
    *
    * A String instance is written initially into an ObjectOutputStream in the
    * following format:
    * <pre>
    * <code>TC_STRING</code> (utf String)
    * </pre>
    * The String is written by method <code>DataOutput.writeUTF</code>.
    * A new handle is generated to refer to all future references to the
    * string instance within the stream.
    */
    private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields =
    new ObjectStreamField[0];

    /**
    * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents
    * an empty character sequence. Note that use of this constructor is
    * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.
    */
    public String() {
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = 0;
    this.value = new char[0];
    }

    /**
    * Initializes a newly created {@code String} object so that it represents
    * the same sequence of characters as the argument; in other words, the
    * newly created string is a copy of the argument string. Unless an
    * explicit copy of {@code original} is needed, use of this constructor is
    * unnecessary since Strings are immutable.
    *
    * @param original
    * A {@code String}
    */
    public String(String original) {
    int size = original.count;
    char[] originalValue = original.value;
    char[] v;
    if (originalValue.length > size) {
    // The array representing the String is bigger than the new
    // String itself. Perhaps this constructor is being called
    // in order to trim the baggage, so make a copy of the array.
    int off = original.offset;
    v = Arrays.copyOfRange(originalValue, off, off+size);
    } else {
    // The array representing the String is the same
    // size as the String, so no point in making a copy.
    v = originalValue;
    }
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = size;
    this.value = v;
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new {@code String} so that it represents the sequence of
    * characters currently contained in the character array argument. The
    * contents of the character array are copied; subsequent modification of
    * the character array does not affect the newly created string.
    *
    * @param value
    * The initial value of the string
    */
    public String(char value[]) {
    int size = value.length;
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = size;
    this.value = Arrays.copyOf(value, size);
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new {@code String} that contains characters from a subarray
    * of the character array argument. The {@code offset} argument is the
    * index of the first character of the subarray and the {@code count}
    * argument specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the
    * subarray are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does
    * not affect the newly created string.
    *
    * @param value
    * Array that is the source of characters
    *
    * @param offset
    * The initial offset
    *
    * @param count
    * The length
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If the {@code offset} and {@code count} arguments index
    * characters outside the bounds of the {@code value} array
    */
    public String(char value[], int offset, int count) {
    if (offset < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);
    }
    if (count < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);
    }
    // Note: offset or count might be near -1>>>1.
    if (offset > value.length - count) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset + count);
    }
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = count;
    this.value = Arrays.copyOfRange(value, offset, offset+count);
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new {@code String} that contains characters from a subarray
    * of the Unicode code point array argument. The {@code offset} argument
    * is the index of the first code point of the subarray and the
    * {@code count} argument specifies the length of the subarray. The
    * contents of the subarray are converted to {@code char}s; subsequent
    * modification of the {@code int} array does not affect the newly created
    * string.
    *
    * @param codePoints
    * Array that is the source of Unicode code points
    *
    * @param offset
    * The initial offset
    *
    * @param count
    * The length
    *
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException
    * If any invalid Unicode code point is found in {@code
    * codePoints}
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If the {@code offset} and {@code count} arguments index
    * characters outside the bounds of the {@code codePoints} array
    *
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public String(int[] codePoints, int offset, int count) {
    if (offset < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);
    }
    if (count < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(count);
    }
    // Note: offset or count might be near -1>>>1.
    if (offset > codePoints.length - count) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset + count);
    }

    int expansion = 0;
    int margin = 1;
    char[] v = new char[count + margin];
    int x = offset;
    int j = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    int c = codePoints[x++];
    if (c < 0) {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }
    if (margin <= 0 && (j+1) >= v.length) {
    if (expansion == 0) {
    expansion = (((-margin + 1) * count) << 10) / i;
    expansion >>= 10;
    if (expansion <= 0) {
    expansion = 1;
    }
    } else {
    expansion *= 2;
    }
    int newLen = Math.min(v.length+expansion, count*2);
    margin = (newLen - v.length) - (count - i);
    v = Arrays.copyOf(v, newLen);
    }
    if (c < Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) {
    v[j++] = (char) c;
    } else if (c <= Character.MAX_CODE_POINT) {
    Character.toSurrogates(c, v, j);
    j += 2;
    margin--;
    } else {
    throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }
    }
    this.offset = 0;
    this.value = v;
    this.count = j;
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new {@code String} constructed from a subarray of an array
    * of 8-bit integer values.
    *
    * <p> The {@code offset} argument is the index of the first byte of the
    * subarray, and the {@code count} argument specifies the length of the
    * subarray.
    *
    * <p> Each {@code byte} in the subarray is converted to a {@code char} as
    * specified in the method above.
    *
    * @deprecated This method does not properly convert bytes into characters.
    * As of JDK&nbsp;1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the
    * {@code String} constructors that take a {@link
    * java.nio.charset.Charset}, charset name, or that use the platform's
    * default charset.
    *
    * @param ascii
    * The bytes to be converted to characters
    *
    * @param hibyte
    * The top 8 bits of each 16-bit Unicode code unit
    *
    * @param offset
    * The initial offset
    * @param count
    * The length
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If the {@code offset} or {@code count} argument is invalid
    *
    * @see #String(byte[], int)
    * @see #String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String)
    * @see #String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)
    * @see #String(byte[], int, int)
    * @see #String(byte[], java.lang.String)
    * @see #String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)
    * @see #String(byte[])
    */
    @Deprecated
    public String(byte ascii[], int hibyte, int offset, int count) {
    checkBounds(ascii, offset, count);
    char value[] = new char[count];

    if (hibyte == 0) {
    for (int i = count ; i-- > 0 ;) {
    value[i] = (char) (ascii[i + offset] & 0xff);
    }
    } else {
    hibyte <<= 8;
    for (int i = count ; i-- > 0 ;) {
    value[i] = (char) (hibyte | (ascii[i + offset] & 0xff));
    }
    }
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = count;
    this.value = value;
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new {@code String} containing characters constructed from
    * an array of 8-bit integer values. Each character <i>c</i>in the
    * resulting string is constructed from the corresponding component
    * <i>b</i> in the byte array such that:
    *
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * <b><i>c</i></b> == (char)(((hibyte &amp; 0xff) &lt;&lt; 8)
    * | (<b><i>b</i></b> &amp; 0xff))
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @deprecated This method does not properly convert bytes into
    * characters. As of JDK&nbsp;1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the
    * {@code String} constructors that take a {@link
    * java.nio.charset.Charset}, charset name, or that use the platform's
    * default charset.
    *
    * @param ascii
    * The bytes to be converted to characters
    *
    * @param hibyte
    * The top 8 bits of each 16-bit Unicode code unit
    *
    * @see #String(byte[], int, int, java.lang.String)
    * @see #String(byte[], int, int, java.nio.charset.Charset)
    * @see #String(byte[], int, int)
    * @see #String(byte[], java.lang.String)
    * @see #String(byte[], java.nio.charset.Charset)
    * @see #String(byte[])
    */
    @Deprecated
    public String(byte ascii[], int hibyte) {
    this(ascii, hibyte, 0, ascii.length);
    }

    /* Common private utility method used to bounds check the byte array
    * and requested offset & length values used by the String(byte[],..)
    * constructors.
    */
    private static void checkBounds(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length) {
    if (length < 0)
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(length);
    if (offset < 0)
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset);
    if (offset > bytes.length - length)
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(offset + length);
    }

    /**
    * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of
    * bytes using the specified charset. The length of the new {@code String}
    * is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the length
    * of the subarray.
    *
    * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
    * in the given charset is unspecified. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the decoding process is required.
    *
    * @param bytes
    * The bytes to be decoded into characters
    *
    * @param offset
    * The index of the first byte to decode
    *
    * @param length
    * The number of bytes to decode

    * @param charsetName
    * The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
    * charset}
    *
    * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    * If the named charset is not supported
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If the {@code offset} and {@code length} arguments index
    * characters outside the bounds of the {@code bytes} array
    *
    * @since JDK1.1
    */
    public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, String charsetName)
    throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    {
    if (charsetName == null)
    throw new NullPointerException("charsetName");
    checkBounds(bytes, offset, length);
    char[] v = StringCoding.decode(charsetName, bytes, offset, length);
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = v.length;
    this.value = v;
    }

    /**
    * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of
    * bytes using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
    * The length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and
    * hence may not be equal to the length of the subarray.
    *
    * <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
    * sequences with this charset's default replacement string. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the decoding process is required.
    *
    * @param bytes
    * The bytes to be decoded into characters
    *
    * @param offset
    * The index of the first byte to decode
    *
    * @param length
    * The number of bytes to decode
    *
    * @param charset
    * The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} to be used to
    * decode the {@code bytes}
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If the {@code offset} and {@code length} arguments index
    * characters outside the bounds of the {@code bytes} array
    *
    * @since 1.6
    */
    public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length, Charset charset) {
    if (charset == null)
    throw new NullPointerException("charset");
    checkBounds(bytes, offset, length);
    char[] v = StringCoding.decode(charset, bytes, offset, length);
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = v.length;
    this.value = v;
    }

    /**
    * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes
    * using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}. The
    * length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and hence
    * may not be equal to the length of the byte array.
    *
    * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
    * in the given charset is unspecified. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the decoding process is required.
    *
    * @param bytes
    * The bytes to be decoded into characters
    *
    * @param charsetName
    * The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
    * charset}
    *
    * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    * If the named charset is not supported
    *
    * @since JDK1.1
    */
    public String(byte bytes[], String charsetName)
    throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    {
    this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, charsetName);
    }

    /**
    * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of
    * bytes using the specified {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}.
    * The length of the new {@code String} is a function of the charset, and
    * hence may not be equal to the length of the byte array.
    *
    * <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
    * sequences with this charset's default replacement string. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the decoding process is required.
    *
    * @param bytes
    * The bytes to be decoded into characters
    *
    * @param charset
    * The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset} to be used to
    * decode the {@code bytes}
    *
    * @since 1.6
    */
    public String(byte bytes[], Charset charset) {
    this(bytes, 0, bytes.length, charset);
    }

    /**
    * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified subarray of
    * bytes using the platform's default charset. The length of the new
    * {@code String} is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal
    * to the length of the subarray.
    *
    * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
    * in the default charset is unspecified. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the decoding process is required.
    *
    * @param bytes
    * The bytes to be decoded into characters
    *
    * @param offset
    * The index of the first byte to decode
    *
    * @param length
    * The number of bytes to decode
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If the {@code offset} and the {@code length} arguments index
    * characters outside the bounds of the {@code bytes} array
    *
    * @since JDK1.1
    */
    public String(byte bytes[], int offset, int length) {
    checkBounds(bytes, offset, length);
    char[] v = StringCoding.decode(bytes, offset, length);
    this.offset = 0;
    this.count = v.length;
    this.value = v;
    }

    /**
    * Constructs a new {@code String} by decoding the specified array of bytes
    * using the platform's default charset. The length of the new {@code
    * String} is a function of the charset, and hence may not be equal to the
    * length of the byte array.
    *
    * <p> The behavior of this constructor when the given bytes are not valid
    * in the default charset is unspecified. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the decoding process is required.
    *
    * @param bytes
    * The bytes to be decoded into characters
    *
    * @since JDK1.1
    */
    public String(byte bytes[]) {
    this(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new string that contains the sequence of characters
    * currently contained in the string buffer argument. The contents of the
    * string buffer are copied; subsequent modification of the string buffer
    * does not affect the newly created string.
    *
    * @param buffer
    * A {@code StringBuffer}
    */
    public String(StringBuffer buffer) {
    String result = buffer.toString();
    this.value = result.value;
    this.count = result.count;
    this.offset = result.offset;
    }

    /**
    * Allocates a new string that contains the sequence of characters
    * currently contained in the string builder argument. The contents of the
    * string builder are copied; subsequent modification of the string builder
    * does not affect the newly created string.
    *
    * <p> This constructor is provided to ease migration to {@code
    * StringBuilder}. Obtaining a string from a string builder via the {@code
    * toString} method is likely to run faster and is generally preferred.
    *
    * @param builder
    * A {@code StringBuilder}
    *
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public String(StringBuilder builder) {
    String result = builder.toString();
    this.value = result.value;
    this.count = result.count;
    this.offset = result.offset;
    }


    // Package private constructor which shares value array for speed.
    String(int offset, int count, char value[]) {
    this.value = value;
    this.offset = offset;
    this.count = count;
    }

    /**
    * Returns the length of this string.
    * The length is equal to the number of <a href="Character.html#unicode">Unicode
    * code units</a> in the string.
    *
    * @return the length of the sequence of characters represented by this
    * object.
    */
    public int length() {
    return count;
    }

    /**
    * Returns <tt>true</tt> if, and only if, {@link #length()} is <tt>0</tt>.
    *
    * @return <tt>true</tt> if {@link #length()} is <tt>0</tt>, otherwise
    * <tt>false</tt>
    *
    * @since 1.6
    */
    public boolean isEmpty() {
    return count == 0;
    }

    /**
    * Returns the <code>char</code> value at the
    * specified index. An index ranges from <code>0</code> to
    * <code>length() - 1</code>. The first <code>char</code> value of the sequence
    * is at index <code>0</code>, the next at index <code>1</code>,
    * and so on, as for array indexing.
    *
    * <p>If the <code>char</code> value specified by the index is a
    * <a href="Character.html#unicode">surrogate</a>, the surrogate
    * value is returned.
    *
    * @param index the index of the <code>char</code> value.
    * @return the <code>char</code> value at the specified index of this string.
    * The first <code>char</code> value is at index <code>0</code>.
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the <code>index</code>
    * argument is negative or not less than the length of this
    * string.
    */
    public char charAt(int index) {
    if ((index < 0) || (index >= count)) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
    }
    return value[index + offset];
    }

    /**
    * Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified
    * index. The index refers to <code>char</code> values
    * (Unicode code units) and ranges from <code>0</code> to
    * {@link #length()}<code> - 1</code>.
    *
    * <p> If the <code>char</code> value specified at the given index
    * is in the high-surrogate range, the following index is less
    * than the length of this <code>String</code>, and the
    * <code>char</code> value at the following index is in the
    * low-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point
    * corresponding to this surrogate pair is returned. Otherwise,
    * the <code>char</code> value at the given index is returned.
    *
    * @param index the index to the <code>char</code> values
    * @return the code point value of the character at the
    * <code>index</code>
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the <code>index</code>
    * argument is negative or not less than the length of this
    * string.
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public int codePointAt(int index) {
    if ((index < 0) || (index >= count)) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
    }
    return Character.codePointAtImpl(value, offset + index, offset + count);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified
    * index. The index refers to <code>char</code> values
    * (Unicode code units) and ranges from <code>1</code> to {@link
    * CharSequence#length() length}.
    *
    * <p> If the <code>char</code> value at <code>(index - 1)</code>
    * is in the low-surrogate range, <code>(index - 2)</code> is not
    * negative, and the <code>char</code> value at <code>(index -
    * 2)</code> is in the high-surrogate range, then the
    * supplementary code point value of the surrogate pair is
    * returned. If the <code>char</code> value at <code>index -
    * 1</code> is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the
    * surrogate value is returned.
    *
    * @param index the index following the code point that should be returned
    * @return the Unicode code point value before the given index.
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the <code>index</code>
    * argument is less than 1 or greater than the length
    * of this string.
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public int codePointBefore(int index) {
    int i = index - 1;
    if ((i < 0) || (i >= count)) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(index);
    }
    return Character.codePointBeforeImpl(value, offset + index, offset);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
    * range of this <code>String</code>. The text range begins at the
    * specified <code>beginIndex</code> and extends to the
    * <code>char</code> at index <code>endIndex - 1</code>. Thus the
    * length (in <code>char</code>s) of the text range is
    * <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>. Unpaired surrogates within
    * the text range count as one code point each.
    *
    * @param beginIndex the index to the first <code>char</code> of
    * the text range.
    * @param endIndex the index after the last <code>char</code> of
    * the text range.
    * @return the number of Unicode code points in the specified text
    * range
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
    * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or <code>endIndex</code>
    * is larger than the length of this <code>String</code>, or
    * <code>beginIndex</code> is larger than <code>endIndex</code>.
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public int codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
    if (beginIndex < 0 || endIndex > count || beginIndex > endIndex) {
    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    }
    return Character.codePointCountImpl(value, offset+beginIndex, endIndex-beginIndex);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this <code>String</code> that is
    * offset from the given <code>index</code> by
    * <code>codePointOffset</code> code points. Unpaired surrogates
    * within the text range given by <code>index</code> and
    * <code>codePointOffset</code> count as one code point each.
    *
    * @param index the index to be offset
    * @param codePointOffset the offset in code points
    * @return the index within this <code>String</code>
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>index</code>
    * is negative or larger then the length of this
    * <code>String</code>, or if <code>codePointOffset</code> is positive
    * and the substring starting with <code>index</code> has fewer
    * than <code>codePointOffset</code> code points,
    * or if <code>codePointOffset</code> is negative and the substring
    * before <code>index</code> has fewer than the absolute value
    * of <code>codePointOffset</code> code points.
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset) {
    if (index < 0 || index > count) {
    throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
    }
    return Character.offsetByCodePointsImpl(value, offset, count,
    offset+index, codePointOffset) - offset;
    }

    /**
    * Copy characters from this string into dst starting at dstBegin.
    * This method doesn't perform any range checking.
    */
    void getChars(char dst[], int dstBegin) {
    System.arraycopy(value, offset, dst, dstBegin, count);
    }

    /**
    * Copies characters from this string into the destination character
    * array.
    * <p>
    * The first character to be copied is at index <code>srcBegin</code>;
    * the last character to be copied is at index <code>srcEnd-1</code>
    * (thus the total number of characters to be copied is
    * <code>srcEnd-srcBegin</code>). The characters are copied into the
    * subarray of <code>dst</code> starting at index <code>dstBegin</code>
    * and ending at index:
    * <p><blockquote><pre>
    * dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @param srcBegin index of the first character in the string
    * to copy.
    * @param srcEnd index after the last character in the string
    * to copy.
    * @param dst the destination array.
    * @param dstBegin the start offset in the destination array.
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If any of the following
    * is true:
    * <ul><li><code>srcBegin</code> is negative.
    * <li><code>srcBegin</code> is greater than <code>srcEnd</code>
    * <li><code>srcEnd</code> is greater than the length of this
    * string
    * <li><code>dstBegin</code> is negative
    * <li><code>dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)</code> is larger than
    * <code>dst.length</code></ul>
    */
    public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char dst[], int dstBegin) {
    if (srcBegin < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcBegin);
    }
    if (srcEnd > count) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd);
    }
    if (srcBegin > srcEnd) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd - srcBegin);
    }
    System.arraycopy(value, offset + srcBegin, dst, dstBegin,
    srcEnd - srcBegin);
    }

    /**
    * Copies characters from this string into the destination byte array. Each
    * byte receives the 8 low-order bits of the corresponding character. The
    * eight high-order bits of each character are not copied and do not
    * participate in the transfer in any way.
    *
    * <p> The first character to be copied is at index {@code srcBegin}; the
    * last character to be copied is at index {@code srcEnd-1}. The total
    * number of characters to be copied is {@code srcEnd-srcBegin}. The
    * characters, converted to bytes, are copied into the subarray of {@code
    * dst} starting at index {@code dstBegin} and ending at index:
    *
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @deprecated This method does not properly convert characters into
    * bytes. As of JDK&nbsp;1.1, the preferred way to do this is via the
    * {@link #getBytes()} method, which uses the platform's default charset.
    *
    * @param srcBegin
    * Index of the first character in the string to copy
    *
    * @param srcEnd
    * Index after the last character in the string to copy
    *
    * @param dst
    * The destination array
    *
    * @param dstBegin
    * The start offset in the destination array
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * If any of the following is true:
    * <ul>
    * <li> {@code srcBegin} is negative
    * <li> {@code srcBegin} is greater than {@code srcEnd}
    * <li> {@code srcEnd} is greater than the length of this String
    * <li> {@code dstBegin} is negative
    * <li> {@code dstBegin+(srcEnd-srcBegin)} is larger than {@code
    * dst.length}
    * </ul>
    */
    @Deprecated
    public void getBytes(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, byte dst[], int dstBegin) {
    if (srcBegin < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcBegin);
    }
    if (srcEnd > count) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd);
    }
    if (srcBegin > srcEnd) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(srcEnd - srcBegin);
    }
    int j = dstBegin;
    int n = offset + srcEnd;
    int i = offset + srcBegin;
    char[] val = value; /* avoid getfield opcode */

    while (i < n) {
    dst[j++] = (byte)val[i++];
    }
    }

    /**
    * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the named
    * charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
    *
    * <p> The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in
    * the given charset is unspecified. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the encoding process is required.
    *
    * @param charsetName
    * The name of a supported {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset
    * charset}
    *
    * @return The resultant byte array
    *
    * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    * If the named charset is not supported
    *
    * @since JDK1.1
    */
    public byte[] getBytes(String charsetName)
    throws UnsupportedEncodingException
    {
    if (charsetName == null) throw new NullPointerException();
    return StringCoding.encode(charsetName, value, offset, count);
    }

    /**
    * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the given
    * {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset charset}, storing the result into a
    * new byte array.
    *
    * <p> This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character
    * sequences with this charset's default replacement byte array. The
    * {@link java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more
    * control over the encoding process is required.
    *
    * @param charset
    * The {@linkplain java.nio.charset.Charset} to be used to encode
    * the {@code String}
    *
    * @return The resultant byte array
    *
    * @since 1.6
    */
    public byte[] getBytes(Charset charset) {
    if (charset == null) throw new NullPointerException();
    return StringCoding.encode(charset, value, offset, count);
    }

    /**
    * Encodes this {@code String} into a sequence of bytes using the
    * platform's default charset, storing the result into a new byte array.
    *
    * <p> The behavior of this method when this string cannot be encoded in
    * the default charset is unspecified. The {@link
    * java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder} class should be used when more control
    * over the encoding process is required.
    *
    * @return The resultant byte array
    *
    * @since JDK1.1
    */
    public byte[] getBytes() {
    return StringCoding.encode(value, offset, count);
    }

    /**
    * Compares this string to the specified object. The result is {@code
    * true} if and only if the argument is not {@code null} and is a {@code
    * String} object that represents the same sequence of characters as this
    * object.
    *
    * @param anObject
    * The object to compare this {@code String} against
    *
    * @return {@code true} if the given object represents a {@code String}
    * equivalent to this string, {@code false} otherwise
    *
    * @see #compareTo(String)
    * @see #equalsIgnoreCase(String)
    */
    public boolean equals(Object anObject) {
    if (this == anObject) {
    return true;
    }
    if (anObject instanceof String) {
    String anotherString = (String)anObject;
    int n = count;
    if (n == anotherString.count) {
    char v1[] = value;
    char v2[] = anotherString.value;
    int i = offset;
    int j = anotherString.offset;
    while (n-- != 0) {
    if (v1[i++] != v2[j++])
    return false;
    }
    return true;
    }
    }
    return false;
    }

    /**
    * Compares this string to the specified {@code StringBuffer}. The result
    * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same
    * sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer}.
    *
    * @param sb
    * The {@code StringBuffer} to compare this {@code String} against
    *
    * @return {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same
    * sequence of characters as the specified {@code StringBuffer},
    * {@code false} otherwise
    *
    * @since 1.4
    */
    public boolean contentEquals(StringBuffer sb) {
    synchronized(sb) {
    return contentEquals((CharSequence)sb);
    }
    }

    /**
    * Compares this string to the specified {@code CharSequence}. The result
    * is {@code true} if and only if this {@code String} represents the same
    * sequence of char values as the specified sequence.
    *
    * @param cs
    * The sequence to compare this {@code String} against
    *
    * @return {@code true} if this {@code String} represents the same
    * sequence of char values as the specified sequence, {@code
    * false} otherwise
    *
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public boolean contentEquals(CharSequence cs) {
    if (count != cs.length())
    return false;
    // Argument is a StringBuffer, StringBuilder
    if (cs instanceof AbstractStringBuilder) {
    char v1[] = value;
    char v2[] = ((AbstractStringBuilder)cs).getValue();
    int i = offset;
    int j = 0;
    int n = count;
    while (n-- != 0) {
    if (v1[i++] != v2[j++])
    return false;
    }
    }
    // Argument is a String
    if (cs.equals(this))
    return true;
    // Argument is a generic CharSequence
    char v1[] = value;
    int i = offset;
    int j = 0;
    int n = count;
    while (n-- != 0) {
    if (v1[i++] != cs.charAt(j++))
    return false;
    }
    return true;
    }

    /**
    * Compares this {@code String} to another {@code String}, ignoring case
    * considerations. Two strings are considered equal ignoring case if they
    * are of the same length and corresponding characters in the two strings
    * are equal ignoring case.
    *
    * <p> Two characters {@code c1} and {@code c2} are considered the same
    * ignoring case if at least one of the following is true:
    * <ul>
    * <li> The two characters are the same (as compared by the
    * {@code ==} operator)
    * <li> Applying the method {@link
    * java.lang.Character#toUpperCase(char)} to each character
    * produces the same result
    * <li> Applying the method {@link
    * java.lang.Character#toLowerCase(char)} to each character
    * produces the same result
    * </ul>
    *
    * @param anotherString
    * The {@code String} to compare this {@code String} against
    *
    * @return {@code true} if the argument is not {@code null} and it
    * represents an equivalent {@code String} ignoring case; {@code
    * false} otherwise
    *
    * @see #equals(Object)
    */
    public boolean equalsIgnoreCase(String anotherString) {
    return (this == anotherString) ? true :
    (anotherString != null) && (anotherString.count == count) &&
    regionMatches(true, 0, anotherString, 0, count);
    }

    /**
    * Compares two strings lexicographically.
    * The comparison is based on the Unicode value of each character in
    * the strings. The character sequence represented by this
    * <code>String</code> object is compared lexicographically to the
    * character sequence represented by the argument string. The result is
    * a negative integer if this <code>String</code> object
    * lexicographically precedes the argument string. The result is a
    * positive integer if this <code>String</code> object lexicographically
    * follows the argument string. The result is zero if the strings
    * are equal; <code>compareTo</code> returns <code>0</code> exactly when
    * the {@link #equals(Object)} method would return <code>true</code>.
    * <p>
    * This is the definition of lexicographic ordering. If two strings are
    * different, then either they have different characters at some index
    * that is a valid index for both strings, or their lengths are different,
    * or both. If they have different characters at one or more index
    * positions, let <i>k</i> be the smallest such index; then the string
    * whose character at position <i>k</i> has the smaller value, as
    * determined by using the &lt; operator, lexicographically precedes the
    * other string. In this case, <code>compareTo</code> returns the
    * difference of the two character values at position <code>k</code> in
    * the two string -- that is, the value:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.charAt(k)-anotherString.charAt(k)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * If there is no index position at which they differ, then the shorter
    * string lexicographically precedes the longer string. In this case,
    * <code>compareTo</code> returns the difference of the lengths of the
    * strings -- that is, the value:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.length()-anotherString.length()
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @param anotherString the <code>String</code> to be compared.
    * @return the value <code>0</code> if the argument string is equal to
    * this string; a value less than <code>0</code> if this string
    * is lexicographically less than the string argument; and a
    * value greater than <code>0</code> if this string is
    * lexicographically greater than the string argument.
    */
    public int compareTo(String anotherString) {
    int len1 = count;
    int len2 = anotherString.count;
    int n = Math.min(len1, len2);
    char v1[] = value;
    char v2[] = anotherString.value;
    int i = offset;
    int j = anotherString.offset;

    if (i == j) {
    int k = i;
    int lim = n + i;
    while (k < lim) {
    char c1 = v1[k];
    char c2 = v2[k];
    if (c1 != c2) {
    return c1 - c2;
    }
    k++;
    }
    } else {
    while (n-- != 0) {
    char c1 = v1[i++];
    char c2 = v2[j++];
    if (c1 != c2) {
    return c1 - c2;
    }
    }
    }
    return len1 - len2;
    }

    /**
    * A Comparator that orders <code>String</code> objects as by
    * <code>compareToIgnoreCase</code>. This comparator is serializable.
    * <p>
    * Note that this Comparator does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
    * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
    * The java.text package provides <em>Collators</em> to allow
    * locale-sensitive ordering.
    *
    * @see java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)
    * @since 1.2
    */
    public static final Comparator<String> CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER
    = new CaseInsensitiveComparator();
    private static class CaseInsensitiveComparator
    implements Comparator<String>, java.io.Serializable {
    // use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.2.2 for interoperability
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8575799808933029326L;

    public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
    int n1=s1.length(), n2=s2.length();
    for (int i1=0, i2=0; i1<n1 && i2<n2; i1++, i2++) {
    char c1 = s1.charAt(i1);
    char c2 = s2.charAt(i2);
    if (c1 != c2) {
    c1 = Character.toUpperCase(c1);
    c2 = Character.toUpperCase(c2);
    if (c1 != c2) {
    c1 = Character.toLowerCase(c1);
    c2 = Character.toLowerCase(c2);
    if (c1 != c2) {
    return c1 - c2;
    }
    }
    }
    }
    return n1 - n2;
    }
    }

    /**
    * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case
    * differences. This method returns an integer whose sign is that of
    * calling <code>compareTo</code> with normalized versions of the strings
    * where case differences have been eliminated by calling
    * <code>Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(character))</code> on
    * each character.
    * <p>
    * Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
    * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
    * The java.text package provides <em>collators</em> to allow
    * locale-sensitive ordering.
    *
    * @param str the <code>String</code> to be compared.
    * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
    * specified String is greater than, equal to, or less
    * than this String, ignoring case considerations.
    * @see java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)
    * @since 1.2
    */
    public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) {
    return CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.compare(this, str);
    }

    /**
    * Tests if two string regions are equal.
    * <p>
    * A substring of this <tt>String</tt> object is compared to a substring
    * of the argument other. The result is true if these substrings
    * represent identical character sequences. The substring of this
    * <tt>String</tt> object to be compared begins at index <tt>toffset</tt>
    * and has length <tt>len</tt>. The substring of other to be compared
    * begins at index <tt>ooffset</tt> and has length <tt>len</tt>. The
    * result is <tt>false</tt> if and only if at least one of the following
    * is true:
    * <ul><li><tt>toffset</tt> is negative.
    * <li><tt>ooffset</tt> is negative.
    * <li><tt>toffset+len</tt> is greater than the length of this
    * <tt>String</tt> object.
    * <li><tt>ooffset+len</tt> is greater than the length of the other
    * argument.
    * <li>There is some nonnegative integer <i>k</i> less than <tt>len</tt>
    * such that:
    * <tt>this.charAt(toffset+<i>k</i>)&nbsp;!=&nbsp;other.charAt(ooffset+<i>k</i>)</tt>
    * </ul>
    *
    * @param toffset the starting offset of the subregion in this string.
    * @param other the string argument.
    * @param ooffset the starting offset of the subregion in the string
    * argument.
    * @param len the number of characters to compare.
    * @return <code>true</code> if the specified subregion of this string
    * exactly matches the specified subregion of the string argument;
    * <code>false</code> otherwise.
    */
    public boolean regionMatches(int toffset, String other, int ooffset,
    int len) {
    char ta[] = value;
    int to = offset + toffset;
    char pa[] = other.value;
    int po = other.offset + ooffset;
    // Note: toffset, ooffset, or len might be near -1>>>1.
    if ((ooffset < 0) || (toffset < 0) || (toffset > (long)count - len)
    || (ooffset > (long)other.count - len)) {
    return false;
    }
    while (len-- > 0) {
    if (ta[to++] != pa[po++]) {
    return false;
    }
    }
    return true;
    }

    /**
    * Tests if two string regions are equal.
    * <p>
    * A substring of this <tt>String</tt> object is compared to a substring
    * of the argument <tt>other</tt>. The result is <tt>true</tt> if these
    * substrings represent character sequences that are the same, ignoring
    * case if and only if <tt>ignoreCase</tt> is true. The substring of
    * this <tt>String</tt> object to be compared begins at index
    * <tt>toffset</tt> and has length <tt>len</tt>. The substring of
    * <tt>other</tt> to be compared begins at index <tt>ooffset</tt> and
    * has length <tt>len</tt>. The result is <tt>false</tt> if and only if
    * at least one of the following is true:
    * <ul><li><tt>toffset</tt> is negative.
    * <li><tt>ooffset</tt> is negative.
    * <li><tt>toffset+len</tt> is greater than the length of this
    * <tt>String</tt> object.
    * <li><tt>ooffset+len</tt> is greater than the length of the other
    * argument.
    * <li><tt>ignoreCase</tt> is <tt>false</tt> and there is some nonnegative
    * integer <i>k</i> less than <tt>len</tt> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.charAt(toffset+k) != other.charAt(ooffset+k)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * <li><tt>ignoreCase</tt> is <tt>true</tt> and there is some nonnegative
    * integer <i>k</i> less than <tt>len</tt> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * Character.toLowerCase(this.charAt(toffset+k)) !=
    Character.toLowerCase(other.charAt(ooffset+k))
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * and:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * Character.toUpperCase(this.charAt(toffset+k)) !=
    * Character.toUpperCase(other.charAt(ooffset+k))
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * </ul>
    *
    * @param ignoreCase if <code>true</code>, ignore case when comparing
    * characters.
    * @param toffset the starting offset of the subregion in this
    * string.
    * @param other the string argument.
    * @param ooffset the starting offset of the subregion in the string
    * argument.
    * @param len the number of characters to compare.
    * @return <code>true</code> if the specified subregion of this string
    * matches the specified subregion of the string argument;
    * <code>false</code> otherwise. Whether the matching is exact
    * or case insensitive depends on the <code>ignoreCase</code>
    * argument.
    */
    public boolean regionMatches(boolean ignoreCase, int toffset,
    String other, int ooffset, int len) {
    char ta[] = value;
    int to = offset + toffset;
    char pa[] = other.value;
    int po = other.offset + ooffset;
    // Note: toffset, ooffset, or len might be near -1>>>1.
    if ((ooffset < 0) || (toffset < 0) || (toffset > (long)count - len) ||
    (ooffset > (long)other.count - len)) {
    return false;
    }
    while (len-- > 0) {
    char c1 = ta[to++];
    char c2 = pa[po++];
    if (c1 == c2) {
    continue;
    }
    if (ignoreCase) {
    // If characters don't match but case may be ignored,
    // try converting both characters to uppercase.
    // If the results match, then the comparison scan should
    // continue.
    char u1 = Character.toUpperCase(c1);
    char u2 = Character.toUpperCase(c2);
    if (u1 == u2) {
    continue;
    }
    // Unfortunately, conversion to uppercase does not work properly
    // for the Georgian alphabet, which has strange rules about case
    // conversion. So we need to make one last check before
    // exiting.
    if (Character.toLowerCase(u1) == Character.toLowerCase(u2)) {
    continue;
    }
    }
    return false;
    }
    return true;
    }

    /**
    * Tests if the substring of this string beginning at the
    * specified index starts with the specified prefix.
    *
    * @param prefix the prefix.
    * @param toffset where to begin looking in this string.
    * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
    * argument is a prefix of the substring of this object starting
    * at index <code>toffset</code>; <code>false</code> otherwise.
    * The result is <code>false</code> if <code>toffset</code> is
    * negative or greater than the length of this
    * <code>String</code> object; otherwise the result is the same
    * as the result of the expression
    * <pre>
    * this.substring(toffset).startsWith(prefix)
    * </pre>
    */
    public boolean startsWith(String prefix, int toffset) {
    char ta[] = value;
    int to = offset + toffset;
    char pa[] = prefix.value;
    int po = prefix.offset;
    int pc = prefix.count;
    // Note: toffset might be near -1>>>1.
    if ((toffset < 0) || (toffset > count - pc)) {
    return false;
    }
    while (--pc >= 0) {
    if (ta[to++] != pa[po++]) {
    return false;
    }
    }
    return true;
    }

    /**
    * Tests if this string starts with the specified prefix.
    *
    * @param prefix the prefix.
    * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
    * argument is a prefix of the character sequence represented by
    * this string; <code>false</code> otherwise.
    * Note also that <code>true</code> will be returned if the
    * argument is an empty string or is equal to this
    * <code>String</code> object as determined by the
    * {@link #equals(Object)} method.
    * @since 1. 0
    */
    public boolean startsWith(String prefix) {
    return startsWith(prefix, 0);
    }

    /**
    * Tests if this string ends with the specified suffix.
    *
    * @param suffix the suffix.
    * @return <code>true</code> if the character sequence represented by the
    * argument is a suffix of the character sequence represented by
    * this object; <code>false</code> otherwise. Note that the
    * result will be <code>true</code> if the argument is the
    * empty string or is equal to this <code>String</code> object
    * as determined by the {@link #equals(Object)} method.
    */
    public boolean endsWith(String suffix) {
    return startsWith(suffix, count - suffix.count);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a hash code for this string. The hash code for a
    * <code>String</code> object is computed as
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * s[0]*31^(n-1) + s[1]*31^(n-2) + ... + s[n-1]
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * using <code>int</code> arithmetic, where <code>s[i]</code> is the
    * <i>i</i>th character of the string, <code>n</code> is the length of
    * the string, and <code>^</code> indicates exponentiation.
    * (The hash value of the empty string is zero.)
    *
    * @return a hash code value for this object.
    */
    public int hashCode() {
    int h = hash;
    if (h == 0) {
    int off = offset;
    char val[] = value;
    int len = count;

    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    h = 31*h + val[off++];
    }
    hash = h;
    }
    return h;
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of
    * the specified character. If a character with value
    * <code>ch</code> occurs in the character sequence represented by
    * this <code>String</code> object, then the index (in Unicode
    * code units) of the first such occurrence is returned. For
    * values of <code>ch</code> in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF
    * (inclusive), this is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
    * smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
    * string, then <code>-1</code> is returned.
    *
    * @param ch a character (Unicode code point).
    * @return the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
    * character sequence represented by this object, or
    * <code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.
    */
    public int indexOf(int ch) {
    return indexOf(ch, 0);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
    * specified character, starting the search at the specified index.
    * <p>
    * If a character with value <code>ch</code> occurs in the
    * character sequence represented by this <code>String</code>
    * object at an index no smaller than <code>fromIndex</code>, then
    * the index of the first such occurrence is returned. For values
    * of <code>ch</code> in the range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive),
    * this is the smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &gt;= fromIndex)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
    * smallest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * (this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &gt;= fromIndex)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
    * string at or after position <code>fromIndex</code>, then
    * <code>-1</code> is returned.
    *
    * <p>
    * There is no restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it
    * is negative, it has the same effect as if it were zero: this entire
    * string may be searched. If it is greater than the length of this
    * string, it has the same effect as if it were equal to the length of
    * this string: <code>-1</code> is returned.
    *
    * <p>All indices are specified in <code>char</code> values
    * (Unicode code units).
    *
    * @param ch a character (Unicode code point).
    * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from.
    * @return the index of the first occurrence of the character in the
    * character sequence represented by this object that is greater
    * than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
    * if the character does not occur.
    */
    public int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {
    int max = offset + count;
    char v[] = value;

    if (fromIndex < 0) {
    fromIndex = 0;
    } else if (fromIndex >= count) {
    // Note: fromIndex might be near -1>>>1.
    return -1;
    }

    int i = offset + fromIndex;
    if (ch < Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) {
    // handle most cases here (ch is a BMP code point or a
    // negative value (invalid code point))
    for (; i < max ; i++) {
    if (v[i] == ch) {
    return i - offset;
    }
    }
    return -1;
    }

    if (ch <= Character.MAX_CODE_POINT) {
    // handle supplementary characters here
    char[] surrogates = Character.toChars(ch);
    for (; i < max; i++) {
    if (v[i] == surrogates[0]) {
    if (i + 1 == max) {
    break;
    }
    if (v[i+1] == surrogates[1]) {
    return i - offset;
    }
    }
    }
    }
    return -1;
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
    * the specified character. For values of <code>ch</code> in the
    * range from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index (in Unicode code
    * units) returned is the largest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
    * largest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
    * string, then <code>-1</code> is returned. The
    * <code>String</code> is searched backwards starting at the last
    * character.
    *
    * @param ch a character (Unicode code point).
    * @return the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
    * character sequence represented by this object, or
    * <code>-1</code> if the character does not occur.
    */
    public int lastIndexOf(int ch) {
    return lastIndexOf(ch, count - 1);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of
    * the specified character, searching backward starting at the
    * specified index. For values of <code>ch</code> in the range
    * from 0 to 0xFFFF (inclusive), the index returned is the largest
    * value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * (this.charAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &lt;= fromIndex)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. For other values of <code>ch</code>, it is the
    * largest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * (this.codePointAt(<i>k</i>) == ch) && (<i>k</i> &lt;= fromIndex)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true. In either case, if no such character occurs in this
    * string at or before position <code>fromIndex</code>, then
    * <code>-1</code> is returned.
    *
    * <p>All indices are specified in <code>char</code> values
    * (Unicode code units).
    *
    * @param ch a character (Unicode code point).
    * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from. There is no
    * restriction on the value of <code>fromIndex</code>. If it is
    * greater than or equal to the length of this string, it has
    * the same effect as if it were equal to one less than the
    * length of this string: this entire string may be searched.
    * If it is negative, it has the same effect as if it were -1:
    * -1 is returned.
    * @return the index of the last occurrence of the character in the
    * character sequence represented by this object that is less
    * than or equal to <code>fromIndex</code>, or <code>-1</code>
    * if the character does not occur before that point.
    */
    public int lastIndexOf(int ch, int fromIndex) {
    int min = offset;
    char v[] = value;

    int i = offset + ((fromIndex >= count) ? count - 1 : fromIndex);

    if (ch < Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT) {
    // handle most cases here (ch is a BMP code point or a
    // negative value (invalid code point))
    for (; i >= min ; i--) {
    if (v[i] == ch) {
    return i - offset;
    }
    }
    return -1;
    }

    int max = offset + count;
    if (ch <= Character.MAX_CODE_POINT) {
    // handle supplementary characters here
    char[] surrogates = Character.toChars(ch);
    for (; i >= min; i--) {
    if (v[i] == surrogates[0]) {
    if (i + 1 == max) {
    break;
    }
    if (v[i+1] == surrogates[1]) {
    return i - offset;
    }
    }
    }
    }
    return -1;
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
    * specified substring. The integer returned is the smallest value
    * <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.startsWith(str, <i>k</i>)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is <code>true</code>.
    *
    * @param str any string.
    * @return if the string argument occurs as a substring within this
    * object, then the index of the first character of the first
    * such substring is returned; if it does not occur as a
    * substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
    */
    public int indexOf(String str) {
    return indexOf(str, 0);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
    * specified substring, starting at the specified index. The integer
    * returned is the smallest value <tt>k</tt> for which:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * k &gt;= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) && this.startsWith(str, k)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * If no such value of <i>k</i> exists, then -1 is returned.
    *
    * @param str the substring for which to search.
    * @param fromIndex the index from which to start the search.
    * @return the index within this string of the first occurrence of the
    * specified substring, starting at the specified index.
    */
    public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {
    return indexOf(value, offset, count,
    str.value, str.offset, str.count, fromIndex);
    }

    /**
    * Code shared by String and StringBuffer to do searches. The
    * source is the character array being searched, and the target
    * is the string being searched for.
    *
    * @param source the characters being searched.
    * @param sourceOffset offset of the source string.
    * @param sourceCount count of the source string.
    * @param target the characters being searched for.
    * @param targetOffset offset of the target string.
    * @param targetCount count of the target string.
    * @param fromIndex the index to begin searching from.
    */
    static int indexOf(char[] source, int sourceOffset, int sourceCount,
    char[] target, int targetOffset, int targetCount,
    int fromIndex) {
    if (fromIndex >= sourceCount) {
    return (targetCount == 0 ? sourceCount : -1);
    }
    if (fromIndex < 0) {
    fromIndex = 0;
    }
    if (targetCount == 0) {
    return fromIndex;
    }

    char first = target[targetOffset];
    int max = sourceOffset + (sourceCount - targetCount);

    for (int i = sourceOffset + fromIndex; i <= max; i++) {
    /* Look for first character. */
    if (source[i] != first) {
    while (++i <= max && source[i] != first);
    }

    /* Found first character, now look at the rest of v2 */
    if (i <= max) {
    int j = i + 1;
    int end = j + targetCount - 1;
    for (int k = targetOffset + 1; j < end && source[j] ==
    target[k]; j++, k++);

    if (j == end) {
    /* Found whole string. */
    return i - sourceOffset;
    }
    }
    }
    return -1;
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the rightmost occurrence
    * of the specified substring. The rightmost empty string "" is
    * considered to occur at the index value <code>this.length()</code>.
    * The returned index is the largest value <i>k</i> such that
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * this.startsWith(str, k)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * is true.
    *
    * @param str the substring to search for.
    * @return if the string argument occurs one or more times as a substring
    * within this object, then the index of the first character of
    * the last such substring is returned. If it does not occur as
    * a substring, <code>-1</code> is returned.
    */
    public int lastIndexOf(String str) {
    return lastIndexOf(str, count);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
    * specified substring, searching backward starting at the specified index.
    * The integer returned is the largest value <i>k</i> such that:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * k &lt;= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) && this.startsWith(str, k)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * If no such value of <i>k</i> exists, then -1 is returned.
    *
    * @param str the substring to search for.
    * @param fromIndex the index to start the search from.
    * @return the index within this string of the last occurrence of the
    * specified substring.
    */
    public int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex) {
    return lastIndexOf(value, offset, count,
    str.value, str.offset, str.count, fromIndex);
    }

    /**
    * Code shared by String and StringBuffer to do searches. The
    * source is the character array being searched, and the target
    * is the string being searched for.
    *
    * @param source the characters being searched.
    * @param sourceOffset offset of the source string.
    * @param sourceCount count of the source string.
    * @param target the characters being searched for.
    * @param targetOffset offset of the target string.
    * @param targetCount count of the target string.
    * @param fromIndex the index to begin searching from.
    */
    static int lastIndexOf(char[] source, int sourceOffset, int sourceCount,
    char[] target, int targetOffset, int targetCount,
    int fromIndex) {
    /*
    * Check arguments; return immediately where possible. For
    * consistency, don't check for null str.
    */
    int rightIndex = sourceCount - targetCount;
    if (fromIndex < 0) {
    return -1;
    }
    if (fromIndex > rightIndex) {
    fromIndex = rightIndex;
    }
    /* Empty string always matches. */
    if (targetCount == 0) {
    return fromIndex;
    }

    int strLastIndex = targetOffset + targetCount - 1;
    char strLastChar = target[strLastIndex];
    int min = sourceOffset + targetCount - 1;
    int i = min + fromIndex;

    startSearchForLastChar:
    while (true) {
    while (i >= min && source[i] != strLastChar) {
    i--;
    }
    if (i < min) {
    return -1;
    }
    int j = i - 1;
    int start = j - (targetCount - 1);
    int k = strLastIndex - 1;

    while (j > start) {
    if (source[j--] != target[k--]) {
    i--;
    continue startSearchForLastChar;
    }
    }
    return start - sourceOffset + 1;
    }
    }

    /**
    * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
    * substring begins with the character at the specified index and
    * extends to the end of this string. <p>
    * Examples:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * "unhappy".substring(2) returns "happy"
    * "Harbison".substring(3) returns "bison"
    * "emptiness".substring(9) returns "" (an empty string)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @param beginIndex the beginning index, inclusive.
    * @return the specified substring.
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if
    * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative or larger than the
    * length of this <code>String</code> object.
    */
    public String substring(int beginIndex) {
    return substring(beginIndex, count);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a new string that is a substring of this string. The
    * substring begins at the specified <code>beginIndex</code> and
    * extends to the character at index <code>endIndex - 1</code>.
    * Thus the length of the substring is <code>endIndex-beginIndex</code>.
    * <p>
    * Examples:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * "hamburger".substring(4, 8) returns "urge"
    * "smiles".substring(1, 5) returns "mile"
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @param beginIndex the beginning index, inclusive.
    * @param endIndex the ending index, exclusive.
    * @return the specified substring.
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
    * <code>beginIndex</code> is negative, or
    * <code>endIndex</code> is larger than the length of
    * this <code>String</code> object, or
    * <code>beginIndex</code> is larger than
    * <code>endIndex</code>.
    */
    public String substring(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
    if (beginIndex < 0) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(beginIndex);
    }
    if (endIndex > count) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex);
    }
    if (beginIndex > endIndex) {
    throw new StringIndexOutOfBoundsException(endIndex - beginIndex);
    }
    return ((beginIndex == 0) && (endIndex == count)) ? this :
    new String(offset + beginIndex, endIndex - beginIndex, value);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a new character sequence that is a subsequence of this sequence.
    *
    * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
    *
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * str.subSequence(begin,&nbsp;end)</pre></blockquote>
    *
    * behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
    *
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * str.substring(begin,&nbsp;end)</pre></blockquote>
    *
    * This method is defined so that the <tt>String</tt> class can implement
    * the {@link CharSequence} interface. </p>
    *
    * @param beginIndex the begin index, inclusive.
    * @param endIndex the end index, exclusive.
    * @return the specified subsequence.
    *
    * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
    * if <tt>beginIndex</tt> or <tt>endIndex</tt> are negative,
    * if <tt>endIndex</tt> is greater than <tt>length()</tt>,
    * or if <tt>beginIndex</tt> is greater than <tt>startIndex</tt>
    *
    * @since 1.4
    * @spec JSR-51
    */
    public CharSequence subSequence(int beginIndex, int endIndex) {
    return this.substring(beginIndex, endIndex);
    }

    /**
    * Concatenates the specified string to the end of this string.
    * <p>
    * If the length of the argument string is <code>0</code>, then this
    * <code>String</code> object is returned. Otherwise, a new
    * <code>String</code> object is created, representing a character
    * sequence that is the concatenation of the character sequence
    * represented by this <code>String</code> object and the character
    * sequence represented by the argument string.<p>
    * Examples:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * "cares".concat("s") returns "caress"
    * "to".concat("get").concat("her") returns "together"
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @param str the <code>String</code> that is concatenated to the end
    * of this <code>String</code>.
    * @return a string that represents the concatenation of this object's
    * characters followed by the string argument's characters.
    */
    public String concat(String str) {
    int otherLen = str.length();
    if (otherLen == 0) {
    return this;
    }
    char buf[] = new char[count + otherLen];
    getChars(0, count, buf, 0);
    str.getChars(0, otherLen, buf, count);
    return new String(0, count + otherLen, buf);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a new string resulting from replacing all occurrences of
    * <code>oldChar</code> in this string with <code>newChar</code>.
    * <p>
    * If the character <code>oldChar</code> does not occur in the
    * character sequence represented by this <code>String</code> object,
    * then a reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
    * Otherwise, a new <code>String</code> object is created that
    * represents a character sequence identical to the character sequence
    * represented by this <code>String</code> object, except that every
    * occurrence of <code>oldChar</code> is replaced by an occurrence
    * of <code>newChar</code>.
    * <p>
    * Examples:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * "mesquite in your cellar".replace('e', 'o')
    * returns "mosquito in your collar"
    * "the war of baronets".replace('r', 'y')
    * returns "the way of bayonets"
    * "sparring with a purple porpoise".replace('p', 't')
    * returns "starring with a turtle tortoise"
    * "JonL".replace('q', 'x') returns "JonL" (no change)
    * </pre></blockquote>
    *
    * @param oldChar the old character.
    * @param newChar the new character.
    * @return a string derived from this string by replacing every
    * occurrence of <code>oldChar</code> with <code>newChar</code>.
    */
    public String replace(char oldChar, char newChar) {
    if (oldChar != newChar) {
    int len = count;
    int i = -1;
    char[] val = value; /* avoid getfield opcode */
    int off = offset; /* avoid getfield opcode */

    while (++i < len) {
    if (val[off + i] == oldChar) {
    break;
    }
    }
    if (i < len) {
    char buf[] = new char[len];
    for (int j = 0 ; j < i ; j++) {
    buf[j] = val[off+j];
    }
    while (i < len) {
    char c = val[off + i];
    buf[i] = (c == oldChar) ? newChar : c;
    i++;
    }
    return new String(0, len, buf);
    }
    }
    return this;
    }

    /**
    * Tells whether or not this string matches the given <a
    * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a>.
    *
    * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
    * <i>str</i><tt>.matches(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>)</tt> yields exactly the
    * same result as the expression
    *
    * <blockquote><tt> {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link
    * java.util.regex.Pattern#matches(String,CharSequence)
    * matches}(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>,</tt> <i>str</i><tt>)</tt></blockquote>
    *
    * @param regex
    * the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
    *
    * @return <tt>true</tt> if, and only if, this string matches the
    * given regular expression
    *
    * @throws PatternSyntaxException
    * if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    *
    * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
    *
    * @since 1.4
    * @spec JSR-51
    */
    public boolean matches(String regex) {
    return Pattern.matches(regex, this);
    }

    /**
    * Returns true if and only if this string contains the specified
    * sequence of char values.
    *
    * @param s the sequence to search for
    * @return true if this string contains <code>s</code>, false otherwise
    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>s</code> is <code>null</code>
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public boolean contains(CharSequence s) {
    return indexOf(s.toString()) > -1;
    }

    /**
    * Replaces the first substring of this string that matches the given <a
    * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a> with the
    * given replacement.
    *
    * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
    * <i>str</i><tt>.replaceFirst(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>,</tt> <i>repl</i><tt>)</tt>
    * yields exactly the same result as the expression
    *
    * <blockquote><tt>
    * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#compile
    * compile}(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>).{@link
    * java.util.regex.Pattern#matcher(java.lang.CharSequence)
    * matcher}(</tt><i>str</i><tt>).{@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst
    * replaceFirst}(</tt><i>repl</i><tt>)</tt></blockquote>
    *
    *<p>
    * Note that backslashes (<tt></tt>) and dollar signs (<tt>$</tt>) in the
    * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were
    * being treated as a literal replacement string; see
    * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceFirst}.
    * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special
    * meaning of these characters, if desired.
    *
    * @param regex
    * the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
    * @param replacement
    * the string to be substituted for the first match
    *
    * @return The resulting <tt>String</tt>
    *
    * @throws PatternSyntaxException
    * if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    *
    * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
    *
    * @since 1.4
    * @spec JSR-51
    */
    public String replaceFirst(String regex, String replacement) {
    return Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(this).replaceFirst(replacement);
    }

    /**
    * Replaces each substring of this string that matches the given <a
    * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a> with the
    * given replacement.
    *
    * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
    * <i>str</i><tt>.replaceAll(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>,</tt> <i>repl</i><tt>)</tt>
    * yields exactly the same result as the expression
    *
    * <blockquote><tt>
    * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#compile
    * compile}(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>).{@link
    * java.util.regex.Pattern#matcher(java.lang.CharSequence)
    * matcher}(</tt><i>str</i><tt>).{@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll
    * replaceAll}(</tt><i>repl</i><tt>)</tt></blockquote>
    *
    *<p>
    * Note that backslashes (<tt></tt>) and dollar signs (<tt>$</tt>) in the
    * replacement string may cause the results to be different than if it were
    * being treated as a literal replacement string; see
    * {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#replaceAll Matcher.replaceAll}.
    * Use {@link java.util.regex.Matcher#quoteReplacement} to suppress the special
    * meaning of these characters, if desired.
    *
    * @param regex
    * the regular expression to which this string is to be matched
    * @param replacement
    * the string to be substituted for each match
    *
    * @return The resulting <tt>String</tt>
    *
    * @throws PatternSyntaxException
    * if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    *
    * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
    *
    * @since 1.4
    * @spec JSR-51
    */
    public String replaceAll(String regex, String replacement) {
    return Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(this).replaceAll(replacement);
    }

    /**
    * Replaces each substring of this string that matches the literal target
    * sequence with the specified literal replacement sequence. The
    * replacement proceeds from the beginning of the string to the end, for
    * example, replacing "aa" with "b" in the string "aaa" will result in
    * "ba" rather than "ab".
    *
    * @param target The sequence of char values to be replaced
    * @param replacement The replacement sequence of char values
    * @return The resulting string
    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>target</code> or
    * <code>replacement</code> is <code>null</code>.
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public String replace(CharSequence target, CharSequence replacement) {
    return Pattern.compile(target.toString(), Pattern.LITERAL).matcher(
    this).replaceAll(Matcher.quoteReplacement(replacement.toString()));
    }

    /**
    * Splits this string around matches of the given
    * <a href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a>.
    *
    * <p> The array returned by this method contains each substring of this
    * string that is terminated by another substring that matches the given
    * expression or is terminated by the end of the string. The substrings in
    * the array are in the order in which they occur in this string. If the
    * expression does not match any part of the input then the resulting array
    * has just one element, namely this string.
    *
    * <p> The <tt>limit</tt> parameter controls the number of times the
    * pattern is applied and therefore affects the length of the resulting
    * array. If the limit <i>n</i> is greater than zero then the pattern
    * will be applied at most <i>n</i>&nbsp;-&nbsp;1 times, the array's
    * length will be no greater than <i>n</i>, and the array's last entry
    * will contain all input beyond the last matched delimiter. If <i>n</i>
    * is non-positive then the pattern will be applied as many times as
    * possible and the array can have any length. If <i>n</i> is zero then
    * the pattern will be applied as many times as possible, the array can
    * have any length, and trailing empty strings will be discarded.
    *
    * <p> The string <tt>"boo:and:foo"</tt>, for example, yields the
    * following results with these parameters:
    *
    * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 summary="Split example showing regex, limit, and result">
    * <tr>
    * <th>Regex</th>
    * <th>Limit</th>
    * <th>Result</th>
    * </tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
    * <td align=center>2</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "boo", "and:foo" }</tt></td></tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
    * <td align=center>5</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
    * <td align=center>-2</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
    * <td align=center>5</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }</tt></td></tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
    * <td align=center>-2</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f", "", "" }</tt></td></tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
    * <td align=center>0</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f" }</tt></td></tr>
    * </table></blockquote>
    *
    * <p> An invocation of this method of the form
    * <i>str.</i><tt>split(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>,</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i><tt>)</tt>
    * yields the same result as the expression
    *
    * <blockquote>
    * {@link java.util.regex.Pattern}.{@link java.util.regex.Pattern#compile
    * compile}<tt>(</tt><i>regex</i><tt>)</tt>.{@link
    * java.util.regex.Pattern#split(java.lang.CharSequence,int)
    * split}<tt>(</tt><i>str</i><tt>,</tt>&nbsp;<i>n</i><tt>)</tt>
    * </blockquote>
    *
    *
    * @param regex
    * the delimiting regular expression
    *
    * @param limit
    * the result threshold, as described above
    *
    * @return the array of strings computed by splitting this string
    * around matches of the given regular expression
    *
    * @throws PatternSyntaxException
    * if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    *
    * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
    *
    * @since 1.4
    * @spec JSR-51
    */
    public String[] split(String regex, int limit) {
    return Pattern.compile(regex).split(this, limit);
    }

    /**
    * Splits this string around matches of the given <a
    * href="../util/regex/Pattern.html#sum">regular expression</a>.
    *
    * <p> This method works as if by invoking the two-argument {@link
    * #split(String, int) split} method with the given expression and a limit
    * argument of zero. Trailing empty strings are therefore not included in
    * the resulting array.
    *
    * <p> The string <tt>"boo:and:foo"</tt>, for example, yields the following
    * results with these expressions:
    *
    * <blockquote><table cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 summary="Split examples showing regex and result">
    * <tr>
    * <th>Regex</th>
    * <th>Result</th>
    * </tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>:</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "boo", "and", "foo" }</tt></td></tr>
    * <tr><td align=center>o</td>
    * <td><tt>{ "b", "", ":and:f" }</tt></td></tr>
    * </table></blockquote>
    *
    *
    * @param regex
    * the delimiting regular expression
    *
    * @return the array of strings computed by splitting this string
    * around matches of the given regular expression
    *
    * @throws PatternSyntaxException
    * if the regular expression's syntax is invalid
    *
    * @see java.util.regex.Pattern
    *
    * @since 1.4
    * @spec JSR-51
    */
    public String[] split(String regex) {
    return split(regex, 0);
    }

    /**
    * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
    * case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>. Case mapping is based
    * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}
    * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting
    * <code>String</code> may be a different length than the original <code>String</code>.
    * <p>
    * Examples of lowercase mappings are in the following table:
    * <table border="1" summary="Lowercase mapping examples showing language code of locale, upper case, lower case, and description">
    * <tr>
    * <th>Language Code of Locale</th>
    * <th>Upper Case</th>
    * <th>Lower Case</th>
    * <th>Description</th>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0130</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0069</td>
    * <td>capital letter I with dot above -&gt; small letter i</td>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0049</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0131</td>
    * <td>capital letter I -&gt; small letter dotless i </td>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>(all)</td>
    * <td>French Fries</td>
    * <td>french fries</td>
    * <td>lowercased all chars in String</td>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>(all)</td>
    * <td><img src="doc-files/capiota.gif" alt="capiota"><img src="doc-files/capchi.gif" alt="capchi">
    * <img src="doc-files/captheta.gif" alt="captheta"><img src="doc-files/capupsil.gif" alt="capupsil">
    * <img src="doc-files/capsigma.gif" alt="capsigma"></td>
    * <td><img src="doc-files/iota.gif" alt="iota"><img src="doc-files/chi.gif" alt="chi">
    * <img src="doc-files/theta.gif" alt="theta"><img src="doc-files/upsilon.gif" alt="upsilon">
    * <img src="doc-files/sigma1.gif" alt="sigma"></td>
    * <td>lowercased all chars in String</td>
    * </tr>
    * </table>
    *
    * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
    * @return the <code>String</code>, converted to lowercase.
    * @see java.lang.String#toLowerCase()
    * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
    * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
    * @since 1.1
    */
    public String toLowerCase(Locale locale) {
    if (locale == null) {
    throw new NullPointerException();
    }

    int firstUpper;

    /* Now check if there are any characters that need to be changed. */
    scan: {
    for (firstUpper = 0 ; firstUpper < count; ) {
    char c = value[offset+firstUpper];
    if ((c >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE) &&
    (c <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE)) {
    int supplChar = codePointAt(firstUpper);
    if (supplChar != Character.toLowerCase(supplChar)) {
    break scan;
    }
    firstUpper += Character.charCount(supplChar);
    } else {
    if (c != Character.toLowerCase(c)) {
    break scan;
    }
    firstUpper++;
    }
    }
    return this;
    }

    char[] result = new char[count];
    int resultOffset = 0; /* result may grow, so i+resultOffset
    * is the write location in result */

    /* Just copy the first few lowerCase characters. */
    System.arraycopy(value, offset, result, 0, firstUpper);

    String lang = locale.getLanguage();
    boolean localeDependent =
    (lang == "tr" || lang == "az" || lang == "lt");
    char[] lowerCharArray;
    int lowerChar;
    int srcChar;
    int srcCount;
    for (int i = firstUpper; i < count; i += srcCount) {
    srcChar = (int)value[offset+i];
    if ((char)srcChar >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE &&
    (char)srcChar <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE) {
    srcChar = codePointAt(i);
    srcCount = Character.charCount(srcChar);
    } else {
    srcCount = 1;
    }
    if (localeDependent || srcChar == 'u03A3') { // GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
    lowerChar = ConditionalSpecialCasing.toLowerCaseEx(this, i, locale);
    } else {
    lowerChar = Character.toLowerCase(srcChar);
    }
    if ((lowerChar == Character.ERROR) ||
    (lowerChar >= Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT)) {
    if (lowerChar == Character.ERROR) {
    lowerCharArray =
    ConditionalSpecialCasing.toLowerCaseCharArray(this, i, locale);
    } else if (srcCount == 2) {
    resultOffset += Character.toChars(lowerChar, result, i + resultOffset) - srcCount;
    continue;
    } else {
    lowerCharArray = Character.toChars(lowerChar);
    }

    /* Grow result if needed */
    int mapLen = lowerCharArray.length;
    if (mapLen > srcCount) {
    char[] result2 = new char[result.length + mapLen - srcCount];
    System.arraycopy(result, 0, result2, 0,
    i + resultOffset);
    result = result2;
    }
    for (int x=0; x<mapLen; ++x) {
    result[i+resultOffset+x] = lowerCharArray[x];
    }
    resultOffset += (mapLen - srcCount);
    } else {
    result[i+resultOffset] = (char)lowerChar;
    }
    }
    return new String(0, count+resultOffset, result);
    }

    /**
    * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to lower
    * case using the rules of the default locale. This is equivalent to calling
    * <code>toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault())</code>.
    * <p>
    * <b>Note:</b> This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected
    * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale
    * independently.
    * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML
    * tags.
    * For instance, <code>"TITLE".toLowerCase()</code> in a Turkish locale
    * returns <code>"tu0131tle"</code>, where 'u0131' is the LATIN SMALL
    * LETTER DOTLESS I character.
    * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use
    * <code>toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)</code>.
    * <p>
    * @return the <code>String</code>, converted to lowercase.
    * @see java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
    */
    public String toLowerCase() {
    return toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault());
    }

    /**
    * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
    * case using the rules of the given <code>Locale</code>. Case mapping is based
    * on the Unicode Standard version specified by the {@link java.lang.Character Character}
    * class. Since case mappings are not always 1:1 char mappings, the resulting
    * <code>String</code> may be a different length than the original <code>String</code>.
    * <p>
    * Examples of locale-sensitive and 1:M case mappings are in the following table.
    * <p>
    * <table border="1" summary="Examples of locale-sensitive and 1:M case mappings. Shows Language code of locale, lower case, upper case, and description.">
    * <tr>
    * <th>Language Code of Locale</th>
    * <th>Lower Case</th>
    * <th>Upper Case</th>
    * <th>Description</th>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0069</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0130</td>
    * <td>small letter i -&gt; capital letter I with dot above</td>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>tr (Turkish)</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0131</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0049</td>
    * <td>small letter dotless i -&gt; capital letter I</td>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>(all)</td>
    * <td>&#92;u00df</td>
    * <td>&#92;u0053 &#92;u0053</td>
    * <td>small letter sharp s -&gt; two letters: SS</td>
    * </tr>
    * <tr>
    * <td>(all)</td>
    * <td>Fahrvergn&uuml;gen</td>
    * <td>FAHRVERGN&Uuml;GEN</td>
    * <td></td>
    * </tr>
    * </table>
    * @param locale use the case transformation rules for this locale
    * @return the <code>String</code>, converted to uppercase.
    * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
    * @see java.lang.String#toLowerCase()
    * @see java.lang.String#toLowerCase(Locale)
    * @since 1.1
    */
    public String toUpperCase(Locale locale) {
    if (locale == null) {
    throw new NullPointerException();
    }

    int firstLower;

    /* Now check if there are any characters that need to be changed. */
    scan: {
    for (firstLower = 0 ; firstLower < count; ) {
    int c = (int)value[offset+firstLower];
    int srcCount;
    if ((c >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE) &&
    (c <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE)) {
    c = codePointAt(firstLower);
    srcCount = Character.charCount(c);
    } else {
    srcCount = 1;
    }
    int upperCaseChar = Character.toUpperCaseEx(c);
    if ((upperCaseChar == Character.ERROR) ||
    (c != upperCaseChar)) {
    break scan;
    }
    firstLower += srcCount;
    }
    return this;
    }

    char[] result = new char[count]; /* may grow */
    int resultOffset = 0; /* result may grow, so i+resultOffset
    * is the write location in result */

    /* Just copy the first few upperCase characters. */
    System.arraycopy(value, offset, result, 0, firstLower);

    String lang = locale.getLanguage();
    boolean localeDependent =
    (lang == "tr" || lang == "az" || lang == "lt");
    char[] upperCharArray;
    int upperChar;
    int srcChar;
    int srcCount;
    for (int i = firstLower; i < count; i += srcCount) {
    srcChar = (int)value[offset+i];
    if ((char)srcChar >= Character.MIN_HIGH_SURROGATE &&
    (char)srcChar <= Character.MAX_HIGH_SURROGATE) {
    srcChar = codePointAt(i);
    srcCount = Character.charCount(srcChar);
    } else {
    srcCount = 1;
    }
    if (localeDependent) {
    upperChar = ConditionalSpecialCasing.toUpperCaseEx(this, i, locale);
    } else {
    upperChar = Character.toUpperCaseEx(srcChar);
    }
    if ((upperChar == Character.ERROR) ||
    (upperChar >= Character.MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT)) {
    if (upperChar == Character.ERROR) {
    if (localeDependent) {
    upperCharArray =
    ConditionalSpecialCasing.toUpperCaseCharArray(this, i, locale);
    } else {
    upperCharArray = Character.toUpperCaseCharArray(srcChar);
    }
    } else if (srcCount == 2) {
    resultOffset += Character.toChars(upperChar, result, i + resultOffset) - srcCount;
    continue;
    } else {
    upperCharArray = Character.toChars(upperChar);
    }

    /* Grow result if needed */
    int mapLen = upperCharArray.length;
    if (mapLen > srcCount) {
    char[] result2 = new char[result.length + mapLen - srcCount];
    System.arraycopy(result, 0, result2, 0,
    i + resultOffset);
    result = result2;
    }
    for (int x=0; x<mapLen; ++x) {
    result[i+resultOffset+x] = upperCharArray[x];
    }
    resultOffset += (mapLen - srcCount);
    } else {
    result[i+resultOffset] = (char)upperChar;
    }
    }
    return new String(0, count+resultOffset, result);
    }

    /**
    * Converts all of the characters in this <code>String</code> to upper
    * case using the rules of the default locale. This method is equivalent to
    * <code>toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault())</code>.
    * <p>
    * <b>Note:</b> This method is locale sensitive, and may produce unexpected
    * results if used for strings that are intended to be interpreted locale
    * independently.
    * Examples are programming language identifiers, protocol keys, and HTML
    * tags.
    * For instance, <code>"title".toUpperCase()</code> in a Turkish locale
    * returns <code>"Tu0130TLE"</code>, where 'u0130' is the LATIN CAPITAL
    * LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE character.
    * To obtain correct results for locale insensitive strings, use
    * <code>toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH)</code>.
    * <p>
    * @return the <code>String</code>, converted to uppercase.
    * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase(Locale)
    */
    public String toUpperCase() {
    return toUpperCase(Locale.getDefault());
    }

    /**
    * Returns a copy of the string, with leading and trailing whitespace
    * omitted.
    * <p>
    * If this <code>String</code> object represents an empty character
    * sequence, or the first and last characters of character sequence
    * represented by this <code>String</code> object both have codes
    * greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> (the space character), then a
    * reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
    * <p>
    * Otherwise, if there is no character with a code greater than
    * <code>'&#92;u0020'</code> in the string, then a new
    * <code>String</code> object representing an empty string is created
    * and returned.
    * <p>
    * Otherwise, let <i>k</i> be the index of the first character in the
    * string whose code is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>, and let
    * <i>m</i> be the index of the last character in the string whose code
    * is greater than <code>'&#92;u0020'</code>. A new <code>String</code>
    * object is created, representing the substring of this string that
    * begins with the character at index <i>k</i> and ends with the
    * character at index <i>m</i>-that is, the result of
    * <code>this.substring(<i>k</i>,&nbsp;<i>m</i>+1)</code>.
    * <p>
    * This method may be used to trim whitespace (as defined above) from
    * the beginning and end of a string.
    *
    * @return A copy of this string with leading and trailing white
    * space removed, or this string if it has no leading or
    * trailing white space.
    */
    public String trim() {
    int len = count;
    int st = 0;
    int off = offset; /* avoid getfield opcode */
    char[] val = value; /* avoid getfield opcode */

    while ((st < len) && (val[off + st] <= ' ')) {
    st++;
    }
    while ((st < len) && (val[off + len - 1] <= ' ')) {
    len--;
    }
    return ((st > 0) || (len < count)) ? substring(st, len) : this;
    }

    /**
    * This object (which is already a string!) is itself returned.
    *
    * @return the string itself.
    */
    public String toString() {
    return this;
    }

    /**
    * Converts this string to a new character array.
    *
    * @return a newly allocated character array whose length is the length
    * of this string and whose contents are initialized to contain
    * the character sequence represented by this string.
    */
    public char[] toCharArray() {
    char result[] = new char[count];
    getChars(0, count, result, 0);
    return result;
    }

    /**
    * Returns a formatted string using the specified format string and
    * arguments.
    *
    * <p> The locale always used is the one returned by {@link
    * java.util.Locale#getDefault() Locale.getDefault()}.
    *
    * @param format
    * A <a href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">format string</a>
    *
    * @param args
    * Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
    * string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
    * extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is
    * variable and may be zero. The maximum number of arguments is
    * limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
    * the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/">Java
    * Virtual Machine Specification</a>. The behaviour on a
    * <tt>null</tt> argument depends on the <a
    * href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">conversion</a>.
    *
    * @throws IllegalFormatException
    * If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
    * specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
    * insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
    * illegal conditions. For specification of all possible
    * formatting errors, see the <a
    * href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section of the
    * formatter class specification.
    *
    * @throws NullPointerException
    * If the <tt>format</tt> is <tt>null</tt>
    *
    * @return A formatted string
    *
    * @see java.util.Formatter
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public static String format(String format, Object ... args) {
    return new Formatter().format(format, args).toString();
    }

    /**
    * Returns a formatted string using the specified locale, format string,
    * and arguments.
    *
    * @param l
    * The {@linkplain java.util.Locale locale} to apply during
    * formatting. If <tt>l</tt> is <tt>null</tt> then no localization
    * is applied.
    *
    * @param format
    * A <a href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">format string</a>
    *
    * @param args
    * Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
    * string. If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
    * extra arguments are ignored. The number of arguments is
    * variable and may be zero. The maximum number of arguments is
    * limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
    * the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/">Java
    * Virtual Machine Specification</a>. The behaviour on a
    * <tt>null</tt> argument depends on the <a
    * href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">conversion</a>.
    *
    * @throws IllegalFormatException
    * If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
    * specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
    * insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
    * illegal conditions. For specification of all possible
    * formatting errors, see the <a
    * href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section of the
    * formatter class specification
    *
    * @throws NullPointerException
    * If the <tt>format</tt> is <tt>null</tt>
    *
    * @return A formatted string
    *
    * @see java.util.Formatter
    * @since 1.5
    */
    public static String format(Locale l, String format, Object ... args) {
    return new Formatter(l).format(format, args).toString();
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>Object</code> argument.
    *
    * @param obj an <code>Object</code>.
    * @return if the argument is <code>null</code>, then a string equal to
    * <code>"null"</code>; otherwise, the value of
    * <code>obj.toString()</code> is returned.
    * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
    */
    public static String valueOf(Object obj) {
    return (obj == null) ? "null" : obj.toString();
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>char</code> array
    * argument. The contents of the character array are copied; subsequent
    * modification of the character array does not affect the newly
    * created string.
    *
    * @param data a <code>char</code> array.
    * @return a newly allocated string representing the same sequence of
    * characters contained in the character array argument.
    */
    public static String valueOf(char data[]) {
    return new String(data);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of a specific subarray of the
    * <code>char</code> array argument.
    * <p>
    * The <code>offset</code> argument is the index of the first
    * character of the subarray. The <code>count</code> argument
    * specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the subarray
    * are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does not
    * affect the newly created string.
    *
    * @param data the character array.
    * @param offset the initial offset into the value of the
    * <code>String</code>.
    * @param count the length of the value of the <code>String</code>.
    * @return a string representing the sequence of characters contained
    * in the subarray of the character array argument.
    * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>offset</code> is
    * negative, or <code>count</code> is negative, or
    * <code>offset+count</code> is larger than
    * <code>data.length</code>.
    */
    public static String valueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {
    return new String(data, offset, count);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a String that represents the character sequence in the
    * array specified.
    *
    * @param data the character array.
    * @param offset initial offset of the subarray.
    * @param count length of the subarray.
    * @return a <code>String</code> that contains the characters of the
    * specified subarray of the character array.
    */
    public static String copyValueOf(char data[], int offset, int count) {
    // All public String constructors now copy the data.
    return new String(data, offset, count);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a String that represents the character sequence in the
    * array specified.
    *
    * @param data the character array.
    * @return a <code>String</code> that contains the characters of the
    * character array.
    */
    public static String copyValueOf(char data[]) {
    return copyValueOf(data, 0, data.length);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>boolean</code> argument.
    *
    * @param b a <code>boolean</code>.
    * @return if the argument is <code>true</code>, a string equal to
    * <code>"true"</code> is returned; otherwise, a string equal to
    * <code>"false"</code> is returned.
    */
    public static String valueOf(boolean b) {
    return b ? "true" : "false";
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>char</code>
    * argument.
    *
    * @param c a <code>char</code>.
    * @return a string of length <code>1</code> containing
    * as its single character the argument <code>c</code>.
    */
    public static String valueOf(char c) {
    char data[] = {c};
    return new String(0, 1, data);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>int</code> argument.
    * <p>
    * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
    * <code>Integer.toString</code> method of one argument.
    *
    * @param i an <code>int</code>.
    * @return a string representation of the <code>int</code> argument.
    * @see java.lang.Integer#toString(int, int)
    */
    public static String valueOf(int i) {
    return Integer.toString(i, 10);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>long</code> argument.
    * <p>
    * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
    * <code>Long.toString</code> method of one argument.
    *
    * @param l a <code>long</code>.
    * @return a string representation of the <code>long</code> argument.
    * @see java.lang.Long#toString(long)
    */
    public static String valueOf(long l) {
    return Long.toString(l, 10);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>float</code> argument.
    * <p>
    * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
    * <code>Float.toString</code> method of one argument.
    *
    * @param f a <code>float</code>.
    * @return a string representation of the <code>float</code> argument.
    * @see java.lang.Float#toString(float)
    */
    public static String valueOf(float f) {
    return Float.toString(f);
    }

    /**
    * Returns the string representation of the <code>double</code> argument.
    * <p>
    * The representation is exactly the one returned by the
    * <code>Double.toString</code> method of one argument.
    *
    * @param d a <code>double</code>.
    * @return a string representation of the <code>double</code> argument.
    * @see java.lang.Double#toString(double)
    */
    public static String valueOf(double d) {
    return Double.toString(d);
    }

    /**
    * Returns a canonical representation for the string object.
    * <p>
    * A pool of strings, initially empty, is maintained privately by the
    * class <code>String</code>.
    * <p>
    * When the intern method is invoked, if the pool already contains a
    * string equal to this <code>String</code> object as determined by
    * the {@link #equals(Object)} method, then the string from the pool is
    * returned. Otherwise, this <code>String</code> object is added to the
    * pool and a reference to this <code>String</code> object is returned.
    * <p>
    * It follows that for any two strings <code>s</code> and <code>t</code>,
    * <code>s.intern()&nbsp;==&nbsp;t.intern()</code> is <code>true</code>
    * if and only if <code>s.equals(t)</code> is <code>true</code>.
    * <p>
    * All literal strings and string-valued constant expressions are
    * interned. String literals are defined in &sect;3.10.5 of the
    * <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/html/">Java Language
    * Specification</a>
    *
    * @return a string that has the same contents as this string, but is
    * guaranteed to be from a pool of unique strings.
    */
    public native String intern();

    }

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