source: trunk/src/gcc/libjava/java/nio/CharBuffer.java@ 1389

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package java.nio;

import gnu.java.nio.CharBufferImpl;

/**
 * @since 1.4
 */
public abstract class CharBuffer extends Buffer
  implements Comparable, CharSequence
{
  protected char [] backing_buffer;
  
  /**
   * Allocates a new <code>CharBuffer</code> object with a given capacity.
   */
  public static CharBuffer allocate (int capacity)
  {
    return new CharBufferImpl (capacity, 0, capacity);
  }
  
  /**
   * Wraps a character array into a <code>CharBuffer</code> object.
   * 
   * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If the preconditions on the offset
   * and length parameters do not hold
   */
  final public static CharBuffer wrap (char[] array, int offset, int length)
  {
    return new CharBufferImpl (array, offset, length);
  }
  
  /**
   * Wraps a character sequence into a <code>CharBuffer</code> object.
   */
  final public static CharBuffer wrap (CharSequence a)
  {
    return wrap (a, 0, a.length ());
  }
  
  /**
   * Wraps a character sequence into a <code>CharBuffer</code> object.
   * 
   * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If the preconditions on the offset
   * and length parameters do not hold
   */
  final public static CharBuffer wrap (CharSequence a, int offset, int length)
  {
    if ((offset < 0)
        || (offset > a.length ())
        || (length < 0)
        || (length > (a.length () - offset)))
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException ();
    
    char [] buffer = new char [a.length ()];
    
    for (int i = offset; i < length; i++)
      {
        buffer [i] = a.charAt (i);
      }
    
    return wrap (buffer, offset, length);
  }
  
  /**
   * Wraps a character array into a <code>CharBuffer</code> object.
   */
  final public static CharBuffer wrap (char[] array)
  {
    return wrap (array, 0, array.length);
  }
 
  CharBuffer (int cap, int lim, int pos, int mark)
  {
    super (cap, lim, pos, mark);
  }
  
  /**
   * Relative get method.
   * 
   * @exception BufferUnderflowException If the buffer's current position is
   * not smaller than its limit.
   * @exception IndexOutOfBoundsException If the preconditions on the offset
   * and length parameters do not hold
   */
  public CharBuffer get (char[] dst, int offset, int length)
  {
    for (int i = offset; i < offset + length; i++)
      {
        dst [i] = get ();
      }
    
    return this;
  }
  
  /**
   * Relative get method.
   * 
   * @exception BufferUnderflowException If there are fewer than length
   * characters remaining in this buffer.
   */
  public CharBuffer get (char[] dst)
  {
    return get (dst, 0, dst.length);
  }
  
  /**
   * @exception BufferOverflowException If there are fewer than length of
   * source buffer characters remaining in this buffer.
   * @exception IllegalArgumentException If the source buffer is this buffer.
   * @exception ReadOnlyBufferException If this buffer is read-only.
   */
  public CharBuffer put (CharBuffer src)
  {
    if (src == this)
      throw new IllegalArgumentException ();

    if (src.length () > 0)
      {
        char [] toPut = new char [src.length ()];
        src.get (toPut);