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com.mayhoo.kanji
Class JapaneseCharacter  

java.lang.Object
  com.mayhoo.kanji.JapaneseCharacter

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public class JapaneseCharacter

extends java.lang.Object

JapaneseCharacter contains static functions to do various tests on characters to determine if it is one of the various types of characters used in the japanese writing system. There are also a functions to translate between Katakana, Hiragana, and Romaji.

Version:

$Id: JapaneseCharacter.java,v 1.2 2002/04/20 18:10:24 djmay Exp $

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Field Summary
protected static java.lang.String[]	romaji           The array used to map hirgana to romaji.
private static java.lang.String	VERSION           Version information

 

Constructor Summary

JapaneseCharacter()

 

Method Summary
static boolean	isFullwidthKatakana(char c)           Determines if this character is a Full width Katakana.
static boolean	isHalfwidthKatakana(char c)           Determines if this character is a Half width Katakana.
static boolean	isHiragana(char c)           Determines if this character is one of the Japanese Hiragana.
static boolean	isKana(char c)           Determines if this character is a Japanese Kana.
static boolean	isKanji(char c)           Determines if this character is a Kanji character.
static boolean	isKatakana(char c)           Determines if this character is one of the Japanese Katakana.
static boolean	isRomaji(char c)           Determines if this character could be used as part of a romaji character.
private static java.lang.String	lookupRomaji(char c)           Access the array to return the correct romaji string.
static char	toHiragana(char c)           Translates this character into the equivalent Hiragana character.
static char	toKatakana(char c)           Translates this character into the equivalent Katakana character.
static java.lang.String	toRomaji(char c)           Translates this character into the equivalent Romaji character.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

 

Field Detail

VERSION

private static final java.lang.String VERSION

Version information

See Also:

Constant Field Values

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romaji

protected static java.lang.String[] romaji

The array used to map hirgana to romaji.

Constructor Detail

JapaneseCharacter

public JapaneseCharacter()

Method Detail

isKana

public static boolean isKana(char c)

Determines if this character is a Japanese Kana.

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isHiragana

public static boolean isHiragana(char c)

Determines if this character is one of the Japanese Hiragana.

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isKatakana

public static boolean isKatakana(char c)

Determines if this character is one of the Japanese Katakana.

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isHalfwidthKatakana

public static boolean isHalfwidthKatakana(char c)

Determines if this character is a Half width Katakana.

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isFullwidthKatakana

public static boolean isFullwidthKatakana(char c)

Determines if this character is a Full width Katakana.

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isKanji

public static boolean isKanji(char c)

Determines if this character is a Kanji character.

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isRomaji

public static boolean isRomaji(char c)

Determines if this character could be used as part of a romaji character.

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toKatakana

public static char toKatakana(char c)

Translates this character into the equivalent Katakana character. The function only operates on Hiragana and always returns the Full width version of the Katakana. If the character is outside the Hiragana then the origianal character is returned.

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toHiragana

public static char toHiragana(char c)

Translates this character into the equivalent Hiragana character. The function only operates on Katakana characters If the character is outside the Full width or Half width Katakana then the origianal character is returned.

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toRomaji

public static java.lang.String toRomaji(char c)

Translates this character into the equivalent Romaji character. The function only operates on Hiragana and Katakana characters If the character is outside the given range then the origianal character is returned. The resulting string is lowercase if the input was Hiragana and UPPERCASE if the input was Katakana.

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lookupRomaji

private static java.lang.String lookupRomaji(char c)

Access the array to return the correct romaji string.

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