All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<CharacterSet>
```
@UML(identifier="MD_CharacterSetCode",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public final class CharacterSet
extends CodeList<CharacterSet>
```
Name of the character coding standard used for the resource.

Since:

GeoAPI 2.1

Author:

Ely Conn (Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, LLC)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static CharacterSet`	`BIG_5`	Traditional Chinese code set used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas.
`static CharacterSet`	`EBCDIC`	IBM mainframe code set.
`static CharacterSet`	`EUC_JP`	Japanese code set used on UNIX based machines.
`static CharacterSet`	`EUC_KR`	Korean code set.
`static CharacterSet`	`GB2312`	Simplified Chinese code set.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_1`	ISO/IEC 8859-1, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_10`	ISO/IEC 8859-10, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_11`	ISO/IEC 8859-11, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_12`	A future ISO/IEC 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character set.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_13`	ISO/IEC 8859-13, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_14`	ISO/IEC 8859-14, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic).
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_15`	ISO/IEC 8859-15, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_16`	ISO/IEC 8859-16, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 16: Latin alphabet No. 10.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_2`	ISO/IEC 8859-2, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_3`	ISO/IEC 8859-3, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_4`	ISO/IEC 8859-4, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_5`	ISO/IEC 8859-5, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_6`	ISO/IEC 8859-6, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_7`	ISO/IEC 8859-7, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_8`	ISO/IEC 8859-8, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet.
`static CharacterSet`	`ISO_8859_9`	ISO/IEC 8859-9, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5.
`static CharacterSet`	`JIS`	Japanese code set used for electronic transmission.
`static CharacterSet`	`SHIFT_JIS`	Japanese code set used on MS-DOS based machines.
`static CharacterSet`	`UCS_2`	16-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
`static CharacterSet`	`UCS_4`	32-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
`static CharacterSet`	`US_ASCII`	United States ASCII code set (ISO 646 US).
`static CharacterSet`	`UTF_16`	16-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
`static CharacterSet`	`UTF_7`	7-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.
`static CharacterSet`	`UTF_8`	8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CharacterSet[]`	`family()`	Returns the list of enumerations of the same kind than this enum.
`boolean`	`matches(String name)`	Returns `true` if the given name matches the name, identifier or any other identification string of this code list element.
`Charset`	`toCharset()`	Converts the Character Set to a java Charset, if it can.
`static CharacterSet`	`valueOf(String code)`	Returns the character set that matches the given string, or returns a new one if none match it.
`static CharacterSet[]`	`values()`	Returns the list of `CharacterSet`s.

Methods inherited from class CodeList
compareTo, equals, hashCode, identifier, name, ordinal, readResolve, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

UCS_2

@UML(identifier="ucs2",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UCS_2

16-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UCS_4

@UML(identifier="ucs4",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UCS_4

32-bit fixed size Universal Character Set, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UTF_7

@UML(identifier="utf7",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UTF_7

7-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UTF_8

@UML(identifier="utf8",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UTF_8

8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

UTF_16

@UML(identifier="utf16",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet UTF_16

16-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646.

ISO_8859_1

@UML(identifier="8859part1",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_1

ISO/IEC 8859-1, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1.

ISO_8859_2

@UML(identifier="8859part2",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_2

ISO/IEC 8859-2, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 2: Latin alphabet No. 2.

ISO_8859_3

@UML(identifier="8859part3",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_3

ISO/IEC 8859-3, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 3: Latin alphabet No. 3.

ISO_8859_4

@UML(identifier="8859part4",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_4

ISO/IEC 8859-4, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 4: Latin alphabet No. 4.

ISO_8859_5

@UML(identifier="8859part5",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_5

ISO/IEC 8859-5, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 5: Latin/Cyrillic alphabet.

ISO_8859_6

@UML(identifier="8859part6",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_6

ISO/IEC 8859-6, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 6: Latin/Arabic alphabet.

ISO_8859_7

@UML(identifier="8859part7",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_7

ISO/IEC 8859-7, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 7: Latin/Greek alphabet.

ISO_8859_8

@UML(identifier="8859part8",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_8

ISO/IEC 8859-8, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 8: Latin/Hebrew alphabet.

ISO_8859_9

@UML(identifier="8859part9",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_9

ISO/IEC 8859-9, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 9: Latin alphabet No. 5.

ISO_8859_10

@UML(identifier="8859part10",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_10

ISO/IEC 8859-10, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 10: Latin alphabet No. 6.

ISO_8859_11

@UML(identifier="8859part11",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_11

ISO/IEC 8859-11, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 11: Latin/Thai alphabet.

ISO_8859_12

@UML(identifier="8859part12",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_12

A future ISO/IEC 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character set.

ISO_8859_13

@UML(identifier="8859part13",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_13

ISO/IEC 8859-13, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 13: Latin alphabet No. 7.

ISO_8859_14

@UML(identifier="8859part14",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_14

ISO/IEC 8859-14, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 14: Latin alphabet No. 8 (Celtic).

ISO_8859_15

@UML(identifier="8859part15",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_15

ISO/IEC 8859-15, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 15: Latin alphabet No. 9.

ISO_8859_16

@UML(identifier="8859part16",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet ISO_8859_16

ISO/IEC 8859-16, Information technology. 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets - Part 16: Latin alphabet No. 10.

JIS

@UML(identifier="jis",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet JIS

Japanese code set used for electronic transmission.

SHIFT_JIS

@UML(identifier="shiftJIS",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet SHIFT_JIS

Japanese code set used on MS-DOS based machines.

EUC_JP

@UML(identifier="eucJP",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet EUC_JP

Japanese code set used on UNIX based machines.

US_ASCII

@UML(identifier="usAscii",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet US_ASCII

United States ASCII code set (ISO 646 US).

EBCDIC

@UML(identifier="ebcdic",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet EBCDIC

IBM mainframe code set.

EUC_KR

@UML(identifier="eucKR",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet EUC_KR

Korean code set.

BIG_5

@UML(identifier="big5",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet BIG_5

Traditional Chinese code set used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas.

GB2312

@UML(identifier="GB2312",
     obligation=CONDITIONAL,
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final CharacterSet GB2312

Simplified Chinese code set.

Method Detail
- toCharset
```
public Charset toCharset()
                  throws UnsupportedCharsetException
```
  Converts the Character Set to a java Charset, if it can.
  
  Returns:
  
  The Java Charset.
  
  Throws:
  
  UnsupportedCharsetException - If no support for the charset is available.
  
  See Also:
  
  Supported encodings
- values
```
public static CharacterSet[] values()
```
  Returns the list of CharacterSets.
  
  Returns:
  
  The list of codes declared in the current JVM.
- matches
```
public boolean matches(String name)
```
  Returns true if the given name matches the name, identifier or any other identification string of this code list element. The comparison is case-insensitive.
  
  Overrides:
  
  matches in class CodeList<CharacterSet>
  
  Parameters:
  
  name - The name to check.
  
  Returns:
  
  true if the given name matches the code name or identifier.
- family
```
public CharacterSet[] family()
```
  Returns the list of enumerations of the same kind than this enum.
  
  Specified by:
  
  family in class CodeList<CharacterSet>
  
  Returns:
  
  The codes of the same kind than this code.
- valueOf
```
public static CharacterSet valueOf(String code)
```
  Returns the character set that matches the given string, or returns a new one if none match it.
  
  Parameters:
  
  code - The name of the code to fetch or to create.
  
  Returns:
  
  A code matching the given name.

Class CharacterSet