Class CharConversion

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.dtfj.corereaders.zos.util.CharConversion

public class CharConversion
extends Object

This class provides some handy character conversion methods

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CharConversion()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static byte[]	getEbcdicBytes(String s)	Convert the given String to ebcdic bytes
static String	getEbcdicString(byte[] buf)	Convert an array of ebcdic bytes to a String
static String	getEbcdicString(byte[] buf, int offset, int length)	Convert an array of ebcdic bytes to a String
static byte[]	nullTerminate(byte[] buf)	Null terminates the given array.

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CharConversion

public CharConversion()

Method Details

getEbcdicBytes

public static byte[] getEbcdicBytes(String s)

Convert the given String to ebcdic bytes

Parameters:

s - the String to be converted

Returns:

the ebcdic byte array

getEbcdicString

public static String getEbcdicString(byte[] buf,
 int offset,
 int length)

Convert an array of ebcdic bytes to a String

Parameters:

buf - the array of ebcdic bytes

offset - the offset within the array where the bytes to be converted start

length - the number of bytes to convert

Returns:

the converted String

getEbcdicString

public static String getEbcdicString(byte[] buf)

Convert an array of ebcdic bytes to a String

Parameters:

buf - the array of ebcdic bytes

Returns:

the converted String

nullTerminate

public static byte[] nullTerminate(byte[] buf)

Null terminates the given array.

Parameters:

buf - the array to be null terminated

Returns:

a copy of the array but with an extra zero byte at the end