Character.cs

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namespace Lucene.Net.Support
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Mimics Java's Character class.
    /// </summary>
    public class Character
    {
        private const char charNull = '\0';
        private const char charZero = '0';
        private const char charA = 'a';

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        public static int MAX_RADIX
        {
            get
            {
                return 36;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// </summary>
        public static int MIN_RADIX
        {
            get
            {
                return 2;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="digit"></param>
        /// <param name="radix"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static char ForDigit(int digit, int radix)
        {
            // if radix or digit is out of range,
            // return the null character.
            if (radix < Character.MIN_RADIX)
                return charNull;
            if (radix > Character.MAX_RADIX)
                return charNull;
            if (digit < 0)
                return charNull;
            if (digit >= radix)
                return charNull;

            // if digit is less than 10,
            // return '0' plus digit
            if (digit < 10)
                return (char)((int)charZero + digit);

            // otherwise, return 'a' plus digit.
            return (char)((int)charA + digit - 10);
        }
    }
}