Class Hanzi

java.lang.Object
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  +--Hanzi

All Implemented Interfaces:

Encoder

public class Hanzi

extends java.lang.Object

implements Encoder

This is an experimental back-converter from pinyin to Unicode hanzi. It is intended to complement the Pinyin class, and to provide rudimentary support for entering Chinese characters via Romanization in Arboreal. If multiple possibilities exist, an interactive character-picker is displayed.

Version:

$2004-07-10 01:35:10 mdh$

Author:

Malcolm D. Hyman

Field Summary

static int

CHOICES_AT_A_TIME

Constructor Summary

Hanzi()

Method Summary

java.lang.String

encode(java.lang.String s) Converts pinyin to Unicode hanzi.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CHOICES_AT_A_TIME

public static final int CHOICES_AT_A_TIME

Constructor Detail

Hanzi

public Hanzi()

Method Detail

encode

public java.lang.String encode(java.lang.String s)

Converts pinyin to Unicode hanzi. Groups that appear to represent morphosyllables are passed to the getCharacter() method. Anything else is spat out verbatim.

Specified by:

encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:

s - input string

Returns:

transcoded string

See Also:

#getCharacter