Module java.base
Package java.lang

Class StringBuffer

java.lang.Object
java.lang.StringBuffer
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Appendable, CharSequence, Comparable<StringBuffer>
public final class StringBuffer extends Object implements Appendable, Serializable, Comparable<StringBuffer>, CharSequence
A thread-safe, mutable sequence of characters. A string buffer is like a String, but can be modified. At any point in time it contains some particular sequence of characters, but the length and content of the sequence can be changed through certain method calls.

String buffers are safe for use by multiple threads. The methods are synchronized where necessary so that all the operations on any particular instance behave as if they occur in some serial order that is consistent with the order of the method calls made by each of the individual threads involved.

The principal operations on a StringBuffer are the append and insert methods, which are overloaded so as to accept data of any type. Each effectively converts a given datum to a string and then appends or inserts the characters of that string to the string buffer. The append method always adds these characters at the end of the buffer; the insert method adds the characters at a specified point.

For example, if z refers to a string buffer object whose current contents are "start", then the method call z.append("le") would cause the string buffer to contain "startle", whereas z.insert(4, "le") would alter the string buffer to contain "starlet".

In general, if sb refers to an instance of a StringBuffer, then sb.append(x) has the same effect as sb.insert(sb.length(), x).

Whenever an operation occurs involving a source sequence (such as appending or inserting from a source sequence), this class synchronizes only on the string buffer performing the operation, not on the source. Note that while StringBuffer is designed to be safe to use concurrently from multiple threads, if the constructor or the append or insert operation is passed a source sequence that is shared across threads, the calling code must ensure that the operation has a consistent and unchanging view of the source sequence for the duration of the operation. This could be satisfied by the caller holding a lock during the operation's call, by using an immutable source sequence, or by not sharing the source sequence across threads.

Every string buffer has a capacity. As long as the length of the character sequence contained in the string buffer does not exceed the capacity, it is not necessary to allocate a new internal buffer array. If the internal buffer overflows, it is automatically made larger.

Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor or method in this class will cause a NullPointerException to be thrown.

As of release JDK 5, this class has been supplemented with an equivalent class designed for use by a single thread, StringBuilder. The StringBuilder class should generally be used in preference to this one, as it supports all of the same operations but it is faster, as it performs no synchronization.

API Note:
StringBuffer implements Comparable but does not override equals. Thus, the natural ordering of StringBuffer is inconsistent with equals. Care should be exercised if StringBuffer objects are used as keys in a SortedMap or elements in a SortedSet. See Comparable, SortedMap, or SortedSet for more information.
Since:
1.0
See Also:

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    StringBuffer()
    Constructs a string buffer with no characters in it and an initial capacity of 16 characters.
    StringBuffer(int capacity)
    Constructs a string buffer with no characters in it and the specified initial capacity.
    StringBuffer(CharSequence seq)
    Constructs a string buffer that contains the same characters as the specified CharSequence.
    StringBuffer(String str)
    Constructs a string buffer initialized to the contents of the specified string.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    StringBuffer
    append(boolean b)
    Appends the string representation of the boolean argument to the sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(char c)
    Appends the string representation of the char argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(char[] str)
    Appends the string representation of the char array argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(char[] str, int offset, int len)
    Appends the string representation of a subarray of the char array argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(double d)
    Appends the string representation of the double argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(float f)
    Appends the string representation of the float argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(int i)
    Appends the string representation of the int argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(long lng)
    Appends the string representation of the long argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(CharSequence s)
    Appends the specified CharSequence to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(CharSequence s, int start, int end)
    Appends a subsequence of the specified CharSequence to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(Object obj)
    Appends the string representation of the Object argument.
    StringBuffer
    append(String str)
    Appends the specified string to this character sequence.
    StringBuffer
    append(StringBuffer sb)
    Appends the specified StringBuffer to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    appendCodePoint(int codePoint)
    Appends the string representation of the codePoint argument to this sequence.
    int
    capacity()
    Returns the current capacity.
    char
    charAt(int index)
    Returns the char value in this sequence at the specified index.
    IntStream
    chars()
    Returns a stream of int zero-extending the char values from this sequence.
    int
    codePointAt(int index)
    Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified index.
    int
    codePointBefore(int index)
    Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified index.
    int
    codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex)
    Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text range of this sequence.
    IntStream
    codePoints()
    Returns a stream of code point values from this sequence.
    int
    compareTo(StringBuffer another)
    Compares two StringBuffer instances lexicographically.
    StringBuffer
    delete(int start, int end)
    Removes the characters in a substring of this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    deleteCharAt(int index)
    Removes the char at the specified position in this sequence.
    void
    ensureCapacity(int minimumCapacity)
    Ensures that the capacity is at least equal to the specified minimum.
    void
    getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin)
    Characters are copied from this sequence into the destination character array dst.
    int
    indexOf(String str)
    Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring.
    int
    indexOf(String str, int fromIndex)
    Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, boolean b)
    Inserts the string representation of the boolean argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, char c)
    Inserts the string representation of the char argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, char[] str)
    Inserts the string representation of the char array argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int index, char[] str, int offset, int len)
    Inserts the string representation of a subarray of the str array argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, double d)
    Inserts the string representation of the double argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, float f)
    Inserts the string representation of the float argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, int i)
    Inserts the string representation of the second int argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, long l)
    Inserts the string representation of the long argument into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int dstOffset, CharSequence s)
    Inserts the specified CharSequence into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int dstOffset, CharSequence s, int start, int end)
    Inserts a subsequence of the specified CharSequence into this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, Object obj)
    Inserts the string representation of the Object argument into this character sequence.
    StringBuffer
    insert(int offset, String str)
    Inserts the string into this character sequence.
    int
    lastIndexOf(String str)
    Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified substring.
    int
    lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex)
    Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified substring, searching backward starting at the specified index.
    int
    length()
    Returns the length (character count).
    int
    offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset)
    Returns the index within this sequence that is offset from the given index by codePointOffset code points.
    StringBuffer
    repeat(int codePoint, int count)
    Repeats count copies of the string representation of the codePoint argument to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    repeat(CharSequence cs, int count)
    Appends count copies of the specified CharSequence cs to this sequence.
    StringBuffer
    replace(int start, int end, String str)
    Replaces the characters in a substring of this sequence with characters in the specified String.
    StringBuffer
    reverse()
    Causes this character sequence to be replaced by the reverse of the sequence.
    void
    setCharAt(int index, char ch)
    The character at the specified index is set to ch.
    void
    setLength(int newLength)
    Sets the length of the character sequence.
    CharSequence
    subSequence(int start, int end)
    Returns a new character sequence that is a subsequence of this sequence.
    String
    substring(int start)
    Returns a new String that contains a subsequence of characters currently contained in this character sequence.
    String
    substring(int start, int end)
    Returns a new String that contains a subsequence of characters currently contained in this sequence.
    String
    toString()
    Returns a string representing the data in this sequence.
    void
    trimToSize()
    Attempts to reduce storage used for the character sequence.

    Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

    Methods declared in interface java.lang.CharSequence

    chars, codePoints, isEmpty

  • Constructor Details

    • StringBuffer

      public StringBuffer()
      Constructs a string buffer with no characters in it and an initial capacity of 16 characters.

    • StringBuffer

      public StringBuffer(int capacity)
      Constructs a string buffer with no characters in it and the specified initial capacity.
      Parameters:
      capacity - the initial capacity.
      Throws:
      NegativeArraySizeException - if the capacity argument is less than 0.

    • StringBuffer

      public StringBuffer(String str)
      Constructs a string buffer initialized to the contents of the specified string. The initial capacity of the string buffer is 16 plus the length of the string argument.
      Parameters:
      str - the initial contents of the buffer.

    • StringBuffer

      public StringBuffer(CharSequence seq)
      Constructs a string buffer that contains the same characters as the specified CharSequence. The initial capacity of the string buffer is 16 plus the length of the CharSequence argument.
      Parameters:
      seq - the sequence to copy.
      Since:
      1.5

  • Method Details

    • compareTo

      public int compareTo(StringBuffer another)
      Compares two StringBuffer instances lexicographically. This method follows the same rules for lexicographical comparison as defined in the CharSequence.compare(this, another) method.

      For finer-grained, locale-sensitive String comparison, refer to Collator.

      Specified by:
      compareTo in interface Comparable<StringBuffer>
      Implementation Note:
      This method synchronizes on this, the current object, but not StringBuffer another with which this StringBuffer is compared.
      Parameters:
      another - the StringBuffer to be compared with
      Returns:
      the value 0 if this StringBuffer contains the same character sequence as that of the argument StringBuffer; a negative integer if this StringBuffer is lexicographically less than the StringBuffer argument; or a positive integer if this StringBuffer is lexicographically greater than the StringBuffer argument.
      Since:
      11

    • length

      public int length()
      Returns the length (character count).
      Specified by:
      length in interface CharSequence
      Returns:
      the length of the sequence of characters currently represented by this object

    • capacity

      public int capacity()
      Returns the current capacity. The capacity is the number of characters that can be stored (including already written characters), beyond which an allocation will occur.
      Returns:
      the current capacity

    • ensureCapacity

      public void ensureCapacity(int minimumCapacity)
      Ensures that the capacity is at least equal to the specified minimum. If the current capacity is less than the argument, then a new internal array is allocated with greater capacity. The new capacity is the larger of:
      • The minimumCapacity argument.
      • Twice the old capacity, plus 2.
      If the minimumCapacity argument is nonpositive, this method takes no action and simply returns. Note that subsequent operations on this object can reduce the actual capacity below that requested here.
      Parameters:
      minimumCapacity - the minimum desired capacity.

    • trimToSize

      public void trimToSize()
      Attempts to reduce storage used for the character sequence. If the buffer is larger than necessary to hold its current sequence of characters, then it may be resized to become more space efficient. Calling this method may, but is not required to, affect the value returned by a subsequent call to the capacity() method.
      Since:
      1.5

    • setLength

      public void setLength(int newLength)
      Sets the length of the character sequence. The sequence is changed to a new character sequence whose length is specified by the argument. For every nonnegative index k less than newLength, the character at index k in the new character sequence is the same as the character at index k in the old sequence if k is less than the length of the old character sequence; otherwise, it is the null character '\u0000'. In other words, if the newLength argument is less than the current length, the length is changed to the specified length.

      If the newLength argument is greater than or equal to the current length, sufficient null characters ('\u0000') are appended so that length becomes the newLength argument.

      The newLength argument must be greater than or equal to 0.

      Parameters:
      newLength - the new length
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the newLength argument is negative.
      See Also:

    • charAt

      public char charAt(int index)
      Returns the char value in this sequence at the specified index. The first char value is at index 0, the next at index 1, and so on, as in array indexing.

      The index argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than the length of this sequence.

      If the char value specified by the index is a surrogate, the surrogate value is returned.

      Specified by:
      charAt in interface CharSequence
      Parameters:
      index - the index of the desired char value.
      Returns:
      the char value at the specified index.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or greater than or equal to length().
      See Also:

    • codePointAt

      public int codePointAt(int index)
      Returns the character (Unicode code point) at the specified index. The index refers to char values (Unicode code units) and ranges from 0 to CharSequence.length() - 1.

      If the char value specified at the given index is in the high-surrogate range, the following index is less than the length of this sequence, and the char value at the following index is in the low-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point corresponding to this surrogate pair is returned. Otherwise, the char value at the given index is returned.

      Parameters:
      index - the index to the char values
      Returns:
      the code point value of the character at the index
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index argument is negative or not less than the length of this sequence.
      Since:
      1.5

    • codePointBefore

      public int codePointBefore(int index)
      Returns the character (Unicode code point) before the specified index. The index refers to char values (Unicode code units) and ranges from 1 to CharSequence.length().

      If the char value at (index - 1) is in the low-surrogate range, (index - 2) is not negative, and the char value at (index - 2) is in the high-surrogate range, then the supplementary code point value of the surrogate pair is returned. If the char value at index - 1 is an unpaired low-surrogate or a high-surrogate, the surrogate value is returned.

      Parameters:
      index - the index following the code point that should be returned
      Returns:
      the Unicode code point value before the given index.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index argument is less than 1 or greater than the length of this sequence.
      Since:
      1.5

    • codePointCount

      public int codePointCount(int beginIndex, int endIndex)
      Returns the number of Unicode code points in the specified text range of this sequence. The text range begins at the specified beginIndex and extends to the char at index endIndex - 1. Thus the length (in chars) of the text range is endIndex-beginIndex. Unpaired surrogates within this sequence count as one code point each.
      Parameters:
      beginIndex - the index to the first char of the text range.
      endIndex - the index after the last char of the text range.
      Returns:
      the number of Unicode code points in the specified text range
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the beginIndex is negative, or endIndex is larger than the length of this sequence, or beginIndex is larger than endIndex.
      Since:
      1.5

    • offsetByCodePoints

      public int offsetByCodePoints(int index, int codePointOffset)
      Returns the index within this sequence that is offset from the given index by codePointOffset code points. Unpaired surrogates within the text range given by index and codePointOffset count as one code point each.
      Parameters:
      index - the index to be offset
      codePointOffset - the offset in code points
      Returns:
      the index within this sequence
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or larger than the length of this sequence, or if codePointOffset is positive and the subsequence starting with index has fewer than codePointOffset code points, or if codePointOffset is negative and the subsequence before index has fewer than the absolute value of codePointOffset code points.
      Since:
      1.5

    • getChars

      public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin)
      Characters are copied from this sequence into the destination character array dst. The first character to be copied is at index srcBegin; the last character to be copied is at index srcEnd-1. The total number of characters to be copied is srcEnd-srcBegin. The characters are copied into the subarray of dst starting at index dstBegin and ending at index: 
      
 dstbegin + (srcEnd-srcBegin) - 1
      Parameters:
      srcBegin - start copying at this offset.
      srcEnd - stop copying at this offset.
      dst - the array to copy the data into.
      dstBegin - offset into dst.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if any of the following is true:
      • srcBegin is negative
      • dstBegin is negative
      • the srcBegin argument is greater than the srcEnd argument.
      • srcEnd is greater than this.length().
      • dstBegin+srcEnd-srcBegin is greater than dst.length

    • setCharAt

      public void setCharAt(int index, char ch)
      The character at the specified index is set to ch. This sequence is altered to represent a new character sequence that is identical to the old character sequence, except that it contains the character ch at position index.

      The index argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      index - the index of the character to modify.
      ch - the new character.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or greater than or equal to length().
      See Also:

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(Object obj)
      Appends the string representation of the Object argument.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(Object), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      obj - an Object.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(String str)
      Appends the specified string to this character sequence.

      The characters of the String argument are appended, in order, increasing the length of this sequence by the length of the argument. If str is null, then the four characters "null" are appended.

      Let n be the length of this character sequence just prior to execution of the append method. Then the character at index k in the new character sequence is equal to the character at index k in the old character sequence, if k is less than n; otherwise, it is equal to the character at index k-n in the argument str.

      Parameters:
      str - a string.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(StringBuffer sb)
      Appends the specified StringBuffer to this sequence.

      The characters of the StringBuffer argument are appended, in order, to the contents of this StringBuffer, increasing the length of this StringBuffer by the length of the argument. If sb is null, then the four characters "null" are appended to this StringBuffer.

      Let n be the length of the old character sequence, the one contained in the StringBuffer just prior to execution of the append method. Then the character at index k in the new character sequence is equal to the character at index k in the old character sequence, if k is less than n; otherwise, it is equal to the character at index k-n in the argument sb.

      This method synchronizes on this, the destination object, but does not synchronize on the source (sb).

      Parameters:
      sb - the StringBuffer to append.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Since:
      1.4

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(CharSequence s)
      Appends the specified CharSequence to this sequence.

      The characters of the CharSequence argument are appended, in order, increasing the length of this sequence by the length of the argument.

      The result of this method is exactly the same as if it were an invocation of this.append(s, 0, s.length());

      This method synchronizes on this, the destination object, but does not synchronize on the source (s).

      If s is null, then the four characters "null" are appended.

      Specified by:
      append in interface Appendable
      Parameters:
      s - the CharSequence to append.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Since:
      1.5

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(CharSequence s, int start, int end)
      Appends a subsequence of the specified CharSequence to this sequence.

      Characters of the argument s, starting at index start, are appended, in order, to the contents of this sequence up to the (exclusive) index end. The length of this sequence is increased by the value of end - start.

      Let n be the length of this character sequence just prior to execution of the append method. Then the character at index k in this character sequence becomes equal to the character at index k in this sequence, if k is less than n; otherwise, it is equal to the character at index k+start-n in the argument s.

      If s is null, then this method appends characters as if the s parameter was a sequence containing the four characters "null".

      Specified by:
      append in interface Appendable
      Parameters:
      s - the sequence to append.
      start - the starting index of the subsequence to be appended.
      end - the end index of the subsequence to be appended.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is negative, or start is greater than end or end is greater than s.length()
      Since:
      1.5

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(char[] str)
      Appends the string representation of the char array argument to this sequence.

      The characters of the array argument are appended, in order, to the contents of this sequence. The length of this sequence increases by the length of the argument.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(char[]), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      str - the characters to be appended.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(char[] str, int offset, int len)
      Appends the string representation of a subarray of the char array argument to this sequence.

      Characters of the char array str, starting at index offset, are appended, in order, to the contents of this sequence. The length of this sequence increases by the value of len.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the arguments were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(char[],int,int), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      str - the characters to be appended.
      offset - the index of the first char to append.
      len - the number of chars to append.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if offset < 0 or len < 0 or offset+len > str.length

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(boolean b)
      Appends the string representation of the boolean argument to the sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(boolean), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      b - a boolean.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(char c)
      Appends the string representation of the char argument to this sequence.

      The argument is appended to the contents of this sequence. The length of this sequence increases by 1.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(char), and the character in that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Specified by:
      append in interface Appendable
      Parameters:
      c - a char.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(int i)
      Appends the string representation of the int argument to this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(int), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      i - an int.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • appendCodePoint

      public StringBuffer appendCodePoint(int codePoint)
      Appends the string representation of the codePoint argument to this sequence.

      The argument is appended to the contents of this sequence. The length of this sequence increases by Character.charCount(codePoint).

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a char array by the method Character.toChars(int) and the character in that array were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      codePoint - a Unicode code point
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Since:
      1.5

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(long lng)
      Appends the string representation of the long argument to this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(long), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      lng - a long.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(float f)
      Appends the string representation of the float argument to this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(float), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      f - a float.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • append

      public StringBuffer append(double d)
      Appends the string representation of the double argument to this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(double), and the characters of that string were then appended to this character sequence.

      Parameters:
      d - a double.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.

    • delete

      public StringBuffer delete(int start, int end)
      Removes the characters in a substring of this sequence. The substring begins at the specified start and extends to the character at index end - 1 or to the end of the sequence if no such character exists. If start is equal to end, no changes are made.
      Parameters:
      start - The beginning index, inclusive.
      end - The ending index, exclusive.
      Returns:
      This object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is negative, greater than length(), or greater than end.
      Since:
      1.2

    • deleteCharAt

      public StringBuffer deleteCharAt(int index)
      Removes the char at the specified position in this sequence. This sequence is shortened by one char.

      Note: If the character at the given index is a supplementary character, this method does not remove the entire character. If correct handling of supplementary characters is required, determine the number of chars to remove by calling Character.charCount(thisSequence.codePointAt(index)), where thisSequence is this sequence.

      Parameters:
      index - Index of char to remove
      Returns:
      This object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is negative or greater than or equal to length().
      Since:
      1.2

    • replace

      public StringBuffer replace(int start, int end, String str)
      Replaces the characters in a substring of this sequence with characters in the specified String. The substring begins at the specified start and extends to the character at index end - 1 or to the end of the sequence if no such character exists. First the characters in the substring are removed and then the specified String is inserted at start. (This sequence will be lengthened to accommodate the specified String if necessary.)
      Parameters:
      start - The beginning index, inclusive.
      end - The ending index, exclusive.
      str - String that will replace previous contents.
      Returns:
      This object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is negative, greater than length(), or greater than end.
      Since:
      1.2

    • substring

      public String substring(int start)
      Returns a new String that contains a subsequence of characters currently contained in this character sequence. The substring begins at the specified index and extends to the end of this sequence.
      Parameters:
      start - The beginning index, inclusive.
      Returns:
      The new string.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start is less than zero, or greater than the length of this object.
      Since:
      1.2

    • subSequence

      public CharSequence subSequence(int start, int end)
      Returns a new character sequence that is a subsequence of this sequence.

      An invocation of this method of the form 

      
 sb.subSequence(begin, end)
      behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation 
      
 sb.substring(begin, end)
      This method is provided so that this class can implement the CharSequence interface.
      Specified by:
      subSequence in interface CharSequence
      Parameters:
      start - the start index, inclusive.
      end - the end index, exclusive.
      Returns:
      the specified subsequence.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if start or end are negative, if end is greater than length(), or if start is greater than end
      Since:
      1.4

    • substring

      public String substring(int start, int end)
      Returns a new String that contains a subsequence of characters currently contained in this sequence. The substring begins at the specified start and extends to the character at index end - 1.
      Parameters:
      start - The beginning index, inclusive.
      end - The ending index, exclusive.
      Returns:
      The new string.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if start or end are negative or greater than length(), or start is greater than end.
      Since:
      1.2

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int index, char[] str, int offset, int len)
      Inserts the string representation of a subarray of the str array argument into this sequence. The subarray begins at the specified offset and extends len chars. The characters of the subarray are inserted into this sequence at the position indicated by index. The length of this sequence increases by len chars.
      Parameters:
      index - position at which to insert subarray.
      str - A char array.
      offset - the index of the first char in subarray to be inserted.
      len - the number of chars in the subarray to be inserted.
      Returns:
      This object
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if index is negative or greater than length(), or offset or len are negative, or (offset+len) is greater than str.length.
      Since:
      1.2

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, Object obj)
      Inserts the string representation of the Object argument into this character sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(Object), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      obj - an Object.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, String str)
      Inserts the string into this character sequence.

      The characters of the String argument are inserted, in order, into this sequence at the indicated offset, moving up any characters originally above that position and increasing the length of this sequence by the length of the argument. If str is null, then the four characters "null" are inserted into this sequence.

      The character at index k in the new character sequence is equal to:

      • the character at index k in the old character sequence, if k is less than offset
      • the character at index k-offset in the argument str, if k is not less than offset but is less than offset+str.length()
      • the character at index k-str.length() in the old character sequence, if k is not less than offset+str.length()

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      str - a string.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, char[] str)
      Inserts the string representation of the char array argument into this sequence.

      The characters of the array argument are inserted into the contents of this sequence at the position indicated by offset. The length of this sequence increases by the length of the argument.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(char[]), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      str - a character array.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int dstOffset, CharSequence s)
      Inserts the specified CharSequence into this sequence.

      The characters of the CharSequence argument are inserted, in order, into this sequence at the indicated offset, moving up any characters originally above that position and increasing the length of this sequence by the length of the argument s.

      The result of this method is exactly the same as if it were an invocation of this object's insert(dstOffset, s, 0, s.length()) method.

      If s is null, then the four characters "null" are inserted into this sequence.

      Parameters:
      dstOffset - the offset.
      s - the sequence to be inserted
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.
      Since:
      1.5

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int dstOffset, CharSequence s, int start, int end)
      Inserts a subsequence of the specified CharSequence into this sequence.

      The subsequence of the argument s specified by start and end are inserted, in order, into this sequence at the specified destination offset, moving up any characters originally above that position. The length of this sequence is increased by end - start.

      The character at index k in this sequence becomes equal to:

      • the character at index k in this sequence, if k is less than dstOffset
      • the character at index k+start-dstOffset in the argument s, if k is greater than or equal to dstOffset but is less than dstOffset+end-start
      • the character at index k-(end-start) in this sequence, if k is greater than or equal to dstOffset+end-start

      The dstOffset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      The start argument must be nonnegative, and not greater than end.

      The end argument must be greater than or equal to start, and less than or equal to the length of s.

      If s is null, then this method inserts characters as if the s parameter was a sequence containing the four characters "null".

      Parameters:
      dstOffset - the offset in this sequence.
      s - the sequence to be inserted.
      start - the starting index of the subsequence to be inserted.
      end - the end index of the subsequence to be inserted.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if dstOffset is negative or greater than this.length(), or start or end are negative, or start is greater than end or end is greater than s.length()
      Since:
      1.5

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, boolean b)
      Inserts the string representation of the boolean argument into this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(boolean), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      b - a boolean.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, char c)
      Inserts the string representation of the char argument into this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(char), and the character in that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      c - a char.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, int i)
      Inserts the string representation of the second int argument into this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(int), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      i - an int.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, long l)
      Inserts the string representation of the long argument into this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(long), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      l - a long.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, float f)
      Inserts the string representation of the float argument into this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(float), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      f - a float.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • insert

      public StringBuffer insert(int offset, double d)
      Inserts the string representation of the double argument into this sequence.

      The overall effect is exactly as if the second argument were converted to a string by the method String.valueOf(double), and the characters of that string were then inserted into this character sequence at the indicated offset.

      The offset argument must be greater than or equal to 0, and less than or equal to the length of this sequence.

      Parameters:
      offset - the offset.
      d - a double.
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      StringIndexOutOfBoundsException - if the offset is invalid.

    • indexOf

      public int indexOf(String str)
      Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring.

      The returned index is the smallest value k for which: 

      
 this.toString().startsWith(str, k)
      If no such value of k exists, then -1 is returned.
      Parameters:
      str - the substring to search for.
      Returns:
      the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring, or -1 if there is no such occurrence.
      Since:
      1.4

    • indexOf

      public int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex)
      Returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index.

      The returned index is the smallest value k for which: 

      
     k >= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) &&
                   this.toString().startsWith(str, k)
      If no such value of k exists, then -1 is returned.
      Parameters:
      str - the substring to search for.
      fromIndex - the index from which to start the search.
      Returns:
      the index of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index, or -1 if there is no such occurrence.
      Since:
      1.4

    • lastIndexOf

      public int lastIndexOf(String str)
      Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified substring. The last occurrence of the empty string "" is considered to occur at the index value this.length().

      The returned index is the largest value k for which: 

      
 this.toString().startsWith(str, k)
      If no such value of k exists, then -1 is returned.
      Parameters:
      str - the substring to search for.
      Returns:
      the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring, or -1 if there is no such occurrence.
      Since:
      1.4

    • lastIndexOf

      public int lastIndexOf(String str, int fromIndex)
      Returns the index within this string of the last occurrence of the specified substring, searching backward starting at the specified index.

      The returned index is the largest value k for which: 

      
     k <= Math.min(fromIndex, this.length()) &&
                   this.toString().startsWith(str, k)
      If no such value of k exists, then -1 is returned.
      Parameters:
      str - the substring to search for.
      fromIndex - the index to start the search from.
      Returns:
      the index of the last occurrence of the specified substring, searching backward from the specified index, or -1 if there is no such occurrence.
      Since:
      1.4

    • reverse

      public StringBuffer reverse()
      Causes this character sequence to be replaced by the reverse of the sequence. If there are any surrogate pairs included in the sequence, these are treated as single characters for the reverse operation. Thus, the order of the high-low surrogates is never reversed. Let n be the character length of this character sequence (not the length in char values) just prior to execution of the reverse method. Then the character at index k in the new character sequence is equal to the character at index n-k-1 in the old character sequence.

      Note that the reverse operation may result in producing surrogate pairs that were unpaired low-surrogates and high-surrogates before the operation. For example, reversing "\uDC00\uD800" produces "\uD800\uDC00" which is a valid surrogate pair.

      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Since:
      1.0.2

    • repeat

      public StringBuffer repeat(int codePoint, int count)
      Repeats count copies of the string representation of the codePoint argument to this sequence.

      The length of this sequence increases by count times the string representation length.

      It is usual to use char expressions for code points. For example: 

      // insert 10 asterisks into the buffer
sb.repeat('*', 10);
      Parameters:
      codePoint - code point to append
      count - number of times to copy
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the specified codePoint is not a valid Unicode code point or if count is negative.
      Since:
      21

    • repeat

      public StringBuffer repeat(CharSequence cs, int count)
      Appends count copies of the specified CharSequence cs to this sequence.

      The length of this sequence increases by count times the CharSequence length.

      If cs is null, then the four characters "null" are repeated into this sequence.

      Parameters:
      cs - a CharSequence
      count - number of times to copy
      Returns:
      a reference to this object.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if count is negative
      Since:
      21

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Returns a string representing the data in this sequence. A new String object is allocated and initialized to contain the character sequence currently represented by this object. This String is then returned. Subsequent changes to this sequence do not affect the contents of the String.
      Specified by:
      toString in interface CharSequence
      Returns:
      a string representation of this sequence of characters.

    • chars

      public IntStream chars()
      Returns a stream of int zero-extending the char values from this sequence. Any char which maps to a surrogate code point is passed through uninterpreted.

      The stream binds to this sequence when the terminal stream operation commences (specifically, for mutable sequences the spliterator for the stream is late-binding). If the sequence is modified during that operation then the result is undefined.

      Specified by:
      chars in interface CharSequence
      Returns:
      an IntStream of char values from this sequence
      Since:
      9

    • codePoints

      public IntStream codePoints()
      Returns a stream of code point values from this sequence. Any surrogate pairs encountered in the sequence are combined as if by Character.toCodePoint and the result is passed to the stream. Any other code units, including ordinary BMP characters, unpaired surrogates, and undefined code units, are zero-extended to int values which are then passed to the stream.

      The stream binds to this sequence when the terminal stream operation commences (specifically, for mutable sequences the spliterator for the stream is late-binding). If the sequence is modified during that operation then the result is undefined.

      Specified by:
      codePoints in interface CharSequence
      Returns:
      an IntStream of Unicode code points from this sequence
      Since:
      9