org.tn5250j.encoding.builtin

Interface ICodepageConverter

All Superinterfaces:

ICodePage

All Known Implementing Classes:

CCSID1025, CCSID1026, CCSID1112, CCSID1140, CCSID1141, CCSID1147, CCSID1148, CCSID273, CCSID277, CCSID278, CCSID280, CCSID284, CCSID285, CCSID297, CCSID37, CCSID424, CCSID500, CCSID870, CCSID871, CCSID875, CodepageConverterAdapter

public interface ICodepageConverter
extends ICodePage

Interface for classes which do the translation from EBCDIC bytes to Unicode characters and vice versa.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription() Returns a short description for this converter.
String	getName() Returns an name/ID for this converter.
ICodepageConverter	init() Does special initialization stuff for this converter.

Methods inherited from interface org.tn5250j.encoding.ICodePage

ebcdic2uni, uni2ebcdic

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns an name/ID for this converter. Example '273' or 'CP1252'. This name should be unique, cause it's used in user settungs and so on.

Returns:

a String

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns a short description for this converter. For Example '273 - German, EBCDIC'

Returns:

a String

init

ICodepageConverter init()

Does special initialization stuff for this converter.

Returns:

a converter