20.12

java.lang.String

THE PACKAGE JAVA.LANG

20.12.39

public static String valueOf(char[] data)

throws NullPointerException

A string is created and returned. The string represents the sequence of characters

currently contained in the character array argument. The contents of the character

array are copied; subsequent modification of the character array does not affect

the newly created string.

20.12.40

public static String valueOf(char[] data,

int offset, int count)

throws NullPointerException,

IndexOutOfBoundsException

A string is created and returned. The string represents the sequence of characters

currently contained in a subarray of the character array argument. The

offset

argument is the index of the first character of the subarray and the

count

 argu 

ment specifies the length of the subarray. The contents of the subarray are copied;

subsequent modification of the character array does not affect the newly created

string.

If

data

 is

null

, then a

NullPointerException

 is thrown.

If

offset

 is negative, or

count

 is negative, or

offset+count

 is larger than

data.length

, then an

IndexOutOfBoundsException

 is thrown.

20.12.41

public static String valueOf(boolean b)

A string representation of

b

 is returned.

If the argument is

true

, the string

"true"

 is returned.

If the argument is

false

, the string

"false"

 is returned.

20.12.42

public static String valueOf(char c)

A string is created and returned. The string contains one character, equal to

c

.

20.12.43

public static String valueOf(int i)

A string is created and returned. The string is computed exactly as if by the

method

Integer.toString

 of one argument ( 20.7.12).

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