Hi, Michael, Many thanks for the explanation. I see for now. It was end of the day so sorry for the stupid question.
Peter On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:02 PM, Michael Kurz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P V schrieb: > > For now imagine that we have some string with leading latin symbols. In > > result we'll have incorrect encoded string. > > > > I think I can miss something. Could somebody please describe the > > method's logic? > > Yeah, I can. The main concept behind this is to avoid unnecessary string > building if the string does not contain special character. If you take a > closer look you'll see that on creating the string builder the whole > strind read so far is appended: > > sb = new StringBuilder( string.length()+4 ); > sb.append( string.substring(0,i) ); > > This would be relevant for your example with leading latin characters. > On meeting the first non-latin character all latin chars read so far are > appended to the builder. > > This approach improves performance for strings that do not contain > non-latin characters (which normally should be quite some amount). > > Hope this helps! > > regards > Michael >
