HaxeFoundation.haxe/std/java/_std/String.hx

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/**
	The basic String class.
**/
extern class String {

	/**
		The number of characters in the String.
	**/
	var length(default,null) : Int;

	/**
		Creates a copy from a given String.
	**/
	@:overload(function(b:haxe.io.BytesData, offset:Int, length:Int):Void { })
	function new(string:String) : Void;

	/**
		Returns an String where all characters have been uppercased.
	**/
	function toUpperCase() : String;

	/**
		Returns an String where all characters have been lowercased.
	**/
	function toLowerCase() : String;

	/**
		Returns the character at the given position.
		Returns the empty String if outside of String bounds.
	**/
	function charAt( index : Int) : String;

	/**
		Returns the character code at the given position.
		Returns [null] if outside of String bounds.
	**/
	function charCodeAt( index : Int) : Null<Int>;

	/**
		Returns the index of first occurence of [value]
		Returns [1-1] if [value] is not found.
		The optional [startIndex] parameter allows you to specify at which character to start searching.
		The position returned is still relative to the beginning of the string.
	**/
	function indexOf( str : String, ?startIndex : Int ) : Int;

	/**
		Similar to [indexOf] but returns the latest index.
	**/
	function lastIndexOf( str : String, ?startIndex : Int ) : Int;

	/**
		Split the string using the specified delimiter.
	**/
	function split( delimiter : String ) : Array<String>;

	/**
		Returns a part of the String, taking [len] characters starting from [pos].
		If [len] is not specified, it takes all the remaining characters.
	**/
	function substr( pos : Int, ?len : Int ) : String;
	
	/**
		Returns a part of the String, taking from [startIndex] to [endIndex] - 1.
		If [endIndex] is not specified, length is used.
		If [startIndex] or [endIndex] is smaller than 0, than 0 is used.
		If [startIndex] > [endIndex] then they are swaped.
	**/
	function substring( startIndex : Int, ?endIndex : Int ) : String;

	/**
		Returns the String itself.
	**/
	function toString() : String;
	
	private function compareTo( anotherString : String ) : Int;
	
	private function codePointAt( idx : Int ) : Int;
	
	private function getBytes() : haxe.io.BytesData;

	static function fromCharCode( code : Int ) : String;

}