Java Character.UnicodeBlock Class

Quiz

The Java Character.UnicodeBlock class is a family of character subsets representing the character blocks in the Unicode specification. Character blocks generally define characters used for a specific script or purpose.

Class Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Character.UnicodeBlock class −

public static final class Character.UnicodeBlock
   extends Character.Subset

Class Methods

Sr.No.	Method & Description
1	forName() This method returns the UnicodeBlock with the given name.
2	of() This method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character, or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.
2	of(int codePoint) This method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character, or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.

Sr.No.

Method & Description

forName()

This method returns the UnicodeBlock with the given name.

of()

This method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character, or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.

of(int codePoint)

This method returns the object representing the Unicode block containing the given character, or null if the character is not a member of a defined block.

Getting UnicodeBlock using Block Names Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Character.UnicodeBlock forName() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

public class CharacterUnicodeBlockDemo {
  
   public static void main(String[] args) {
    
      // returns the UnicodeBlock instance with blockName "BASIC_LATIN"
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("BASIC_LATIN"));
  
      // returns the UnicodeBlock instance with blockName "BasicLatin"
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("BasicLatin"));

      // returns the UnicodeBlock instance with specified blockName 
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("ARABIC"));
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("MUSICALSYMBOLS"));
      System.out.println(Character.UnicodeBlock.forName("TAMIL"));
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

BASIC_LATIN
BASIC_LATIN
ARABIC
MUSICAL_SYMBOLS
TAMIL

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