CharacterSet

All Known Implementing Classes:

ASCIICharacterSet, ISO88591CharacterSet, JavaCharacterSet, UTF16CharacterSet, UTF8CharacterSet
```
public interface CharacterSet
```
This interface defines properties of a character set, built in to the Saxon product. This is selected in xsl:output using encoding="encoding-name", where the mapping from an encoding-name to a class is defined in CharacterSetFactory.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getCanonicalName()`	Get the preferred Java name of the character set.
`boolean`	`inCharset(int ch)`	Determine if a character is present in the character set

- Method Detail
  - inCharset
```
boolean inCharset(int ch)
```
    Determine if a character is present in the character set
    
    Parameters:
    
    ch - the codepoint being tested
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the codepoint is supported
  - getCanonicalName
```
java.lang.String getCanonicalName()
```
    Get the preferred Java name of the character set. Note that Java in many cases also supports a "historic name".
    
    Returns:
    
    the preferred Java name