## net.sf.saxon.serialize.codenorm
Class Normalizer

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.serialize.codenorm.Normalizer

    public class Normalizer

extends Object

Implements Unicode Normalization Forms C, D, KC, KD. Copyright (c) 1991-2005 Unicode, Inc. For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html For documentation, see UAX#15.
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Author:
  Mark Davis Updates for supplementary code points: Vladimir Weinstein & Markus Scherer Modified to remove dependency on ICU code: Michael Kay

Field Summary
`static byte` `C` Normalization Form Selector
`static byte` `D` Normalization Form Selector
`static byte` `KC` Normalization Form Selector
`static byte` `KD` Normalization Form Selector
`static byte` `NO_ACTION` Normalization Form Selector

Constructor Summary
`Normalizer(byte form)` Create a normalizer for a given form.
`Normalizer(CharSequence formCS)` Create a normalizer for a given form, expressed as a character string

Method Summary
`CharSequence` `normalize(CharSequence source)` Normalizes text according to the chosen form

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### D

    public static final byte D

  Normalization Form Selector

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### C

    public static final byte C

  Normalization Form Selector

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### KD

    public static final byte KD

  Normalization Form Selector

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### KC

    public static final byte KC

  Normalization Form Selector

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### NO_ACTION

    public static final byte NO_ACTION

  Normalization Form Selector

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### Normalizer

    public Normalizer(byte form)

  Create a normalizer for a given form.

  Parameters:
    `form` - the normalization form required: for example `C`, `D`

### Normalizer

    public Normalizer(CharSequence formCS)
               throws XPathException

  Create a normalizer for a given form, expressed as a character string

  Parameters:
    `formCS` - the normalization form required: for example "NFC" or "NFD"
  Throws:
    `XPathException`

Method Detail

### normalize

    public CharSequence normalize(CharSequence source)

  Normalizes text according to the chosen form

  Parameters:
    `source` - the original text, unnormalized
  Returns:
    target the resulting normalized text

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