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## java.nio.charset
Class CoderResult

    java.lang.Object
      java.nio.charset.CoderResult

    public class CoderResult

extends Object

A description of the result state of a coder.

A charset coder, that is, either a decoder or an encoder, consumes bytes (or characters) from an input buffer, translates them, and writes the resulting characters (or bytes) to an output buffer. A coding process terminates for one of four categories of reasons, which are described by instances of this class:

- Underflow is reported when there is no more input to be processed, or there is insufficient input and additional input is required. This condition is represented by the unique result object `UNDERFLOW`, whose `isUnderflow` method returns `true`.

- Overflow is reported when there is insufficient room remaining in the output buffer. This condition is represented by the unique result object `OVERFLOW`, whose `isOverflow` method returns `true`.

- A malformed-input error is reported when a sequence of input units is not well-formed. Such errors are described by instances of this class whose `isMalformed` method returns `true` and whose `length` method returns the length of the malformed sequence. There is one unique instance of this class for all malformed-input errors of a given length.

- An unmappable-character error is reported when a sequence of input units denotes a character that cannot be represented in the output charset. Such errors are described by instances of this class whose `isUnmappable` method returns `true` and whose `length` method returns the length of the input sequence denoting the unmappable character. There is one unique instance of this class for all unmappable-character errors of a given length.

For convenience, the `isError` method returns `true` for result objects that describe malformed-input and unmappable-character errors but `false` for those that describe underflow or overflow conditions.

Since:
  1.4

Field Summary
`static CoderResult` | `OVERFLOW` Result object indicating overflow, meaning that there is insufficient room in the output buffer.
`static CoderResult` | `UNDERFLOW` Result object indicating underflow, meaning that either the input buffer has been completely consumed or, if the input buffer is not yet empty, that additional input is required.

Method Summary
`boolean` | `isError()` Tells whether or not this object describes an error condition.
`boolean` | `isMalformed()` Tells whether or not this object describes a malformed-input error.
`boolean` | `isOverflow()` Tells whether or not this object describes an overflow condition.
`boolean` | `isUnderflow()` Tells whether or not this object describes an underflow condition.
`boolean` | `isUnmappable()` Tells whether or not this object describes an unmappable-character error.
`int` | `length()` Returns the length of the erroneous input described by this object (optional operation).
`static CoderResult` | `malformedForLength(int length)` Static factory method that returns the unique object describing a malformed-input error of the given length.
`void` | `throwException()` Throws an exception appropriate to the result described by this object.
`String` | `toString()` Returns a string describing this coder result.
`static CoderResult` | `unmappableForLength(int length)` Static factory method that returns the unique result object describing an unmappable-character error of the given length.

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

Field Detail

### UNDERFLOW

    public static final CoderResult UNDERFLOW

  Result object indicating underflow, meaning that either the input buffer has been completely consumed or, if the input buffer is not yet empty, that additional input is required.

### OVERFLOW

    public static final CoderResult OVERFLOW

  Result object indicating overflow, meaning that there is insufficient room in the output buffer.

Method Detail

### toString

    public String toString()

  Returns a string describing this coder result.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    A descriptive string

### isUnderflow

    public boolean isUnderflow()

  Tells whether or not this object describes an underflow condition.

  Returns:
    `true` if, and only if, this object denotes underflow

### isOverflow

    public boolean isOverflow()

  Tells whether or not this object describes an overflow condition.

  Returns:
    `true` if, and only if, this object denotes overflow

### isError

    public boolean isError()

  Tells whether or not this object describes an error condition.

  Returns:
    `true` if, and only if, this object denotes either a malformed-input error or an unmappable-character error

### isMalformed

    public boolean isMalformed()

  Tells whether or not this object describes a malformed-input error.

  Returns:
    `true` if, and only if, this object denotes a malformed-input error

### isUnmappable

    public boolean isUnmappable()

  Tells whether or not this object describes an unmappable-character error.

  Returns:
    `true` if, and only if, this object denotes an unmappable-character error

### length

    public int length()

  Returns the length of the erroneous input described by this object (optional operation).

  Returns:
    The length of the erroneous input, a positive integer
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - If this object does not describe an error condition, that is, if the `isError` does not return `true`

### malformedForLength

    public static CoderResult malformedForLength(int length)

  Static factory method that returns the unique object describing a malformed-input error of the given length.

  Returns:
    The requested coder-result object

### unmappableForLength

    public static CoderResult unmappableForLength(int length)

  Static factory method that returns the unique result object describing an unmappable-character error of the given length.

  Returns:
    The requested coder-result object

### throwException

    public void throwException()
                        throws CharacterCodingException

  Throws an exception appropriate to the result described by this object.

  Throws:
    `BufferUnderflowException` - If this object is `UNDERFLOW`
    `BufferOverflowException` - If this object is `OVERFLOW`
    `MalformedInputException` - If this object represents a malformed-input error; the exception's length value will be that of this object
    `UnmappableCharacterException` - If this object represents an unmappable-character error; the exceptions length value will be that of this object
    `CharacterCodingException`

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