package net.sf.saxon.charcode;


/**
* 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.
*/

public interface CharacterSet {

    /**
    * Determine if a character is present in the character set
    */

    public boolean inCharset(int ch);

    /**
     * Get the preferred Java name of the character set. Note that Java in many
     * cases also supports a "historic name".
     */

    public String getCanonicalName();

}

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