Java Character.UnicodeBlock of() method with example

Character.UnicodeBlock Class of() method: Here, we are going to learn about the of() method of Character.UnicodeBlock Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on December 13, 2019

Character.UnicodeBlock Class of() method

of() method is available in java.lang package.
of() method is used to return the Unicode block containing the given parameter value or it returns null when the given char value is not a part of a defined Unicode Block.
of() method is a static method, it is accessible with the class name and if we try to access the method with the class object then we will not get any error.
of() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning Unicode block.

Syntax:

    public static Character.UnicodeBlock of(Char value);

Parameter(s):

Char value – represents the character value.

Return value:

The return type of this method is Character.UnicodeBlock, it returns the following values based on the given cases,

It returns the Unicode Block when the given char value is a part of any defined Unicode block.
It returns null when the given char value is not a part of any defined Unicode code block.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of Character.UnicodeBlock of(Char value)
// method of Character.UnicodeBlock class

public class Of {
    public static void main(String args[]) {

        // By using of(Char ch) method is to return the UnicodeBlock name
        // containing the given char value
        Character.UnicodeBlock ub1 = Character.UnicodeBlock.of('+');
        Character.UnicodeBlock ub2 = Character.UnicodeBlock.of('u');
        Character.UnicodeBlock ub3 = Character.UnicodeBlock.of('/');
        Character.UnicodeBlock ub4 = Character.UnicodeBlock.of('a');
        Character.UnicodeBlock ub5 = Character.UnicodeBlock.of('A');

        // Display UnicodeBlock name
        System.out.println("ub1 = " + ub1);
        System.out.println("ub2 = " + ub2);
        System.out.println("ub3 = " + ub3);
        System.out.println("ub4 = " + ub4);
        System.out.println("ub5 = " + ub5);
    }
}

Output

ub1 = BASIC_LATIN
ub2 = BASIC_LATIN
ub3 = BASIC_LATIN
ub4 = BASIC_LATIN
ub5 = BASIC_LATIN

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