[cp-patches] [generics] Merge 2005/01/22

[Andrew John Hughes]

I'm committing the attached patch to merge HEAD changes from 22/01/2005
to the generics branch.

Changelog:

2005-01-23  Andrew John Hughes  <address@hidden>

        * gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation.java:
        Extended localPatternChars string to match root.xml.
        * gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_en.java:
        Removed invalid localPatternChars string.
        * gnu/java/locale/LocaleInformation_nl.java:
        Likewise.
        * java/text/DateFormat.java:
        Documented pattern character offset constants and
        added new ones.
        (Field): Added new static fields for new pattern chars.
        * java/text/SimpleDateFormat.java:
        (CompiledField): Changed name of FieldSizePair class
        to CompiledField after adding the character as an
        attribute.  Changed fields to private and added
        accessors to give encapsulation.
        (CompiledField.CompiledField(int,int,char)): Extended
        with character field.
        (CompiledField.getField()): New accessor method.
        (CompiledField.getSize()): New acceessor method.
        (CompiledField.getCharacter()): New accessor method.
        (CompiledField.toString()): Added primarily for debugging.
        (standardChars): Now uses extended 24 character sequence.
        (compileFormat(String)): Changed to use CompiledField.
        (formatWithAttribute(java.util.Date, gnu.java.text.FormatBuffer,
        java.text.FieldPosition)): Changed to use CompiledField.
        New handler for RFC 822 timezones added.

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