# Normalizer.Form

Added in[API level 9](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  
Summary:[Enums](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form#enumconstants)\|[Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form#pubmethods)\|[Inherited Methods](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form#inhmethods)  

# Normalizer.Form

`
public
static
final

enum
Normalizer.Form
`  
`


``

extends `[Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)`<`[Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form)`>


``


`

|---|---|---------------------------|
| [java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object) |||
| ↳ | [java.lang.Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)\<[java.text.Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form)\> ||
|   | ↳ | java.text.Normalizer.Form |

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*** ** * ** ***

This enum provides constants of the four Unicode normalization forms that are described in[Unicode Standard Annex #15 --- Unicode Normalization Forms](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/)and two methods to access them.

## Summary

|                                                                       ### Enum values                                                                        ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | `NFC` Canonical decomposition, followed by canonical composition.      |
| [Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | `NFD` Canonical decomposition.                                         |
| [Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | `NFKC` Compatibility decomposition, followed by canonical composition. |
| [Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | `NFKD` Compatibility decomposition.                                    |

|                                                                                                                                   ### Public methods                                                                                                                                    ||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ` static `[Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | ` `[valueOf](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form#valueOf(java.lang.String))`(`[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)` name) ` |
| ` static final `[Form[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form)    | ` `[values](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form#values())`() `                                                                                            |

| ### Inherited methods |
|-----------------------|---|
| From class` `[java.lang.Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)` ` |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` final `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)                                                                                         | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#clone())`() ` Throws CloneNotSupportedException.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | | ` final int`                                                                                                                                                        | ` `[compareTo](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#compareTo(E))`(`[Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form)` o) ` Compares this enum with the specified object for order.                                                                                                                           | | ` final boolean`                                                                                                                                                    | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` other) ` Returns true if the specified object is equal to this enum constant.                                                                                                                   | | ` final void`                                                                                                                                                       | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#finalize())`() ` enum classes cannot have finalize methods.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`<`[Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form)`>` | ` `[getDeclaringClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#getDeclaringClass())`() ` Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's enum type.                                                                                                                                                                                  | | ` final int`                                                                                                                                                        | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code for this enum constant.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | | ` final `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)                                                                                         | ` `[name](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#name())`() ` Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its enum declaration.                                                                                                                                                                                                 | | ` final int`                                                                                                                                                        | ` `[ordinal](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#ordinal())`() ` Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned an ordinal of zero).                                                                                                                            | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)                                                                                               | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#toString())`() ` Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the declaration.                                                                                                                                                                                                     | | ` static <T extends `[Enum](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum)`<T>> T`                                                                         | ` `[valueOf](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Enum#valueOf(java.lang.Class<T>,%20java.lang.String))`(`[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`<T> enumClass, `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)` name) ` Returns the enum constant of the specified enum class with the specified name. | ||
| From class` `[java.lang.Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` ` |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` `[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)          | ` `[clone](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#clone())`() ` Creates and returns a copy of this object.                                                                                                                                                      | | ` boolean`                                                                     | ` `[equals](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#equals(java.lang.Object))`(`[Object](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object)` obj) ` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.                                           | | ` void`                                                                        | ` `[finalize](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#finalize())`() ` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.                                                          | | ` final `[Class](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Class)`<?>` | ` `[getClass](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#getClass())`() ` Returns the runtime class of this`Object`.                                                                                                                                                | | ` int`                                                                         | ` `[hashCode](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#hashCode())`() ` Returns a hash code value for the object.                                                                                                                                                 | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[notify](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notify())`() ` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.                                                                                                                            | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[notifyAll](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#notifyAll())`() ` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.                                                                                                                         | | ` `[String](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String)          | ` `[toString](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#toString())`() ` Returns a string representation of the object.                                                                                                                                            | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long,%20int))`(long timeoutMillis, int nanos) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed. | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait(long))`(long timeoutMillis) ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.                   | | ` final void`                                                                  | ` `[wait](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Object#wait())`() ` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being*notified* or*interrupted*.                                                                                             | ||
| From interface` `[java.lang.Comparable](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Comparable)` ` |-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | ` abstract int` | ` `[compareTo](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Comparable#compareTo(T))`(`[Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form)` o) ` Compares this object with the specified object for order. | ||

## Enum values

### NFC

Added in[API level 9](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public static final Normalizer.Form NFC
```

Canonical decomposition, followed by canonical composition.

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### NFD

Added in[API level 9](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public static final Normalizer.Form NFD
```

Canonical decomposition.

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### NFKC

Added in[API level 9](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public static final Normalizer.Form NFKC
```

Compatibility decomposition, followed by canonical composition.

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### NFKD

Added in[API level 9](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#ApiLevels)  

```
public static final Normalizer.Form NFKD
```

Compatibility decomposition.

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## Public methods

### valueOf

```
public static Normalizer.Form valueOf (String name)
```

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|       Parameters        ||
|--------|-----------------|
| `name` | `String` <br /> |

|                                           Returns                                            ||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [Normalizer.Form](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | <br /> |

### values

```
public static final Form[] values ()
```

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|                                       Returns                                       ||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| [Form[]](https://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/Normalizer.Form) | <br /> |