Name: stC104175 Date: 03/24/2000


java version "1.3.0rc1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0rc1-T)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0rc1-S, mixed mode)

The StringBuffer class is missing many methods from the String class. This is
frustrating to those of us to change code that works with Strings to code that
works with StringBuffers for efficiency reasons. The methods from String I miss
most are the four indexOf() methods:
  int indexOf(int ch)
  int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex)
  int indexOf(String str)
  int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex)
If these methods could be added to StringBuffer (either with identical
signatures, or with the "ch" arguments changed to char as suggested in Bug ID
4075078) it would make my code much cleaner and efficient.
(Review ID: 102839)
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