Java Emoji (JEmoji)

JEmoji is a lightweight and fast emoji library for Java with a complete list of all emojis from the unicode consortium.

❓ Why another emoji library?

While several other emoji libraries for Java exist, most of them are incomplete or outdated. JEmoji, on the other hand, offers a complete list of all emojis from the Unicode Consortium, which can be generated quickly and easily with just one task. This is a major advantage over other libraries that may be no longer maintained or require extensive manual work to update their emoji lists.

In addition, the data is fetched from multiple sources to ensure that information about each emoji is enhanced as much as possible.

Fetched sources:

• unicode.org for all unicode emojis
• EmojiTerra for additional information about emojis like aliases
• discord-emoji by Emzi0767 for additional information about emojis for Discord

📦 Installation

Replace the VERSION with the latest version shown at the start of the README

Gradle Kotlin DSL

implementation("net.fellbaum:jemoji:VERSION")

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.fellbaum</groupId>
    <artifactId>jemoji</artifactId>
    <version>VERSION</version>
</dependency>

📝 Usage

EmojiManager

Get all emojis

Set<Emoji> emojis = EmojiManager.getAllEmojis();

Get emoji by unicode string

Optional<Emoji> emoji = EmojiManager.getEmoji("😀");

Get emoji by alias

Optional<Emoji> emoji = EmojiManager.getByAlias("smile");
// or
Optional<Emoji> emoji = EmojiManager.getByAlias(":smile:");

Get all emojis by group (general category of emojis)

Set<Emoji> emojis = EmojiManager.getAllEmojisByGroup(EmojiGroup.SMILEYS_AND_EMOTION);

Get all emojis by subgroup (more specific set of emojis)

Set<Emoji> emojis = EmojiManager.getAllEmojisBySubGroup(EmojiSubGroup.ANIMAL_BIRD);

Check if the provided string is an emoji

boolean isEmoji = EmojiManager.isEmoji("😀");

Check if the provided string contains an emoji

boolean containsEmoji = EmojiManager.containsEmoji("Hello 😀 World");

Extract all emojis from a string in order they appear

Set<Emoji> emojis = EmojiManager.extractEmojisInOrder("Hello 😀 World 👍"); // [😀, 👍]

Remove all emojis from a string

String text = EmojiManager.removeAllEmojis("Hello 😀 World 👍"); // "Hello  World "

Remove specific emojis from a string

String text = EmojiManager.removeEmojis("Hello 😀 World 👍",Collections.singletonList("😀")); // "Hello  World 👍"

Replace emojis in a string

String text = EmojiManager.replaceAllEmojis("Hello 😀 World 👍","<an emoji was here>"); // "Hello <an emoji was here> World <an emoji was here>"

Replace specific emojis in a string

String text = EmojiManager.replaceEmojis("Hello 😀 World 👍","<an emoji was here>",Collections.singletonList("😀")); // "Hello <an emoji was here> World 👍"

Emoji Object

classDiagram
direction BT
class Emoji {
+ getEmoji() String
+ getUnicode() String
+ getHtmlDecimalCode() String
+ getHtmlHexadecimalCode() String
+ getURLEncoded() String
+ getVariations() List~Emoji~
+ getDiscordAliases() List~String~
+ getGithubAliases() List~String~
+ getSlackAliases() List~String~
+ getAllAliases() List~String~
+ hasFitzpatrickComponent() boolean
+ hasHairStyleComponent() boolean
+ getVersion() double
+ getQualification() Qualification
+ getDescription() String
+ getGroup() EmojiGroup
+ getSubGroup() EmojiSubGroup
}

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🚀 Benchmarks

Benchmark	Mode	Cnt	Score**	Error	Units
containsEmoji	avgt	10	4,820	± 0,051	ms/op
extractEmojisInOrder	avgt	10	4,841	± 0,579	ms/op
extractEmojisInOrderOnlyEmojisLengthDescending	avgt	10	8,967	± 0,054	ms/op
extractEmojisInOrderOnlyEmojisRandomOrder	avgt	10	9,364	± 0,081	ms/op
removeAllEmojis	avgt	10	7,813	± 0,454	ms/op
replaceAllEmojis	avgt	10	7,213	± 0,043	ms/op

Click to see the benchmark details

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-13700K

VM version: JDK 1.8.0_372, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM, 25.372-b07

Blackhole mode: full + dont-inline hint (auto-detected, use -Djmh.blackhole.autoDetect=false to disable)

Warmup: 5 iterations, 10 s each

Measurement: 5 iterations, 10 s each

Timeout: 10 min per iteration

Threads: 1 thread, will synchronize iterations

Benchmark mode: Average time, time/op

** Score depends on many factors like text size and emoji count if used as an argument. For this benchmark relatively large files were used. Click Here to see the benchmark code and resources.

💾 Emoji JSON list Generation

The emoji list can be easily generated with the generateEmojis Gradle task. The generated list will be saved in the src/main/resources folder.