Apparently there is a method that takes a char and returns a char: http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#toLowerCase(char)
toLowerCase() is a method of java.lang.String; you use it like so:
jcomeau@intrepid:/tmp$ cat test.java; java test
public class test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("C".toLowerCase());
}
}
c