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      3 *   Copyright (C) 1997-2010, International Business Machines
      4 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
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      6 *
      7 * File ULOC.H
      8 *
      9 * Modification History:
     10 *
     11 *   Date        Name        Description
     12 *   04/01/97    aliu        Creation.
     13 *   08/22/98    stephen     JDK 1.2 sync.
     14 *   12/08/98    rtg         New C API for Locale
     15 *   03/30/99    damiba      overhaul
     16 *   03/31/99    helena      Javadoc for uloc functions.
     17 *   04/15/99    Madhu       Updated Javadoc
     18 ********************************************************************************
     19 */
     20 
     21 #ifndef ULOC_H
     22 #define ULOC_H
     23 
     24 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
     25 #include "unicode/uenum.h"
     26 
     27 /**
     28  * \file
     29  * \brief  C API: Locale
     30  *
     31  * <h2> ULoc C API for Locale </h2>
     32  * A <code>Locale</code> represents a specific geographical, political,
     33  * or cultural region. An operation that requires a <code>Locale</code> to perform
     34  * its task is called <em>locale-sensitive</em> and uses the <code>Locale</code>
     35  * to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number
     36  * is a locale-sensitive operation--the number should be formatted
     37  * according to the customs/conventions of the user's native country,
     38  * region, or culture.  In the C APIs, a locales is simply a const char string.
     39  *
     40  * <P>
     41  * You create a <code>Locale</code> with one of the three options listed below.
     42  * Each of the component is separated by '_' in the locale string.
     43  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     44  * <pre>
     45  * \code
     46  *       newLanguage
     47  *
     48  *       newLanguage + newCountry
     49  *
     50  *       newLanguage + newCountry + newVariant
     51  * \endcode
     52  * </pre>
     53  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     54  * The first option is a valid <STRONG>ISO
     55  * Language Code.</STRONG> These codes are the lower-case two-letter
     56  * codes as defined by ISO-639.
     57  * You can find a full list of these codes at a number of sites, such as:
     58  * <BR><a href ="http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt">
     59  * http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt</a>
     60  *
     61  * <P>
     62  * The second option includes an additonal <STRONG>ISO Country
     63  * Code.</STRONG> These codes are the upper-case two-letter codes
     64  * as defined by ISO-3166.
     65  * You can find a full list of these codes at a number of sites, such as:
     66  * <BR><a href="http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html">
     67  * http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html</a>
     68  *
     69  * <P>
     70  * The third option requires another additonal information--the
     71  * <STRONG>Variant.</STRONG>
     72  * The Variant codes are vendor and browser-specific.
     73  * For example, use WIN for Windows, MAC for Macintosh, and POSIX for POSIX.
     74  * Where there are two variants, separate them with an underscore, and
     75  * put the most important one first. For
     76  * example, a Traditional Spanish collation might be referenced, with
     77  * "ES", "ES", "Traditional_WIN".
     78  *
     79  * <P>
     80  * Because a <code>Locale</code> is just an identifier for a region,
     81  * no validity check is performed when you specify a <code>Locale</code>.
     82  * If you want to see whether particular resources are available for the
     83  * <code>Locale</code> you asked for, you must query those resources. For
     84  * example, ask the <code>UNumberFormat</code> for the locales it supports
     85  * using its <code>getAvailable</code> method.
     86  * <BR><STRONG>Note:</STRONG> When you ask for a resource for a particular
     87  * locale, you get back the best available match, not necessarily
     88  * precisely what you asked for. For more information, look at
     89  * <code>UResourceBundle</code>.
     90  *
     91  * <P>
     92  * The <code>Locale</code> provides a number of convenient constants
     93  * that you can use to specify the commonly used
     94  * locales. For example, the following refers to a locale
     95  * for the United States:
     96  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
     97  * <pre>
     98  * \code
     99  *       ULOC_US
    100  * \endcode
    101  * </pre>
    102  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    103  *
    104  * <P>
    105  * Once you've specified a locale you can query it for information about
    106  * itself. Use <code>uloc_getCountry</code> to get the ISO Country Code and
    107  * <code>uloc_getLanguage</code> to get the ISO Language Code. You can
    108  * use <code>uloc_getDisplayCountry</code> to get the
    109  * name of the country suitable for displaying to the user. Similarly,
    110  * you can use <code>uloc_getDisplayLanguage</code> to get the name of
    111  * the language suitable for displaying to the user. Interestingly,
    112  * the <code>uloc_getDisplayXXX</code> methods are themselves locale-sensitive
    113  * and have two versions: one that uses the default locale and one
    114  * that takes a locale as an argument and displays the name or country in
    115  * a language appropriate to that locale.
    116  *
    117  * <P>
    118  * The ICU provides a number of services that perform locale-sensitive
    119  * operations. For example, the <code>unum_xxx</code> functions format
    120  * numbers, currency, or percentages in a locale-sensitive manner.
    121  * </P>
    122  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    123  * <pre>
    124  * \code
    125  *     UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    126  *     UNumberFormat *nf;
    127  *     const char* myLocale = "fr_FR";
    128  *
    129  *     nf = unum_open( UNUM_DEFAULT, NULL, success );
    130  *     unum_close(nf);
    131  *     nf = unum_open( UNUM_CURRENCY, NULL, success );
    132  *     unum_close(nf);
    133  *     nf = unum_open( UNUM_PERCENT, NULL, success );
    134  *     unum_close(nf);
    135  * \endcode
    136  * </pre>
    137  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    138  * Each of these methods has two variants; one with an explicit locale
    139  * and one without; the latter using the default locale.
    140  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    141  * <pre>
    142  * \code
    143  *
    144  *     nf = unum_open( UNUM_DEFAULT, myLocale, success );
    145  *     unum_close(nf);
    146  *     nf = unum_open( UNUM_CURRENCY, myLocale, success );
    147  *     unum_close(nf);
    148  *     nf = unum_open( UNUM_PERCENT, myLocale, success );
    149  *     unum_close(nf);
    150  * \endcode
    151  * </pre>
    152  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    153  * A <code>Locale</code> is the mechanism for identifying the kind of services
    154  * (<code>UNumberFormat</code>) that you would like to get. The locale is
    155  * <STRONG>just</STRONG> a mechanism for identifying these services.
    156  *
    157  * <P>
    158  * Each international serivce that performs locale-sensitive operations
    159  * allows you
    160  * to get all the available objects of that type. You can sift
    161  * through these objects by language, country, or variant,
    162  * and use the display names to present a menu to the user.
    163  * For example, you can create a menu of all the collation objects
    164  * suitable for a given language. Such classes implement these
    165  * three class methods:
    166  * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    167  * <pre>
    168  * \code
    169  *       const char* uloc_getAvailable(int32_t index);
    170  *       int32_t uloc_countAvailable();
    171  *       int32_t
    172  *       uloc_getDisplayName(const char* localeID,
    173  *                 const char* inLocaleID,
    174  *                 UChar* result,
    175  *                 int32_t maxResultSize,
    176  *                  UErrorCode* err);
    177  *
    178  * \endcode
    179  * </pre>
    180  * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    181  * <P>
    182  * Concerning POSIX/RFC1766 Locale IDs,
    183  *  the getLanguage/getCountry/getVariant/getName functions do understand
    184  * the POSIX type form of  language_COUNTRY.ENCODING\@VARIANT
    185  * and if there is not an ICU-stype variant, uloc_getVariant() for example
    186  * will return the one listed after the \@at sign. As well, the hyphen
    187  * "-" is recognized as a country/variant separator similarly to RFC1766.
    188  * So for example, "en-us" will be interpreted as en_US.
    189  * As a result, uloc_getName() is far from a no-op, and will have the
    190  * effect of converting POSIX/RFC1766 IDs into ICU form, although it does
    191  * NOT map any of the actual codes (i.e. russian->ru) in any way.
    192  * Applications should call uloc_getName() at the point where a locale ID
    193  * is coming from an external source (user entry, OS, web browser)
    194  * and pass the resulting string to other ICU functions.  For example,
    195  * don't use de-de\@EURO as an argument to resourcebundle.
    196  *
    197  * @see UResourceBundle
    198  */
    199 
    200 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    201 #define ULOC_CHINESE            "zh"
    202 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    203 #define ULOC_ENGLISH            "en"
    204 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    205 #define ULOC_FRENCH             "fr"
    206 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    207 #define ULOC_GERMAN             "de"
    208 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    209 #define ULOC_ITALIAN            "it"
    210 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    211 #define ULOC_JAPANESE           "ja"
    212 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    213 #define ULOC_KOREAN             "ko"
    214 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    215 #define ULOC_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE "zh_CN"
    216 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    217 #define ULOC_TRADITIONAL_CHINESE "zh_TW"
    218 
    219 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    220 #define ULOC_CANADA         "en_CA"
    221 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    222 #define ULOC_CANADA_FRENCH  "fr_CA"
    223 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    224 #define ULOC_CHINA          "zh_CN"
    225 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    226 #define ULOC_PRC            "zh_CN"
    227 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    228 #define ULOC_FRANCE         "fr_FR"
    229 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    230 #define ULOC_GERMANY        "de_DE"
    231 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    232 #define ULOC_ITALY          "it_IT"
    233 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    234 #define ULOC_JAPAN          "ja_JP"
    235 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    236 #define ULOC_KOREA          "ko_KR"
    237 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    238 #define ULOC_TAIWAN         "zh_TW"
    239 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    240 #define ULOC_UK             "en_GB"
    241 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
    242 #define ULOC_US             "en_US"
    243 
    244 /**
    245  * Useful constant for the maximum size of the language part of a locale ID.
    246  * (including the terminating NULL).
    247  * @stable ICU 2.0
    248  */
    249 #define ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY 12
    250 
    251 /**
    252  * Useful constant for the maximum size of the country part of a locale ID
    253  * (including the terminating NULL).
    254  * @stable ICU 2.0
    255  */
    256 #define ULOC_COUNTRY_CAPACITY 4
    257 /**
    258  * Useful constant for the maximum size of the whole locale ID
    259  * (including the terminating NULL and all keywords).
    260  * @stable ICU 2.0
    261  */
    262 #define ULOC_FULLNAME_CAPACITY 157
    263 
    264 /**
    265  * Useful constant for the maximum size of the script part of a locale ID
    266  * (including the terminating NULL).
    267  * @stable ICU 2.8
    268  */
    269 #define ULOC_SCRIPT_CAPACITY 6
    270 
    271 /**
    272  * Useful constant for the maximum size of keywords in a locale
    273  * @stable ICU 2.8
    274  */
    275 #define ULOC_KEYWORDS_CAPACITY 50
    276 
    277 /**
    278  * Useful constant for the maximum total size of keywords and their values in a locale
    279  * @stable ICU 2.8
    280  */
    281 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_AND_VALUES_CAPACITY 100
    282 
    283 /**
    284  * Invariant character separating keywords from the locale string
    285  * @stable ICU 2.8
    286  */
    287 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR '@'
    288 
    289 /**
    290   * Unicode code point for '@' separating keywords from the locale string.
    291   * @see ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR
    292   * @draft ICU 4.6
    293   */
    294 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR_UNICODE 0x40
    295 
    296 /**
    297  * Invariant character for assigning value to a keyword
    298  * @stable ICU 2.8
    299  */
    300 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN '='
    301 
    302 /**
    303   * Unicode code point for '=' for assigning value to a keyword.
    304   * @see ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN
    305   * @draft ICU 4.6
    306   */
    307 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN_UNICODE 0x3D
    308 
    309 /**
    310  * Invariant character separating keywords
    311  * @stable ICU 2.8
    312  */
    313 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR ';'
    314 
    315 /**
    316   * Unicode code point for ';' separating keywords
    317   * @see ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR
    318   * @draft ICU 4.6
    319   */
    320 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR_UNICODE 0x3B
    321 
    322 /**
    323  * Constants for *_getLocale()
    324  * Allow user to select whether she wants information on
    325  * requested, valid or actual locale.
    326  * For example, a collator for "en_US_CALIFORNIA" was
    327  * requested. In the current state of ICU (2.0),
    328  * the requested locale is "en_US_CALIFORNIA",
    329  * the valid locale is "en_US" (most specific locale supported by ICU)
    330  * and the actual locale is "root" (the collation data comes unmodified
    331  * from the UCA)
    332  * The locale is considered supported by ICU if there is a core ICU bundle
    333  * for that locale (although it may be empty).
    334  * @stable ICU 2.1
    335  */
    336 typedef enum {
    337   /** This is locale the data actually comes from
    338    * @stable ICU 2.1
    339    */
    340   ULOC_ACTUAL_LOCALE    = 0,
    341   /** This is the most specific locale supported by ICU
    342    * @stable ICU 2.1
    343    */
    344   ULOC_VALID_LOCALE    = 1,
    345 
    346 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
    347   /** This is the requested locale
    348    *  @deprecated ICU 2.8
    349    */
    350   ULOC_REQUESTED_LOCALE = 2,
    351 #endif /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
    352 
    353   ULOC_DATA_LOCALE_TYPE_LIMIT = 3
    354 } ULocDataLocaleType ;
    355 
    356 
    357 /**
    358  * Gets ICU's default locale.
    359  * The returned string is a snapshot in time, and will remain valid
    360  *   and unchanged even when uloc_setDefault() is called.
    361  *   The returned storage is owned by ICU, and must not be altered or deleted
    362  *   by the caller.
    363  *
    364  * @return the ICU default locale
    365  * @system
    366  * @stable ICU 2.0
    367  */
    368 U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
    369 uloc_getDefault(void);
    370 
    371 /**
    372  * Sets ICU's default locale.
    373  *    By default (without calling this function), ICU's default locale will be based
    374  *    on information obtained from the underlying system environment.
    375  *    <p>
    376  *    Changes to ICU's default locale do not propagate back to the
    377  *    system environment.
    378  *    <p>
    379  *    Changes to ICU's default locale to not affect any ICU services that
    380  *    may already be open based on the previous default locale value.
    381  *
    382  * @param localeID the new ICU default locale. A value of NULL will try to get
    383  *                 the system's default locale.
    384  * @param status the error information if the setting of default locale fails
    385  * @system
    386  * @stable ICU 2.0
    387  */
    388 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
    389 uloc_setDefault(const char* localeID,
    390         UErrorCode*       status);
    391 
    392 /**
    393  * Gets the language code for the specified locale.
    394  *
    395  * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO language code with
    396  * @param language the language code for localeID
    397  * @param languageCapacity the size of the language buffer to store the
    398  * language code with
    399  * @param err error information if retrieving the language code failed
    400  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the language code.  If it's greater
    401  * than languageCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
    402  * @stable ICU 2.0
    403  */
    404 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    405 uloc_getLanguage(const char*    localeID,
    406          char* language,
    407          int32_t languageCapacity,
    408          UErrorCode* err);
    409 
    410 /**
    411  * Gets the script code for the specified locale.
    412  *
    413  * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO language code with
    414  * @param script the language code for localeID
    415  * @param scriptCapacity the size of the language buffer to store the
    416  * language code with
    417  * @param err error information if retrieving the language code failed
    418  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the language code.  If it's greater
    419  * than scriptCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
    420  * @stable ICU 2.8
    421  */
    422 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    423 uloc_getScript(const char*    localeID,
    424          char* script,
    425          int32_t scriptCapacity,
    426          UErrorCode* err);
    427 
    428 /**
    429  * Gets the  country code for the specified locale.
    430  *
    431  * @param localeID the locale to get the country code with
    432  * @param country the country code for localeID
    433  * @param countryCapacity the size of the country buffer to store the
    434  * country code with
    435  * @param err error information if retrieving the country code failed
    436  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the country code.  If it's greater
    437  * than countryCapacity, the returned country code will be truncated.
    438  * @stable ICU 2.0
    439  */
    440 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    441 uloc_getCountry(const char*    localeID,
    442         char* country,
    443         int32_t countryCapacity,
    444         UErrorCode* err);
    445 
    446 /**
    447  * Gets the variant code for the specified locale.
    448  *
    449  * @param localeID the locale to get the variant code with
    450  * @param variant the variant code for localeID
    451  * @param variantCapacity the size of the variant buffer to store the
    452  * variant code with
    453  * @param err error information if retrieving the variant code failed
    454  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the variant code.  If it's greater
    455  * than variantCapacity, the returned variant code will be truncated.
    456  * @stable ICU 2.0
    457  */
    458 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    459 uloc_getVariant(const char*    localeID,
    460         char* variant,
    461         int32_t variantCapacity,
    462         UErrorCode* err);
    463 
    464 
    465 /**
    466  * Gets the full name for the specified locale.
    467  * Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the ICU locale ID to
    468  * a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed.
    469  * It does NOT map aliased names in any way.
    470  * See the top of this header file.
    471  * This API supports preflighting.
    472  *
    473  * @param localeID the locale to get the full name with
    474  * @param name fill in buffer for the name without keywords.
    475  * @param nameCapacity capacity of the fill in buffer.
    476  * @param err error information if retrieving the full name failed
    477  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the full name.  If it's greater
    478  * than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
    479  * @stable ICU 2.0
    480  */
    481 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    482 uloc_getName(const char*    localeID,
    483          char* name,
    484          int32_t nameCapacity,
    485          UErrorCode* err);
    486 
    487 /**
    488  * Gets the full name for the specified locale.
    489  * Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the string to
    490  * a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed,
    491  * and if the components were in 'POSIX' format they are changed to
    492  * ICU format.  It does NOT map aliased names in any way.
    493  * See the top of this header file.
    494  *
    495  * @param localeID the locale to get the full name with
    496  * @param name the full name for localeID
    497  * @param nameCapacity the size of the name buffer to store the
    498  * full name with
    499  * @param err error information if retrieving the full name failed
    500  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the full name.  If it's greater
    501  * than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
    502  * @stable ICU 2.8
    503  */
    504 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    505 uloc_canonicalize(const char*    localeID,
    506          char* name,
    507          int32_t nameCapacity,
    508          UErrorCode* err);
    509 
    510 /**
    511  * Gets the ISO language code for the specified locale.
    512  *
    513  * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO language code with
    514  * @return language the ISO language code for localeID
    515  * @stable ICU 2.0
    516  */
    517 U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
    518 uloc_getISO3Language(const char* localeID);
    519 
    520 
    521 /**
    522  * Gets the ISO country code for the specified locale.
    523  *
    524  * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO country code with
    525  * @return country the ISO country code for localeID
    526  * @stable ICU 2.0
    527  */
    528 U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
    529 uloc_getISO3Country(const char* localeID);
    530 
    531 /**
    532  * Gets the Win32 LCID value for the specified locale.
    533  * If the ICU locale is not recognized by Windows, 0 will be returned.
    534  *
    535  * @param localeID the locale to get the Win32 LCID value with
    536  * @return country the Win32 LCID for localeID
    537  * @stable ICU 2.0
    538  */
    539 U_STABLE uint32_t U_EXPORT2
    540 uloc_getLCID(const char* localeID);
    541 
    542 /**
    543  * Gets the language name suitable for display for the specified locale.
    544  *
    545  * @param locale the locale to get the ISO language code with
    546  * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    547  *                 if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    548  *                 inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    549  *                 for inLocale would result in "Englisch".
    550  * @param language the displayable language code for localeID
    551  * @param languageCapacity the size of the language buffer to store the
    552  * displayable language code with
    553  * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable language code failed
    554  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable language code.  If it's greater
    555  * than languageCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
    556  * @stable ICU 2.0
    557  */
    558 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    559 uloc_getDisplayLanguage(const char* locale,
    560             const char* displayLocale,
    561             UChar* language,
    562             int32_t languageCapacity,
    563             UErrorCode* status);
    564 
    565 /**
    566  * Gets the script name suitable for display for the specified locale.
    567  *
    568  * @param locale the locale to get the displayable script code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
    569  * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    570  *                 if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    571  *                 inLocale would result in "", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    572  *                 for inLocale would result in "". NULL may be used to specify the default.
    573  * @param script the displayable country code for localeID
    574  * @param scriptCapacity the size of the script buffer to store the
    575  * displayable script code with
    576  * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable script code failed
    577  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable script code.  If it's greater
    578  * than scriptCapacity, the returned displayable script code will be truncated.
    579  * @stable ICU 2.8
    580  */
    581 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    582 uloc_getDisplayScript(const char* locale,
    583             const char* displayLocale,
    584             UChar* script,
    585             int32_t scriptCapacity,
    586             UErrorCode* status);
    587 
    588 /**
    589  * Gets the country name suitable for display for the specified locale.
    590  *
    591  * @param locale the locale to get the displayable country code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
    592  * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    593  *                 if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    594  *                 inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    595  *                 for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
    596  * @param country the displayable country code for localeID
    597  * @param countryCapacity the size of the country buffer to store the
    598  * displayable country code with
    599  * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable country code failed
    600  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable country code.  If it's greater
    601  * than countryCapacity, the returned displayable country code will be truncated.
    602  * @stable ICU 2.0
    603  */
    604 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    605 uloc_getDisplayCountry(const char* locale,
    606                        const char* displayLocale,
    607                        UChar* country,
    608                        int32_t countryCapacity,
    609                        UErrorCode* status);
    610 
    611 
    612 /**
    613  * Gets the variant name suitable for display for the specified locale.
    614  *
    615  * @param locale the locale to get the displayable variant code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
    616  * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    617  *                 if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    618  *                 inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    619  *                 for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
    620  * @param variant the displayable variant code for localeID
    621  * @param variantCapacity the size of the variant buffer to store the
    622  * displayable variant code with
    623  * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable variant code failed
    624  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.  If it's greater
    625  * than variantCapacity, the returned displayable variant code will be truncated.
    626  * @stable ICU 2.0
    627  */
    628 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    629 uloc_getDisplayVariant(const char* locale,
    630                        const char* displayLocale,
    631                        UChar* variant,
    632                        int32_t variantCapacity,
    633                        UErrorCode* status);
    634 
    635 /**
    636  * Gets the keyword name suitable for display for the specified locale.
    637  * E.g: for the locale string de_DE\@collation=PHONEBOOK, this API gets the display
    638  * string for the keyword collation.
    639  * Usage:
    640  * <code>
    641  *    UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    642  *    const char* keyword =NULL;
    643  *    int32_t keywordLen = 0;
    644  *    int32_t keywordCount = 0;
    645  *    UChar displayKeyword[256];
    646  *    int32_t displayKeywordLen = 0;
    647  *    UEnumeration* keywordEnum = uloc_openKeywords("de_DE@collation=PHONEBOOK;calendar=TRADITIONAL", &status);
    648  *    for(keywordCount = uenum_count(keywordEnum, &status); keywordCount > 0 ; keywordCount--){
    649  *          if(U_FAILURE(status)){
    650  *              ...something went wrong so handle the error...
    651  *              break;
    652  *          }
    653  *          // the uenum_next returns NUL terminated string
    654  *          keyword = uenum_next(keywordEnum, &keywordLen, &status);
    655  *          displayKeywordLen = uloc_getDisplayKeyword(keyword, "en_US", displayKeyword, 256);
    656  *          ... do something interesting .....
    657  *    }
    658  *    uenum_close(keywordEnum);
    659  * </code>
    660  * @param keyword           The keyword whose display string needs to be returned.
    661  * @param displayLocale     Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    662  *                          if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    663  *                          inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    664  *                          for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
    665  * @param dest              the buffer to which the displayable keyword should be written.
    666  * @param destCapacity      The size of the buffer (number of UChars). If it is 0, then
    667  *                          dest may be NULL and the function will only return the length of the
    668  *                          result without writing any of the result string (pre-flighting).
    669  * @param status            error information if retrieving the displayable string failed.
    670  *                          Should not be NULL and should not indicate failure on entry.
    671  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.
    672  * @see #uloc_openKeywords
    673  * @stable ICU 2.8
    674  */
    675 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    676 uloc_getDisplayKeyword(const char* keyword,
    677                        const char* displayLocale,
    678                        UChar* dest,
    679                        int32_t destCapacity,
    680                        UErrorCode* status);
    681 /**
    682  * Gets the value of the keyword suitable for display for the specified locale.
    683  * E.g: for the locale string de_DE\@collation=PHONEBOOK, this API gets the display
    684  * string for PHONEBOOK, in the display locale, when "collation" is specified as the keyword.
    685  *
    686  * @param locale            The locale to get the displayable variant code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
    687  * @param keyword           The keyword for whose value should be used.
    688  * @param displayLocale     Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    689  *                          if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    690  *                          inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    691  *                          for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
    692  * @param dest              the buffer to which the displayable keyword should be written.
    693  * @param destCapacity      The size of the buffer (number of UChars). If it is 0, then
    694  *                          dest may be NULL and the function will only return the length of the
    695  *                          result without writing any of the result string (pre-flighting).
    696  * @param status            error information if retrieving the displayable string failed.
    697  *                          Should not be NULL and must not indicate failure on entry.
    698  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.
    699  * @stable ICU 2.8
    700  */
    701 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    702 uloc_getDisplayKeywordValue(   const char* locale,
    703                                const char* keyword,
    704                                const char* displayLocale,
    705                                UChar* dest,
    706                                int32_t destCapacity,
    707                                UErrorCode* status);
    708 /**
    709  * Gets the full name suitable for display for the specified locale.
    710  *
    711  * @param localeID the locale to get the displayable name with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
    712  * @param inLocaleID Specifies the locale to be used to display the name.  In other words,
    713  *                   if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
    714  *                   inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
    715  *                   for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
    716  * @param result the displayable name for localeID
    717  * @param maxResultSize the size of the name buffer to store the
    718  * displayable full name with
    719  * @param err error information if retrieving the displayable name failed
    720  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable name.  If it's greater
    721  * than maxResultSize, the returned displayable name will be truncated.
    722  * @stable ICU 2.0
    723  */
    724 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    725 uloc_getDisplayName(const char* localeID,
    726             const char* inLocaleID,
    727             UChar* result,
    728             int32_t maxResultSize,
    729             UErrorCode* err);
    730 
    731 
    732 /**
    733  * Gets the specified locale from a list of all available locales.
    734  * The return value is a pointer to an item of
    735  * a locale name array.  Both this array and the pointers
    736  * it contains are owned by ICU and should not be deleted or written through
    737  * by the caller.  The locale name is terminated by a null pointer.
    738  * @param n the specific locale name index of the available locale list
    739  * @return a specified locale name of all available locales
    740  * @stable ICU 2.0
    741  */
    742 U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
    743 uloc_getAvailable(int32_t n);
    744 
    745 /**
    746  * Gets the size of the all available locale list.
    747  *
    748  * @return the size of the locale list
    749  * @stable ICU 2.0
    750  */
    751 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2 uloc_countAvailable(void);
    752 
    753 /**
    754  *
    755  * Gets a list of all available language codes defined in ISO 639.  This is a pointer
    756  * to an array of pointers to arrays of char.  All of these pointers are owned
    757  * by ICU-- do not delete them, and do not write through them.  The array is
    758  * terminated with a null pointer.
    759  * @return a list of all available language codes
    760  * @stable ICU 2.0
    761  */
    762 U_STABLE const char* const* U_EXPORT2
    763 uloc_getISOLanguages(void);
    764 
    765 /**
    766  *
    767  * Gets a list of all available 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 639.  This is a
    768  * pointer to an array of pointers to arrays of char.  All of these pointers are
    769  * owned by ICU-- do not delete them, and do not write through them.  The array is
    770  * terminated with a null pointer.
    771  * @return a list of all available country codes
    772  * @stable ICU 2.0
    773  */
    774 U_STABLE const char* const* U_EXPORT2
    775 uloc_getISOCountries(void);
    776 
    777 /**
    778  * Truncate the locale ID string to get the parent locale ID.
    779  * Copies the part of the string before the last underscore.
    780  * The parent locale ID will be an empty string if there is no
    781  * underscore, or if there is only one underscore at localeID[0].
    782  *
    783  * @param localeID Input locale ID string.
    784  * @param parent   Output string buffer for the parent locale ID.
    785  * @param parentCapacity Size of the output buffer.
    786  * @param err A UErrorCode value.
    787  * @return The length of the parent locale ID.
    788  * @stable ICU 2.0
    789  */
    790 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    791 uloc_getParent(const char*    localeID,
    792                  char* parent,
    793                  int32_t parentCapacity,
    794                  UErrorCode* err);
    795 
    796 
    797 
    798 
    799 /**
    800  * Gets the full name for the specified locale.
    801  * Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the string to
    802  * a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed,
    803  * and if the components were in 'POSIX' format they are changed to
    804  * ICU format.  It does NOT map aliased names in any way.
    805  * See the top of this header file.
    806  * This API strips off the keyword part, so "de_DE\@collation=phonebook"
    807  * will become "de_DE".
    808  * This API supports preflighting.
    809  *
    810  * @param localeID the locale to get the full name with
    811  * @param name fill in buffer for the name without keywords.
    812  * @param nameCapacity capacity of the fill in buffer.
    813  * @param err error information if retrieving the full name failed
    814  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the full name.  If it's greater
    815  * than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
    816  * @stable ICU 2.8
    817  */
    818 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    819 uloc_getBaseName(const char*    localeID,
    820          char* name,
    821          int32_t nameCapacity,
    822          UErrorCode* err);
    823 
    824 /**
    825  * Gets an enumeration of keywords for the specified locale. Enumeration
    826  * must get disposed of by the client using uenum_close function.
    827  *
    828  * @param localeID the locale to get the variant code with
    829  * @param status error information if retrieving the keywords failed
    830  * @return enumeration of keywords or NULL if there are no keywords.
    831  * @stable ICU 2.8
    832  */
    833 U_STABLE UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
    834 uloc_openKeywords(const char* localeID,
    835                         UErrorCode* status);
    836 
    837 /**
    838  * Get the value for a keyword. Locale name does not need to be normalized.
    839  *
    840  * @param localeID locale name containing the keyword ("de_DE@currency=EURO;collation=PHONEBOOK")
    841  * @param keywordName name of the keyword for which we want the value. Case insensitive.
    842  * @param buffer receiving buffer
    843  * @param bufferCapacity capacity of receiving buffer
    844  * @param status containing error code - buffer not big enough.
    845  * @return the length of keyword value
    846  * @stable ICU 2.8
    847  */
    848 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    849 uloc_getKeywordValue(const char* localeID,
    850                      const char* keywordName,
    851                      char* buffer, int32_t bufferCapacity,
    852                      UErrorCode* status);
    853 
    854 
    855 /**
    856  * Set the value of the specified keyword.
    857  * NOTE: Unlike almost every other ICU function which takes a
    858  * buffer, this function will NOT truncate the output text. If a
    859  * BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR is received, it means that the original
    860  * buffer is untouched. This is done to prevent incorrect or possibly
    861  * even malformed locales from being generated and used.
    862  *
    863  * @param keywordName name of the keyword to be set. Case insensitive.
    864  * @param keywordValue value of the keyword to be set. If 0-length or
    865  *  NULL, will result in the keyword being removed. No error is given if
    866  *  that keyword does not exist.
    867  * @param buffer input buffer containing locale to be modified.
    868  * @param bufferCapacity capacity of receiving buffer
    869  * @param status containing error code - buffer not big enough.
    870  * @return the length needed for the buffer
    871  * @see uloc_getKeywordValue
    872  * @stable ICU 3.2
    873  */
    874 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    875 uloc_setKeywordValue(const char* keywordName,
    876                      const char* keywordValue,
    877                      char* buffer, int32_t bufferCapacity,
    878                      UErrorCode* status);
    879 
    880 /**
    881  * enums for the  return value for the character and line orientation
    882  * functions.
    883  * @stable ICU 4.0
    884  */
    885 typedef enum {
    886   ULOC_LAYOUT_LTR   = 0,  /* left-to-right. */
    887   ULOC_LAYOUT_RTL    = 1,  /* right-to-left. */
    888   ULOC_LAYOUT_TTB    = 2,  /* top-to-bottom. */
    889   ULOC_LAYOUT_BTT    = 3,   /* bottom-to-top. */
    890   ULOC_LAYOUT_UNKNOWN
    891 } ULayoutType;
    892 
    893 /**
    894  * Get the layout character orientation for the specified locale.
    895  *
    896  * @param localeId locale name
    897  * @param status Error status
    898  * @return an enum indicating the layout orientation for characters.
    899  * @stable ICU 4.0
    900  */
    901 U_STABLE ULayoutType U_EXPORT2
    902 uloc_getCharacterOrientation(const char* localeId,
    903                              UErrorCode *status);
    904 
    905 /**
    906  * Get the layout line orientation for the specified locale.
    907  *
    908  * @param localeId locale name
    909  * @param status Error status
    910  * @return an enum indicating the layout orientation for lines.
    911  * @stable ICU 4.0
    912  */
    913 U_STABLE ULayoutType U_EXPORT2
    914 uloc_getLineOrientation(const char* localeId,
    915                         UErrorCode *status);
    916 
    917 /**
    918  * enums for the 'outResult' parameter return value
    919  * @see uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP
    920  * @see uloc_acceptLanguage
    921  * @stable ICU 3.2
    922  */
    923 typedef enum {
    924   ULOC_ACCEPT_FAILED   = 0,  /* No exact match was found. */
    925   ULOC_ACCEPT_VALID    = 1,  /* An exact match was found. */
    926   ULOC_ACCEPT_FALLBACK = 2   /* A fallback was found, for example,
    927                                 Accept list contained 'ja_JP'
    928                                 which matched available locale 'ja'. */
    929 } UAcceptResult;
    930 
    931 
    932 /**
    933  * Based on a HTTP header from a web browser and a list of available locales,
    934  * determine an acceptable locale for the user.
    935  * @param result - buffer to accept the result locale
    936  * @param resultAvailable the size of the result buffer.
    937  * @param outResult - An out parameter that contains the fallback status
    938  * @param httpAcceptLanguage - "Accept-Language:" header as per HTTP.
    939  * @param availableLocales - list of available locales to match
    940  * @param status Error status, may be BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR
    941  * @return length needed for the locale.
    942  * @stable ICU 3.2
    943  */
    944 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    945 uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP(char *result, int32_t resultAvailable,
    946                             UAcceptResult *outResult,
    947                             const char *httpAcceptLanguage,
    948                             UEnumeration* availableLocales,
    949                             UErrorCode *status);
    950 
    951 /**
    952  * Based on a list of available locales,
    953  * determine an acceptable locale for the user.
    954  * @param result - buffer to accept the result locale
    955  * @param resultAvailable the size of the result buffer.
    956  * @param outResult - An out parameter that contains the fallback status
    957  * @param acceptList - list of acceptable languages
    958  * @param acceptListCount - count of acceptList items
    959  * @param availableLocales - list of available locales to match
    960  * @param status Error status, may be BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR
    961  * @return length needed for the locale.
    962  * @stable ICU 3.2
    963  */
    964 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    965 uloc_acceptLanguage(char *result, int32_t resultAvailable,
    966                     UAcceptResult *outResult, const char **acceptList,
    967                     int32_t acceptListCount,
    968                     UEnumeration* availableLocales,
    969                     UErrorCode *status);
    970 
    971 
    972 /**
    973  * Gets the ICU locale ID for the specified Win32 LCID value.
    974  *
    975  * @param hostID the Win32 LCID to translate
    976  * @param locale the output buffer for the ICU locale ID, which will be NUL-terminated
    977  *  if there is room.
    978  * @param localeCapacity the size of the output buffer
    979  * @param status an error is returned if the LCID is unrecognized or the output buffer
    980  *  is too small
    981  * @return actual the actual size of the locale ID, not including NUL-termination
    982  * @stable ICU 3.8
    983  */
    984 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
    985 uloc_getLocaleForLCID(uint32_t hostID, char *locale, int32_t localeCapacity,
    986                     UErrorCode *status);
    987 
    988 
    989 /**
    990  * Add the likely subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described
    991  * in the following CLDR technical report:
    992  *
    993  *   http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags
    994  *
    995  * If localeID is already in the maximal form, or there is no data available
    996  * for maximization, it will be copied to the output buffer.  For example,
    997  * "und-Zzzz" cannot be maximized, since there is no reasonable maximization.
    998  *
    999  * Examples:
   1000  *
   1001  * "en" maximizes to "en_Latn_US"
   1002  *
   1003  * "de" maximizes to "de_Latn_US"
   1004  *
   1005  * "sr" maximizes to "sr_Cyrl_RS"
   1006  *
   1007  * "sh" maximizes to "sr_Latn_RS" (Note this will not reverse.)
   1008  *
   1009  * "zh_Hani" maximizes to "zh_Hans_CN" (Note this will not reverse.)
   1010  *
   1011  * @param localeID The locale to maximize
   1012  * @param maximizedLocaleID The maximized locale
   1013  * @param maximizedLocaleIDCapacity The capacity of the maximizedLocaleID buffer
   1014  * @param err Error information if maximizing the locale failed.  If the length
   1015  * of the localeID and the null-terminator is greater than the maximum allowed size,
   1016  * or the localeId is not well-formed, the error code is U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
   1017  * @return The actual buffer size needed for the maximized locale.  If it's
   1018  * greater than maximizedLocaleIDCapacity, the returned ID will be truncated.
   1019  * On error, the return value is -1.
   1020  * @stable ICU 4.0
   1021  */
   1022 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
   1023 uloc_addLikelySubtags(const char*    localeID,
   1024          char* maximizedLocaleID,
   1025          int32_t maximizedLocaleIDCapacity,
   1026          UErrorCode* err);
   1027 
   1028 
   1029 /**
   1030  * Minimize the subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described
   1031  * in the following CLDR technical report:
   1032  *
   1033  *   http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags
   1034  *
   1035  * If localeID is already in the minimal form, or there is no data available
   1036  * for minimization, it will be copied to the output buffer.  Since the
   1037  * minimization algorithm relies on proper maximization, see the comments
   1038  * for uloc_addLikelySubtags for reasons why there might not be any data.
   1039  *
   1040  * Examples:
   1041  *
   1042  * "en_Latn_US" minimizes to "en"
   1043  *
   1044  * "de_Latn_US" minimizes to "de"
   1045  *
   1046  * "sr_Cyrl_RS" minimizes to "sr"
   1047  *
   1048  * "zh_Hant_TW" minimizes to "zh_TW" (The region is preferred to the
   1049  * script, and minimizing to "zh" would imply "zh_Hans_CN".)
   1050  *
   1051  * @param localeID The locale to minimize
   1052  * @param minimizedLocaleID The minimized locale
   1053  * @param minimizedLocaleIDCapacity The capacity of the minimizedLocaleID buffer
   1054  * @param err Error information if minimizing the locale failed.  If the length
   1055  * of the localeID and the null-terminator is greater than the maximum allowed size,
   1056  * or the localeId is not well-formed, the error code is U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
   1057  * @return The actual buffer size needed for the minimized locale.  If it's
   1058  * greater than minimizedLocaleIDCapacity, the returned ID will be truncated.
   1059  * On error, the return value is -1.
   1060  * @stable ICU 4.0
   1061  */
   1062 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
   1063 uloc_minimizeSubtags(const char*    localeID,
   1064          char* minimizedLocaleID,
   1065          int32_t minimizedLocaleIDCapacity,
   1066          UErrorCode* err);
   1067 
   1068 /**
   1069  * Returns a locale ID for the specified BCP47 language tag string.
   1070  * If the specified language tag contains any ill-formed subtags,
   1071  * the first such subtag and all following subtags are ignored.
   1072  * <p>
   1073  * This implements the 'Language-Tag' production of BCP47, and so
   1074  * supports grandfathered (regular and irregular) as well as private
   1075  * use language tags.  Private use tags are represented as 'x-whatever',
   1076  * and grandfathered tags are converted to their canonical replacements
   1077  * where they exist.  Note that a few grandfathered tags have no modern
   1078  * replacement, these will be converted using the fallback described in
   1079  * the first paragraph, so some information might be lost.
   1080  * @param langtag   the input BCP47 language tag.
   1081  * @param localeID  the output buffer receiving a locale ID for the
   1082  *                  specified BCP47 language tag.
   1083  * @param localeIDCapacity  the size of the locale ID output buffer.
   1084  * @param parsedLength  if not NULL, succsessfully parsed length
   1085  *                      for the input language tag is set.
   1086  * @param err       error information if receiving the locald ID
   1087  *                  failed.
   1088  * @return          the length of the locale ID.
   1089  * @draft ICU 4.2
   1090  */
   1091 U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2
   1092 uloc_forLanguageTag(const char* langtag,
   1093                     char* localeID,
   1094                     int32_t localeIDCapacity,
   1095                     int32_t* parsedLength,
   1096                     UErrorCode* err);
   1097 
   1098 /**
   1099  * Returns a well-formed language tag for this locale ID.
   1100  * <p>
   1101  * <b>Note</b>: When <code>strict</code> is FALSE, any locale
   1102  * fields which do not satisfy the BCP47 syntax requirement will
   1103  * be omitted from the result.  When <code>strict</code> is
   1104  * TRUE, this function sets U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR to the
   1105  * <code>err</code> if any locale fields do not satisfy the
   1106  * BCP47 syntax requirement.
   1107  * @param localeID  the input lcoale ID
   1108  * @param langtag   the output buffer receiving BCP47 language
   1109  *                  tag for the locale ID.
   1110  * @param langtagCapacity   the size of the BCP47 language tag
   1111  *                          output buffer.
   1112  * @param strict    boolean value indicating if the function returns
   1113  *                  an error for an ill-formed input locale ID.
   1114  * @param err       error information if receiving the language
   1115  *                  tag failed.
   1116  * @return          The length of the BCP47 language tag.
   1117  * @draft ICU 4.2
   1118  */
   1119 U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2
   1120 uloc_toLanguageTag(const char* localeID,
   1121                    char* langtag,
   1122                    int32_t langtagCapacity,
   1123                    UBool strict,
   1124                    UErrorCode* err);
   1125 
   1126 #endif /*_ULOC*/
   1127