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      7 
      8 /**
      9  * \file
     10  * \brief C++ API: Collation Service.
     11  */
     12 
     13 /**
     14 * File coll.h
     15 *
     16 * Created by: Helena Shih
     17 *
     18 * Modification History:
     19 *
     20 *  Date        Name        Description
     21 * 02/5/97      aliu        Modified createDefault to load collation data from
     22 *                          binary files when possible.  Added related methods
     23 *                          createCollationFromFile, chopLocale, createPathName.
     24 * 02/11/97     aliu        Added members addToCache, findInCache, and fgCache.
     25 * 02/12/97     aliu        Modified to create objects from RuleBasedCollator cache.
     26 *                          Moved cache out of Collation class.
     27 * 02/13/97     aliu        Moved several methods out of this class and into
     28 *                          RuleBasedCollator, with modifications.  Modified
     29 *                          createDefault() to call new RuleBasedCollator(Locale&)
     30 *                          constructor.  General clean up and documentation.
     31 * 02/20/97     helena      Added clone, operator==, operator!=, operator=, copy
     32 *                          constructor and getDynamicClassID.
     33 * 03/25/97     helena      Updated with platform independent data types.
     34 * 05/06/97     helena      Added memory allocation error detection.
     35 * 06/20/97     helena      Java class name change.
     36 * 09/03/97     helena      Added createCollationKeyValues().
     37 * 02/10/98     damiba      Added compare() with length as parameter.
     38 * 04/23/99     stephen     Removed EDecompositionMode, merged with
     39 *                          Normalizer::EMode.
     40 * 11/02/99     helena      Collator performance enhancements.  Eliminates the
     41 *                          UnicodeString construction and special case for NO_OP.
     42 * 11/23/99     srl         More performance enhancements. Inlining of
     43 *                          critical accessors.
     44 * 05/15/00     helena      Added version information API.
     45 * 01/29/01     synwee      Modified into a C++ wrapper which calls C apis
     46 *                          (ucol.h).
     47 * 2012-2014    markus      Rewritten in C++ again.
     48 */
     49 
     50 #ifndef COLL_H
     51 #define COLL_H
     52 
     53 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
     54 
     55 #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION
     56 
     57 #include "unicode/uobject.h"
     58 #include "unicode/ucol.h"
     59 #include "unicode/normlzr.h"
     60 #include "unicode/locid.h"
     61 #include "unicode/uniset.h"
     62 #include "unicode/umisc.h"
     63 #include "unicode/uiter.h"
     64 #include "unicode/stringpiece.h"
     65 
     66 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
     67 
     68 class StringEnumeration;
     69 
     70 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
     71 /**
     72  * @stable ICU 2.6
     73  */
     74 class CollatorFactory;
     75 #endif
     76 
     77 /**
     78 * @stable ICU 2.0
     79 */
     80 class CollationKey;
     81 
     82 /**
     83 * The <code>Collator</code> class performs locale-sensitive string
     84 * comparison.<br>
     85 * You use this class to build searching and sorting routines for natural
     86 * language text.
     87 * <p>
     88 * <code>Collator</code> is an abstract base class. Subclasses implement
     89 * specific collation strategies. One subclass,
     90 * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>, is currently provided and is applicable
     91 * to a wide set of languages. Other subclasses may be created to handle more
     92 * specialized needs.
     93 * <p>
     94 * Like other locale-sensitive classes, you can use the static factory method,
     95 * <code>createInstance</code>, to obtain the appropriate
     96 * <code>Collator</code> object for a given locale. You will only need to
     97 * look at the subclasses of <code>Collator</code> if you need to
     98 * understand the details of a particular collation strategy or if you need to
     99 * modify that strategy.
    100 * <p>
    101 * The following example shows how to compare two strings using the
    102 * <code>Collator</code> for the default locale.
    103 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    104 * <pre>
    105 * \code
    106 * // Compare two strings in the default locale
    107 * UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    108 * Collator* myCollator = Collator::createInstance(success);
    109 * if (myCollator->compare("abc", "ABC") < 0)
    110 *   cout << "abc is less than ABC" << endl;
    111 * else
    112 *   cout << "abc is greater than or equal to ABC" << endl;
    113 * \endcode
    114 * </pre>
    115 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    116 * <p>
    117 * You can set a <code>Collator</code>'s <em>strength</em> attribute to
    118 * determine the level of difference considered significant in comparisons.
    119 * Five strengths are provided: <code>PRIMARY</code>, <code>SECONDARY</code>,
    120 * <code>TERTIARY</code>, <code>QUATERNARY</code> and <code>IDENTICAL</code>.
    121 * The exact assignment of strengths to language features is locale dependent.
    122 * For example, in Czech, "e" and "f" are considered primary differences,
    123 * while "e" and "\u00EA" are secondary differences, "e" and "E" are tertiary
    124 * differences and "e" and "e" are identical. The following shows how both case
    125 * and accents could be ignored for US English.
    126 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    127 * <pre>
    128 * \code
    129 * //Get the Collator for US English and set its strength to PRIMARY
    130 * UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    131 * Collator* usCollator = Collator::createInstance(Locale::getUS(), success);
    132 * usCollator->setStrength(Collator::PRIMARY);
    133 * if (usCollator->compare("abc", "ABC") == 0)
    134 *     cout << "'abc' and 'ABC' strings are equivalent with strength PRIMARY" << endl;
    135 * \endcode
    136 * </pre>
    137 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
    138 *
    139 * The <code>getSortKey</code> methods
    140 * convert a string to a series of bytes that can be compared bitwise against
    141 * other sort keys using <code>strcmp()</code>. Sort keys are written as
    142 * zero-terminated byte strings.
    143 *
    144 * Another set of APIs returns a <code>CollationKey</code> object that wraps
    145 * the sort key bytes instead of returning the bytes themselves.
    146 * </p>
    147 * <p>
    148 * <strong>Note:</strong> <code>Collator</code>s with different Locale,
    149 * and CollationStrength settings will return different sort
    150 * orders for the same set of strings. Locales have specific collation rules,
    151 * and the way in which secondary and tertiary differences are taken into
    152 * account, for example, will result in a different sorting order for same
    153 * strings.
    154 * </p>
    155 * @see         RuleBasedCollator
    156 * @see         CollationKey
    157 * @see         CollationElementIterator
    158 * @see         Locale
    159 * @see         Normalizer
    160 * @version     2.0 11/15/01
    161 */
    162 
    163 class U_I18N_API Collator : public UObject {
    164 public:
    165 
    166     // Collator public enums -----------------------------------------------
    167 
    168     /**
    169      * Base letter represents a primary difference. Set comparison level to
    170      * PRIMARY to ignore secondary and tertiary differences.<br>
    171      * Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.<br>
    172      * Example of primary difference, "abc" &lt; "abd"
    173      *
    174      * Diacritical differences on the same base letter represent a secondary
    175      * difference. Set comparison level to SECONDARY to ignore tertiary
    176      * differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.<br>
    177      * Example of secondary difference, "&auml;" >> "a".
    178      *
    179      * Uppercase and lowercase versions of the same character represents a
    180      * tertiary difference.  Set comparison level to TERTIARY to include all
    181      * comparison differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator
    182      * object.<br>
    183      * Example of tertiary difference, "abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC".
    184      *
    185      * Two characters are considered "identical" when they have the same unicode
    186      * spellings.<br>
    187      * For example, "&auml;" == "&auml;".
    188      *
    189      * UCollationStrength is also used to determine the strength of sort keys
    190      * generated from Collator objects.
    191      * @stable ICU 2.0
    192      */
    193     enum ECollationStrength
    194     {
    195         PRIMARY    = UCOL_PRIMARY,  // 0
    196         SECONDARY  = UCOL_SECONDARY,  // 1
    197         TERTIARY   = UCOL_TERTIARY,  // 2
    198         QUATERNARY = UCOL_QUATERNARY,  // 3
    199         IDENTICAL  = UCOL_IDENTICAL  // 15
    200     };
    201 
    202     /**
    203      * LESS is returned if source string is compared to be less than target
    204      * string in the compare() method.
    205      * EQUAL is returned if source string is compared to be equal to target
    206      * string in the compare() method.
    207      * GREATER is returned if source string is compared to be greater than
    208      * target string in the compare() method.
    209      * @see Collator#compare
    210      * @deprecated ICU 2.6. Use C enum UCollationResult defined in ucol.h
    211      */
    212     enum EComparisonResult
    213     {
    214         LESS = UCOL_LESS,  // -1
    215         EQUAL = UCOL_EQUAL,  // 0
    216         GREATER = UCOL_GREATER  // 1
    217     };
    218 
    219     // Collator public destructor -----------------------------------------
    220 
    221     /**
    222      * Destructor
    223      * @stable ICU 2.0
    224      */
    225     virtual ~Collator();
    226 
    227     // Collator public methods --------------------------------------------
    228 
    229     /**
    230      * Returns TRUE if "other" is the same as "this".
    231      *
    232      * The base class implementation returns TRUE if "other" has the same type/class as "this":
    233      * <code>typeid(*this) == typeid(other)</code>.
    234      *
    235      * Subclass implementations should do something like the following:
    236      * <pre>
    237      *   if (this == &other) { return TRUE; }
    238      *   if (!Collator::operator==(other)) { return FALSE; }  // not the same class
    239      *
    240      *   const MyCollator &o = (const MyCollator&)other;
    241      *   (compare this vs. o's subclass fields)
    242      * </pre>
    243      * @param other Collator object to be compared
    244      * @return TRUE if other is the same as this.
    245      * @stable ICU 2.0
    246      */
    247     virtual UBool operator==(const Collator& other) const;
    248 
    249     /**
    250      * Returns true if "other" is not the same as "this".
    251      * Calls ! operator==(const Collator&) const which works for all subclasses.
    252      * @param other Collator object to be compared
    253      * @return TRUE if other is not the same as this.
    254      * @stable ICU 2.0
    255      */
    256     virtual UBool operator!=(const Collator& other) const;
    257 
    258     /**
    259      * Makes a copy of this object.
    260      * @return a copy of this object, owned by the caller
    261      * @stable ICU 2.0
    262      */
    263     virtual Collator* clone(void) const = 0;
    264 
    265     /**
    266      * Creates the Collator object for the current default locale.
    267      * The default locale is determined by Locale::getDefault.
    268      * The UErrorCode& err parameter is used to return status information to the user.
    269      * To check whether the construction succeeded or not, you should check the
    270      * value of U_SUCCESS(err).  If you wish more detailed information, you can
    271      * check for informational error results which still indicate success.
    272      * U_USING_FALLBACK_ERROR indicates that a fall back locale was used. For
    273      * example, 'de_CH' was requested, but nothing was found there, so 'de' was
    274      * used. U_USING_DEFAULT_ERROR indicates that the default locale data was
    275      * used; neither the requested locale nor any of its fall back locales
    276      * could be found.
    277      * The caller owns the returned object and is responsible for deleting it.
    278      *
    279      * @param err    the error code status.
    280      * @return       the collation object of the default locale.(for example, en_US)
    281      * @see Locale#getDefault
    282      * @stable ICU 2.0
    283      */
    284     static Collator* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(UErrorCode&  err);
    285 
    286     /**
    287      * Gets the collation object for the desired locale. The
    288      * resource of the desired locale will be loaded.
    289      *
    290      * Locale::getRoot() is the base collation table and all other languages are
    291      * built on top of it with additional language-specific modifications.
    292      *
    293      * For some languages, multiple collation types are available;
    294      * for example, "de@collation=phonebook".
    295      * Starting with ICU 54, collation attributes can be specified via locale keywords as well,
    296      * in the old locale extension syntax ("el@colCaseFirst=upper")
    297      * or in language tag syntax ("el-u-kf-upper").
    298      * See <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/api">User Guide: Collation API</a>.
    299      *
    300      * The UErrorCode& err parameter is used to return status information to the user.
    301      * To check whether the construction succeeded or not, you should check
    302      * the value of U_SUCCESS(err).  If you wish more detailed information, you
    303      * can check for informational error results which still indicate success.
    304      * U_USING_FALLBACK_ERROR indicates that a fall back locale was used.  For
    305      * example, 'de_CH' was requested, but nothing was found there, so 'de' was
    306      * used.  U_USING_DEFAULT_ERROR indicates that the default locale data was
    307      * used; neither the requested locale nor any of its fall back locales
    308      * could be found.
    309      *
    310      * The caller owns the returned object and is responsible for deleting it.
    311      * @param loc    The locale ID for which to open a collator.
    312      * @param err    the error code status.
    313      * @return       the created table-based collation object based on the desired
    314      *               locale.
    315      * @see Locale
    316      * @see ResourceLoader
    317      * @stable ICU 2.2
    318      */
    319     static Collator* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(const Locale& loc, UErrorCode& err);
    320 
    321     /**
    322      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
    323      * different strings. Returns information about whether a string is less
    324      * than, greater than or equal to another string.
    325      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    326      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
    327      * @return Returns a byte value. GREATER if source is greater
    328      * than target; EQUAL if source is equal to target; LESS if source is less
    329      * than target
    330      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 use the overload with UErrorCode &
    331      */
    332     virtual EComparisonResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
    333                                       const UnicodeString& target) const;
    334 
    335     /**
    336      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
    337      * different strings. Returns information about whether a string is less
    338      * than, greater than or equal to another string.
    339      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    340      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
    341      * @param status possible error code
    342      * @return Returns an enum value. UCOL_GREATER if source is greater
    343      * than target; UCOL_EQUAL if source is equal to target; UCOL_LESS if source is less
    344      * than target
    345      * @stable ICU 2.6
    346      */
    347     virtual UCollationResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
    348                                       const UnicodeString& target,
    349                                       UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
    350 
    351     /**
    352      * Does the same thing as compare but limits the comparison to a specified
    353      * length
    354      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    355      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
    356      * @param length the length the comparison is limited to
    357      * @return Returns a byte value. GREATER if source (up to the specified
    358      *         length) is greater than target; EQUAL if source (up to specified
    359      *         length) is equal to target; LESS if source (up to the specified
    360      *         length) is less  than target.
    361      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 use the overload with UErrorCode &
    362      */
    363     virtual EComparisonResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
    364                                       const UnicodeString& target,
    365                                       int32_t length) const;
    366 
    367     /**
    368      * Does the same thing as compare but limits the comparison to a specified
    369      * length
    370      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    371      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
    372      * @param length the length the comparison is limited to
    373      * @param status possible error code
    374      * @return Returns an enum value. UCOL_GREATER if source (up to the specified
    375      *         length) is greater than target; UCOL_EQUAL if source (up to specified
    376      *         length) is equal to target; UCOL_LESS if source (up to the specified
    377      *         length) is less  than target.
    378      * @stable ICU 2.6
    379      */
    380     virtual UCollationResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
    381                                       const UnicodeString& target,
    382                                       int32_t length,
    383                                       UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
    384 
    385     /**
    386      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
    387      * different string arrays. Returns information about whether a string array
    388      * is less than, greater than or equal to another string array.
    389      * <p>Example of use:
    390      * <pre>
    391      * .       UChar ABC[] = {0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0};  // = "ABC"
    392      * .       UChar abc[] = {0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0};  // = "abc"
    393      * .       UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    394      * .       Collator *myCollation =
    395      * .                         Collator::createInstance(Locale::getUS(), status);
    396      * .       if (U_FAILURE(status)) return;
    397      * .       myCollation->setStrength(Collator::PRIMARY);
    398      * .       // result would be Collator::EQUAL ("abc" == "ABC")
    399      * .       // (no primary difference between "abc" and "ABC")
    400      * .       Collator::EComparisonResult result =
    401      * .                             myCollation->compare(abc, 3, ABC, 3);
    402      * .       myCollation->setStrength(Collator::TERTIARY);
    403      * .       // result would be Collator::LESS ("abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC")
    404      * .       // (with tertiary difference between "abc" and "ABC")
    405      * .       result = myCollation->compare(abc, 3, ABC, 3);
    406      * </pre>
    407      * @param source the source string array to be compared with.
    408      * @param sourceLength the length of the source string array.  If this value
    409      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
    410      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
    411      * @param targetLength the length of the target string array.  If this value
    412      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
    413      * @return Returns a byte value. GREATER if source is greater than target;
    414      *         EQUAL if source is equal to target; LESS if source is less than
    415      *         target
    416      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 use the overload with UErrorCode &
    417      */
    418     virtual EComparisonResult compare(const UChar* source, int32_t sourceLength,
    419                                       const UChar* target, int32_t targetLength)
    420                                       const;
    421 
    422     /**
    423      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
    424      * different string arrays. Returns information about whether a string array
    425      * is less than, greater than or equal to another string array.
    426      * @param source the source string array to be compared with.
    427      * @param sourceLength the length of the source string array.  If this value
    428      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
    429      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
    430      * @param targetLength the length of the target string array.  If this value
    431      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
    432      * @param status possible error code
    433      * @return Returns an enum value. UCOL_GREATER if source is greater
    434      * than target; UCOL_EQUAL if source is equal to target; UCOL_LESS if source is less
    435      * than target
    436      * @stable ICU 2.6
    437      */
    438     virtual UCollationResult compare(const UChar* source, int32_t sourceLength,
    439                                       const UChar* target, int32_t targetLength,
    440                                       UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
    441 
    442     /**
    443      * Compares two strings using the Collator.
    444      * Returns whether the first one compares less than/equal to/greater than
    445      * the second one.
    446      * This version takes UCharIterator input.
    447      * @param sIter the first ("source") string iterator
    448      * @param tIter the second ("target") string iterator
    449      * @param status ICU status
    450      * @return UCOL_LESS, UCOL_EQUAL or UCOL_GREATER
    451      * @stable ICU 4.2
    452      */
    453     virtual UCollationResult compare(UCharIterator &sIter,
    454                                      UCharIterator &tIter,
    455                                      UErrorCode &status) const;
    456 
    457     /**
    458      * Compares two UTF-8 strings using the Collator.
    459      * Returns whether the first one compares less than/equal to/greater than
    460      * the second one.
    461      * This version takes UTF-8 input.
    462      * Note that a StringPiece can be implicitly constructed
    463      * from a std::string or a NUL-terminated const char * string.
    464      * @param source the first UTF-8 string
    465      * @param target the second UTF-8 string
    466      * @param status ICU status
    467      * @return UCOL_LESS, UCOL_EQUAL or UCOL_GREATER
    468      * @stable ICU 4.2
    469      */
    470     virtual UCollationResult compareUTF8(const StringPiece &source,
    471                                          const StringPiece &target,
    472                                          UErrorCode &status) const;
    473 
    474     /**
    475      * Transforms the string into a series of characters that can be compared
    476      * with CollationKey::compareTo. It is not possible to restore the original
    477      * string from the chars in the sort key.
    478      * <p>Use CollationKey::equals or CollationKey::compare to compare the
    479      * generated sort keys.
    480      * If the source string is null, a null collation key will be returned.
    481      *
    482      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
    483      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
    484      *
    485      * @param source the source string to be transformed into a sort key.
    486      * @param key the collation key to be filled in
    487      * @param status the error code status.
    488      * @return the collation key of the string based on the collation rules.
    489      * @see CollationKey#compare
    490      * @stable ICU 2.0
    491      */
    492     virtual CollationKey& getCollationKey(const UnicodeString&  source,
    493                                           CollationKey& key,
    494                                           UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    495 
    496     /**
    497      * Transforms the string into a series of characters that can be compared
    498      * with CollationKey::compareTo. It is not possible to restore the original
    499      * string from the chars in the sort key.
    500      * <p>Use CollationKey::equals or CollationKey::compare to compare the
    501      * generated sort keys.
    502      * <p>If the source string is null, a null collation key will be returned.
    503      *
    504      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
    505      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
    506      *
    507      * @param source the source string to be transformed into a sort key.
    508      * @param sourceLength length of the collation key
    509      * @param key the collation key to be filled in
    510      * @param status the error code status.
    511      * @return the collation key of the string based on the collation rules.
    512      * @see CollationKey#compare
    513      * @stable ICU 2.0
    514      */
    515     virtual CollationKey& getCollationKey(const UChar*source,
    516                                           int32_t sourceLength,
    517                                           CollationKey& key,
    518                                           UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    519     /**
    520      * Generates the hash code for the collation object
    521      * @stable ICU 2.0
    522      */
    523     virtual int32_t hashCode(void) const = 0;
    524 
    525     /**
    526      * Gets the locale of the Collator
    527      *
    528      * @param type can be either requested, valid or actual locale. For more
    529      *             information see the definition of ULocDataLocaleType in
    530      *             uloc.h
    531      * @param status the error code status.
    532      * @return locale where the collation data lives. If the collator
    533      *         was instantiated from rules, locale is empty.
    534      * @deprecated ICU 2.8 This API is under consideration for revision
    535      * in ICU 3.0.
    536      */
    537     virtual Locale getLocale(ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
    538 
    539     /**
    540      * Convenience method for comparing two strings based on the collation rules.
    541      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    542      * @param target the target string to be compared with.
    543      * @return true if the first string is greater than the second one,
    544      *         according to the collation rules. false, otherwise.
    545      * @see Collator#compare
    546      * @stable ICU 2.0
    547      */
    548     UBool greater(const UnicodeString& source, const UnicodeString& target)
    549                   const;
    550 
    551     /**
    552      * Convenience method for comparing two strings based on the collation rules.
    553      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    554      * @param target the target string to be compared with.
    555      * @return true if the first string is greater than or equal to the second
    556      *         one, according to the collation rules. false, otherwise.
    557      * @see Collator#compare
    558      * @stable ICU 2.0
    559      */
    560     UBool greaterOrEqual(const UnicodeString& source,
    561                          const UnicodeString& target) const;
    562 
    563     /**
    564      * Convenience method for comparing two strings based on the collation rules.
    565      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
    566      * @param target the target string to be compared with.
    567      * @return true if the strings are equal according to the collation rules.
    568      *         false, otherwise.
    569      * @see Collator#compare
    570      * @stable ICU 2.0
    571      */
    572     UBool equals(const UnicodeString& source, const UnicodeString& target) const;
    573 
    574     /**
    575      * Determines the minimum strength that will be used in comparison or
    576      * transformation.
    577      * <p>E.g. with strength == SECONDARY, the tertiary difference is ignored
    578      * <p>E.g. with strength == PRIMARY, the secondary and tertiary difference
    579      * are ignored.
    580      * @return the current comparison level.
    581      * @see Collator#setStrength
    582      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 Use getAttribute(UCOL_STRENGTH...) instead
    583      */
    584     virtual ECollationStrength getStrength(void) const;
    585 
    586     /**
    587      * Sets the minimum strength to be used in comparison or transformation.
    588      * <p>Example of use:
    589      * <pre>
    590      *  \code
    591      *  UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
    592      *  Collator*myCollation = Collator::createInstance(Locale::getUS(), status);
    593      *  if (U_FAILURE(status)) return;
    594      *  myCollation->setStrength(Collator::PRIMARY);
    595      *  // result will be "abc" == "ABC"
    596      *  // tertiary differences will be ignored
    597      *  Collator::ComparisonResult result = myCollation->compare("abc", "ABC");
    598      * \endcode
    599      * </pre>
    600      * @see Collator#getStrength
    601      * @param newStrength the new comparison level.
    602      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 Use setAttribute(UCOL_STRENGTH...) instead
    603      */
    604     virtual void setStrength(ECollationStrength newStrength);
    605 
    606     /**
    607      * Retrieves the reordering codes for this collator.
    608      * @param dest The array to fill with the script ordering.
    609      * @param destCapacity The length of dest. If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the function
    610      *  will only return the length of the result without writing any codes (pre-flighting).
    611      * @param status A reference to an error code value, which must not indicate
    612      * a failure before the function call.
    613      * @return The length of the script ordering array.
    614      * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
    615      * @see Collator#getEquivalentReorderCodes
    616      * @see Collator#setReorderCodes
    617      * @see UScriptCode
    618      * @see UColReorderCode
    619      * @stable ICU 4.8
    620      */
    621      virtual int32_t getReorderCodes(int32_t *dest,
    622                                      int32_t destCapacity,
    623                                      UErrorCode& status) const;
    624 
    625     /**
    626      * Sets the ordering of scripts for this collator.
    627      *
    628      * <p>The reordering codes are a combination of script codes and reorder codes.
    629      * @param reorderCodes An array of script codes in the new order. This can be NULL if the
    630      * length is also set to 0. An empty array will clear any reordering codes on the collator.
    631      * @param reorderCodesLength The length of reorderCodes.
    632      * @param status error code
    633      * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
    634      * @see Collator#getReorderCodes
    635      * @see Collator#getEquivalentReorderCodes
    636      * @see UScriptCode
    637      * @see UColReorderCode
    638      * @stable ICU 4.8
    639      */
    640      virtual void setReorderCodes(const int32_t* reorderCodes,
    641                                   int32_t reorderCodesLength,
    642                                   UErrorCode& status) ;
    643 
    644     /**
    645      * Retrieves the reorder codes that are grouped with the given reorder code. Some reorder
    646      * codes will be grouped and must reorder together.
    647      * Beginning with ICU 55, scripts only reorder together if they are primary-equal,
    648      * for example Hiragana and Katakana.
    649      *
    650      * @param reorderCode The reorder code to determine equivalence for.
    651      * @param dest The array to fill with the script equivalence reordering codes.
    652      * @param destCapacity The length of dest. If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the
    653      * function will only return the length of the result without writing any codes (pre-flighting).
    654      * @param status A reference to an error code value, which must not indicate
    655      * a failure before the function call.
    656      * @return The length of the of the reordering code equivalence array.
    657      * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
    658      * @see Collator#getReorderCodes
    659      * @see Collator#setReorderCodes
    660      * @see UScriptCode
    661      * @see UColReorderCode
    662      * @stable ICU 4.8
    663      */
    664     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 getEquivalentReorderCodes(int32_t reorderCode,
    665                                 int32_t* dest,
    666                                 int32_t destCapacity,
    667                                 UErrorCode& status);
    668 
    669     /**
    670      * Get name of the object for the desired Locale, in the desired langauge
    671      * @param objectLocale must be from getAvailableLocales
    672      * @param displayLocale specifies the desired locale for output
    673      * @param name the fill-in parameter of the return value
    674      * @return display-able name of the object for the object locale in the
    675      *         desired language
    676      * @stable ICU 2.0
    677      */
    678     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getDisplayName(const Locale& objectLocale,
    679                                          const Locale& displayLocale,
    680                                          UnicodeString& name);
    681 
    682     /**
    683     * Get name of the object for the desired Locale, in the langauge of the
    684     * default locale.
    685     * @param objectLocale must be from getAvailableLocales
    686     * @param name the fill-in parameter of the return value
    687     * @return name of the object for the desired locale in the default language
    688     * @stable ICU 2.0
    689     */
    690     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getDisplayName(const Locale& objectLocale,
    691                                          UnicodeString& name);
    692 
    693     /**
    694      * Get the set of Locales for which Collations are installed.
    695      *
    696      * <p>Note this does not include locales supported by registered collators.
    697      * If collators might have been registered, use the overload of getAvailableLocales
    698      * that returns a StringEnumeration.</p>
    699      *
    700      * @param count the output parameter of number of elements in the locale list
    701      * @return the list of available locales for which collations are installed
    702      * @stable ICU 2.0
    703      */
    704     static const Locale* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(int32_t& count);
    705 
    706     /**
    707      * Return a StringEnumeration over the locales available at the time of the call,
    708      * including registered locales.  If a severe error occurs (such as out of memory
    709      * condition) this will return null. If there is no locale data, an empty enumeration
    710      * will be returned.
    711      * @return a StringEnumeration over the locales available at the time of the call
    712      * @stable ICU 2.6
    713      */
    714     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(void);
    715 
    716     /**
    717      * Create a string enumerator of all possible keywords that are relevant to
    718      * collation. At this point, the only recognized keyword for this
    719      * service is "collation".
    720      * @param status input-output error code
    721      * @return a string enumeration over locale strings. The caller is
    722      * responsible for closing the result.
    723      * @stable ICU 3.0
    724      */
    725     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getKeywords(UErrorCode& status);
    726 
    727     /**
    728      * Given a keyword, create a string enumeration of all values
    729      * for that keyword that are currently in use.
    730      * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
    731      * ucol_getKeywords. If any other keyword is passed in, status is set
    732      * to U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
    733      * @param status input-output error code
    734      * @return a string enumeration over collation keyword values, or NULL
    735      * upon error. The caller is responsible for deleting the result.
    736      * @stable ICU 3.0
    737      */
    738     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getKeywordValues(const char *keyword, UErrorCode& status);
    739 
    740     /**
    741      * Given a key and a locale, returns an array of string values in a preferred
    742      * order that would make a difference. These are all and only those values where
    743      * the open (creation) of the service with the locale formed from the input locale
    744      * plus input keyword and that value has different behavior than creation with the
    745      * input locale alone.
    746      * @param keyword        one of the keys supported by this service.  For now, only
    747      *                      "collation" is supported.
    748      * @param locale        the locale
    749      * @param commonlyUsed  if set to true it will return only commonly used values
    750      *                      with the given locale in preferred order.  Otherwise,
    751      *                      it will return all the available values for the locale.
    752      * @param status ICU status
    753      * @return a string enumeration over keyword values for the given key and the locale.
    754      * @stable ICU 4.2
    755      */
    756     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getKeywordValuesForLocale(const char* keyword, const Locale& locale,
    757                                                                     UBool commonlyUsed, UErrorCode& status);
    758 
    759     /**
    760      * Return the functionally equivalent locale for the given
    761      * requested locale, with respect to given keyword, for the
    762      * collation service.  If two locales return the same result, then
    763      * collators instantiated for these locales will behave
    764      * equivalently.  The converse is not always true; two collators
    765      * may in fact be equivalent, but return different results, due to
    766      * internal details.  The return result has no other meaning than
    767      * that stated above, and implies nothing as to the relationship
    768      * between the two locales.  This is intended for use by
    769      * applications who wish to cache collators, or otherwise reuse
    770      * collators when possible.  The functional equivalent may change
    771      * over time.  For more information, please see the <a
    772      * href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/locale#TOC-Locales-and-Services">
    773      * Locales and Services</a> section of the ICU User Guide.
    774      * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
    775      * ucol_getKeywords.
    776      * @param locale the requested locale
    777      * @param isAvailable reference to a fillin parameter that
    778      * indicates whether the requested locale was 'available' to the
    779      * collation service. A locale is defined as 'available' if it
    780      * physically exists within the collation locale data.
    781      * @param status reference to input-output error code
    782      * @return the functionally equivalent collation locale, or the root
    783      * locale upon error.
    784      * @stable ICU 3.0
    785      */
    786     static Locale U_EXPORT2 getFunctionalEquivalent(const char* keyword, const Locale& locale,
    787                                           UBool& isAvailable, UErrorCode& status);
    788 
    789 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
    790     /**
    791      * Register a new Collator.  The collator will be adopted.
    792      * Because ICU may choose to cache collators internally, this must be
    793      * called at application startup, prior to any calls to
    794      * Collator::createInstance to avoid undefined behavior.
    795      * @param toAdopt the Collator instance to be adopted
    796      * @param locale the locale with which the collator will be associated
    797      * @param status the in/out status code, no special meanings are assigned
    798      * @return a registry key that can be used to unregister this collator
    799      * @stable ICU 2.6
    800      */
    801     static URegistryKey U_EXPORT2 registerInstance(Collator* toAdopt, const Locale& locale, UErrorCode& status);
    802 
    803     /**
    804      * Register a new CollatorFactory.  The factory will be adopted.
    805      * Because ICU may choose to cache collators internally, this must be
    806      * called at application startup, prior to any calls to
    807      * Collator::createInstance to avoid undefined behavior.
    808      * @param toAdopt the CollatorFactory instance to be adopted
    809      * @param status the in/out status code, no special meanings are assigned
    810      * @return a registry key that can be used to unregister this collator
    811      * @stable ICU 2.6
    812      */
    813     static URegistryKey U_EXPORT2 registerFactory(CollatorFactory* toAdopt, UErrorCode& status);
    814 
    815     /**
    816      * Unregister a previously-registered Collator or CollatorFactory
    817      * using the key returned from the register call.  Key becomes
    818      * invalid after a successful call and should not be used again.
    819      * The object corresponding to the key will be deleted.
    820      * Because ICU may choose to cache collators internally, this should
    821      * be called during application shutdown, after all calls to
    822      * Collator::createInstance to avoid undefined behavior.
    823      * @param key the registry key returned by a previous call to registerInstance
    824      * @param status the in/out status code, no special meanings are assigned
    825      * @return TRUE if the collator for the key was successfully unregistered
    826      * @stable ICU 2.6
    827      */
    828     static UBool U_EXPORT2 unregister(URegistryKey key, UErrorCode& status);
    829 #endif /* UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE */
    830 
    831     /**
    832      * Gets the version information for a Collator.
    833      * @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
    834      * @stable ICU 2.0
    835      */
    836     virtual void getVersion(UVersionInfo info) const = 0;
    837 
    838     /**
    839      * Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. Pure virtual method.
    840      * This method is to implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++
    841      * compilers support genuine RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone()
    842      * methods call this method.
    843      * @return The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have
    844      *         the same class ID.  Objects of other classes have different class
    845      *         IDs.
    846      * @stable ICU 2.0
    847      */
    848     virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID(void) const = 0;
    849 
    850     /**
    851      * Universal attribute setter
    852      * @param attr attribute type
    853      * @param value attribute value
    854      * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or
    855      *        there were errors
    856      * @stable ICU 2.2
    857      */
    858     virtual void setAttribute(UColAttribute attr, UColAttributeValue value,
    859                               UErrorCode &status) = 0;
    860 
    861     /**
    862      * Universal attribute getter
    863      * @param attr attribute type
    864      * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or
    865      *        there were errors
    866      * @return attribute value
    867      * @stable ICU 2.2
    868      */
    869     virtual UColAttributeValue getAttribute(UColAttribute attr,
    870                                             UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
    871 
    872     /**
    873      * Sets the variable top to the top of the specified reordering group.
    874      * The variable top determines the highest-sorting character
    875      * which is affected by UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING.
    876      * If that attribute is set to UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE, then the variable top has no effect.
    877      *
    878      * The base class implementation sets U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR.
    879      * @param group one of UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SPACE, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_PUNCTUATION,
    880      *              UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SYMBOL, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_CURRENCY;
    881      *              or UCOL_REORDER_CODE_DEFAULT to restore the default max variable group
    882      * @param errorCode Standard ICU error code. Its input value must
    883      *                  pass the U_SUCCESS() test, or else the function returns
    884      *                  immediately. Check for U_FAILURE() on output or use with
    885      *                  function chaining. (See User Guide for details.)
    886      * @return *this
    887      * @see getMaxVariable
    888      * @stable ICU 53
    889      */
    890     virtual Collator &setMaxVariable(UColReorderCode group, UErrorCode &errorCode);
    891 
    892     /**
    893      * Returns the maximum reordering group whose characters are affected by UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING.
    894      *
    895      * The base class implementation returns UCOL_REORDER_CODE_PUNCTUATION.
    896      * @return the maximum variable reordering group.
    897      * @see setMaxVariable
    898      * @stable ICU 53
    899      */
    900     virtual UColReorderCode getMaxVariable() const;
    901 
    902     /**
    903      * Sets the variable top to the primary weight of the specified string.
    904      *
    905      * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
    906      * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
    907      * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
    908      * See setMaxVariable().
    909      * @param varTop one or more (if contraction) UChars to which the variable top should be set
    910      * @param len length of variable top string. If -1 it is considered to be zero terminated.
    911      * @param status error code. If error code is set, the return value is undefined. Errors set by this function are: <br>
    912      *    U_CE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR if more than one character was passed and there is no such contraction<br>
    913      *    U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR if the variable top is beyond
    914      *    the last reordering group supported by setMaxVariable()
    915      * @return variable top primary weight
    916      * @deprecated ICU 53 Call setMaxVariable() instead.
    917      */
    918     virtual uint32_t setVariableTop(const UChar *varTop, int32_t len, UErrorCode &status) = 0;
    919 
    920     /**
    921      * Sets the variable top to the primary weight of the specified string.
    922      *
    923      * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
    924      * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
    925      * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
    926      * See setMaxVariable().
    927      * @param varTop a UnicodeString size 1 or more (if contraction) of UChars to which the variable top should be set
    928      * @param status error code. If error code is set, the return value is undefined. Errors set by this function are: <br>
    929      *    U_CE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR if more than one character was passed and there is no such contraction<br>
    930      *    U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR if the variable top is beyond
    931      *    the last reordering group supported by setMaxVariable()
    932      * @return variable top primary weight
    933      * @deprecated ICU 53 Call setMaxVariable() instead.
    934      */
    935     virtual uint32_t setVariableTop(const UnicodeString &varTop, UErrorCode &status) = 0;
    936 
    937     /**
    938      * Sets the variable top to the specified primary weight.
    939      *
    940      * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
    941      * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
    942      * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
    943      * See setMaxVariable().
    944      * @param varTop primary weight, as returned by setVariableTop or ucol_getVariableTop
    945      * @param status error code
    946      * @deprecated ICU 53 Call setMaxVariable() instead.
    947      */
    948     virtual void setVariableTop(uint32_t varTop, UErrorCode &status) = 0;
    949 
    950     /**
    951      * Gets the variable top value of a Collator.
    952      * @param status error code (not changed by function). If error code is set, the return value is undefined.
    953      * @return the variable top primary weight
    954      * @see getMaxVariable
    955      * @stable ICU 2.0
    956      */
    957     virtual uint32_t getVariableTop(UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
    958 
    959     /**
    960      * Get a UnicodeSet that contains all the characters and sequences
    961      * tailored in this collator.
    962      * @param status      error code of the operation
    963      * @return a pointer to a UnicodeSet object containing all the
    964      *         code points and sequences that may sort differently than
    965      *         in the root collator. The object must be disposed of by using delete
    966      * @stable ICU 2.4
    967      */
    968     virtual UnicodeSet *getTailoredSet(UErrorCode &status) const;
    969 
    970     /**
    971      * Same as clone().
    972      * The base class implementation simply calls clone().
    973      * @return a copy of this object, owned by the caller
    974      * @see clone()
    975      * @deprecated ICU 50 no need to have two methods for cloning
    976      */
    977     virtual Collator* safeClone(void) const;
    978 
    979     /**
    980      * Get the sort key as an array of bytes from a UnicodeString.
    981      * Sort key byte arrays are zero-terminated and can be compared using
    982      * strcmp().
    983      *
    984      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
    985      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
    986      *
    987      * @param source string to be processed.
    988      * @param result buffer to store result in. If NULL, number of bytes needed
    989      *        will be returned.
    990      * @param resultLength length of the result buffer. If if not enough the
    991      *        buffer will be filled to capacity.
    992      * @return Number of bytes needed for storing the sort key
    993      * @stable ICU 2.2
    994      */
    995     virtual int32_t getSortKey(const UnicodeString& source,
    996                               uint8_t* result,
    997                               int32_t resultLength) const = 0;
    998 
    999     /**
   1000      * Get the sort key as an array of bytes from a UChar buffer.
   1001      * Sort key byte arrays are zero-terminated and can be compared using
   1002      * strcmp().
   1003      *
   1004      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
   1005      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
   1006      *
   1007      * @param source string to be processed.
   1008      * @param sourceLength length of string to be processed.
   1009      *        If -1, the string is 0 terminated and length will be decided by the
   1010      *        function.
   1011      * @param result buffer to store result in. If NULL, number of bytes needed
   1012      *        will be returned.
   1013      * @param resultLength length of the result buffer. If if not enough the
   1014      *        buffer will be filled to capacity.
   1015      * @return Number of bytes needed for storing the sort key
   1016      * @stable ICU 2.2
   1017      */
   1018     virtual int32_t getSortKey(const UChar*source, int32_t sourceLength,
   1019                                uint8_t*result, int32_t resultLength) const = 0;
   1020 
   1021     /**
   1022      * Produce a bound for a given sortkey and a number of levels.
   1023      * Return value is always the number of bytes needed, regardless of
   1024      * whether the result buffer was big enough or even valid.<br>
   1025      * Resulting bounds can be used to produce a range of strings that are
   1026      * between upper and lower bounds. For example, if bounds are produced
   1027      * for a sortkey of string "smith", strings between upper and lower
   1028      * bounds with one level would include "Smith", "SMITH", "sMiTh".<br>
   1029      * There are two upper bounds that can be produced. If UCOL_BOUND_UPPER
   1030      * is produced, strings matched would be as above. However, if bound
   1031      * produced using UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG is used, the above example will
   1032      * also match "Smithsonian" and similar.<br>
   1033      * For more on usage, see example in cintltst/capitst.c in procedure
   1034      * TestBounds.
   1035      * Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
   1036      * @param source The source sortkey.
   1037      * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
   1038      *                     (If an unmodified sortkey is passed, it is always null
   1039      *                      terminated).
   1040      * @param boundType Type of bound required. It can be UCOL_BOUND_LOWER, which
   1041      *                  produces a lower inclusive bound, UCOL_BOUND_UPPER, that
   1042      *                  produces upper bound that matches strings of the same length
   1043      *                  or UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG that matches strings that have the
   1044      *                  same starting substring as the source string.
   1045      * @param noOfLevels  Number of levels required in the resulting bound (for most
   1046      *                    uses, the recommended value is 1). See users guide for
   1047      *                    explanation on number of levels a sortkey can have.
   1048      * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the resulting sortkey.
   1049      * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
   1050      * @param status Used for returning error code if something went wrong. If the
   1051      *               number of levels requested is higher than the number of levels
   1052      *               in the source key, a warning (U_SORT_KEY_TOO_SHORT_WARNING) is
   1053      *               issued.
   1054      * @return The size needed to fully store the bound.
   1055      * @see ucol_keyHashCode
   1056      * @stable ICU 2.1
   1057      */
   1058     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 getBound(const uint8_t       *source,
   1059             int32_t             sourceLength,
   1060             UColBoundMode       boundType,
   1061             uint32_t            noOfLevels,
   1062             uint8_t             *result,
   1063             int32_t             resultLength,
   1064             UErrorCode          &status);
   1065 
   1066 
   1067 protected:
   1068 
   1069     // Collator protected constructors -------------------------------------
   1070 
   1071     /**
   1072     * Default constructor.
   1073     * Constructor is different from the old default Collator constructor.
   1074     * The task for determing the default collation strength and normalization
   1075     * mode is left to the child class.
   1076     * @stable ICU 2.0
   1077     */
   1078     Collator();
   1079 
   1080 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
   1081     /**
   1082     * Constructor.
   1083     * Empty constructor, does not handle the arguments.
   1084     * This constructor is done for backward compatibility with 1.7 and 1.8.
   1085     * The task for handling the argument collation strength and normalization
   1086     * mode is left to the child class.
   1087     * @param collationStrength collation strength
   1088     * @param decompositionMode
   1089     * @deprecated ICU 2.4. Subclasses should use the default constructor
   1090     * instead and handle the strength and normalization mode themselves.
   1091     */
   1092     Collator(UCollationStrength collationStrength,
   1093              UNormalizationMode decompositionMode);
   1094 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
   1095 
   1096     /**
   1097     * Copy constructor.
   1098     * @param other Collator object to be copied from
   1099     * @stable ICU 2.0
   1100     */
   1101     Collator(const Collator& other);
   1102 
   1103 public:
   1104    /**
   1105     * Used internally by registration to define the requested and valid locales.
   1106     * @param requestedLocale the requested locale
   1107     * @param validLocale the valid locale
   1108     * @param actualLocale the actual locale
   1109     * @internal
   1110     */
   1111     virtual void setLocales(const Locale& requestedLocale, const Locale& validLocale, const Locale& actualLocale);
   1112 
   1113     /** Get the short definition string for a collator. This internal API harvests the collator's
   1114      *  locale and the attribute set and produces a string that can be used for opening
   1115      *  a collator with the same attributes using the ucol_openFromShortString API.
   1116      *  This string will be normalized.
   1117      *  The structure and the syntax of the string is defined in the "Naming collators"
   1118      *  section of the users guide:
   1119      *  http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/concepts#TOC-Collator-naming-scheme
   1120      *  This function supports preflighting.
   1121      *
   1122      *  This is internal, and intended to be used with delegate converters.
   1123      *
   1124      *  @param locale a locale that will appear as a collators locale in the resulting
   1125      *                short string definition. If NULL, the locale will be harvested
   1126      *                from the collator.
   1127      *  @param buffer space to hold the resulting string
   1128      *  @param capacity capacity of the buffer
   1129      *  @param status for returning errors. All the preflighting errors are featured
   1130      *  @return length of the resulting string
   1131      *  @see ucol_openFromShortString
   1132      *  @see ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString
   1133      *  @see ucol_getShortDefinitionString
   1134      *  @internal
   1135      */
   1136     virtual int32_t internalGetShortDefinitionString(const char *locale,
   1137                                                      char *buffer,
   1138                                                      int32_t capacity,
   1139                                                      UErrorCode &status) const;
   1140 
   1141     /**
   1142      * Implements ucol_strcollUTF8().
   1143      * @internal
   1144      */
   1145     virtual UCollationResult internalCompareUTF8(
   1146             const char *left, int32_t leftLength,
   1147             const char *right, int32_t rightLength,
   1148             UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
   1149 
   1150     /**
   1151      * Implements ucol_nextSortKeyPart().
   1152      * @internal
   1153      */
   1154     virtual int32_t
   1155     internalNextSortKeyPart(
   1156             UCharIterator *iter, uint32_t state[2],
   1157             uint8_t *dest, int32_t count, UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
   1158 
   1159 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
   1160     /** @internal */
   1161     static inline Collator *fromUCollator(UCollator *uc) {
   1162         return reinterpret_cast<Collator *>(uc);
   1163     }
   1164     /** @internal */
   1165     static inline const Collator *fromUCollator(const UCollator *uc) {
   1166         return reinterpret_cast<const Collator *>(uc);
   1167     }
   1168     /** @internal */
   1169     inline UCollator *toUCollator() {
   1170         return reinterpret_cast<UCollator *>(this);
   1171     }
   1172     /** @internal */
   1173     inline const UCollator *toUCollator() const {
   1174         return reinterpret_cast<const UCollator *>(this);
   1175     }
   1176 #endif  // U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
   1177 
   1178 private:
   1179     /**
   1180      * Assignment operator. Private for now.
   1181      */
   1182     Collator& operator=(const Collator& other);
   1183 
   1184     friend class CFactory;
   1185     friend class SimpleCFactory;
   1186     friend class ICUCollatorFactory;
   1187     friend class ICUCollatorService;
   1188     static Collator* makeInstance(const Locale& desiredLocale,
   1189                                   UErrorCode& status);
   1190 };
   1191 
   1192 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
   1193 /**
   1194  * A factory, used with registerFactory, the creates multiple collators and provides
   1195  * display names for them.  A factory supports some number of locales-- these are the
   1196  * locales for which it can create collators.  The factory can be visible, in which
   1197  * case the supported locales will be enumerated by getAvailableLocales, or invisible,
   1198  * in which they are not.  Invisible locales are still supported, they are just not
   1199  * listed by getAvailableLocales.
   1200  * <p>
   1201  * If standard locale display names are sufficient, Collator instances can
   1202  * be registered using registerInstance instead.</p>
   1203  * <p>
   1204  * Note: if the collators are to be used from C APIs, they must be instances
   1205  * of RuleBasedCollator.</p>
   1206  *
   1207  * @stable ICU 2.6
   1208  */
   1209 class U_I18N_API CollatorFactory : public UObject {
   1210 public:
   1211 
   1212     /**
   1213      * Destructor
   1214      * @stable ICU 3.0
   1215      */
   1216     virtual ~CollatorFactory();
   1217 
   1218     /**
   1219      * Return true if this factory is visible.  Default is true.
   1220      * If not visible, the locales supported by this factory will not
   1221      * be listed by getAvailableLocales.
   1222      * @return true if the factory is visible.
   1223      * @stable ICU 2.6
   1224      */
   1225     virtual UBool visible(void) const;
   1226 
   1227     /**
   1228      * Return a collator for the provided locale.  If the locale
   1229      * is not supported, return NULL.
   1230      * @param loc the locale identifying the collator to be created.
   1231      * @return a new collator if the locale is supported, otherwise NULL.
   1232      * @stable ICU 2.6
   1233      */
   1234     virtual Collator* createCollator(const Locale& loc) = 0;
   1235 
   1236     /**
   1237      * Return the name of the collator for the objectLocale, localized for the displayLocale.
   1238      * If objectLocale is not supported, or the factory is not visible, set the result string
   1239      * to bogus.
   1240      * @param objectLocale the locale identifying the collator
   1241      * @param displayLocale the locale for which the display name of the collator should be localized
   1242      * @param result an output parameter for the display name, set to bogus if not supported.
   1243      * @return the display name
   1244      * @stable ICU 2.6
   1245      */
   1246     virtual  UnicodeString& getDisplayName(const Locale& objectLocale,
   1247                                            const Locale& displayLocale,
   1248                                            UnicodeString& result);
   1249 
   1250     /**
   1251      * Return an array of all the locale names directly supported by this factory.
   1252      * The number of names is returned in count.  This array is owned by the factory.
   1253      * Its contents must never change.
   1254      * @param count output parameter for the number of locales supported by the factory
   1255      * @param status the in/out error code
   1256      * @return a pointer to an array of count UnicodeStrings.
   1257      * @stable ICU 2.6
   1258      */
   1259     virtual const UnicodeString * getSupportedIDs(int32_t &count, UErrorCode& status) = 0;
   1260 };
   1261 #endif /* UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE */
   1262 
   1263 // Collator inline methods -----------------------------------------------
   1264 
   1265 U_NAMESPACE_END
   1266 
   1267 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
   1268 
   1269 #endif
   1270