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      3 /*
      4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2005, International Business Machines Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
      5 **********************************************************************
      6 *   Date        Name        Description
      7 *   07/18/01    aliu        Creation.
      8 **********************************************************************
      9 */
     10 #ifndef UNIMATCH_H
     11 #define UNIMATCH_H
     12 
     13 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
     14 
     15 /**
     16  * \file
     17  * \brief C++ API: Unicode Matcher
     18  */
     19 
     20 
     21 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
     22 
     23 class Replaceable;
     24 class UnicodeString;
     25 class UnicodeSet;
     26 
     27 /**
     28  * Constants returned by <code>UnicodeMatcher::matches()</code>
     29  * indicating the degree of match.
     30  * @stable ICU 2.4
     31  */
     32 enum UMatchDegree {
     33     /**
     34      * Constant returned by <code>matches()</code> indicating a
     35      * mismatch between the text and this matcher.  The text contains
     36      * a character which does not match, or the text does not contain
     37      * all desired characters for a non-incremental match.
     38      * @stable ICU 2.4
     39      */
     40     U_MISMATCH,
     41 
     42     /**
     43      * Constant returned by <code>matches()</code> indicating a
     44      * partial match between the text and this matcher.  This value is
     45      * only returned for incremental match operations.  All characters
     46      * of the text match, but more characters are required for a
     47      * complete match.  Alternatively, for variable-length matchers,
     48      * all characters of the text match, and if more characters were
     49      * supplied at limit, they might also match.
     50      * @stable ICU 2.4
     51      */
     52     U_PARTIAL_MATCH,
     53 
     54     /**
     55      * Constant returned by <code>matches()</code> indicating a
     56      * complete match between the text and this matcher.  For an
     57      * incremental variable-length match, this value is returned if
     58      * the given text matches, and it is known that additional
     59      * characters would not alter the extent of the match.
     60      * @stable ICU 2.4
     61      */
     62     U_MATCH
     63 };
     64 
     65 /**
     66  * <code>UnicodeMatcher</code> defines a protocol for objects that can
     67  * match a range of characters in a Replaceable string.
     68  * @stable ICU 2.4
     69  */
     70 class U_COMMON_API UnicodeMatcher /* not : public UObject because this is an interface/mixin class */ {
     71 
     72 public:
     73     /**
     74      * Destructor.
     75      * @stable ICU 2.4
     76      */
     77     virtual ~UnicodeMatcher();
     78 
     79     /**
     80      * Return a UMatchDegree value indicating the degree of match for
     81      * the given text at the given offset.  Zero, one, or more
     82      * characters may be matched.
     83      *
     84      * Matching in the forward direction is indicated by limit >
     85      * offset.  Characters from offset forwards to limit-1 will be
     86      * considered for matching.
     87      *
     88      * Matching in the reverse direction is indicated by limit <
     89      * offset.  Characters from offset backwards to limit+1 will be
     90      * considered for matching.
     91      *
     92      * If limit == offset then the only match possible is a zero
     93      * character match (which subclasses may implement if desired).
     94      *
     95      * As a side effect, advance the offset parameter to the limit of
     96      * the matched substring.  In the forward direction, this will be
     97      * the index of the last matched character plus one.  In the
     98      * reverse direction, this will be the index of the last matched
     99      * character minus one.
    100      *
    101      * <p>Note:  This method is not const because some classes may
    102      * modify their state as the result of a match.
    103      *
    104      * @param text the text to be matched
    105      * @param offset on input, the index into text at which to begin
    106      * matching.  On output, the limit of the matched text.  The
    107      * number of matched characters is the output value of offset
    108      * minus the input value.  Offset should always point to the
    109      * HIGH SURROGATE (leading code unit) of a pair of surrogates,
    110      * both on entry and upon return.
    111      * @param limit the limit index of text to be matched.  Greater
    112      * than offset for a forward direction match, less than offset for
    113      * a backward direction match.  The last character to be
    114      * considered for matching will be text.charAt(limit-1) in the
    115      * forward direction or text.charAt(limit+1) in the backward
    116      * direction.
    117      * @param incremental if TRUE, then assume further characters may
    118      * be inserted at limit and check for partial matching.  Otherwise
    119      * assume the text as given is complete.
    120      * @return a match degree value indicating a full match, a partial
    121      * match, or a mismatch.  If incremental is FALSE then
    122      * U_PARTIAL_MATCH should never be returned.
    123      * @stable ICU 2.4
    124      */
    125     virtual UMatchDegree matches(const Replaceable& text,
    126                                  int32_t& offset,
    127                                  int32_t limit,
    128                                  UBool incremental) = 0;
    129 
    130     /**
    131      * Returns a string representation of this matcher.  If the result of
    132      * calling this function is passed to the appropriate parser, it
    133      * will produce another matcher that is equal to this one.
    134      * @param result the string to receive the pattern.  Previous
    135      * contents will be deleted.
    136      * @param escapeUnprintable if TRUE then convert unprintable
    137      * character to their hex escape representations, \\uxxxx or
    138      * \\Uxxxxxxxx.  Unprintable characters are those other than
    139      * U+000A, U+0020..U+007E.
    140      * @stable ICU 2.4
    141      */
    142     virtual UnicodeString& toPattern(UnicodeString& result,
    143                                      UBool escapeUnprintable = FALSE) const = 0;
    144 
    145     /**
    146      * Returns TRUE if this matcher will match a character c, where c
    147      * & 0xFF == v, at offset, in the forward direction (with limit >
    148      * offset).  This is used by <tt>RuleBasedTransliterator</tt> for
    149      * indexing.
    150      * @stable ICU 2.4
    151      */
    152     virtual UBool matchesIndexValue(uint8_t v) const = 0;
    153 
    154     /**
    155      * Union the set of all characters that may be matched by this object
    156      * into the given set.
    157      * @param toUnionTo the set into which to union the source characters
    158      * @stable ICU 2.4
    159      */
    160     virtual void addMatchSetTo(UnicodeSet& toUnionTo) const = 0;
    161 };
    162 
    163 U_NAMESPACE_END
    164 
    165 #endif
    166