/*
**********************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2002, International Business Machines
* Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
**********************************************************************
* Author: Alan Liu
* Created: November 11 2002
* Since: ICU 2.4
**********************************************************************
*/
#ifndef _USTRENUM_H_
#define _USTRENUM_H_

#include "unicode/uenum.h"
#include "unicode/strenum.h"

/**
 * Given a StringEnumeration, wrap it in a UEnumeration.  The
 * StringEnumeration is adopted; after this call, the caller must not
 * delete it (regardless of error status).
 */
U_CAPI UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
uenum_openStringEnumeration(StringEnumeration* adopted, UErrorCode* ec);

/**
 * Given an array of const char* strings (invariant chars only),
 * return a UEnumeration.  Must have strings[i] != 0 for i in
 * 0..count-1.
 */
U_CAPI UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
uenum_openCharStringsEnumeration(const char** strings, int32_t count,
                                 UErrorCode* ec);

//----------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * A wrapper to make a UEnumeration into a StringEnumeration.  The
 * wrapper adopts the UEnumeration is wraps.
 */
class U_COMMON_API UStringEnumeration : public StringEnumeration {

 public:
    /**
     * Constructor.  This constructor adopts its UEnumeration
     * argument.
     * @param uenum a UEnumeration object.  This object takes
     * ownership of 'uenum' and will close it in its destructor.  The
     * caller must not call uenum_close on 'uenum' after calling this
     * constructor.
     */
    UStringEnumeration(UEnumeration* uenum);

    /**
     * Destructor.  This closes the UEnumeration passed in to the
     * constructor.
     */
    virtual ~UStringEnumeration();
    
    /**
     * Return the number of elements that the iterator traverses.
     * @param status the error code.
     * @return number of elements in the iterator.
     */
    virtual int32_t count(UErrorCode& status) const;

    /**
     * Returns the next element a UnicodeString*.  If there are no
     * more elements, returns NULL.
     * @param status the error code.
     * @return a pointer to the string, or NULL.
     */
    virtual const UnicodeString* snext(UErrorCode& status);

    /**
     * Resets the iterator.
     * @param status the error code.
     */
    virtual void reset(UErrorCode& status);

    /**
     * ICU4C "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual ICU class.
     */
    virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID() const;

    /**
     * ICU4C "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this ICU class.
     */
    static UClassID getStaticClassID();

 private:
    UEnumeration *uenum; // owned
};

//----------------------------------------------------------------------

// The following has not been tested and is not used yet. [alan]
// 
// /**
//  * A StringEnumeration over a fixed array of const UChar* strings.
//  */
// class U_COMMON_API StringArrayEnumeration : public StringEnumeration {
// 
//  public:
//     /**
//      * Constructor.
//      * @param strings pointer to array of const UChar*.  If 'count' ==
//      * 0, then this pointer is ignored.  May be NULL if 'count' == 0.
//      * @param count number of elements of strings, or 0.  If 0, then
//      * 'strings' is ignored.
//      */
//     StringArrayEnumeration(const UChar** strings, int32_t count,
//                            UErrorCode& status);
// 
//     /**
//      * Destructor.
//      */
//     virtual ~StringArrayEnumeration();
// 
//     /**
//      * Clone this object.
//      * @return a clone of this object
//      */
//     virtual StringEnumeration *clone() const;
//     
//     /**
//      * Return the number of elements that the iterator traverses.
//      * @param status the error code.
//      * @return number of elements in the iterator.
//      */
//     virtual int32_t count(UErrorCode& status) const;
// 
//     /**
//      * Returns the next element a UnicodeString*.  If there are no
//      * more elements, returns NULL.
//      * @param status the error code.
//      * @return a pointer to the string, or NULL.
//      */
//     virtual const UnicodeString* snext(UErrorCode& status);
// 
//     /**
//      * Resets the iterator.
//      * @param status the error code.
//      */
//     virtual void reset(UErrorCode& status);
// 
//     /**
//      * ICU4C "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual ICU class.
//      */
//     virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID() const;
// 
//     /**
//      * ICU4C "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this ICU class.
//      */
//     static UClassID getStaticClassID();
// 
//  private:
//     const UChar** strings;
//     int32_t stringCount;
//     int32_t pos;
// };

/* _USTRENUM_H_ */
#endif
/*eof*/