scuffed-code/icu4c/source/common/unicode/uclean.h
Vladimir Weinstein c9475e02ae ICU-2959 Updated copyright notices
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/*
******************************************************************************
* *
* Copyright (C) 2001-2003, International Business Machines *
* Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved. *
* *
******************************************************************************
* file name: uclean.h
* encoding: US-ASCII
* tab size: 8 (not used)
* indentation:4
*
* created on: 2001July05
* created by: George Rhoten
*/
#ifndef __UCLEAN_H__
#define __UCLEAN_H__
#include "unicode/utypes.h"
/**
* Initialize ICU. This function loads and initializes data items
* that are required internally by various ICU functions. Use of this explicit
* initialization is required in multi-threaded applications; in
* single threaded apps, use is optional, but incurs little additional
* cost, and is thus recommended.
* <p>
* In multi-threaded applications, u_init() should be called in the
* main thread before starting additional threads, or, alternatively
* it can be called in each individual thread once, before other ICU
* functions are called in that thread. In this second scenario, the
* application must guarantee that the first call to u_init() happen
* without contention, in a single thread only.
* <p>
* Extra, repeated, or otherwise unneeded calls to u_init() do no harm,
* other taking a small amount of time.
*
* @param pErrorCode An ICU UErrorCode parameter. It must not be <code>NULL</code>.
* An Error will be retuned if some required part of ICU data can not
* be loaded or initialized.
*
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2
u_init(UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Clean up the system resources, such as allocated memory or open files,
* used in all ICU libraries. This will free/delete all memory owned by the
* ICU libraries, and return them to their original load state. All open ICU
* items (collators, resource bundles, converters, etc.) must be closed before
* calling this function, otherwise ICU may not free its allocated memory
* (e.g. close your converters and resource bundles before calling this
* function). Generally, this function should be called once just before
* an application exits. For applications that dynamically load and unload
* the ICU libraries (relatively uncommon), u_cleanup() should be called
* just before the library unload.
* <p>
* u_cleanup() is not thread safe. All other threads should stop using ICU
* before calling this function.
* <p>
* Any open ICU items will be left in an undefined state by u_cleanup(),
* and any subsequent attempt to use such an item will give unpredictable
* results.
* <p>
* After calling u_cleanup(), an application may continue to use ICU by
* calling u_init(). An application must invoke u_init() first from one single
* thread before allowing other threads call u_init(). All threads existing
* at the time of the first thread's call to u_init() must also call
* u_init() themselves before continuing with other ICU operations.
* <p>
* The use of u_cleanup() just before an application terminates is optional,
* but it should be called only once for performance reasons. The primary
* benefit is to eliminate reports of memory or resource leaks originating
* in ICU code from the results generated by heap analysis tools.
* <p>
* <strong>Use this function with great care!</strong>
* </p>
*
* @stable ICU 2.0
* @system
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2
u_cleanup(void);
#endif