scuffed-code/icu4c/source/common/unicode/strenum.h
George Rhoten c3f70fa1d8 ICU-3221 Fix some AIX linker warnings
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/*
*******************************************************************************
*
* Copyright (C) 2002, International Business Machines
* Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
*
*******************************************************************************
*/
#ifndef STRENUM_H
#define STRENUM_H
#include "unicode/uobject.h"
U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
class UnicodeString;
/**
* Base class for 'pure' C++ implementations of uenum api. Adds a
* method that returns the next UnicodeString since in C++ this can
* be a common storage format for strings.
*
* <p>The model is that the enumeration is over strings maintained by
* a 'service.' At any point, the service might change, invalidating
* the enumerator (though this is expected to be rare). The iterator
* returns an error if this has occurred. Lack of the error is no
* guarantee that the service didn't change immediately after the
* call, so the returned string still might not be 'valid' on
* subsequent use.</p>
*
* <p>Strings may take the form of const char*, const UChar*, or const
* UnicodeString*. The type you get is determine by the variant of
* 'next' that you call. In general the StringEnumeration is
* optimized for one of these types, but all StringEnumerations can
* return all types. Returned strings are each terminated with a NUL.
* Depending on the service data, they might also include embedded NUL
* characters, so API is provided to optionally return the true
* length, counting the embedded NULs but not counting the terminating
* NUL.</p>
*
* <p>The pointers returned by next, unext, and snext become invalid
* upon any subsequent call to the enumeration's destructor, next,
* unext, snext, or reset.</p>
*
* @draft ICU 2.4
*/
class U_COMMON_API StringEnumeration : public UObject {
public:
/**
* Destructor.
* @draft ICU 2.4
*/
virtual ~StringEnumeration();
/**
* <p>Return the number of elements that the iterator traverses. If
* the iterator is out of sync with its service, status is set to
* U_ENUM_OUT_OF_SYNC_ERROR, and the return value is zero.</p>
*
* <p>The return value will not change except possibly as a result of
* a subsequent call to reset, or if the iterator becomes out of sync.</p>
*
* <p>This is a convenience function. It can end up being very
* expensive as all the items might have to be pre-fetched
* (depending on the storage format of the data being
* traversed).</p>
*
* @param status the error code.
* @return number of elements in the iterator.
*
* @draft ICU 2.4 */
virtual int32_t count(UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
/**
* <p>Returns the next element as a NUL-terminated char*. If there
* are no more elements, returns NULL. If the resultLength pointer
* is not NULL, the length of the string (not counting the
* terminating NUL) is returned at that address. If an error
* status is returned, the value at resultLength is undefined.</p>
*
* <p>The returned pointer is owned by this iterator and must not be
* deleted by the caller. The pointer is valid until the next call
* to next, unext, snext, reset, or the enumerator's destructor.</p>
*
* <p>If the iterator is out of sync with its service, status is set
* to U_ENUM_OUT_OF_SYNC_ERROR and NULL is returned.</p>
*
* <p>If the native service string is a UChar* string, it is
* converted to char* with the invariant converter. If the
* conversion fails (because a character cannot be converted) then
* status is set to U_INVARIANT_CONVERSION_ERROR and the return
* value is undefined (though not NULL).</p>
*
* @param status the error code.
* @param resultLength a pointer to receive the length, can be NULL.
* @return a pointer to the string, or NULL.
*
* @draft ICU 2.4
*/
virtual const char* next(int32_t *resultLength, UErrorCode& status) = 0;
/**
* <p>Returns the next element as a NUL-terminated UChar*. If there
* are no more elements, returns NULL. If the resultLength pointer
* is not NULL, the length of the string (not counting the
* terminating NUL) is returned at that address. If an error
* status is returned, the value at resultLength is undefined.</p>
*
* <p>The returned pointer is owned by this iterator and must not be
* deleted by the caller. The pointer is valid until the next call
* to next, unext, snext, reset, or the enumerator's destructor.</p>
*
* <p>If the iterator is out of sync with its service, status is set
* to U_ENUM_OUT_OF_SYNC_ERROR and NULL is returned.</p>
*
* @param status the error code.
* @param resultLength a ponter to receive the length, can be NULL.
* @return a pointer to the string, or NULL.
*
* @draft ICU 2.4
*/
virtual const UChar* unext(int32_t *resultLength, UErrorCode& status) = 0;
/**
* <p>Returns the next element a UnicodeString*. If there are no
* more elements, returns NULL.</p>
*
* <p>The returned pointer is owned by this iterator and must not be
* deleted by the caller. The pointer is valid until the next call
* to next, unext, snext, reset, or the enumerator's destructor.</p>
*
* <p>If the iterator is out of sync with its service, status is set
* to U_ENUM_OUT_OF_SYNC_ERROR and NULL is returned.</p>
*
* @param status the error code.
* @return a pointer to the string, or NULL.
*
* @draft ICU 2.4
*/
virtual const UnicodeString* snext(UErrorCode& status) = 0;
/**
* <p>Resets the iterator. This re-establishes sync with the
* service and rewinds the iterator to start at the first
* element.</p>
*
* <p>Previous pointers returned by next, unext, or snext become
* invalid, and the value returned by count might change.</p>
*
* @param status the error code.
*
* @draft ICU 2.4
*/
virtual void reset(UErrorCode& status) = 0;
};
U_NAMESPACE_END
/* STRENUM_H */
#endif