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/*
*******************************************************************************
* Copyright © {1996-1999}, International Business Machines Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
*******************************************************************************
*/
#ifndef UCOL_H
#define UCOL_H
#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/unorm.h"
/**
* \file
* \brief C API: Collator
*
* <h2> Collator C API </h2>
*
* The C API for Collator performs locale-sensitive
* string comparison. You use this class to build
* searching and sorting routines for natural language text.
* <em>Important: </em>The ICU collation implementation is being reworked.
* This means that collation results and especially sort keys will change
* from ICU 1.6 to 1.7 and again to 1.8.
* For details, see the <a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/develop/ICU_collation_design.htm">collation design document</a>.
*
* <p>
* Like other locale-sensitive classes, you can use the function
* <code>ucol_open()</code>, to obtain the appropriate pointer to
* <code>UCollator</code> object for a given locale. If you need
* to understand the details of a particular collation strategy or
* if you need to modify that strategy.
*
* <p>
* The following example shows how to compare two strings using
* the <code>UCollator</code> for the default locale.
* <blockquote>
* <pre>
* \code
* // Compare two strings in the default locale
* UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
* UCollator* myCollator = ucol_open(NULL, &success);
* UChar source[4], target[4];
* u_uastrcpy(source, "abc");
* u_uastrcpy(target, "ABC");
* if( u_strcoll(myCollator, source, u_strlen(source), target, u_strlen(target)) == UCOL_LESS) {
* printf("abc is less than ABC\n");
* }else{
* printf("abc is greater than or equal to ABC\n");
* }
* \endcode
* </pre>
* </blockquote>
*
* <p>
* You can set a <code>Collator</code>'s <em>strength</em> property
* to determine the level of difference considered significant in
* comparisons. Four strengths are provided: <code>UCOL_PRIMARY</code>,
* <code>UCOL_SECONDARY</code>, <code>UCOL_TERTIARY</code>, and
* <code>UCOL_IDENTICAL</code>. The exact assignment of strengths to
* language features is locale dependant. For example, in Czech,
* "e" and "f" are considered primary differences, while "e" and "\u00EA"
* are secondary differences, "e" and "E" are tertiary differences and
* "e" and "e" are identical.
* The following shows how both case and accents could be ignored for
* US English.
* <blockquote>
* <pre>
* \code
* //Get the Collator for US English and set its strength to UCOL_PRIMARY
* UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
* UCollator* usCollator = ucol_open("en_US", &success);
* ucol_setStrength(usCollator, UCOL_PRIMARY);
* UChar source[4], target[4];
* u_uastrcpy(source, "abc");
* u_uastrcpy(target, "ABC");
* if( u_strcoll(myCollator, source, u_strlen(source), target, u_strlen(target)) == UCOL_EQUAL) {
* printf("'abc' and 'ABC' strings are equivalent with strength UCOL_PRIMARY\n");
* }
* \endcode
* </pre>
* </blockquote>
* <p>
* For comparing strings exactly once, the <code>u_strcoll</code>
* method provides the best performance. When sorting a list of
* strings however, it is generally necessary to compare each
* string multiple times. In this case, sort keys
* provide better performance. The <code>ucol_getSortKey</code> method converts
* a string to a series of bytes that can be compared bitwise
* against other sort keys using <code>strcmp()</code>.
* Sort keys are written as zero-terminated byte strings.
* They consist of several substrings, one for each collation strength level,
* that are delimited by 0x01 bytes.
* If the string code points are appended for UCOL_IDENTICAL, then they are processed
* for correct code point order comparison and may contain 0x01 bytes
* but not zero bytes.</p>
* <p>
* <strong>Note:</strong> <code>UCollator</code>s with different Locale,
* Collation Strength and Decomposition Mode settings will return different
* sort orders for the same set of strings. Locales have specific
* collation rules, and the way in which secondary and tertiary differences
* are taken into account, for example, will result in a different sorting order
* for same strings.
* <p>
* @see UCollationResult
* @see UNormalizationMode
* @see UCollationStrength
* @see UCollationElements
*/
struct collIterate;
typedef struct collIterate collIterate;
struct incrementalContext;
typedef struct incrementalContext incrementalContext;
/** A collator.
* For usage in C programs.
*/
typedef void* UCollator;
/**
* UCOL_LESS is returned if source string is compared to be less than target
* string in the u_strcoll() method.
* UCOL_EQUAL is returned if source string is compared to be equal to target
* string in the u_strcoll() method.
* UCOL_GREATER is returned if source string is compared to be greater than
* target string in the u_strcoll() method.
* @see u_strcoll()
**/
/** Possible values for a comparison result */
typedef enum {
/** string a == string b */
UCOL_EQUAL = 0,
/** string a > string b */
UCOL_GREATER = 1,
/** string a < string b */
UCOL_LESS = -1
} UCollationResult ;
typedef enum {
/* accepted by most attributes */
UCOL_DEFAULT = -1,
/* for UCOL_STRENGTH */
/** Primary collation strength */
UCOL_PRIMARY = 0,
/** Secondary collation strength */
UCOL_SECONDARY = 1,
/** Tertiary collation strength */
UCOL_TERTIARY = 2,
/** Default collation strength */
UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH = UCOL_TERTIARY,
/** Quaternary collation strength */
UCOL_QUATERNARY=3,
/** Identical collation strength */
UCOL_IDENTICAL=15,
/* for UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION, UCOL_CASE_LEVEL & UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE*/
UCOL_OFF = 16,
UCOL_ON = 17,
/* for UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING */
UCOL_SHIFTED = 20,
UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE = 21,
/* for UCOL_CASE_FIRST */
UCOL_LOWER_FIRST = 24,
UCOL_UPPER_FIRST = 25,
/* for UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE */
UCOL_ON_WITHOUT_HANGUL = 28,
/** No more attribute values after this*/
UCOL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_COUNT
} UColAttributeValue;
/**
* Base letter represents a primary difference. Set comparison
* level to UCOL_PRIMARY to ignore secondary and tertiary differences.
* Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.
* Example of primary difference, "abc" &lt; "abd"
*
* Diacritical differences on the same base letter represent a secondary
* difference. Set comparison level to UCOL_SECONDARY to ignore tertiary
* differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.
* Example of secondary difference, "ä" >> "a".
*
* Uppercase and lowercase versions of the same character represents a
* tertiary difference. Set comparison level to UCOL_TERTIARY to include
* all comparison differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator
* object.
* Example of tertiary difference, "abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC".
*
* Two characters are considered "identical" when they have the same
* unicode spellings. UCOL_IDENTICAL.
* For example, "ä" == "ä".
*
* UCollationStrength is also used to determine the strength of sort keys
* generated from UCollator objects
**/
/** Possible collation strengths - all under UColAttributeValue*/
typedef UColAttributeValue UCollationStrength;
typedef enum {
UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION, /* attribute for direction of secondary weights*/
UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING, /* attribute for handling variable elements*/
UCOL_CASE_FIRST, /* who goes first, lower case or uppercase */
UCOL_CASE_LEVEL, /* do we have an extra case level */
UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE, /* attribute for normalization */
UCOL_STRENGTH, /* attribute for strength */
UCOL_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT
} UColAttribute;
typedef enum {
UCOL_TAILORING_ONLY,
UCOL_FULL_RULES
} UColRuleOption ;
/**
* Open a UCollator for comparing strings.
* The UCollator may be used in calls to \Ref{ucol_strcoll}.
* @param loc The locale containing the comparison conventions.
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
* @return A pointer to a UCollator, or 0 if an error occurred.
* @see ucol_openRules
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UCollator*
ucol_open( const char *loc,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Open a UCollator for comparing strings.
* The UCollator may be used in calls to \Ref{ucol_strcoll}.
* @param rules A string describing the collation rules.
* @param rulesLength The length of rules, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param mode The normalization mode; one of UCOL_NO_NORMALIZATION,
* UCOL_CAN_DECOMP, UCOL_COMPAT_DECOMP, UCOL_CAN_DECOMP_COMPAT_COMP,
* UCOL_COMPAT_DECOMP_CAN_COMP, UCOL_DEFAULT_NORMALIZATION
* @param strength The collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
* UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL,UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
* @return A pointer to a UCollator, or 0 if an error occurred.
* @see ucol_open
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UCollator*
ucol_openRules( const UChar *rules,
int32_t rulesLength,
UNormalizationMode mode,
UCollationStrength strength,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Close a UCollator.
* Once closed, a UCollator should not be used.
* @param coll The UCollator to close.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_close(UCollator *coll);
/**
* Compare two strings.
* The strings will be compared using the normalization mode and options
* specified in \Ref{ucol_open} or \Ref{ucol_openRules}
* @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
* @param source The source string.
* @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param target The target string.
* @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
* UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
* @see ucol_greater
* @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
* @see ucol_equal
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UCollationResult
ucol_strcoll( const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
const UChar *target,
int32_t targetLength);
/**
* DO NOT USE THIS API!!! It is the old implementation of ucol_strcoll
* and is used only for testing purposes.
* @internal DO NOT USE!!! Will be removed by 1.8 release.
*/
U_CAPI UCollationResult
ucol_strcollEx( const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
const UChar *target,
int32_t targetLength);
/**
* Determine if one string is greater than another.
* This function is equivalent to \Ref{ucol_strcoll} == UCOL_GREATER
* @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
* @param source The source string.
* @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param target The target string.
* @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @return TRUE if source is greater than target, FALSE otherwise.
* @see ucol_strcoll
* @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
* @see ucol_equal
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UBool
ucol_greater( const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
const UChar *target,
int32_t targetLength);
/**
* Determine if one string is greater than or equal to another.
* This function is equivalent to \Ref{ucol_strcoll} != UCOL_LESS
* @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
* @param source The source string.
* @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param target The target string.
* @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @return TRUE if source is greater than or equal to target, FALSE otherwise.
* @see ucol_strcoll
* @see ucol_greater
* @see ucol_equal
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UBool
ucol_greaterOrEqual( const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
const UChar *target,
int32_t targetLength);
/**
* Compare two strings for equality.
* This function is equivalent to \Ref{ucol_strcoll} == UCOL_EQUAL
* @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
* @param source The source string.
* @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param target The target string.
* @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @return TRUE if source is equal to target, FALSE otherwise
* @see ucol_strcoll
* @see ucol_greater
* @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UBool
ucol_equal( const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
const UChar *target,
int32_t targetLength);
/**
* Get the collation strength used in a UCollator.
* The strength influences how strings are compared.
* @param coll The UCollator to query.
* @return The collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
* UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL, UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH
* @see ucol_setStrength
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UCollationStrength
ucol_getStrength(const UCollator *coll);
/**
* Set the collation strength used in a UCollator.
* The strength influences how strings are compared.
* <p>Example of use:
* <pre>
* . UCollationResult result;
* . UChar *source, *target;
* . UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
* . UCollator *myCollation = ucol_open("en_US", status);
* . if (U_FAILURE(&status)) return;
* . ucol_setStrength(myCollation, UCOL_PRIMARY);
* . u_uastrcpy(source, "abc");
* . u_uastrcpy(target, "ABC");
* . // result will be "abc" == "ABC"
* . // tertiary differences will be ignored
* . result = ucol_strcoll(myCollation, source, u_strlen(source), target, u_strlen(target));
* </pre>
* @param coll The UCollator to set.
* @param strength The desired collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY,
* UCOL_SECONDARY, UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL, UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH
* @see ucol_getStrength
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_setStrength( UCollator *coll,
UCollationStrength strength);
/**
* Get the normalization mode used in a UCollator.
* The normalization mode influences how strings are compared.
* @param coll The UCollator to query.
* @return The normalization mode; one of UCOL_NO_NORMALIZATION,
* UCOL_CAN_DECOMP, UCOL_COMPAT_DECOMP, UCOL_CAN_DECOMP_COMPAT_COMP,
* UCOL_COMPAT_DECOMP_CAN_COMP, UCOL_DEFAULT_NORMALIZATION
* @see ucol_setNormalization
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UNormalizationMode
ucol_getNormalization(const UCollator* coll);
/**
* Set the normalization mode used in a UCollator.
* The normalization mode influences how strings are compared.
* @param coll The UCollator to set.
* @param mode The desired normalization mode; one of UCOL_NO_NORMALIZATION,
* UCOL_CAN_DECOMP, UCOL_COMPAT_DECOMP, UCOL_CAN_DECOMP_COMPAT_COMP,
* UCOL_COMPAT_DECOMP_CAN_COMP, UCOL_DEFAULT_NORMALIZATION
* @see ucol_getNormalization
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_setNormalization( UCollator *coll,
UNormalizationMode mode);
/**
* Get the display name for a UCollator.
* The display name is suitable for presentation to a user.
* @param objLoc The locale of the collator in question.
* @param dispLoc The locale for display.
* @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the attribute.
* @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
* @return The total buffer size needed; if greater than resultLength,
* the output was truncated.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_getDisplayName( const char *objLoc,
const char *dispLoc,
UChar *result,
int32_t resultLength,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Get a locale for which collation rules are available.
* A UCollator in a locale returned by this function will perform the correct
* collation for the locale.
* @param index The index of the desired locale.
* @return A locale for which collation rules are available, or 0 if none.
* @see ucol_countAvailable
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI const char*
ucol_getAvailable(int32_t index);
/**
* Determine how many locales have collation rules available.
* This function is most useful as determining the loop ending condition for
* calls to \Ref{ucol_getAvailable}.
* @return The number of locales for which collation rules are available.
* @see ucol_getAvailable
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_countAvailable(void);
/**
* Get the collation rules from a UCollator.
* The rules will follow the rule syntax.
* @param coll The UCollator to query.
* @param length
* @return The collation rules.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI const UChar*
ucol_getRules( const UCollator *coll,
int32_t *length);
/**
* Get a sort key for a string from a UCollator.
* Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
* @param coll The UCollator containing the collation rules.
* @param source The string to transform.
* @param sourecLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the attribute.
* @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
* @return The size needed to fully store the sort key..
* @see ucol_keyHashCode
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_getSortKey(const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
uint8_t *result,
int32_t resultLength);
/**
* DO NOT USE THIS API!!! It is the old implementation of ucol_getSortKey
* and is used only for testing purposes.
* @internal DO NOT USE!!! Will be removed by 1.8 release.
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_getSortKeyEx(const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *source,
int32_t sourceLength,
uint8_t *result,
int32_t resultLength);
/**
* Generate a hash code for a collation key.
* A hash code is a 32-bit value suitable for use as a key in a hashtable.
* @param key The collation key.
* @param keyLength The length of key.
* @return A hash code for key.
* @see ucol_getSortKey
* @deprecated ? why is hashCode useful for C users?
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_keyHashCode( const uint8_t* key,
int32_t length);
/** The UCollationElements struct.
* For usage in C programs.
*/
struct UCollationElements;
typedef struct UCollationElements UCollationElements;
/**
* The UCollationElements is used as an iterator to walk through
* each character of an international string. Use the iterator to return the
* ordering priority of the positioned character. The ordering priority of
* a character, which we refer to as a key, defines how a character is
* collated in the given collation object.
* For example, consider the following in Spanish:
* <pre>
* . "ca" -> the first key is key('c') and second key is key('a').
* . "cha" -> the first key is key('ch') and second key is key('a').
* </pre>
* And in German,
* <pre>
* . "æb"-> the first key is key('a'), the second key is key('e'), and
* . the third key is key('b').
* </pre>
* The key of a character, is an const UCOL_PRIMARYMASK, UCOL_SECONDARY_MASK,
* UCOL_TERTIARYMASK.
* <p>Example of the iterator usage: (without error checking)
* <pre>
* . void CollationElementIterator_Example()
* . {
* . UChar *s;
* . t_int32 order, primaryOrder;
* . UCollationElements *c;
* . UCollator *coll;
* . UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
* . s=(UChar*)malloc(sizeof(UChar) * (strlen("This is a test")+1) );
* . u_uastrcpy(s, "This is a test");
* . coll = ucol_open(NULL, &success);
* . c = ucol_openElements(coll, str, u_strlen(str), &status);
* . order = ucol_next(c, &success);
* . primaryOrder = order & UCOL_PRIMARYMASK;
* . free(s);
* . ucol_close(coll);
* . ucol_closeElements(c);
* . }
* </pre>
* <p>
* ucol_next() returns the collation order of the next
* character based on the comparison level of the collator. A collation order
* consists of primary order, secondary order and tertiary order. The data
* type of the collation order is <strong>t_int32</strong>. The first 16 bits of
* a collation order is its primary order; the next 8 bits is the secondary
* order and the last 8 bits is the tertiary order.
*
* @see Collator
*/
/**
* Open the collation elements for a string.
*
* @param coll The collator containing the desired collation rules.
* @param text The text to iterate over.
* @param textLength The number of characters in text, or -1 if null-terminated
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UCollationElements*
ucol_openElements( const UCollator *coll,
const UChar *text,
int32_t textLength,
UErrorCode *status);
/* Bit mask for primary collation strength. */
#define UCOL_PRIMARYMASK 0xFFFF0000
/* Bit mask for secondary collation strength. */
#define UCOL_SECONDARYMASK 0x0000FF00
/* Bit mask for tertiary collation strength. */
#define UCOL_TERTIARYMASK 0x000000FF
/** This indicates the last element in a UCollationElements has been consumed.
*
*/
#define UCOL_NULLORDER 0xFFFFFFFF
/**
* Close a UCollationElements.
* Once closed, a UCollationElements may no longer be used.
* @param elems The UCollationElements to close.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_closeElements(UCollationElements *elems);
/**
* Reset the collation elements to their initial state.
* This will move the 'cursor' to the beginning of the text.
* @param elems The UCollationElements to reset.
* @see ucol_next
* @see ucol_previous
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_reset(UCollationElements *elems);
/**
* Get the ordering priority of the next collation element in the text.
* A single character may contain more than one collation element.
* @param elems The UCollationElements containing the text.
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors.
* @return The next collation elements ordering, or \Ref{UCOL_NULLORDER} if the
* end of the text is reached.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_next( UCollationElements *elems,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Get the ordering priority of the previous collation element in the text.
* A single character may contain more than one collation element.
* @param elems The UCollationElements containing the text.
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors.
* @return The previous collation elements ordering, or \Ref{UCOL_NULLORDER}
* if the end of the text is reached.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_previous( UCollationElements *elems,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Get the maximum length of any expansion sequences that end with the
* specified comparison order.
* This is useful for .... ?
* @param elems The UCollationElements containing the text.
* @param order A collation order returned by previous or next.
* @return The maximum length of any expansion sequences ending with the
* specified order.
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI int32_t
ucol_getMaxExpansion( const UCollationElements *elems,
int32_t order);
/**
* Set the text containing the collation elements.
* This
* @param elems The UCollationElements to set.
* @param text The source text containing the collation elements.
* @param textLength The length of text, or -1 if null-terminated.
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors.
* @see ucol_getText
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_setText( UCollationElements *elems,
const UChar *text,
int32_t textLength,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Get the offset of the current source character.
* This is an offset into the text of the character containing the current
* collation elements.
* @param elems The UCollationElements to query.
* @return The offset of the current source character.
* @see ucol_setOffset
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI UTextOffset
ucol_getOffset(const UCollationElements *elems);
/**
* Set the offset of the current source character.
* This is an offset into the text of the character to be processed.
* @param elems The UCollationElements to set.
* @param offset The desired character offset.
* @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors.
* @see ucol_getOffset
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void
ucol_setOffset( UCollationElements *elems,
UTextOffset offset,
UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Gets the version information for a Collator.
* @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
* @stable
*/
U_CAPI void U_EXPORT2
ucol_getVersion(const UCollator* coll, UVersionInfo info);
/* Following are the new APIs for 1.7. They are all draft and most are not even implemented */
/**
* Universal attribute setter
* @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
* @param attr attribute type
* @param value attribute value
* @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
* @draft API 1.7 freeze
*/
U_CAPI void ucol_setAttribute(UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UColAttributeValue value, UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Universal attribute getter
* @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
* @param attr attribute type
* @return attribute value
* @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
* @draft API 1.7 freeze
*/
U_CAPI UColAttributeValue ucol_getAttribute(const UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UErrorCode *status);
/**
* Thread safe cloning operation
* @param coll collator to be cloned
* @param stackBuffer user allocated space for the new clone. If NULL new memory will be allocated
* @param bufferSize size of allocated space. If not enough new memory will be allocated.
* @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
* @return pointer to the new clone
* @draft API 1.7 freeze
*/
U_CAPI UCollator *ucol_safeClone(const UCollator *coll, void *stackBuffer, uint32_t bufferSize, UErrorCode *status);
/* declaration for forward iterating function */
typedef UChar UCharForwardIterator(void *context);
/**
* String compare that uses user supplied character iteration.
* The idea is to prevent users from having to convert the whole string into UChar's before comparing
* since sometimes strings differ on first couple of characters.
* @param coll collator to be used for comparing
* @param source pointer to function for iterating over the first string
* @param sourceContext data to be passed to the first iterating function.
* @param target pointer to function for iterating over the second string
* @param targetContext data to be passed to the second iterating function.
* @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
* UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
*/
U_CAPI UCollationResult ucol_strcollinc(const UCollator *coll,
UCharForwardIterator *source, void *sourceContext,
UCharForwardIterator *target, void *targetContext);
/**
* Returns current rules. Delta defines whether full rules are returned or just the tailoring.
* Returns number of UChars needed to store rules. If buffer is NULL or bufferLen is not enough
* to store rules, will store up to available space.
* @param coll collator to get the rules from
* @param delta one of UCOL_TAILORING_ONLY, UCOL_FULL_RULES.
* @param buffer buffer to store the result in. If NULL, you'll get no rules.
* @param bufferLen lenght of buffer to store rules in. If less then needed you'll get only the part that fits in.
*/
U_CAPI int32_t ucol_getRulesEx(const UCollator *coll, UColRuleOption delta, UChar *buffer, int32_t bufferLen);
#endif