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package com.google.i18n.phonenumbers;

import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonemetadata.NumberFormat;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonemetadata.PhoneMetadata;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonemetadata.PhoneNumberDesc;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonenumber.PhoneNumber;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonenumber.PhoneNumber.CountryCodeSource;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.internal.MatcherApi;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.internal.RegexBasedMatcher;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.internal.RegexCache;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.metadata.DefaultMetadataDependenciesProvider;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.metadata.source.MetadataSource;
import com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.metadata.source.MetadataSourceImpl;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * Utility for international phone numbers. Functionality includes formatting, parsing and
 * validation.
 *
 * <p>If you use this library, and want to be notified about important changes, please sign up to
 * our <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/libphonenumber-discuss">mailing list</a>.
 *
 * NOTE: A lot of methods in this class require Region Code strings. These must be provided using
 * CLDR two-letter region-code format. These should be in upper-case. The list of the codes
 * can be found here:
 * http://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/30/supplemental/territory_information.html
 */
public class PhoneNumberUtil {
  private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PhoneNumberUtil.class.getName());

  /** Flags to use when compiling regular expressions for phone numbers. */
  static final int REGEX_FLAGS = Pattern.UNICODE_CASE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE;
  // The minimum and maximum length of the national significant number.
  private static final int MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN = 2;
  // The ITU says the maximum length should be 15, but we have found longer numbers in Germany.
  static final int MAX_LENGTH_FOR_NSN = 17;
  // The maximum length of the country calling code.
  static final int MAX_LENGTH_COUNTRY_CODE = 3;
  // We don't allow input strings for parsing to be longer than 250 chars. This prevents malicious
  // input from overflowing the regular-expression engine.
  private static final int MAX_INPUT_STRING_LENGTH = 250;

  // Region-code for the unknown region.
  private static final String UNKNOWN_REGION = "ZZ";

  private static final int NANPA_COUNTRY_CODE = 1;

  // Map of country calling codes that use a mobile token before the area code. One example of when
  // this is relevant is when determining the length of the national destination code, which should
  // be the length of the area code plus the length of the mobile token.
  private static final Map<Integer, String> MOBILE_TOKEN_MAPPINGS;

  // Set of country codes that have geographically assigned mobile numbers (see GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES
  // below) which are not based on *area codes*. For example, in China mobile numbers start with a
  // carrier indicator, and beyond that are geographically assigned: this carrier indicator is not
  // considered to be an area code.
  private static final Set<Integer> GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES_WITHOUT_MOBILE_AREA_CODES;

  // Set of country calling codes that have geographically assigned mobile numbers. This may not be
  // complete; we add calling codes case by case, as we find geographical mobile numbers or hear
  // from user reports. Note that countries like the US, where we can't distinguish between
  // fixed-line or mobile numbers, are not listed here, since we consider FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE to be
  // a possibly geographically-related type anyway (like FIXED_LINE).
  private static final Set<Integer> GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES;

  // The PLUS_SIGN signifies the international prefix.
  static final char PLUS_SIGN = '+';

  private static final char STAR_SIGN = '*';

  private static final String RFC3966_EXTN_PREFIX = ";ext=";
  private static final String RFC3966_PREFIX = "tel:";
  private static final String RFC3966_PHONE_CONTEXT = ";phone-context=";
  private static final String RFC3966_ISDN_SUBADDRESS = ";isub=";

  // A map that contains characters that are essential when dialling. That means any of the
  // characters in this map must not be removed from a number when dialling, otherwise the call
  // will not reach the intended destination.
  private static final Map<Character, Character> DIALLABLE_CHAR_MAPPINGS;

  // Only upper-case variants of alpha characters are stored.
  private static final Map<Character, Character> ALPHA_MAPPINGS;

  // For performance reasons, amalgamate both into one map.
  private static final Map<Character, Character> ALPHA_PHONE_MAPPINGS;

  // Separate map of all symbols that we wish to retain when formatting alpha numbers. This
  // includes digits, ASCII letters and number grouping symbols such as "-" and " ".
  private static final Map<Character, Character> ALL_PLUS_NUMBER_GROUPING_SYMBOLS;

  static {
    HashMap<Integer, String> mobileTokenMap = new HashMap<>();
    mobileTokenMap.put(54, "9");
    MOBILE_TOKEN_MAPPINGS = Collections.unmodifiableMap(mobileTokenMap);

    HashSet<Integer> geoMobileCountriesWithoutMobileAreaCodes = new HashSet<>();
    geoMobileCountriesWithoutMobileAreaCodes.add(86);  // China
    GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES_WITHOUT_MOBILE_AREA_CODES =
        Collections.unmodifiableSet(geoMobileCountriesWithoutMobileAreaCodes);

    HashSet<Integer> geoMobileCountries = new HashSet<>();
    geoMobileCountries.add(52);  // Mexico
    geoMobileCountries.add(54);  // Argentina
    geoMobileCountries.add(55);  // Brazil
    geoMobileCountries.add(62);  // Indonesia: some prefixes only (fixed CMDA wireless)
    geoMobileCountries.addAll(geoMobileCountriesWithoutMobileAreaCodes);
    GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES = Collections.unmodifiableSet(geoMobileCountries);

    // Simple ASCII digits map used to populate ALPHA_PHONE_MAPPINGS and
    // ALL_PLUS_NUMBER_GROUPING_SYMBOLS.
    HashMap<Character, Character> asciiDigitMappings = new HashMap<>();
    asciiDigitMappings.put('0', '0');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('1', '1');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('2', '2');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('3', '3');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('4', '4');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('5', '5');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('6', '6');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('7', '7');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('8', '8');
    asciiDigitMappings.put('9', '9');

    HashMap<Character, Character> alphaMap = new HashMap<>(40);
    alphaMap.put('A', '2');
    alphaMap.put('B', '2');
    alphaMap.put('C', '2');
    alphaMap.put('D', '3');
    alphaMap.put('E', '3');
    alphaMap.put('F', '3');
    alphaMap.put('G', '4');
    alphaMap.put('H', '4');
    alphaMap.put('I', '4');
    alphaMap.put('J', '5');
    alphaMap.put('K', '5');
    alphaMap.put('L', '5');
    alphaMap.put('M', '6');
    alphaMap.put('N', '6');
    alphaMap.put('O', '6');
    alphaMap.put('P', '7');
    alphaMap.put('Q', '7');
    alphaMap.put('R', '7');
    alphaMap.put('S', '7');
    alphaMap.put('T', '8');
    alphaMap.put('U', '8');
    alphaMap.put('V', '8');
    alphaMap.put('W', '9');
    alphaMap.put('X', '9');
    alphaMap.put('Y', '9');
    alphaMap.put('Z', '9');
    ALPHA_MAPPINGS = Collections.unmodifiableMap(alphaMap);

    HashMap<Character, Character> combinedMap = new HashMap<>(100);
    combinedMap.putAll(ALPHA_MAPPINGS);
    combinedMap.putAll(asciiDigitMappings);
    ALPHA_PHONE_MAPPINGS = Collections.unmodifiableMap(combinedMap);

    HashMap<Character, Character> diallableCharMap = new HashMap<>();
    diallableCharMap.putAll(asciiDigitMappings);
    diallableCharMap.put(PLUS_SIGN, PLUS_SIGN);
    diallableCharMap.put('*', '*');
    diallableCharMap.put('#', '#');
    DIALLABLE_CHAR_MAPPINGS = Collections.unmodifiableMap(diallableCharMap);

    HashMap<Character, Character> allPlusNumberGroupings = new HashMap<>();
    // Put (lower letter -> upper letter) and (upper letter -> upper letter) mappings.
    for (char c : ALPHA_MAPPINGS.keySet()) {
      allPlusNumberGroupings.put(Character.toLowerCase(c), c);
      allPlusNumberGroupings.put(c, c);
    }
    allPlusNumberGroupings.putAll(asciiDigitMappings);
    // Put grouping symbols.
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('-', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\uFF0D', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2010', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2011', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2012', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2013', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2014', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2015', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2212', '-');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('/', '/');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\uFF0F', '/');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put(' ', ' ');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u3000', ' ');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\u2060', ' ');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('.', '.');
    allPlusNumberGroupings.put('\uFF0E', '.');
    ALL_PLUS_NUMBER_GROUPING_SYMBOLS = Collections.unmodifiableMap(allPlusNumberGroupings);
  }

  // Pattern that makes it easy to distinguish whether a region has a single international dialing
  // prefix or not. If a region has a single international prefix (e.g. 011 in USA), it will be
  // represented as a string that contains a sequence of ASCII digits, and possibly a tilde, which
  // signals waiting for the tone. If there are multiple available international prefixes in a
  // region, they will be represented as a regex string that always contains one or more characters
  // that are not ASCII digits or a tilde.
  private static final Pattern SINGLE_INTERNATIONAL_PREFIX =
      Pattern.compile("[\\d]+(?:[~\u2053\u223C\uFF5E][\\d]+)?");

  // Regular expression of acceptable punctuation found in phone numbers, used to find numbers in
  // text and to decide what is a viable phone number. This excludes diallable characters.
  // This consists of dash characters, white space characters, full stops, slashes,
  // square brackets, parentheses and tildes. It also includes the letter 'x' as that is found as a
  // placeholder for carrier information in some phone numbers. Full-width variants are also
  // present.
  static final String VALID_PUNCTUATION = "-x\u2010-\u2015\u2212\u30FC\uFF0D-\uFF0F "
      + "\u00A0\u00AD\u200B\u2060\u3000()\uFF08\uFF09\uFF3B\uFF3D.\\[\\]/~\u2053\u223C\uFF5E";

  private static final String DIGITS = "\\p{Nd}";
  // We accept alpha characters in phone numbers, ASCII only, upper and lower case.
  private static final String VALID_ALPHA =
      Arrays.toString(ALPHA_MAPPINGS.keySet().toArray()).replaceAll("[, \\[\\]]", "")
      + Arrays.toString(ALPHA_MAPPINGS.keySet().toArray())
          .toLowerCase().replaceAll("[, \\[\\]]", "");
  static final String PLUS_CHARS = "+\uFF0B";
  static final Pattern PLUS_CHARS_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[" + PLUS_CHARS + "]+");
  private static final Pattern SEPARATOR_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("[" + VALID_PUNCTUATION + "]+");
  private static final Pattern CAPTURING_DIGIT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(" + DIGITS + ")");

  // Regular expression of acceptable characters that may start a phone number for the purposes of
  // parsing. This allows us to strip away meaningless prefixes to phone numbers that may be
  // mistakenly given to us. This consists of digits, the plus symbol and arabic-indic digits. This
  // does not contain alpha characters, although they may be used later in the number. It also does
  // not include other punctuation, as this will be stripped later during parsing and is of no
  // information value when parsing a number.
  private static final String VALID_START_CHAR = "[" + PLUS_CHARS + DIGITS + "]";
  private static final Pattern VALID_START_CHAR_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(VALID_START_CHAR);

  // Regular expression of characters typically used to start a second phone number for the purposes
  // of parsing. This allows us to strip off parts of the number that are actually the start of
  // another number, such as for: (530) 583-6985 x302/x2303 -> the second extension here makes this
  // actually two phone numbers, (530) 583-6985 x302 and (530) 583-6985 x2303. We remove the second
  // extension so that the first number is parsed correctly.
  private static final String SECOND_NUMBER_START = "[\\\\/] *x";
  static final Pattern SECOND_NUMBER_START_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(SECOND_NUMBER_START);

  // Regular expression of trailing characters that we want to remove. We remove all characters that
  // are not alpha or numerical characters. The hash character is retained here, as it may signify
  // the previous block was an extension.
  private static final String UNWANTED_END_CHARS = "[[\\P{N}&&\\P{L}]&&[^#]]+$";
  static final Pattern UNWANTED_END_CHAR_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(UNWANTED_END_CHARS);

  // We use this pattern to check if the phone number has at least three letters in it - if so, then
  // we treat it as a number where some phone-number digits are represented by letters.
  private static final Pattern VALID_ALPHA_PHONE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(?:.*?[A-Za-z]){3}.*");

  // Regular expression of viable phone numbers. This is location independent. Checks we have at
  // least three leading digits, and only valid punctuation, alpha characters and
  // digits in the phone number. Does not include extension data.
  // The symbol 'x' is allowed here as valid punctuation since it is often used as a placeholder for
  // carrier codes, for example in Brazilian phone numbers. We also allow multiple "+" characters at
  // the start.
  // Corresponds to the following:
  // [digits]{minLengthNsn}|
  // plus_sign*(([punctuation]|[star])*[digits]){3,}([punctuation]|[star]|[digits]|[alpha])*
  //
  // The first reg-ex is to allow short numbers (two digits long) to be parsed if they are entered
  // as "15" etc, but only if there is no punctuation in them. The second expression restricts the
  // number of digits to three or more, but then allows them to be in international form, and to
  // have alpha-characters and punctuation.
  //
  // Note VALID_PUNCTUATION starts with a -, so must be the first in the range.
  private static final String VALID_PHONE_NUMBER =
      DIGITS + "{" + MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN + "}" + "|"
      + "[" + PLUS_CHARS + "]*+(?:[" + VALID_PUNCTUATION + STAR_SIGN + "]*" + DIGITS + "){3,}["
      + VALID_PUNCTUATION + STAR_SIGN + VALID_ALPHA + DIGITS + "]*";

  // Default extension prefix to use when formatting. This will be put in front of any extension
  // component of the number, after the main national number is formatted. For example, if you wish
  // the default extension formatting to be " extn: 3456", then you should specify " extn: " here
  // as the default extension prefix. This can be overridden by region-specific preferences.
  private static final String DEFAULT_EXTN_PREFIX = " ext. ";

  // Regexp of all possible ways to write extensions, for use when parsing. This will be run as a
  // case-insensitive regexp match. Wide character versions are also provided after each ASCII
  // version.
  private static final String EXTN_PATTERNS_FOR_PARSING = createExtnPattern(true);
  static final String EXTN_PATTERNS_FOR_MATCHING = createExtnPattern(false);

  // Regular expression of valid global-number-digits for the phone-context parameter, following the
  // syntax defined in RFC3966.
  private static final String RFC3966_VISUAL_SEPARATOR = "[\\-\\.\\(\\)]?";
  private static final String RFC3966_PHONE_DIGIT =
      "(" + DIGITS + "|" + RFC3966_VISUAL_SEPARATOR + ")";
  private static final String RFC3966_GLOBAL_NUMBER_DIGITS =
      "^\\" + PLUS_SIGN + RFC3966_PHONE_DIGIT + "*" + DIGITS + RFC3966_PHONE_DIGIT + "*$";
  static final Pattern RFC3966_GLOBAL_NUMBER_DIGITS_PATTERN =
      Pattern.compile(RFC3966_GLOBAL_NUMBER_DIGITS);

  // Regular expression of valid domainname for the phone-context parameter, following the syntax
  // defined in RFC3966.
  private static final String ALPHANUM = VALID_ALPHA + DIGITS;
  private static final String RFC3966_DOMAINLABEL =
      "[" + ALPHANUM + "]+((\\-)*[" + ALPHANUM + "])*";
  private static final String RFC3966_TOPLABEL =
      "[" + VALID_ALPHA + "]+((\\-)*[" + ALPHANUM + "])*";
  private static final String RFC3966_DOMAINNAME =
      "^(" + RFC3966_DOMAINLABEL + "\\.)*" + RFC3966_TOPLABEL + "\\.?$";
  static final Pattern RFC3966_DOMAINNAME_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(RFC3966_DOMAINNAME);

  /**
   * Helper method for constructing regular expressions for parsing. Creates an expression that
   * captures up to maxLength digits.
   */
  private static String extnDigits(int maxLength) {
    return "(" + DIGITS + "{1," + maxLength + "})";
  }

  /**
   * Helper initialiser method to create the regular-expression pattern to match extensions.
   * Note that there are currently six capturing groups for the extension itself. If this number is
   * changed, MaybeStripExtension needs to be updated.
   */
  private static String createExtnPattern(boolean forParsing) {
    // We cap the maximum length of an extension based on the ambiguity of the way the extension is
    // prefixed. As per ITU, the officially allowed length for extensions is actually 40, but we
    // don't support this since we haven't seen real examples and this introduces many false
    // interpretations as the extension labels are not standardized.
    int extLimitAfterExplicitLabel = 20;
    int extLimitAfterLikelyLabel = 15;
    int extLimitAfterAmbiguousChar = 9;
    int extLimitWhenNotSure = 6;

    String possibleSeparatorsBetweenNumberAndExtLabel = "[ \u00A0\\t,]*";
    // Optional full stop (.) or colon, followed by zero or more spaces/tabs/commas.
    String possibleCharsAfterExtLabel = "[:\\.\uFF0E]?[ \u00A0\\t,-]*";
    String optionalExtnSuffix = "#?";

    // Here the extension is called out in more explicit way, i.e mentioning it obvious patterns
    // like "ext.". Canonical-equivalence doesn't seem to be an option with Android java, so we
    // allow two options for representing the accented o - the character itself, and one in the
    // unicode decomposed form with the combining acute accent.
    String explicitExtLabels =
        "(?:e?xt(?:ensi(?:o\u0301?|\u00F3))?n?|\uFF45?\uFF58\uFF54\uFF4E?|\u0434\u043E\u0431|anexo)";
    // One-character symbols that can be used to indicate an extension, and less commonly used
    // or more ambiguous extension labels.
    String ambiguousExtLabels = "(?:[x\uFF58#\uFF03~\uFF5E]|int|\uFF49\uFF4E\uFF54)";
    // When extension is not separated clearly.
    String ambiguousSeparator = "[- ]+";

    String rfcExtn = RFC3966_EXTN_PREFIX + extnDigits(extLimitAfterExplicitLabel);
    String explicitExtn = possibleSeparatorsBetweenNumberAndExtLabel + explicitExtLabels
        + possibleCharsAfterExtLabel + extnDigits(extLimitAfterExplicitLabel)
        + optionalExtnSuffix;
    String ambiguousExtn = possibleSeparatorsBetweenNumberAndExtLabel + ambiguousExtLabels
        + possibleCharsAfterExtLabel + extnDigits(extLimitAfterAmbiguousChar) + optionalExtnSuffix;
    String americanStyleExtnWithSuffix = ambiguousSeparator + extnDigits(extLimitWhenNotSure) + "#";

    // The first regular expression covers RFC 3966 format, where the extension is added using
    // ";ext=". The second more generic where extension is mentioned with explicit labels like
    // "ext:". In both the above cases we allow more numbers in extension than any other extension
    // labels. The third one captures when single character extension labels or less commonly used
    // labels are used. In such cases we capture fewer extension digits in order to reduce the
    // chance of falsely interpreting two numbers beside each other as a number + extension. The
    // fourth one covers the special case of American numbers where the extension is written with a
    // hash at the end, such as "- 503#".
    String extensionPattern =
        rfcExtn + "|"
        + explicitExtn + "|"
        + ambiguousExtn + "|"
        + americanStyleExtnWithSuffix;
    // Additional pattern that is supported when parsing extensions, not when matching.
    if (forParsing) {
      // This is same as possibleSeparatorsBetweenNumberAndExtLabel, but not matching comma as
      // extension label may have it.
      String possibleSeparatorsNumberExtLabelNoComma = "[ \u00A0\\t]*";
      // ",," is commonly used for auto dialling the extension when connected. First comma is matched
      // through possibleSeparatorsBetweenNumberAndExtLabel, so we do not repeat it here. Semi-colon
      // works in Iphone and Android also to pop up a button with the extension number following.
      String autoDiallingAndExtLabelsFound = "(?:,{2}|;)";

      String autoDiallingExtn = possibleSeparatorsNumberExtLabelNoComma
          + autoDiallingAndExtLabelsFound + possibleCharsAfterExtLabel
          + extnDigits(extLimitAfterLikelyLabel) +  optionalExtnSuffix;
      String onlyCommasExtn = possibleSeparatorsNumberExtLabelNoComma
        + "(?:,)+" + possibleCharsAfterExtLabel + extnDigits(extLimitAfterAmbiguousChar)
        + optionalExtnSuffix;
      // Here the first pattern is exclusively for extension autodialling formats which are used
      // when dialling and in this case we accept longer extensions. However, the second pattern
      // is more liberal on the number of commas that acts as extension labels, so we have a strict
      // cap on the number of digits in such extensions.
      return extensionPattern + "|"
          + autoDiallingExtn + "|"
          + onlyCommasExtn;
    }
    return extensionPattern;
  }

  // Regexp of all known extension prefixes used by different regions followed by 1 or more valid
  // digits, for use when parsing.
  private static final Pattern EXTN_PATTERN =
      Pattern.compile("(?:" + EXTN_PATTERNS_FOR_PARSING + ")$", REGEX_FLAGS);

  // We append optionally the extension pattern to the end here, as a valid phone number may
  // have an extension prefix appended, followed by 1 or more digits.
  private static final Pattern VALID_PHONE_NUMBER_PATTERN =
      Pattern.compile(VALID_PHONE_NUMBER + "(?:" + EXTN_PATTERNS_FOR_PARSING + ")?", REGEX_FLAGS);

  static final Pattern NON_DIGITS_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(\\D+)");

  // The FIRST_GROUP_PATTERN was originally set to $1 but there are some countries for which the
  // first group is not used in the national pattern (e.g. Argentina) so the $1 group does not match
  // correctly.  Therefore, we use \d, so that the first group actually used in the pattern will be
  // matched.
  private static final Pattern FIRST_GROUP_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(\\$\\d)");
  // Constants used in the formatting rules to represent the national prefix, first group and
  // carrier code respectively.
  private static final String NP_STRING = "$NP";
  private static final String FG_STRING = "$FG";
  private static final String CC_STRING = "$CC";

  // A pattern that is used to determine if the national prefix formatting rule has the first group
  // only, i.e., does not start with the national prefix. Note that the pattern explicitly allows
  // for unbalanced parentheses.
  private static final Pattern FIRST_GROUP_ONLY_PREFIX_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\(?\\$1\\)?");

  private static PhoneNumberUtil instance = null;

  public static final String REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY = "001";

  /**
   * INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL formats are consistent with the definition in ITU-T Recommendation
   * E.123. However we follow local conventions such as using '-' instead of whitespace as
   * separators. For example, the number of the Google Switzerland office will be written as
   * "+41 44 668 1800" in INTERNATIONAL format, and as "044 668 1800" in NATIONAL format. E164
   * format is as per INTERNATIONAL format but with no formatting applied, e.g. "+41446681800".
   * RFC3966 is as per INTERNATIONAL format, but with all spaces and other separating symbols
   * replaced with a hyphen, and with any phone number extension appended with ";ext=". It also
   * will have a prefix of "tel:" added, e.g. "tel:+41-44-668-1800".
   *
   * Note: If you are considering storing the number in a neutral format, you are highly advised to
   * use the PhoneNumber class.
   */
  public enum PhoneNumberFormat {
    E164,
    INTERNATIONAL,
    NATIONAL,
    RFC3966
  }

  /**
   * Type of phone numbers.
   */
  public enum PhoneNumberType {
    FIXED_LINE,
    MOBILE,
    // In some regions (e.g. the USA), it is impossible to distinguish between fixed-line and
    // mobile numbers by looking at the phone number itself.
    FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE,
    // Freephone lines
    TOLL_FREE,
    PREMIUM_RATE,
    // The cost of this call is shared between the caller and the recipient, and is hence typically
    // less than PREMIUM_RATE calls. See // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Cost_Service for
    // more information.
    SHARED_COST,
    // Voice over IP numbers. This includes TSoIP (Telephony Service over IP).
    VOIP,
    // A personal number is associated with a particular person, and may be routed to either a
    // MOBILE or FIXED_LINE number. Some more information can be found here:
    // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Numbers
    PERSONAL_NUMBER,
    PAGER,
    // Used for "Universal Access Numbers" or "Company Numbers". They may be further routed to
    // specific offices, but allow one number to be used for a company.
    UAN,
    // Used for "Voice Mail Access Numbers".
    VOICEMAIL,
    // A phone number is of type UNKNOWN when it does not fit any of the known patterns for a
    // specific region.
    UNKNOWN
  }

  /**
   * Types of phone number matches. See detailed description beside the isNumberMatch() method.
   */
  public enum MatchType {
    NOT_A_NUMBER,
    NO_MATCH,
    SHORT_NSN_MATCH,
    NSN_MATCH,
    EXACT_MATCH,
  }

  /**
   * Possible outcomes when testing if a PhoneNumber is possible.
   */
  public enum ValidationResult {
    /** The number length matches that of valid numbers for this region. */
    IS_POSSIBLE,
    /**
     * The number length matches that of local numbers for this region only (i.e. numbers that may
     * be able to be dialled within an area, but do not have all the information to be dialled from
     * anywhere inside or outside the country).
     */
    IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY,
    /** The number has an invalid country calling code. */
    INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE,
    /** The number is shorter than all valid numbers for this region. */
    TOO_SHORT,
    /**
     * The number is longer than the shortest valid numbers for this region, shorter than the
     * longest valid numbers for this region, and does not itself have a number length that matches
     * valid numbers for this region. This can also be returned in the case where
     * isPossibleNumberForTypeWithReason was called, and there are no numbers of this type at all
     * for this region.
     */
    INVALID_LENGTH,
    /** The number is longer than all valid numbers for this region. */
    TOO_LONG,
  }

  /**
   * Leniency when {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#findNumbers finding} potential phone numbers in text
   * segments. The levels here are ordered in increasing strictness.
   */
  public enum Leniency {
    /**
     * Phone numbers accepted are {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#isPossibleNumber(PhoneNumber)
     * possible}, but not necessarily {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#isValidNumber(PhoneNumber) valid}.
     */
    POSSIBLE {
      @Override
      boolean verify(
          PhoneNumber number,
          CharSequence candidate,
          PhoneNumberUtil util,
          PhoneNumberMatcher matcher) {
        return util.isPossibleNumber(number);
      }
    },
    /**
     * Phone numbers accepted are {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#isPossibleNumber(PhoneNumber)
     * possible} and {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#isValidNumber(PhoneNumber) valid}. Numbers written
     * in national format must have their national-prefix present if it is usually written for a
     * number of this type.
     */
    VALID {
      @Override
      boolean verify(
          PhoneNumber number,
          CharSequence candidate,
          PhoneNumberUtil util,
          PhoneNumberMatcher matcher) {
        if (!util.isValidNumber(number)
            || !PhoneNumberMatcher.containsOnlyValidXChars(number, candidate.toString(), util)) {
          return false;
        }
        return PhoneNumberMatcher.isNationalPrefixPresentIfRequired(number, util);
      }
    },
    /**
     * Phone numbers accepted are {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#isValidNumber(PhoneNumber) valid} and
     * are grouped in a possible way for this locale. For example, a US number written as
     * "65 02 53 00 00" and "650253 0000" are not accepted at this leniency level, whereas
     * "650 253 0000", "650 2530000" or "6502530000" are.
     * Numbers with more than one '/' symbol in the national significant number are also dropped at
     * this level.
     * <p>
     * Warning: This level might result in lower coverage especially for regions outside of country
     * code "+1". If you are not sure about which level to use, email the discussion group
     * libphonenumber-discuss@googlegroups.com.
     */
    STRICT_GROUPING {
      @Override
      boolean verify(
          PhoneNumber number,
          CharSequence candidate,
          PhoneNumberUtil util,
          PhoneNumberMatcher matcher) {
        String candidateString = candidate.toString();
        if (!util.isValidNumber(number)
            || !PhoneNumberMatcher.containsOnlyValidXChars(number, candidateString, util)
            || PhoneNumberMatcher.containsMoreThanOneSlashInNationalNumber(number, candidateString)
            || !PhoneNumberMatcher.isNationalPrefixPresentIfRequired(number, util)) {
          return false;
        }
        return matcher.checkNumberGroupingIsValid(
            number, candidate, util, new PhoneNumberMatcher.NumberGroupingChecker() {
              @Override
              public boolean checkGroups(PhoneNumberUtil util, PhoneNumber number,
                                         StringBuilder normalizedCandidate,
                                         String[] expectedNumberGroups) {
                return PhoneNumberMatcher.allNumberGroupsRemainGrouped(
                    util, number, normalizedCandidate, expectedNumberGroups);
              }
            });
      }
    },
    /**
     * Phone numbers accepted are {@linkplain PhoneNumberUtil#isValidNumber(PhoneNumber) valid} and
     * are grouped in the same way that we would have formatted it, or as a single block. For
     * example, a US number written as "650 2530000" is not accepted at this leniency level, whereas
     * "650 253 0000" or "6502530000" are.
     * Numbers with more than one '/' symbol are also dropped at this level.
     * <p>
     * Warning: This level might result in lower coverage especially for regions outside of country
     * code "+1". If you are not sure about which level to use, email the discussion group
     * libphonenumber-discuss@googlegroups.com.
     */
    EXACT_GROUPING {
      @Override
      boolean verify(
          PhoneNumber number,
          CharSequence candidate,
          PhoneNumberUtil util,
          PhoneNumberMatcher matcher) {
        String candidateString = candidate.toString();
        if (!util.isValidNumber(number)
            || !PhoneNumberMatcher.containsOnlyValidXChars(number, candidateString, util)
            || PhoneNumberMatcher.containsMoreThanOneSlashInNationalNumber(number, candidateString)
            || !PhoneNumberMatcher.isNationalPrefixPresentIfRequired(number, util)) {
          return false;
        }
        return matcher.checkNumberGroupingIsValid(
            number, candidate, util, new PhoneNumberMatcher.NumberGroupingChecker() {
              @Override
              public boolean checkGroups(PhoneNumberUtil util, PhoneNumber number,
                                         StringBuilder normalizedCandidate,
                                         String[] expectedNumberGroups) {
                return PhoneNumberMatcher.allNumberGroupsAreExactlyPresent(
                    util, number, normalizedCandidate, expectedNumberGroups);
              }
            });
      }
    };

    /** Returns true if {@code number} is a verified number according to this leniency. */
    abstract boolean verify(
        PhoneNumber number,
        CharSequence candidate,
        PhoneNumberUtil util,
        PhoneNumberMatcher matcher);
  }

  // A source of metadata for different regions.
  private final MetadataSource metadataSource;

  // A mapping from a country calling code to the region codes which denote the region represented
  // by that country calling code. In the case of multiple regions sharing a calling code, such as
  // the NANPA regions, the one indicated with "isMainCountryForCode" in the metadata should be
  // first.
  private final Map<Integer, List<String>> countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap;

  // An API for validation checking.
  private final MatcherApi matcherApi = RegexBasedMatcher.create();

  // The set of regions that share country calling code 1.
  // There are roughly 26 regions.
  // We set the initial capacity of the HashSet to 35 to offer a load factor of roughly 0.75.
  private final Set<String> nanpaRegions = new HashSet<>(35);

  // A cache for frequently used region-specific regular expressions.
  // The initial capacity is set to 100 as this seems to be an optimal value for Android, based on
  // performance measurements.
  private final RegexCache regexCache = new RegexCache(100);

  // The set of regions the library supports.
  // There are roughly 240 of them and we set the initial capacity of the HashSet to 320 to offer a
  // load factor of roughly 0.75.
  private final Set<String> supportedRegions = new HashSet<>(320);

  // The set of country calling codes that map to the non-geo entity region ("001"). This set
  // currently contains < 12 elements so the default capacity of 16 (load factor=0.75) is fine.
  private final Set<Integer> countryCodesForNonGeographicalRegion = new HashSet<>();

  /**
   * This class implements a singleton, the constructor is only visible to facilitate testing.
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  PhoneNumberUtil(MetadataSource metadataSource,
      Map<Integer, List<String>> countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap) {
    this.metadataSource = metadataSource;
    this.countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap = countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap;
    for (Map.Entry<Integer, List<String>> entry : countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.entrySet()) {
      List<String> regionCodes = entry.getValue();
      // We can assume that if the country calling code maps to the non-geo entity region code then
      // that's the only region code it maps to.
      if (regionCodes.size() == 1 && REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY.equals(regionCodes.get(0))) {
        // This is the subset of all country codes that map to the non-geo entity region code.
        countryCodesForNonGeographicalRegion.add(entry.getKey());
      } else {
        // The supported regions set does not include the "001" non-geo entity region code.
        supportedRegions.addAll(regionCodes);
      }
    }
    // If the non-geo entity still got added to the set of supported regions it must be because
    // there are entries that list the non-geo entity alongside normal regions (which is wrong).
    // If we discover this, remove the non-geo entity from the set of supported regions and log.
    if (supportedRegions.remove(REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY)) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "invalid metadata (country calling code was mapped to the non-geo "
          + "entity as well as specific region(s))");
    }
    nanpaRegions.addAll(countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.get(NANPA_COUNTRY_CODE));
  }

  /**
   * Attempts to extract a possible number from the string passed in. This currently strips all
   * leading characters that cannot be used to start a phone number. Characters that can be used to
   * start a phone number are defined in the VALID_START_CHAR_PATTERN. If none of these characters
   * are found in the number passed in, an empty string is returned. This function also attempts to
   * strip off any alternative extensions or endings if two or more are present, such as in the case
   * of: (530) 583-6985 x302/x2303. The second extension here makes this actually two phone numbers,
   * (530) 583-6985 x302 and (530) 583-6985 x2303. We remove the second extension so that the first
   * number is parsed correctly.
   *
   * @param number  the string that might contain a phone number
   * @return  the number, stripped of any non-phone-number prefix (such as "Tel:") or an empty
   *     string if no character used to start phone numbers (such as + or any digit) is found in the
   *     number
   */
  static CharSequence extractPossibleNumber(CharSequence number) {
    Matcher m = VALID_START_CHAR_PATTERN.matcher(number);
    if (m.find()) {
      number = number.subSequence(m.start(), number.length());
      // Remove trailing non-alpha non-numerical characters.
      Matcher trailingCharsMatcher = UNWANTED_END_CHAR_PATTERN.matcher(number);
      if (trailingCharsMatcher.find()) {
        number = number.subSequence(0, trailingCharsMatcher.start());
      }
      // Check for extra numbers at the end.
      Matcher secondNumber = SECOND_NUMBER_START_PATTERN.matcher(number);
      if (secondNumber.find()) {
        number = number.subSequence(0, secondNumber.start());
      }
      return number;
    } else {
      return "";
    }
  }

  /**
   * Checks to see if the string of characters could possibly be a phone number at all. At the
   * moment, checks to see that the string begins with at least 2 digits, ignoring any punctuation
   * commonly found in phone numbers.
   * This method does not require the number to be normalized in advance - but does assume that
   * leading non-number symbols have been removed, such as by the method extractPossibleNumber.
   *
   * @param number  string to be checked for viability as a phone number
   * @return  true if the number could be a phone number of some sort, otherwise false
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  static boolean isViablePhoneNumber(CharSequence number) {
    if (number.length() < MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN) {
      return false;
    }
    Matcher m = VALID_PHONE_NUMBER_PATTERN.matcher(number);
    return m.matches();
  }

  /**
   * Normalizes a string of characters representing a phone number. This performs the following
   * conversions:
   *   - Punctuation is stripped.
   *   For ALPHA/VANITY numbers:
   *   - Letters are converted to their numeric representation on a telephone keypad. The keypad
   *     used here is the one defined in ITU Recommendation E.161. This is only done if there are 3
   *     or more letters in the number, to lessen the risk that such letters are typos.
   *   For other numbers:
   *   - Wide-ascii digits are converted to normal ASCII (European) digits.
   *   - Arabic-Indic numerals are converted to European numerals.
   *   - Spurious alpha characters are stripped.
   *
   * @param number  a StringBuilder of characters representing a phone number that will be
   *     normalized in place
   */
  static StringBuilder normalize(StringBuilder number) {
    Matcher m = VALID_ALPHA_PHONE_PATTERN.matcher(number);
    if (m.matches()) {
      number.replace(0, number.length(), normalizeHelper(number, ALPHA_PHONE_MAPPINGS, true));
    } else {
      number.replace(0, number.length(), normalizeDigitsOnly(number));
    }
    return number;
  }

  /**
   * Normalizes a string of characters representing a phone number. This converts wide-ascii and
   * arabic-indic numerals to European numerals, and strips punctuation and alpha characters.
   *
   * @param number  a string of characters representing a phone number
   * @return  the normalized string version of the phone number
   */
  public static String normalizeDigitsOnly(CharSequence number) {
    return normalizeDigits(number, false /* strip non-digits */).toString();
  }

  static StringBuilder normalizeDigits(CharSequence number, boolean keepNonDigits) {
    StringBuilder normalizedDigits = new StringBuilder(number.length());
    for (int i = 0; i < number.length(); i++) {
      char c = number.charAt(i);
      int digit = Character.digit(c, 10);
      if (digit != -1) {
        normalizedDigits.append(digit);
      } else if (keepNonDigits) {
        normalizedDigits.append(c);
      }
    }
    return normalizedDigits;
  }

  /**
   * Normalizes a string of characters representing a phone number. This strips all characters which
   * are not diallable on a mobile phone keypad (including all non-ASCII digits).
   *
   * @param number  a string of characters representing a phone number
   * @return  the normalized string version of the phone number
   */
  public static String normalizeDiallableCharsOnly(CharSequence number) {
    return normalizeHelper(number, DIALLABLE_CHAR_MAPPINGS, true /* remove non matches */);
  }

  /**
   * Converts all alpha characters in a number to their respective digits on a keypad, but retains
   * existing formatting.
   */
  public static String convertAlphaCharactersInNumber(CharSequence number) {
    return normalizeHelper(number, ALPHA_PHONE_MAPPINGS, false);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the length of the geographical area code from the
   * PhoneNumber object passed in, so that clients could use it
   * to split a national significant number into geographical area code and subscriber number. It
   * works in such a way that the resultant subscriber number should be diallable, at least on some
   * devices. An example of how this could be used:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * PhoneNumberUtil phoneUtil = PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance();
   * PhoneNumber number = phoneUtil.parse("16502530000", "US");
   * String nationalSignificantNumber = phoneUtil.getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
   * String areaCode;
   * String subscriberNumber;
   *
   * int areaCodeLength = phoneUtil.getLengthOfGeographicalAreaCode(number);
   * if (areaCodeLength > 0) {
   *   areaCode = nationalSignificantNumber.substring(0, areaCodeLength);
   *   subscriberNumber = nationalSignificantNumber.substring(areaCodeLength);
   * } else {
   *   areaCode = "";
   *   subscriberNumber = nationalSignificantNumber;
   * }
   * }</pre>
   *
   * N.B.: area code is a very ambiguous concept, so the I18N team generally recommends against
   * using it for most purposes, but recommends using the more general {@code national_number}
   * instead. Read the following carefully before deciding to use this method:
   * <ul>
   *  <li> geographical area codes change over time, and this method honors those changes;
   *    therefore, it doesn't guarantee the stability of the result it produces.
   *  <li> subscriber numbers may not be diallable from all devices (notably mobile devices, which
   *    typically requires the full national_number to be dialled in most regions).
   *  <li> most non-geographical numbers have no area codes, including numbers from non-geographical
   *    entities
   *  <li> some geographical numbers have no area codes.
   * </ul>
   * @param number  the PhoneNumber object for which clients
   *     want to know the length of the area code
   * @return  the length of area code of the PhoneNumber object
   *     passed in
   */
  public int getLengthOfGeographicalAreaCode(PhoneNumber number) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(getRegionCodeForNumber(number));
    if (metadata == null) {
      return 0;
    }
    // If a country doesn't use a national prefix, and this number doesn't have an Italian leading
    // zero, we assume it is a closed dialling plan with no area codes.
    if (!metadata.hasNationalPrefix() && !number.isItalianLeadingZero()) {
      return 0;
    }

    PhoneNumberType type = getNumberType(number);
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    if (type == PhoneNumberType.MOBILE
        // Note this is a rough heuristic; it doesn't cover Indonesia well, for example, where area
        // codes are present for some mobile phones but not for others. We have no better way of
        // representing this in the metadata at this point.
        && GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES_WITHOUT_MOBILE_AREA_CODES.contains(countryCallingCode)) {
      return 0;
    }

    if (!isNumberGeographical(type, countryCallingCode)) {
      return 0;
    }

    return getLengthOfNationalDestinationCode(number);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the length of the national destination code (NDC) from the
   * PhoneNumber object passed in, so that clients could use it
   * to split a national significant number into NDC and subscriber number. The NDC of a phone
   * number is normally the first group of digit(s) right after the country calling code when the
   * number is formatted in the international format, if there is a subscriber number part that
   * follows.
   *
   * N.B.: similar to an area code, not all numbers have an NDC!
   *
   * An example of how this could be used:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * PhoneNumberUtil phoneUtil = PhoneNumberUtil.getInstance();
   * PhoneNumber number = phoneUtil.parse("18002530000", "US");
   * String nationalSignificantNumber = phoneUtil.getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
   * String nationalDestinationCode;
   * String subscriberNumber;
   *
   * int nationalDestinationCodeLength = phoneUtil.getLengthOfNationalDestinationCode(number);
   * if (nationalDestinationCodeLength > 0) {
   *   nationalDestinationCode = nationalSignificantNumber.substring(0,
   *       nationalDestinationCodeLength);
   *   subscriberNumber = nationalSignificantNumber.substring(nationalDestinationCodeLength);
   * } else {
   *   nationalDestinationCode = "";
   *   subscriberNumber = nationalSignificantNumber;
   * }
   * }</pre>
   *
   * Refer to the unittests to see the difference between this function and
   * {@link #getLengthOfGeographicalAreaCode}.
   *
   * @param number  the PhoneNumber object for which clients
   *     want to know the length of the NDC
   * @return  the length of NDC of the PhoneNumber object
   *     passed in, which could be zero
   */
  public int getLengthOfNationalDestinationCode(PhoneNumber number) {
    PhoneNumber copiedProto;
    if (number.hasExtension()) {
      // We don't want to alter the proto given to us, but we don't want to include the extension
      // when we format it, so we copy it and clear the extension here.
      copiedProto = new PhoneNumber();
      copiedProto.mergeFrom(number);
      copiedProto.clearExtension();
    } else {
      copiedProto = number;
    }

    String nationalSignificantNumber = format(copiedProto,
                                              PhoneNumberUtil.PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL);
    String[] numberGroups = NON_DIGITS_PATTERN.split(nationalSignificantNumber);
    // The pattern will start with "+COUNTRY_CODE " so the first group will always be the empty
    // string (before the + symbol) and the second group will be the country calling code. The third
    // group will be area code if it is not the last group.
    if (numberGroups.length <= 3) {
      return 0;
    }

    if (getNumberType(number) == PhoneNumberType.MOBILE) {
      // For example Argentinian mobile numbers, when formatted in the international format, are in
      // the form of +54 9 NDC XXXX.... As a result, we take the length of the third group (NDC) and
      // add the length of the second group (which is the mobile token), which also forms part of
      // the national significant number. This assumes that the mobile token is always formatted
      // separately from the rest of the phone number.
      String mobileToken = getCountryMobileToken(number.getCountryCode());
      if (!mobileToken.equals("")) {
        return numberGroups[2].length() + numberGroups[3].length();
      }
    }
    return numberGroups[2].length();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the mobile token for the provided country calling code if it has one, otherwise
   * returns an empty string. A mobile token is a number inserted before the area code when dialing
   * a mobile number from that country from abroad.
   *
   * @param countryCallingCode  the country calling code for which we want the mobile token
   * @return  the mobile token, as a string, for the given country calling code
   */
  public static String getCountryMobileToken(int countryCallingCode) {
    if (MOBILE_TOKEN_MAPPINGS.containsKey(countryCallingCode)) {
      return MOBILE_TOKEN_MAPPINGS.get(countryCallingCode);
    }
    return "";
  }

  /**
   * Normalizes a string of characters representing a phone number by replacing all characters found
   * in the accompanying map with the values therein, and stripping all other characters if
   * removeNonMatches is true.
   *
   * @param number  a string of characters representing a phone number
   * @param normalizationReplacements  a mapping of characters to what they should be replaced by in
   *     the normalized version of the phone number
   * @param removeNonMatches  indicates whether characters that are not able to be replaced should
   *     be stripped from the number. If this is false, they will be left unchanged in the number.
   * @return  the normalized string version of the phone number
   */
  private static String normalizeHelper(CharSequence number,
                                        Map<Character, Character> normalizationReplacements,
                                        boolean removeNonMatches) {
    StringBuilder normalizedNumber = new StringBuilder(number.length());
    for (int i = 0; i < number.length(); i++) {
      char character = number.charAt(i);
      Character newDigit = normalizationReplacements.get(Character.toUpperCase(character));
      if (newDigit != null) {
        normalizedNumber.append(newDigit);
      } else if (!removeNonMatches) {
        normalizedNumber.append(character);
      }
      // If neither of the above are true, we remove this character.
    }
    return normalizedNumber.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Sets or resets the PhoneNumberUtil singleton instance. If set to null, the next call to
   * {@code getInstance()} will load (and return) the default instance.
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  static synchronized void setInstance(PhoneNumberUtil util) {
    instance = util;
  }

  /**
   * Returns all regions the library has metadata for.
   *
   * @return  an unordered set of the two-letter region codes for every geographical region the
   *     library supports
   */
  public Set<String> getSupportedRegions() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(supportedRegions);
  }

  /**
   * Returns all global network calling codes the library has metadata for.
   *
   * @return  an unordered set of the country calling codes for every non-geographical entity the
   *     library supports
   */
  public Set<Integer> getSupportedGlobalNetworkCallingCodes() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(countryCodesForNonGeographicalRegion);
  }

  /**
   * Returns all country calling codes the library has metadata for, covering both non-geographical
   * entities (global network calling codes) and those used for geographical entities. This could be
   * used to populate a drop-down box of country calling codes for a phone-number widget, for
   * instance.
   *
   * @return  an unordered set of the country calling codes for every geographical and
   *     non-geographical entity the library supports
   */
  public Set<Integer> getSupportedCallingCodes() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.keySet());
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if there is any possible number data set for a particular PhoneNumberDesc.
   */
  private static boolean descHasPossibleNumberData(PhoneNumberDesc desc) {
    // If this is empty, it means numbers of this type inherit from the "general desc" -> the value
    // "-1" means that no numbers exist for this type.
    return desc.getPossibleLengthCount() != 1 || desc.getPossibleLength(0) != -1;
  }

  // Note: descHasData must account for any of MetadataFilter's excludableChildFields potentially
  // being absent from the metadata. It must check them all. For any changes in descHasData, ensure
  // that all the excludableChildFields are still being checked. If your change is safe simply
  // mention why during a review without needing to change MetadataFilter.
  /**
   * Returns true if there is any data set for a particular PhoneNumberDesc.
   */
  private static boolean descHasData(PhoneNumberDesc desc) {
    // Checking most properties since we don't know what's present, since a custom build may have
    // stripped just one of them (e.g. liteBuild strips exampleNumber). We don't bother checking the
    // possibleLengthsLocalOnly, since if this is the only thing that's present we don't really
    // support the type at all: no type-specific methods will work with only this data.
    return desc.hasExampleNumber()
        || descHasPossibleNumberData(desc)
        || desc.hasNationalNumberPattern();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the types we have metadata for based on the PhoneMetadata object passed in, which must
   * be non-null.
   */
  private Set<PhoneNumberType> getSupportedTypesForMetadata(PhoneMetadata metadata) {
    Set<PhoneNumberType> types = new TreeSet<>();
    for (PhoneNumberType type : PhoneNumberType.values()) {
      if (type == PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE || type == PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN) {
        // Never return FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE (it is a convenience type, and represents that a
        // particular number type can't be determined) or UNKNOWN (the non-type).
        continue;
      }
      if (descHasData(getNumberDescByType(metadata, type))) {
        types.add(type);
      }
    }
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(types);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the types for a given region which the library has metadata for. Will not include
   * FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE (if numbers in this region could be classified as FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE,
   * both FIXED_LINE and MOBILE would be present) and UNKNOWN.
   *
   * No types will be returned for invalid or unknown region codes.
   */
  public Set<PhoneNumberType> getSupportedTypesForRegion(String regionCode) {
    if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCode)) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid or unknown region code provided: " + regionCode);
      return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new TreeSet<PhoneNumberType>());
    }
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
    return getSupportedTypesForMetadata(metadata);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the types for a country-code belonging to a non-geographical entity which the library
   * has metadata for. Will not include FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE (if numbers for this non-geographical
   * entity could be classified as FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE, both FIXED_LINE and MOBILE would be
   * present) and UNKNOWN.
   *
   * No types will be returned for country calling codes that do not map to a known non-geographical
   * entity.
   */
  public Set<PhoneNumberType> getSupportedTypesForNonGeoEntity(int countryCallingCode) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForNonGeographicalRegion(countryCallingCode);
    if (metadata == null) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Unknown country calling code for a non-geographical entity "
          + "provided: " + countryCallingCode);
      return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new TreeSet<PhoneNumberType>());
    }
    return getSupportedTypesForMetadata(metadata);
  }

  /**
   * Gets a {@link PhoneNumberUtil} instance to carry out international phone number formatting,
   * parsing, or validation. The instance is loaded with all phone number metadata.
   *
   * <p>The {@link PhoneNumberUtil} is implemented as a singleton. Therefore, calling getInstance
   * multiple times will only result in one instance being created.
   *
   * @return a PhoneNumberUtil instance
   */
  public static synchronized PhoneNumberUtil getInstance() {
    if (instance == null) {
      MetadataLoader metadataLoader = DefaultMetadataDependenciesProvider.getInstance()
          .getMetadataLoader();
      setInstance(createInstance(metadataLoader));
    }
    return instance;
  }

  /**
   * Create a new {@link PhoneNumberUtil} instance to carry out international phone number
   * formatting, parsing, or validation. The instance is loaded with all metadata by
   * using the metadataLoader specified.
   *
   * <p>This method should only be used in the rare case in which you want to manage your own
   * metadata loading. Calling this method multiple times is very expensive, as each time
   * a new instance is created from scratch. When in doubt, use {@link #getInstance}.
   *
   * @param metadataLoader  customized metadata loader. This should not be null
   * @return  a PhoneNumberUtil instance
   */
  public static PhoneNumberUtil createInstance(MetadataLoader metadataLoader) {
    if (metadataLoader == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("metadataLoader could not be null.");
    }
    return createInstance(new MetadataSourceImpl(
        DefaultMetadataDependenciesProvider.getInstance().getPhoneNumberMetadataFileNameProvider(),
        metadataLoader,
        DefaultMetadataDependenciesProvider.getInstance().getMetadataParser()
    ));
  }

  /**
   * Create a new {@link PhoneNumberUtil} instance to carry out international phone number
   * formatting, parsing, or validation. The instance is loaded with all metadata by
   * using the metadataSource specified.
   *
   * <p>This method should only be used in the rare case in which you want to manage your own
   * metadata loading. Calling this method multiple times is very expensive, as each time
   * a new instance is created from scratch. When in doubt, use {@link #getInstance}.
   *
   * @param metadataSource  customized metadata source. This should not be null
   * @return  a PhoneNumberUtil instance
   */
  private static PhoneNumberUtil createInstance(MetadataSource metadataSource) {
    if (metadataSource == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("metadataSource could not be null.");
    }
    return new PhoneNumberUtil(metadataSource,
        CountryCodeToRegionCodeMap.getCountryCodeToRegionCodeMap());
  }

  /**
   * Helper function to check if the national prefix formatting rule has the first group only, i.e.,
   * does not start with the national prefix.
   */
  static boolean formattingRuleHasFirstGroupOnly(String nationalPrefixFormattingRule) {
    return nationalPrefixFormattingRule.length() == 0
        || FIRST_GROUP_ONLY_PREFIX_PATTERN.matcher(nationalPrefixFormattingRule).matches();
  }

  /**
   * Tests whether a phone number has a geographical association. It checks if the number is
   * associated with a certain region in the country to which it belongs. Note that this doesn't
   * verify if the number is actually in use.
   */
  public boolean isNumberGeographical(PhoneNumber phoneNumber) {
    return isNumberGeographical(getNumberType(phoneNumber), phoneNumber.getCountryCode());
  }

  /**
   * Overload of isNumberGeographical(PhoneNumber), since calculating the phone number type is
   * expensive; if we have already done this, we don't want to do it again.
   */
  public boolean isNumberGeographical(PhoneNumberType phoneNumberType, int countryCallingCode) {
    return phoneNumberType == PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE
        || phoneNumberType == PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE
        || (GEO_MOBILE_COUNTRIES.contains(countryCallingCode)
            && phoneNumberType == PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);
  }

  /**
   * Helper function to check region code is not unknown or null.
   */
  private boolean isValidRegionCode(String regionCode) {
    return regionCode != null && supportedRegions.contains(regionCode);
  }

  /**
   * Helper function to check the country calling code is valid.
   */
  private boolean hasValidCountryCallingCode(int countryCallingCode) {
    return countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.containsKey(countryCallingCode);
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number in the specified format using default rules. Note that this does not
   * promise to produce a phone number that the user can dial from where they are - although we do
   * format in either 'national' or 'international' format depending on what the client asks for, we
   * do not currently support a more abbreviated format, such as for users in the same "area" who
   * could potentially dial the number without area code. Note that if the phone number has a
   * country calling code of 0 or an otherwise invalid country calling code, we cannot work out
   * which formatting rules to apply so we return the national significant number with no formatting
   * applied.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number to be formatted
   * @param numberFormat  the format the phone number should be formatted into
   * @return  the formatted phone number
   */
  public String format(PhoneNumber number, PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat) {
    if (number.getNationalNumber() == 0) {
      // Unparseable numbers that kept their raw input just use that.
      // This is the only case where a number can be formatted as E164 without a
      // leading '+' symbol (but the original number wasn't parseable anyway).
      String rawInput = number.getRawInput();
      if (rawInput.length() > 0 || !number.hasCountryCode()) {
        return rawInput;
      }
    }
    StringBuilder formattedNumber = new StringBuilder(20);
    format(number, numberFormat, formattedNumber);
    return formattedNumber.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Same as {@link #format(PhoneNumber, PhoneNumberFormat)}, but accepts a mutable StringBuilder as
   * a parameter to decrease object creation when invoked many times.
   */
  public void format(PhoneNumber number, PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat,
                     StringBuilder formattedNumber) {
    // Clear the StringBuilder first.
    formattedNumber.setLength(0);
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);

    if (numberFormat == PhoneNumberFormat.E164) {
      // Early exit for E164 case (even if the country calling code is invalid) since no formatting
      // of the national number needs to be applied. Extensions are not formatted.
      formattedNumber.append(nationalSignificantNumber);
      prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode, PhoneNumberFormat.E164,
                                         formattedNumber);
      return;
    }
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode)) {
      formattedNumber.append(nationalSignificantNumber);
      return;
    }
    // Note getRegionCodeForCountryCode() is used because formatting information for regions which
    // share a country calling code is contained by only one region for performance reasons. For
    // example, for NANPA regions it will be contained in the metadata for US.
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCallingCode);
    // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid (which means that the
    // region code cannot be ZZ and must be one of our supported region codes).
    PhoneMetadata metadata =
        getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCallingCode, regionCode);
    formattedNumber.append(formatNsn(nationalSignificantNumber, metadata, numberFormat));
    maybeAppendFormattedExtension(number, metadata, numberFormat, formattedNumber);
    prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode, numberFormat, formattedNumber);
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number in the specified format using client-defined formatting rules. Note that
   * if the phone number has a country calling code of zero or an otherwise invalid country calling
   * code, we cannot work out things like whether there should be a national prefix applied, or how
   * to format extensions, so we return the national significant number with no formatting applied.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number to be formatted
   * @param numberFormat  the format the phone number should be formatted into
   * @param userDefinedFormats  formatting rules specified by clients
   * @return  the formatted phone number
   */
  public String formatByPattern(PhoneNumber number,
                                PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat,
                                List<NumberFormat> userDefinedFormats) {
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode)) {
      return nationalSignificantNumber;
    }
    // Note getRegionCodeForCountryCode() is used because formatting information for regions which
    // share a country calling code is contained by only one region for performance reasons. For
    // example, for NANPA regions it will be contained in the metadata for US.
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCallingCode);
    // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid.
    PhoneMetadata metadata =
        getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCallingCode, regionCode);

    StringBuilder formattedNumber = new StringBuilder(20);

    NumberFormat formattingPattern =
        chooseFormattingPatternForNumber(userDefinedFormats, nationalSignificantNumber);
    if (formattingPattern == null) {
      // If no pattern above is matched, we format the number as a whole.
      formattedNumber.append(nationalSignificantNumber);
    } else {
      NumberFormat.Builder numFormatCopy = NumberFormat.newBuilder();
      // Before we do a replacement of the national prefix pattern $NP with the national prefix, we
      // need to copy the rule so that subsequent replacements for different numbers have the
      // appropriate national prefix.
      numFormatCopy.mergeFrom(formattingPattern);
      String nationalPrefixFormattingRule = formattingPattern.getNationalPrefixFormattingRule();
      if (nationalPrefixFormattingRule.length() > 0) {
        String nationalPrefix = metadata.getNationalPrefix();
        if (nationalPrefix.length() > 0) {
          // Replace $NP with national prefix and $FG with the first group ($1).
          nationalPrefixFormattingRule =
              nationalPrefixFormattingRule.replace(NP_STRING, nationalPrefix);
          nationalPrefixFormattingRule = nationalPrefixFormattingRule.replace(FG_STRING, "$1");
          numFormatCopy.setNationalPrefixFormattingRule(nationalPrefixFormattingRule);
        } else {
          // We don't want to have a rule for how to format the national prefix if there isn't one.
          numFormatCopy.clearNationalPrefixFormattingRule();
        }
      }
      formattedNumber.append(
          formatNsnUsingPattern(nationalSignificantNumber, numFormatCopy.build(), numberFormat));
    }
    maybeAppendFormattedExtension(number, metadata, numberFormat, formattedNumber);
    prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode, numberFormat, formattedNumber);
    return formattedNumber.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number in national format for dialing using the carrier as specified in the
   * {@code carrierCode}. The {@code carrierCode} will always be used regardless of whether the
   * phone number already has a preferred domestic carrier code stored. If {@code carrierCode}
   * contains an empty string, returns the number in national format without any carrier code.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number to be formatted
   * @param carrierCode  the carrier selection code to be used
   * @return  the formatted phone number in national format for dialing using the carrier as
   *     specified in the {@code carrierCode}
   */
  public String formatNationalNumberWithCarrierCode(PhoneNumber number, CharSequence carrierCode) {
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode)) {
      return nationalSignificantNumber;
    }

    // Note getRegionCodeForCountryCode() is used because formatting information for regions which
    // share a country calling code is contained by only one region for performance reasons. For
    // example, for NANPA regions it will be contained in the metadata for US.
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCallingCode);
    // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid.
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCallingCode, regionCode);

    StringBuilder formattedNumber = new StringBuilder(20);
    formattedNumber.append(formatNsn(nationalSignificantNumber, metadata,
                                     PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL, carrierCode));
    maybeAppendFormattedExtension(number, metadata, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL, formattedNumber);
    prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL,
                                       formattedNumber);
    return formattedNumber.toString();
  }

  private PhoneMetadata getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(
      int countryCallingCode, String regionCode) {
    return REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY.equals(regionCode)
        ? getMetadataForNonGeographicalRegion(countryCallingCode)
        : getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number in national format for dialing using the carrier as specified in the
   * preferredDomesticCarrierCode field of the PhoneNumber object passed in. If that is missing,
   * use the {@code fallbackCarrierCode} passed in instead. If there is no
   * {@code preferredDomesticCarrierCode}, and the {@code fallbackCarrierCode} contains an empty
   * string, return the number in national format without any carrier code.
   *
   * <p>Use {@link #formatNationalNumberWithCarrierCode} instead if the carrier code passed in
   * should take precedence over the number's {@code preferredDomesticCarrierCode} when formatting.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number to be formatted
   * @param fallbackCarrierCode  the carrier selection code to be used, if none is found in the
   *     phone number itself
   * @return  the formatted phone number in national format for dialing using the number's
   *     {@code preferredDomesticCarrierCode}, or the {@code fallbackCarrierCode} passed in if
   *     none is found
   */
  public String formatNationalNumberWithPreferredCarrierCode(PhoneNumber number,
                                                             CharSequence fallbackCarrierCode) {
    return formatNationalNumberWithCarrierCode(number,
        // Historically, we set this to an empty string when parsing with raw input if none was
        // found in the input string. However, this doesn't result in a number we can dial. For this
        // reason, we treat the empty string the same as if it isn't set at all.
        number.getPreferredDomesticCarrierCode().length() > 0
        ? number.getPreferredDomesticCarrierCode()
        : fallbackCarrierCode);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a number formatted in such a way that it can be dialed from a mobile phone in a
   * specific region. If the number cannot be reached from the region (e.g. some countries block
   * toll-free numbers from being called outside of the country), the method returns an empty
   * string.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number to be formatted
   * @param regionCallingFrom  the region where the call is being placed
   * @param withFormatting  whether the number should be returned with formatting symbols, such as
   *     spaces and dashes.
   * @return  the formatted phone number
   */
  public String formatNumberForMobileDialing(PhoneNumber number, String regionCallingFrom,
                                             boolean withFormatting) {
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode)) {
      return number.hasRawInput() ? number.getRawInput() : "";
    }

    String formattedNumber = "";
    // Clear the extension, as that part cannot normally be dialed together with the main number.
    PhoneNumber numberNoExt = new PhoneNumber().mergeFrom(number).clearExtension();
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCallingCode);
    PhoneNumberType numberType = getNumberType(numberNoExt);
    boolean isValidNumber = (numberType != PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN);
    if (regionCallingFrom.equals(regionCode)) {
      boolean isFixedLineOrMobile =
          (numberType == PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE) || (numberType == PhoneNumberType.MOBILE)
          || (numberType == PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE);
      // Carrier codes may be needed in some countries. We handle this here.
      if (regionCode.equals("BR") && isFixedLineOrMobile) {
        // Historically, we set this to an empty string when parsing with raw input if none was
        // found in the input string. However, this doesn't result in a number we can dial. For this
        // reason, we treat the empty string the same as if it isn't set at all.
        formattedNumber = numberNoExt.getPreferredDomesticCarrierCode().length() > 0
            ? formattedNumber = formatNationalNumberWithPreferredCarrierCode(numberNoExt, "")
            // Brazilian fixed line and mobile numbers need to be dialed with a carrier code when
            // called within Brazil. Without that, most of the carriers won't connect the call.
            // Because of that, we return an empty string here.
            : "";
      } else if (countryCallingCode == NANPA_COUNTRY_CODE) {
        // For NANPA countries, we output international format for numbers that can be dialed
        // internationally, since that always works, except for numbers which might potentially be
        // short numbers, which are always dialled in national format.
        PhoneMetadata regionMetadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCallingFrom);
        if (canBeInternationallyDialled(numberNoExt)
            && testNumberLength(getNationalSignificantNumber(numberNoExt), regionMetadata)
                != ValidationResult.TOO_SHORT) {
          formattedNumber = format(numberNoExt, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL);
        } else {
          formattedNumber = format(numberNoExt, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
        }
      } else {
        // For non-geographical countries, and Mexican, Chilean, and Uzbek fixed line and mobile
        // numbers, we output international format for numbers that can be dialed internationally as
        // that always works.
        if ((regionCode.equals(REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY)
             // MX fixed line and mobile numbers should always be formatted in international format,
             // even when dialed within MX. For national format to work, a carrier code needs to be
             // used, and the correct carrier code depends on if the caller and callee are from the
             // same local area. It is trickier to get that to work correctly than using
             // international format, which is tested to work fine on all carriers.
             // CL fixed line numbers need the national prefix when dialing in the national format,
             // but don't have it when used for display. The reverse is true for mobile numbers.  As
             // a result, we output them in the international format to make it work.
             // UZ mobile and fixed-line numbers have to be formatted in international format or
             // prefixed with special codes like 03, 04 (for fixed-line) and 05 (for mobile) for
             // dialling successfully from mobile devices. As we do not have complete information on
             // special codes and to be consistent with formatting across all phone types we return
             // the number in international format here.
             || ((regionCode.equals("MX") || regionCode.equals("CL")
                 || regionCode.equals("UZ")) && isFixedLineOrMobile))
            && canBeInternationallyDialled(numberNoExt)) {
          formattedNumber = format(numberNoExt, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL);
        } else {
          formattedNumber = format(numberNoExt, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
        }
      }
    } else if (isValidNumber && canBeInternationallyDialled(numberNoExt)) {
      // We assume that short numbers are not diallable from outside their region, so if a number
      // is not a valid regular length phone number, we treat it as if it cannot be internationally
      // dialled.
      return withFormatting ? format(numberNoExt, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL)
                            : format(numberNoExt, PhoneNumberFormat.E164);
    }
    return withFormatting ? formattedNumber
                          : normalizeDiallableCharsOnly(formattedNumber);
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number for out-of-country dialing purposes. If no regionCallingFrom is
   * supplied, we format the number in its INTERNATIONAL format. If the country calling code is the
   * same as that of the region where the number is from, then NATIONAL formatting will be applied.
   *
   * <p>If the number itself has a country calling code of zero or an otherwise invalid country
   * calling code, then we return the number with no formatting applied.
   *
   * <p>Note this function takes care of the case for calling inside of NANPA and between Russia and
   * Kazakhstan (who share the same country calling code). In those cases, no international prefix
   * is used. For regions which have multiple international prefixes, the number in its
   * INTERNATIONAL format will be returned instead.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number to be formatted
   * @param regionCallingFrom  the region where the call is being placed
   * @return  the formatted phone number
   */
  public String formatOutOfCountryCallingNumber(PhoneNumber number,
                                                String regionCallingFrom) {
    if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCallingFrom)) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING,
                 "Trying to format number from invalid region "
                 + regionCallingFrom
                 + ". International formatting applied.");
      return format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL);
    }
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode)) {
      return nationalSignificantNumber;
    }
    if (countryCallingCode == NANPA_COUNTRY_CODE) {
      if (isNANPACountry(regionCallingFrom)) {
        // For NANPA regions, return the national format for these regions but prefix it with the
        // country calling code.
        return countryCallingCode + " " + format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
      }
    } else if (countryCallingCode == getCountryCodeForValidRegion(regionCallingFrom)) {
      // If regions share a country calling code, the country calling code need not be dialled.
      // This also applies when dialling within a region, so this if clause covers both these cases.
      // Technically this is the case for dialling from La Reunion to other overseas departments of
      // France (French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe), but not vice versa - so we don't cover this
      // edge case for now and for those cases return the version including country calling code.
      // Details here: http://www.petitfute.com/voyage/225-info-pratiques-reunion
      return format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
    }
    // Metadata cannot be null because we checked 'isValidRegionCode()' above.
    PhoneMetadata metadataForRegionCallingFrom = getMetadataForRegion(regionCallingFrom);
    String internationalPrefix = metadataForRegionCallingFrom.getInternationalPrefix();

    // In general, if there is a preferred international prefix, use that. Otherwise, for regions
    // that have multiple international prefixes, the international format of the number is
    // returned since we would not know which one to use.
    String internationalPrefixForFormatting = "";
    if (metadataForRegionCallingFrom.hasPreferredInternationalPrefix()) {
      internationalPrefixForFormatting =
          metadataForRegionCallingFrom.getPreferredInternationalPrefix();
    } else if (SINGLE_INTERNATIONAL_PREFIX.matcher(internationalPrefix).matches()) {
      internationalPrefixForFormatting = internationalPrefix;
    }

    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCallingCode);
    // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid.
    PhoneMetadata metadataForRegion =
        getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCallingCode, regionCode);
    String formattedNationalNumber =
        formatNsn(nationalSignificantNumber, metadataForRegion, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL);
    StringBuilder formattedNumber = new StringBuilder(formattedNationalNumber);
    maybeAppendFormattedExtension(number, metadataForRegion, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL,
                                  formattedNumber);
    if (internationalPrefixForFormatting.length() > 0) {
      formattedNumber.insert(0, " ").insert(0, countryCallingCode).insert(0, " ")
          .insert(0, internationalPrefixForFormatting);
    } else {
      prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(countryCallingCode,
                                         PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL,
                                         formattedNumber);
    }
    return formattedNumber.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number using the original phone number format (e.g. INTERNATIONAL or NATIONAL)
   * that the number is parsed from, provided that the number has been parsed with {@link
   * parseAndKeepRawInput}. Otherwise the number will be formatted in NATIONAL format.
   *
   * <p>The original format is embedded in the country_code_source field of the PhoneNumber object
   * passed in, which is only set when parsing keeps the raw input. When we don't have a formatting
   * pattern for the number, the method falls back to returning the raw input.
   *
   * <p>Note this method guarantees no digit will be inserted, removed or modified as a result of
   * formatting.
   *
   * @param number the phone number that needs to be formatted in its original number format
   * @param regionCallingFrom the region whose IDD needs to be prefixed if the original number has
   *     one
   * @return the formatted phone number in its original number format
   */
  public String formatInOriginalFormat(PhoneNumber number, String regionCallingFrom) {
    if (number.hasRawInput() && !hasFormattingPatternForNumber(number)) {
      // We check if we have the formatting pattern because without that, we might format the number
      // as a group without national prefix.
      return number.getRawInput();
    }
    if (!number.hasCountryCodeSource()) {
      return format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
    }
    String formattedNumber;
    switch (number.getCountryCodeSource()) {
      case FROM_NUMBER_WITH_PLUS_SIGN:
        formattedNumber = format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL);
        break;
      case FROM_NUMBER_WITH_IDD:
        formattedNumber = formatOutOfCountryCallingNumber(number, regionCallingFrom);
        break;
      case FROM_NUMBER_WITHOUT_PLUS_SIGN:
        formattedNumber = format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL).substring(1);
        break;
      case FROM_DEFAULT_COUNTRY:
        // Fall-through to default case.
      default:
        String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(number.getCountryCode());
        // We strip non-digits from the NDD here, and from the raw input later, so that we can
        // compare them easily.
        String nationalPrefix = getNddPrefixForRegion(regionCode, true /* strip non-digits */);
        String nationalFormat = format(number, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
        if (nationalPrefix == null || nationalPrefix.length() == 0) {
          // If the region doesn't have a national prefix at all, we can safely return the national
          // format without worrying about a national prefix being added.
          formattedNumber = nationalFormat;
          break;
        }
        // Otherwise, we check if the original number was entered with a national prefix.
        if (rawInputContainsNationalPrefix(
            number.getRawInput(), nationalPrefix, regionCode)) {
          // If so, we can safely return the national format.
          formattedNumber = nationalFormat;
          break;
        }
        // Metadata cannot be null here because getNddPrefixForRegion() (above) returns null if
        // there is no metadata for the region.
        PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
        String nationalNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
        NumberFormat formatRule =
            chooseFormattingPatternForNumber(metadata.getNumberFormatList(), nationalNumber);
        // The format rule could still be null here if the national number was 0 and there was no
        // raw input (this should not be possible for numbers generated by the phonenumber library
        // as they would also not have a country calling code and we would have exited earlier).
        if (formatRule == null) {
          formattedNumber = nationalFormat;
          break;
        }
        // When the format we apply to this number doesn't contain national prefix, we can just
        // return the national format.
        // TODO: Refactor the code below with the code in
        // isNationalPrefixPresentIfRequired.
        String candidateNationalPrefixRule = formatRule.getNationalPrefixFormattingRule();
        // We assume that the first-group symbol will never be _before_ the national prefix.
        int indexOfFirstGroup = candidateNationalPrefixRule.indexOf("$1");
        if (indexOfFirstGroup <= 0) {
          formattedNumber = nationalFormat;
          break;
        }
        candidateNationalPrefixRule =
            candidateNationalPrefixRule.substring(0, indexOfFirstGroup);
        candidateNationalPrefixRule = normalizeDigitsOnly(candidateNationalPrefixRule);
        if (candidateNationalPrefixRule.length() == 0) {
          // National prefix not used when formatting this number.
          formattedNumber = nationalFormat;
          break;
        }
        // Otherwise, we need to remove the national prefix from our output.
        NumberFormat.Builder numFormatCopy =  NumberFormat.newBuilder();
        numFormatCopy.mergeFrom(formatRule);
        numFormatCopy.clearNationalPrefixFormattingRule();
        List<NumberFormat> numberFormats = new ArrayList<>(1);
        numberFormats.add(numFormatCopy.build());
        formattedNumber = formatByPattern(number, PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL, numberFormats);
        break;
    }
    String rawInput = number.getRawInput();
    // If no digit is inserted/removed/modified as a result of our formatting, we return the
    // formatted phone number; otherwise we return the raw input the user entered.
    if (formattedNumber != null && rawInput.length() > 0) {
      String normalizedFormattedNumber = normalizeDiallableCharsOnly(formattedNumber);
      String normalizedRawInput = normalizeDiallableCharsOnly(rawInput);
      if (!normalizedFormattedNumber.equals(normalizedRawInput)) {
        formattedNumber = rawInput;
      }
    }
    return formattedNumber;
  }

  // Check if rawInput, which is assumed to be in the national format, has a national prefix. The
  // national prefix is assumed to be in digits-only form.
  private boolean rawInputContainsNationalPrefix(String rawInput, String nationalPrefix,
      String regionCode) {
    String normalizedNationalNumber = normalizeDigitsOnly(rawInput);
    if (normalizedNationalNumber.startsWith(nationalPrefix)) {
      try {
        // Some Japanese numbers (e.g. 00777123) might be mistaken to contain the national prefix
        // when written without it (e.g. 0777123) if we just do prefix matching. To tackle that, we
        // check the validity of the number if the assumed national prefix is removed (777123 won't
        // be valid in Japan).
        return isValidNumber(
            parse(normalizedNationalNumber.substring(nationalPrefix.length()), regionCode));
      } catch (NumberParseException e) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  private boolean hasFormattingPatternForNumber(PhoneNumber number) {
    int countryCallingCode = number.getCountryCode();
    String phoneNumberRegion = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCallingCode);
    PhoneMetadata metadata =
        getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCallingCode, phoneNumberRegion);
    if (metadata == null) {
      return false;
    }
    String nationalNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    NumberFormat formatRule =
        chooseFormattingPatternForNumber(metadata.getNumberFormatList(), nationalNumber);
    return formatRule != null;
  }

  /**
   * Formats a phone number for out-of-country dialing purposes.
   *
   * Note that in this version, if the number was entered originally using alpha characters and
   * this version of the number is stored in raw_input, this representation of the number will be
   * used rather than the digit representation. Grouping information, as specified by characters
   * such as "-" and " ", will be retained.
   *
   * <p><b>Caveats:</b></p>
   * <ul>
   *  <li> This will not produce good results if the country calling code is both present in the raw
   *       input _and_ is the start of the national number. This is not a problem in the regions
   *       which typically use alpha numbers.
   *  <li> This will also not produce good results if the raw input has any grouping information
   *       within the first three digits of the national number, and if the function needs to strip
   *       preceding digits/words in the raw input before these digits. Normally people group the
   *       first three digits together so this is not a huge problem - and will be fixed if it
   *       proves to be so.
   * </ul>
   *
   * @param number  the phone number that needs to be formatted
   * @param regionCallingFrom  the region where the call is being placed
   * @return  the formatted phone number
   */
  public String formatOutOfCountryKeepingAlphaChars(PhoneNumber number,
                                                    String regionCallingFrom) {
    String rawInput = number.getRawInput();
    // If there is no raw input, then we can't keep alpha characters because there aren't any.
    // In this case, we return formatOutOfCountryCallingNumber.
    if (rawInput.length() == 0) {
      return formatOutOfCountryCallingNumber(number, regionCallingFrom);
    }
    int countryCode = number.getCountryCode();
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCode)) {
      return rawInput;
    }
    // Strip any prefix such as country calling code, IDD, that was present. We do this by comparing
    // the number in raw_input with the parsed number.
    // To do this, first we normalize punctuation. We retain number grouping symbols such as " "
    // only.
    rawInput = normalizeHelper(rawInput, ALL_PLUS_NUMBER_GROUPING_SYMBOLS, true);
    // Now we trim everything before the first three digits in the parsed number. We choose three
    // because all valid alpha numbers have 3 digits at the start - if it does not, then we don't
    // trim anything at all. Similarly, if the national number was less than three digits, we don't
    // trim anything at all.
    String nationalNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    if (nationalNumber.length() > 3) {
      int firstNationalNumberDigit = rawInput.indexOf(nationalNumber.substring(0, 3));
      if (firstNationalNumberDigit != -1) {
        rawInput = rawInput.substring(firstNationalNumberDigit);
      }
    }
    PhoneMetadata metadataForRegionCallingFrom = getMetadataForRegion(regionCallingFrom);
    if (countryCode == NANPA_COUNTRY_CODE) {
      if (isNANPACountry(regionCallingFrom)) {
        return countryCode + " " + rawInput;
      }
    } else if (metadataForRegionCallingFrom != null
        && countryCode == getCountryCodeForValidRegion(regionCallingFrom)) {
      NumberFormat formattingPattern =
          chooseFormattingPatternForNumber(metadataForRegionCallingFrom.getNumberFormatList(),
                                           nationalNumber);
      if (formattingPattern == null) {
        // If no pattern above is matched, we format the original input.
        return rawInput;
      }
      NumberFormat.Builder newFormat = NumberFormat.newBuilder();
      newFormat.mergeFrom(formattingPattern);
      // The first group is the first group of digits that the user wrote together.
      newFormat.setPattern("(\\d+)(.*)");
      // Here we just concatenate them back together after the national prefix has been fixed.
      newFormat.setFormat("$1$2");
      // Now we format using this pattern instead of the default pattern, but with the national
      // prefix prefixed if necessary.
      // This will not work in the cases where the pattern (and not the leading digits) decide
      // whether a national prefix needs to be used, since we have overridden the pattern to match
      // anything, but that is not the case in the metadata to date.
      return formatNsnUsingPattern(rawInput, newFormat.build(), PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL);
    }
    String internationalPrefixForFormatting = "";
    // If an unsupported region-calling-from is entered, or a country with multiple international
    // prefixes, the international format of the number is returned, unless there is a preferred
    // international prefix.
    if (metadataForRegionCallingFrom != null) {
      String internationalPrefix = metadataForRegionCallingFrom.getInternationalPrefix();
      internationalPrefixForFormatting =
          SINGLE_INTERNATIONAL_PREFIX.matcher(internationalPrefix).matches()
          ? internationalPrefix
          : metadataForRegionCallingFrom.getPreferredInternationalPrefix();
    }
    StringBuilder formattedNumber = new StringBuilder(rawInput);
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCode);
    // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid.
    PhoneMetadata metadataForRegion = getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCode, regionCode);
    maybeAppendFormattedExtension(number, metadataForRegion,
                                  PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL, formattedNumber);
    if (internationalPrefixForFormatting.length() > 0) {
      formattedNumber.insert(0, " ").insert(0, countryCode).insert(0, " ")
          .insert(0, internationalPrefixForFormatting);
    } else {
      // Invalid region entered as country-calling-from (so no metadata was found for it) or the
      // region chosen has multiple international dialling prefixes.
      if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCallingFrom)) {
        logger.log(Level.WARNING,
                   "Trying to format number from invalid region "
                   + regionCallingFrom
                   + ". International formatting applied.");
      }
      prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(countryCode,
                                         PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL,
                                         formattedNumber);
    }
    return formattedNumber.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the national significant number of a phone number. Note a national significant number
   * doesn't contain a national prefix or any formatting.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number for which the national significant number is needed
   * @return  the national significant number of the PhoneNumber object passed in
   */
  public String getNationalSignificantNumber(PhoneNumber number) {
    // If leading zero(s) have been set, we prefix this now. Note this is not a national prefix.
    StringBuilder nationalNumber = new StringBuilder();
    if (number.isItalianLeadingZero() && number.getNumberOfLeadingZeros() > 0) {
      char[] zeros = new char[number.getNumberOfLeadingZeros()];
      Arrays.fill(zeros, '0');
      nationalNumber.append(new String(zeros));
    }
    nationalNumber.append(number.getNationalNumber());
    return nationalNumber.toString();
  }

  /**
   * A helper function that is used by format and formatByPattern.
   */
  private void prefixNumberWithCountryCallingCode(int countryCallingCode,
                                                  PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat,
                                                  StringBuilder formattedNumber) {
    switch (numberFormat) {
      case E164:
        formattedNumber.insert(0, countryCallingCode).insert(0, PLUS_SIGN);
        return;
      case INTERNATIONAL:
        formattedNumber.insert(0, " ").insert(0, countryCallingCode).insert(0, PLUS_SIGN);
        return;
      case RFC3966:
        formattedNumber.insert(0, "-").insert(0, countryCallingCode).insert(0, PLUS_SIGN)
            .insert(0, RFC3966_PREFIX);
        return;
      case NATIONAL:
      default:
        return;
    }
  }

  // Simple wrapper of formatNsn for the common case of no carrier code.
  private String formatNsn(String number, PhoneMetadata metadata, PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat) {
    return formatNsn(number, metadata, numberFormat, null);
  }

  // Note in some regions, the national number can be written in two completely different ways
  // depending on whether it forms part of the NATIONAL format or INTERNATIONAL format. The
  // numberFormat parameter here is used to specify which format to use for those cases. If a
  // carrierCode is specified, this will be inserted into the formatted string to replace $CC.
  private String formatNsn(String number,
                           PhoneMetadata metadata,
                           PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat,
                           CharSequence carrierCode) {
    List<NumberFormat> intlNumberFormats = metadata.getIntlNumberFormatList();
    // When the intlNumberFormats exists, we use that to format national number for the
    // INTERNATIONAL format instead of using the numberDesc.numberFormats.
    List<NumberFormat> availableFormats =
        (intlNumberFormats.size() == 0 || numberFormat == PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL)
        ? metadata.getNumberFormatList()
        : metadata.getIntlNumberFormatList();
    NumberFormat formattingPattern = chooseFormattingPatternForNumber(availableFormats, number);
    return (formattingPattern == null)
        ? number
        : formatNsnUsingPattern(number, formattingPattern, numberFormat, carrierCode);
  }

  NumberFormat chooseFormattingPatternForNumber(List<NumberFormat> availableFormats,
                                                String nationalNumber) {
    for (NumberFormat numFormat : availableFormats) {
      int size = numFormat.getLeadingDigitsPatternCount();
      if (size == 0 || regexCache.getPatternForRegex(
              // We always use the last leading_digits_pattern, as it is the most detailed.
              numFormat.getLeadingDigitsPattern(size - 1)).matcher(nationalNumber).lookingAt()) {
        Matcher m = regexCache.getPatternForRegex(numFormat.getPattern()).matcher(nationalNumber);
        if (m.matches()) {
          return numFormat;
        }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  // Simple wrapper of formatNsnUsingPattern for the common case of no carrier code.
  String formatNsnUsingPattern(String nationalNumber,
                               NumberFormat formattingPattern,
                               PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat) {
    return formatNsnUsingPattern(nationalNumber, formattingPattern, numberFormat, null);
  }

  // Note that carrierCode is optional - if null or an empty string, no carrier code replacement
  // will take place.
  private String formatNsnUsingPattern(String nationalNumber,
                                       NumberFormat formattingPattern,
                                       PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat,
                                       CharSequence carrierCode) {
    String numberFormatRule = formattingPattern.getFormat();
    Matcher m =
        regexCache.getPatternForRegex(formattingPattern.getPattern()).matcher(nationalNumber);
    String formattedNationalNumber = "";
    if (numberFormat == PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL
        && carrierCode != null && carrierCode.length() > 0
        && formattingPattern.getDomesticCarrierCodeFormattingRule().length() > 0) {
      // Replace the $CC in the formatting rule with the desired carrier code.
      String carrierCodeFormattingRule = formattingPattern.getDomesticCarrierCodeFormattingRule();
      carrierCodeFormattingRule = carrierCodeFormattingRule.replace(CC_STRING, carrierCode);
      // Now replace the $FG in the formatting rule with the first group and the carrier code
      // combined in the appropriate way.
      numberFormatRule = FIRST_GROUP_PATTERN.matcher(numberFormatRule)
          .replaceFirst(carrierCodeFormattingRule);
      formattedNationalNumber = m.replaceAll(numberFormatRule);
    } else {
      // Use the national prefix formatting rule instead.
      String nationalPrefixFormattingRule = formattingPattern.getNationalPrefixFormattingRule();
      if (numberFormat == PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL
          && nationalPrefixFormattingRule != null
          && nationalPrefixFormattingRule.length() > 0) {
        Matcher firstGroupMatcher = FIRST_GROUP_PATTERN.matcher(numberFormatRule);
        formattedNationalNumber =
            m.replaceAll(firstGroupMatcher.replaceFirst(nationalPrefixFormattingRule));
      } else {
        formattedNationalNumber = m.replaceAll(numberFormatRule);
      }
    }
    if (numberFormat == PhoneNumberFormat.RFC3966) {
      // Strip any leading punctuation.
      Matcher matcher = SEPARATOR_PATTERN.matcher(formattedNationalNumber);
      if (matcher.lookingAt()) {
        formattedNationalNumber = matcher.replaceFirst("");
      }
      // Replace the rest with a dash between each number group.
      formattedNationalNumber = matcher.reset(formattedNationalNumber).replaceAll("-");
    }
    return formattedNationalNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a valid number for the specified region.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region for which an example number is needed
   * @return  a valid fixed-line number for the specified region. Returns null when the metadata
   *    does not contain such information, or the region 001 is passed in. For 001 (representing
   *    non-geographical numbers), call {@link #getExampleNumberForNonGeoEntity} instead.
   */
  public PhoneNumber getExampleNumber(String regionCode) {
    return getExampleNumberForType(regionCode, PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE);
  }

  /**
   * Gets an invalid number for the specified region. This is useful for unit-testing purposes,
   * where you want to test what will happen with an invalid number. Note that the number that is
   * returned will always be able to be parsed and will have the correct country code. It may also
   * be a valid *short* number/code for this region. Validity checking such numbers is handled with
   * {@link com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.ShortNumberInfo}.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region for which an example number is needed
   * @return  an invalid number for the specified region. Returns null when an unsupported region or
   *     the region 001 (Earth) is passed in.
   */
  public PhoneNumber getInvalidExampleNumber(String regionCode) {
    if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCode)) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid or unknown region code provided: " + regionCode);
      return null;
    }
    // We start off with a valid fixed-line number since every country supports this. Alternatively
    // we could start with a different number type, since fixed-line numbers typically have a wide
    // breadth of valid number lengths and we may have to make it very short before we get an
    // invalid number.
    PhoneNumberDesc desc = getNumberDescByType(getMetadataForRegion(regionCode),
        PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE);
    if (!desc.hasExampleNumber()) {
      // This shouldn't happen; we have a test for this.
      return null;
    }
    String exampleNumber = desc.getExampleNumber();
    // Try and make the number invalid. We do this by changing the length. We try reducing the
    // length of the number, since currently no region has a number that is the same length as
    // MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN. This is probably quicker than making the number longer, which is another
    // alternative. We could also use the possible number pattern to extract the possible lengths of
    // the number to make this faster, but this method is only for unit-testing so simplicity is
    // preferred to performance.  We don't want to return a number that can't be parsed, so we check
    // the number is long enough. We try all possible lengths because phone number plans often have
    // overlapping prefixes so the number 123456 might be valid as a fixed-line number, and 12345 as
    // a mobile number. It would be faster to loop in a different order, but we prefer numbers that
    // look closer to real numbers (and it gives us a variety of different lengths for the resulting
    // phone numbers - otherwise they would all be MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN digits long.)
    for (int phoneNumberLength = exampleNumber.length() - 1;
         phoneNumberLength >= MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN;
         phoneNumberLength--) {
      String numberToTry = exampleNumber.substring(0, phoneNumberLength);
      try {
        PhoneNumber possiblyValidNumber = parse(numberToTry, regionCode);
        if (!isValidNumber(possiblyValidNumber)) {
          return possiblyValidNumber;
        }
      } catch (NumberParseException e) {
        // Shouldn't happen: we have already checked the length, we know example numbers have
        // only valid digits, and we know the region code is fine.
      }
    }
    // We have a test to check that this doesn't happen for any of our supported regions.
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a valid number for the specified region and number type.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region for which an example number is needed
   * @param type  the type of number that is needed
   * @return  a valid number for the specified region and type. Returns null when the metadata
   *     does not contain such information or if an invalid region or region 001 was entered.
   *     For 001 (representing non-geographical numbers), call
   *     {@link #getExampleNumberForNonGeoEntity} instead.
   */
  public PhoneNumber getExampleNumberForType(String regionCode, PhoneNumberType type) {
    // Check the region code is valid.
    if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCode)) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid or unknown region code provided: " + regionCode);
      return null;
    }
    PhoneNumberDesc desc = getNumberDescByType(getMetadataForRegion(regionCode), type);
    try {
      if (desc.hasExampleNumber()) {
        return parse(desc.getExampleNumber(), regionCode);
      }
    } catch (NumberParseException e) {
      logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.toString());
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a valid number for the specified number type (it may belong to any country).
   *
   * @param type  the type of number that is needed
   * @return  a valid number for the specified type. Returns null when the metadata
   *     does not contain such information. This should only happen when no numbers of this type are
   *     allocated anywhere in the world anymore.
   */
  public PhoneNumber getExampleNumberForType(PhoneNumberType type) {
    for (String regionCode : getSupportedRegions()) {
      PhoneNumber exampleNumber = getExampleNumberForType(regionCode, type);
      if (exampleNumber != null) {
        return exampleNumber;
      }
    }
    // If there wasn't an example number for a region, try the non-geographical entities.
    for (int countryCallingCode : getSupportedGlobalNetworkCallingCodes()) {
      PhoneNumberDesc desc = getNumberDescByType(
          getMetadataForNonGeographicalRegion(countryCallingCode), type);
      try {
        if (desc.hasExampleNumber()) {
          return parse("+" + countryCallingCode + desc.getExampleNumber(), UNKNOWN_REGION);
        }
      } catch (NumberParseException e) {
        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.toString());
      }
    }
    // There are no example numbers of this type for any country in the library.
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a valid number for the specified country calling code for a non-geographical entity.
   *
   * @param countryCallingCode  the country calling code for a non-geographical entity
   * @return  a valid number for the non-geographical entity. Returns null when the metadata
   *    does not contain such information, or the country calling code passed in does not belong
   *    to a non-geographical entity.
   */
  public PhoneNumber getExampleNumberForNonGeoEntity(int countryCallingCode) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForNonGeographicalRegion(countryCallingCode);
    if (metadata != null) {
      // For geographical entities, fixed-line data is always present. However, for non-geographical
      // entities, this is not the case, so we have to go through different types to find the
      // example number. We don't check fixed-line or personal number since they aren't used by
      // non-geographical entities (if this changes, a unit-test will catch this.)
      for (PhoneNumberDesc desc : Arrays.asList(metadata.getMobile(), metadata.getTollFree(),
               metadata.getSharedCost(), metadata.getVoip(), metadata.getVoicemail(),
               metadata.getUan(), metadata.getPremiumRate())) {
        try {
          if (desc != null && desc.hasExampleNumber()) {
            return parse("+" + countryCallingCode + desc.getExampleNumber(), UNKNOWN_REGION);
          }
        } catch (NumberParseException e) {
          logger.log(Level.SEVERE, e.toString());
        }
      }
    } else {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING,
                 "Invalid or unknown country calling code provided: " + countryCallingCode);
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Appends the formatted extension of a phone number to formattedNumber, if the phone number had
   * an extension specified.
   */
  private void maybeAppendFormattedExtension(PhoneNumber number, PhoneMetadata metadata,
                                             PhoneNumberFormat numberFormat,
                                             StringBuilder formattedNumber) {
    if (number.hasExtension() && number.getExtension().length() > 0) {
      if (numberFormat == PhoneNumberFormat.RFC3966) {
        formattedNumber.append(RFC3966_EXTN_PREFIX).append(number.getExtension());
      } else {
        if (metadata.hasPreferredExtnPrefix()) {
          formattedNumber.append(metadata.getPreferredExtnPrefix()).append(number.getExtension());
        } else {
          formattedNumber.append(DEFAULT_EXTN_PREFIX).append(number.getExtension());
        }
      }
    }
  }

  PhoneNumberDesc getNumberDescByType(PhoneMetadata metadata, PhoneNumberType type) {
    switch (type) {
      case PREMIUM_RATE:
        return metadata.getPremiumRate();
      case TOLL_FREE:
        return metadata.getTollFree();
      case MOBILE:
        return metadata.getMobile();
      case FIXED_LINE:
      case FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE:
        return metadata.getFixedLine();
      case SHARED_COST:
        return metadata.getSharedCost();
      case VOIP:
        return metadata.getVoip();
      case PERSONAL_NUMBER:
        return metadata.getPersonalNumber();
      case PAGER:
        return metadata.getPager();
      case UAN:
        return metadata.getUan();
      case VOICEMAIL:
        return metadata.getVoicemail();
      default:
        return metadata.getGeneralDesc();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Gets the type of a valid phone number.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number that we want to know the type
   * @return  the type of the phone number, or UNKNOWN if it is invalid
   */
  public PhoneNumberType getNumberType(PhoneNumber number) {
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForNumber(number);
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(number.getCountryCode(), regionCode);
    if (metadata == null) {
      return PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN;
    }
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    return getNumberTypeHelper(nationalSignificantNumber, metadata);
  }

  private PhoneNumberType getNumberTypeHelper(String nationalNumber, PhoneMetadata metadata) {
    if (!isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getGeneralDesc())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN;
    }

    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getPremiumRate())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.PREMIUM_RATE;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getTollFree())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.TOLL_FREE;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getSharedCost())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.SHARED_COST;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getVoip())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.VOIP;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getPersonalNumber())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.PERSONAL_NUMBER;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getPager())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.PAGER;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getUan())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.UAN;
    }
    if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getVoicemail())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.VOICEMAIL;
    }

    boolean isFixedLine = isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getFixedLine());
    if (isFixedLine) {
      if (metadata.getSameMobileAndFixedLinePattern()) {
        return PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE;
      } else if (isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getMobile())) {
        return PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE;
      }
      return PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE;
    }
    // Otherwise, test to see if the number is mobile. Only do this if certain that the patterns for
    // mobile and fixed line aren't the same.
    if (!metadata.getSameMobileAndFixedLinePattern()
        && isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalNumber, metadata.getMobile())) {
      return PhoneNumberType.MOBILE;
    }
    return PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the metadata for the given region code or {@code null} if the region code is invalid or
   * unknown.
   *
   * @throws MissingMetadataException if the region code is valid, but metadata cannot be found.
   */
  PhoneMetadata getMetadataForRegion(String regionCode) {
    if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCode)) {
      return null;
    }
    PhoneMetadata phoneMetadata = metadataSource.getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
    ensureMetadataIsNonNull(phoneMetadata, "Missing metadata for region code " + regionCode);
    return phoneMetadata;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the metadata for the given country calling code or {@code null} if the country calling
   * code is invalid or unknown.
   *
   * @throws MissingMetadataException if the country calling code is valid, but metadata cannot be
   *     found.
   */
  PhoneMetadata getMetadataForNonGeographicalRegion(int countryCallingCode) {
    if (!countryCodesForNonGeographicalRegion.contains(countryCallingCode)) {
      return null;
    }
    PhoneMetadata phoneMetadata = metadataSource.getMetadataForNonGeographicalRegion(
        countryCallingCode);
    ensureMetadataIsNonNull(phoneMetadata,
        "Missing metadata for country code " + countryCallingCode);
    return phoneMetadata;
  }

  private static void ensureMetadataIsNonNull(PhoneMetadata phoneMetadata, String message) {
    if (phoneMetadata == null) {
      throw new MissingMetadataException(message);
    }
  }

  boolean isNumberMatchingDesc(String nationalNumber, PhoneNumberDesc numberDesc) {
    // Check if any possible number lengths are present; if so, we use them to avoid checking the
    // validation pattern if they don't match. If they are absent, this means they match the general
    // description, which we have already checked before checking a specific number type.
    int actualLength = nationalNumber.length();
    List<Integer> possibleLengths = numberDesc.getPossibleLengthList();
    if (possibleLengths.size() > 0 && !possibleLengths.contains(actualLength)) {
      return false;
    }
    return matcherApi.matchNationalNumber(nationalNumber, numberDesc, false);
  }

  /**
   * Tests whether a phone number matches a valid pattern. Note this doesn't verify the number
   * is actually in use, which is impossible to tell by just looking at a number itself. It only
   * verifies whether the parsed, canonicalised number is valid: not whether a particular series of
   * digits entered by the user is diallable from the region provided when parsing. For example, the
   * number +41 (0) 78 927 2696 can be parsed into a number with country code "41" and national
   * significant number "789272696". This is valid, while the original string is not diallable.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number that we want to validate
   * @return  a boolean that indicates whether the number is of a valid pattern
   */
  public boolean isValidNumber(PhoneNumber number) {
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForNumber(number);
    return isValidNumberForRegion(number, regionCode);
  }

  /**
   * Tests whether a phone number is valid for a certain region. Note this doesn't verify the number
   * is actually in use, which is impossible to tell by just looking at a number itself. If the
   * country calling code is not the same as the country calling code for the region, this
   * immediately exits with false. After this, the specific number pattern rules for the region are
   * examined. This is useful for determining for example whether a particular number is valid for
   * Canada, rather than just a valid NANPA number.
   * Warning: In most cases, you want to use {@link #isValidNumber} instead. For example, this
   * method will mark numbers from British Crown dependencies such as the Isle of Man as invalid for
   * the region "GB" (United Kingdom), since it has its own region code, "IM", which may be
   * undesirable.
   *
   * @param number  the phone number that we want to validate
   * @param regionCode  the region that we want to validate the phone number for
   * @return  a boolean that indicates whether the number is of a valid pattern
   */
  public boolean isValidNumberForRegion(PhoneNumber number, String regionCode) {
    int countryCode = number.getCountryCode();
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCode, regionCode);
    if ((metadata == null)
        || (!REGION_CODE_FOR_NON_GEO_ENTITY.equals(regionCode)
         && countryCode != getCountryCodeForValidRegion(regionCode))) {
      // Either the region code was invalid, or the country calling code for this number does not
      // match that of the region code.
      return false;
    }
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    return getNumberTypeHelper(nationalSignificantNumber, metadata) != PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the region where a phone number is from. This could be used for geocoding at the region
   * level. Only guarantees correct results for valid, full numbers (not short-codes, or invalid
   * numbers).
   *
   * @param number  the phone number whose origin we want to know
   * @return  the region where the phone number is from, or null if no region matches this calling
   *     code
   */
  public String getRegionCodeForNumber(PhoneNumber number) {
    int countryCode = number.getCountryCode();
    List<String> regions = countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.get(countryCode);
    if (regions == null) {
      logger.log(Level.INFO, "Missing/invalid country_code (" + countryCode + ")");
      return null;
    }
    if (regions.size() == 1) {
      return regions.get(0);
    } else {
      return getRegionCodeForNumberFromRegionList(number, regions);
    }
  }

  private String getRegionCodeForNumberFromRegionList(PhoneNumber number,
                                                      List<String> regionCodes) {
    String nationalNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    for (String regionCode : regionCodes) {
      // If leadingDigits is present, use this. Otherwise, do full validation.
      // Metadata cannot be null because the region codes come from the country calling code map.
      PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
      if (metadata.hasLeadingDigits()) {
        if (regexCache.getPatternForRegex(metadata.getLeadingDigits())
                .matcher(nationalNumber).lookingAt()) {
          return regionCode;
        }
      } else if (getNumberTypeHelper(nationalNumber, metadata) != PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN) {
        return regionCode;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the region code that matches the specific country calling code. In the case of no
   * region code being found, ZZ will be returned. In the case of multiple regions, the one
   * designated in the metadata as the "main" region for this calling code will be returned. If the
   * countryCallingCode entered is valid but doesn't match a specific region (such as in the case of
   * non-geographical calling codes like 800) the value "001" will be returned (corresponding to
   * the value for World in the UN M.49 schema).
   */
  public String getRegionCodeForCountryCode(int countryCallingCode) {
    List<String> regionCodes = countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.get(countryCallingCode);
    return regionCodes == null ? UNKNOWN_REGION : regionCodes.get(0);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a list with the region codes that match the specific country calling code. For
   * non-geographical country calling codes, the region code 001 is returned. Also, in the case
   * of no region code being found, an empty list is returned.
   */
  public List<String> getRegionCodesForCountryCode(int countryCallingCode) {
    List<String> regionCodes = countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.get(countryCallingCode);
    return Collections.unmodifiableList(regionCodes == null ? new ArrayList<String>(0)
                                                            : regionCodes);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the country calling code for a specific region. For example, this would be 1 for the
   * United States, and 64 for New Zealand.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region that we want to get the country calling code for
   * @return  the country calling code for the region denoted by regionCode
   */
  public int getCountryCodeForRegion(String regionCode) {
    if (!isValidRegionCode(regionCode)) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING,
                 "Invalid or missing region code ("
                  + ((regionCode == null) ? "null" : regionCode)
                  + ") provided.");
      return 0;
    }
    return getCountryCodeForValidRegion(regionCode);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the country calling code for a specific region. For example, this would be 1 for the
   * United States, and 64 for New Zealand. Assumes the region is already valid.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region that we want to get the country calling code for
   * @return  the country calling code for the region denoted by regionCode
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the region is invalid
   */
  private int getCountryCodeForValidRegion(String regionCode) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
    if (metadata == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid region code: " + regionCode);
    }
    return metadata.getCountryCode();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the national dialling prefix for a specific region. For example, this would be 1 for
   * the United States, and 0 for New Zealand. Set stripNonDigits to true to strip symbols like "~"
   * (which indicates a wait for a dialling tone) from the prefix returned. If no national prefix is
   * present, we return null.
   *
   * <p>Warning: Do not use this method for do-your-own formatting - for some regions, the
   * national dialling prefix is used only for certain types of numbers. Use the library's
   * formatting functions to prefix the national prefix when required.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region that we want to get the dialling prefix for
   * @param stripNonDigits  true to strip non-digits from the national dialling prefix
   * @return  the dialling prefix for the region denoted by regionCode
   */
  public String getNddPrefixForRegion(String regionCode, boolean stripNonDigits) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
    if (metadata == null) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING,
                 "Invalid or missing region code ("
                  + ((regionCode == null) ? "null" : regionCode)
                  + ") provided.");
      return null;
    }
    String nationalPrefix = metadata.getNationalPrefix();
    // If no national prefix was found, we return null.
    if (nationalPrefix.length() == 0) {
      return null;
    }
    if (stripNonDigits) {
      // Note: if any other non-numeric symbols are ever used in national prefixes, these would have
      // to be removed here as well.
      nationalPrefix = nationalPrefix.replace("~", "");
    }
    return nationalPrefix;
  }

  /**
   * Checks if this is a region under the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA).
   *
   * @return  true if regionCode is one of the regions under NANPA
   */
  public boolean isNANPACountry(String regionCode) {
    return nanpaRegions.contains(regionCode);
  }

  /**
   * Checks if the number is a valid vanity (alpha) number such as 800 MICROSOFT. A valid vanity
   * number will start with at least 3 digits and will have three or more alpha characters. This
   * does not do region-specific checks - to work out if this number is actually valid for a region,
   * it should be parsed and methods such as {@link #isPossibleNumberWithReason} and
   * {@link #isValidNumber} should be used.
   *
   * @param number  the number that needs to be checked
   * @return  true if the number is a valid vanity number
   */
  public boolean isAlphaNumber(CharSequence number) {
    if (!isViablePhoneNumber(number)) {
      // Number is too short, or doesn't match the basic phone number pattern.
      return false;
    }
    StringBuilder strippedNumber = new StringBuilder(number);
    maybeStripExtension(strippedNumber);
    return VALID_ALPHA_PHONE_PATTERN.matcher(strippedNumber).matches();
  }

  /**
   * Convenience wrapper around {@link #isPossibleNumberWithReason}. Instead of returning the reason
   * for failure, this method returns true if the number is either a possible fully-qualified number
   * (containing the area code and country code), or if the number could be a possible local number
   * (with a country code, but missing an area code). Local numbers are considered possible if they
   * could be possibly dialled in this format: if the area code is needed for a call to connect, the
   * number is not considered possible without it.
   *
   * @param number  the number that needs to be checked
   * @return  true if the number is possible
   */
  public boolean isPossibleNumber(PhoneNumber number) {
    ValidationResult result = isPossibleNumberWithReason(number);
    return result == ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE
        || result == ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY;
  }

  /**
   * Convenience wrapper around {@link #isPossibleNumberForTypeWithReason}. Instead of returning the
   * reason for failure, this method returns true if the number is either a possible fully-qualified
   * number (containing the area code and country code), or if the number could be a possible local
   * number (with a country code, but missing an area code). Local numbers are considered possible
   * if they could be possibly dialled in this format: if the area code is needed for a call to
   * connect, the number is not considered possible without it.
   *
   * @param number  the number that needs to be checked
   * @param type  the type we are interested in
   * @return  true if the number is possible for this particular type
   */
  public boolean isPossibleNumberForType(PhoneNumber number, PhoneNumberType type) {
    ValidationResult result = isPossibleNumberForTypeWithReason(number, type);
    return result == ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE
        || result == ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY;
  }

  /**
   * Helper method to check a number against possible lengths for this region, based on the metadata
   * being passed in, and determine whether it matches, or is too short or too long.
   */
  private ValidationResult testNumberLength(CharSequence number, PhoneMetadata metadata) {
    return testNumberLength(number, metadata, PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN);
  }

  /**
   * Helper method to check a number against possible lengths for this number type, and determine
   * whether it matches, or is too short or too long.
   */
  private ValidationResult testNumberLength(
      CharSequence number, PhoneMetadata metadata, PhoneNumberType type) {
    PhoneNumberDesc descForType = getNumberDescByType(metadata, type);
    // There should always be "possibleLengths" set for every element. This is declared in the XML
    // schema which is verified by PhoneNumberMetadataSchemaTest.
    // For size efficiency, where a sub-description (e.g. fixed-line) has the same possibleLengths
    // as the parent, this is missing, so we fall back to the general desc (where no numbers of the
    // type exist at all, there is one possible length (-1) which is guaranteed not to match the
    // length of any real phone number).
    List<Integer> possibleLengths = descForType.getPossibleLengthList().isEmpty()
        ? metadata.getGeneralDesc().getPossibleLengthList() : descForType.getPossibleLengthList();

    List<Integer> localLengths = descForType.getPossibleLengthLocalOnlyList();

    if (type == PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE_OR_MOBILE) {
      if (!descHasPossibleNumberData(getNumberDescByType(metadata, PhoneNumberType.FIXED_LINE))) {
        // The rare case has been encountered where no fixedLine data is available (true for some
        // non-geographical entities), so we just check mobile.
        return testNumberLength(number, metadata, PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);
      } else {
        PhoneNumberDesc mobileDesc = getNumberDescByType(metadata, PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);
        if (descHasPossibleNumberData(mobileDesc)) {
          // Merge the mobile data in if there was any. We have to make a copy to do this.
          possibleLengths = new ArrayList<>(possibleLengths);
          // Note that when adding the possible lengths from mobile, we have to again check they
          // aren't empty since if they are this indicates they are the same as the general desc and
          // should be obtained from there.
          possibleLengths.addAll(mobileDesc.getPossibleLengthCount() == 0
              ? metadata.getGeneralDesc().getPossibleLengthList()
              : mobileDesc.getPossibleLengthList());
          // The current list is sorted; we need to merge in the new list and re-sort (duplicates
          // are okay). Sorting isn't so expensive because the lists are very small.
          Collections.sort(possibleLengths);

          if (localLengths.isEmpty()) {
            localLengths = mobileDesc.getPossibleLengthLocalOnlyList();
          } else {
            localLengths = new ArrayList<>(localLengths);
            localLengths.addAll(mobileDesc.getPossibleLengthLocalOnlyList());
            Collections.sort(localLengths);
          }
        }
      }
    }

    // If the type is not supported at all (indicated by the possible lengths containing -1 at this
    // point) we return invalid length.
    if (possibleLengths.get(0) == -1) {
      return ValidationResult.INVALID_LENGTH;
    }

    int actualLength = number.length();
    // This is safe because there is never an overlap beween the possible lengths and the local-only
    // lengths; this is checked at build time.
    if (localLengths.contains(actualLength)) {
      return ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY;
    }

    int minimumLength = possibleLengths.get(0);
    if (minimumLength == actualLength) {
      return ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE;
    } else if (minimumLength > actualLength) {
      return ValidationResult.TOO_SHORT;
    } else if (possibleLengths.get(possibleLengths.size() - 1) < actualLength) {
      return ValidationResult.TOO_LONG;
    }
    // We skip the first element; we've already checked it.
    return possibleLengths.subList(1, possibleLengths.size()).contains(actualLength)
        ? ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE : ValidationResult.INVALID_LENGTH;
  }

  /**
   * Check whether a phone number is a possible number. It provides a more lenient check than
   * {@link #isValidNumber} in the following sense:
   * <ol>
   *   <li> It only checks the length of phone numbers. In particular, it doesn't check starting
   *        digits of the number.
   *   <li> It doesn't attempt to figure out the type of the number, but uses general rules which
   *        applies to all types of phone numbers in a region. Therefore, it is much faster than
   *        isValidNumber.
   *   <li> For some numbers (particularly fixed-line), many regions have the concept of area code,
   *        which together with subscriber number constitute the national significant number. It is
   *        sometimes okay to dial only the subscriber number when dialing in the same area. This
   *        function will return IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY if the subscriber-number-only version is
   *        passed in. On the other hand, because isValidNumber validates using information on both
   *        starting digits (for fixed line numbers, that would most likely be area codes) and
   *        length (obviously includes the length of area codes for fixed line numbers), it will
   *        return false for the subscriber-number-only version.
   * </ol>
   * @param number  the number that needs to be checked
   * @return  a ValidationResult object which indicates whether the number is possible
   */
  public ValidationResult isPossibleNumberWithReason(PhoneNumber number) {
    return isPossibleNumberForTypeWithReason(number, PhoneNumberType.UNKNOWN);
  }

  /**
   * Check whether a phone number is a possible number of a particular type. For types that don't
   * exist in a particular region, this will return a result that isn't so useful; it is recommended
   * that you use {@link #getSupportedTypesForRegion} or {@link #getSupportedTypesForNonGeoEntity}
   * respectively before calling this method to determine whether you should call it for this number
   * at all.
   *
   * This provides a more lenient check than {@link #isValidNumber} in the following sense:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li> It only checks the length of phone numbers. In particular, it doesn't check starting
   *        digits of the number.
   *   <li> For some numbers (particularly fixed-line), many regions have the concept of area code,
   *        which together with subscriber number constitute the national significant number. It is
   *        sometimes okay to dial only the subscriber number when dialing in the same area. This
   *        function will return IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY if the subscriber-number-only version is
   *        passed in. On the other hand, because isValidNumber validates using information on both
   *        starting digits (for fixed line numbers, that would most likely be area codes) and
   *        length (obviously includes the length of area codes for fixed line numbers), it will
   *        return false for the subscriber-number-only version.
   * </ol>
   *
   * @param number  the number that needs to be checked
   * @param type  the type we are interested in
   * @return  a ValidationResult object which indicates whether the number is possible
   */
  public ValidationResult isPossibleNumberForTypeWithReason(
      PhoneNumber number, PhoneNumberType type) {
    String nationalNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    int countryCode = number.getCountryCode();
    // Note: For regions that share a country calling code, like NANPA numbers, we just use the
    // rules from the default region (US in this case) since the getRegionCodeForNumber will not
    // work if the number is possible but not valid. There is in fact one country calling code (290)
    // where the possible number pattern differs between various regions (Saint Helena and Tristan
    // da Cuñha), but this is handled by putting all possible lengths for any country with this
    // country calling code in the metadata for the default region in this case.
    if (!hasValidCountryCallingCode(countryCode)) {
      return ValidationResult.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE;
    }
    String regionCode = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCode);
    // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid.
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCode, regionCode);
    return testNumberLength(nationalNumber, metadata, type);
  }

  /**
   * Check whether a phone number is a possible number given a number in the form of a string, and
   * the region where the number could be dialed from. It provides a more lenient check than
   * {@link #isValidNumber}. See {@link #isPossibleNumber(PhoneNumber)} for details.
   *
   * <p>This method first parses the number, then invokes {@link #isPossibleNumber(PhoneNumber)}
   * with the resultant PhoneNumber object.
   *
   * @param number  the number that needs to be checked
   * @param regionDialingFrom  the region that we are expecting the number to be dialed from.
   *     Note this is different from the region where the number belongs.  For example, the number
   *     +1 650 253 0000 is a number that belongs to US. When written in this form, it can be
   *     dialed from any region. When it is written as 00 1 650 253 0000, it can be dialed from any
   *     region which uses an international dialling prefix of 00. When it is written as
   *     650 253 0000, it can only be dialed from within the US, and when written as 253 0000, it
   *     can only be dialed from within a smaller area in the US (Mountain View, CA, to be more
   *     specific).
   * @return  true if the number is possible
   */
  public boolean isPossibleNumber(CharSequence number, String regionDialingFrom) {
    try {
      return isPossibleNumber(parse(number, regionDialingFrom));
    } catch (NumberParseException e) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Attempts to extract a valid number from a phone number that is too long to be valid, and resets
   * the PhoneNumber object passed in to that valid version. If no valid number could be extracted,
   * the PhoneNumber object passed in will not be modified.
   * @param number  a PhoneNumber object which contains a number that is too long to be valid
   * @return  true if a valid phone number can be successfully extracted
   */
  public boolean truncateTooLongNumber(PhoneNumber number) {
    if (isValidNumber(number)) {
      return true;
    }
    PhoneNumber numberCopy = new PhoneNumber();
    numberCopy.mergeFrom(number);
    long nationalNumber = number.getNationalNumber();
    do {
      nationalNumber /= 10;
      numberCopy.setNationalNumber(nationalNumber);
      if (isPossibleNumberWithReason(numberCopy) == ValidationResult.TOO_SHORT
          || nationalNumber == 0) {
        return false;
      }
    } while (!isValidNumber(numberCopy));
    number.setNationalNumber(nationalNumber);
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Gets an {@link com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.AsYouTypeFormatter} for the specific region.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region where the phone number is being entered
   * @return  an {@link com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.AsYouTypeFormatter} object, which can be used
   *     to format phone numbers in the specific region "as you type"
   */
  public AsYouTypeFormatter getAsYouTypeFormatter(String regionCode) {
    return new AsYouTypeFormatter(regionCode);
  }

  // Extracts country calling code from fullNumber, returns it and places the remaining number in
  // nationalNumber. It assumes that the leading plus sign or IDD has already been removed. Returns
  // 0 if fullNumber doesn't start with a valid country calling code, and leaves nationalNumber
  // unmodified.
  int extractCountryCode(StringBuilder fullNumber, StringBuilder nationalNumber) {
    if ((fullNumber.length() == 0) || (fullNumber.charAt(0) == '0')) {
      // Country codes do not begin with a '0'.
      return 0;
    }
    int potentialCountryCode;
    int numberLength = fullNumber.length();
    for (int i = 1; i <= MAX_LENGTH_COUNTRY_CODE && i <= numberLength; i++) {
      potentialCountryCode = Integer.parseInt(fullNumber.substring(0, i));
      if (countryCallingCodeToRegionCodeMap.containsKey(potentialCountryCode)) {
        nationalNumber.append(fullNumber.substring(i));
        return potentialCountryCode;
      }
    }
    return 0;
  }

  /**
   * Tries to extract a country calling code from a number. This method will return zero if no
   * country calling code is considered to be present. Country calling codes are extracted in the
   * following ways:
   * <ul>
   *  <li> by stripping the international dialing prefix of the region the person is dialing from,
   *       if this is present in the number, and looking at the next digits
   *  <li> by stripping the '+' sign if present and then looking at the next digits
   *  <li> by comparing the start of the number and the country calling code of the default region.
   *       If the number is not considered possible for the numbering plan of the default region
   *       initially, but starts with the country calling code of this region, validation will be
   *       reattempted after stripping this country calling code. If this number is considered a
   *       possible number, then the first digits will be considered the country calling code and
   *       removed as such.
   * </ul>
   * It will throw a NumberParseException if the number starts with a '+' but the country calling
   * code supplied after this does not match that of any known region.
   *
   * @param number  non-normalized telephone number that we wish to extract a country calling
   *     code from - may begin with '+'
   * @param defaultRegionMetadata  metadata about the region this number may be from
   * @param nationalNumber  a string buffer to store the national significant number in, in the case
   *     that a country calling code was extracted. The number is appended to any existing contents.
   *     If no country calling code was extracted, this will be left unchanged.
   * @param keepRawInput  true if the country_code_source and preferred_carrier_code fields of
   *     phoneNumber should be populated.
   * @param phoneNumber  the PhoneNumber object where the country_code and country_code_source need
   *     to be populated. Note the country_code is always populated, whereas country_code_source is
   *     only populated when keepCountryCodeSource is true.
   * @return  the country calling code extracted or 0 if none could be extracted
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  int maybeExtractCountryCode(CharSequence number, PhoneMetadata defaultRegionMetadata,
                              StringBuilder nationalNumber, boolean keepRawInput,
                              PhoneNumber phoneNumber)
      throws NumberParseException {
    if (number.length() == 0) {
      return 0;
    }
    StringBuilder fullNumber = new StringBuilder(number);
    // Set the default prefix to be something that will never match.
    String possibleCountryIddPrefix = "NonMatch";
    if (defaultRegionMetadata != null) {
      possibleCountryIddPrefix = defaultRegionMetadata.getInternationalPrefix();
    }

    CountryCodeSource countryCodeSource =
        maybeStripInternationalPrefixAndNormalize(fullNumber, possibleCountryIddPrefix);
    if (keepRawInput) {
      phoneNumber.setCountryCodeSource(countryCodeSource);
    }
    if (countryCodeSource != CountryCodeSource.FROM_DEFAULT_COUNTRY) {
      if (fullNumber.length() <= MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN) {
        throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.TOO_SHORT_AFTER_IDD,
                                       "Phone number had an IDD, but after this was not "
                                       + "long enough to be a viable phone number.");
      }
      int potentialCountryCode = extractCountryCode(fullNumber, nationalNumber);
      if (potentialCountryCode != 0) {
        phoneNumber.setCountryCode(potentialCountryCode);
        return potentialCountryCode;
      }

      // If this fails, they must be using a strange country calling code that we don't recognize,
      // or that doesn't exist.
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE,
                                     "Country calling code supplied was not recognised.");
    } else if (defaultRegionMetadata != null) {
      // Check to see if the number starts with the country calling code for the default region. If
      // so, we remove the country calling code, and do some checks on the validity of the number
      // before and after.
      int defaultCountryCode = defaultRegionMetadata.getCountryCode();
      String defaultCountryCodeString = String.valueOf(defaultCountryCode);
      String normalizedNumber = fullNumber.toString();
      if (normalizedNumber.startsWith(defaultCountryCodeString)) {
        StringBuilder potentialNationalNumber =
            new StringBuilder(normalizedNumber.substring(defaultCountryCodeString.length()));
        PhoneNumberDesc generalDesc = defaultRegionMetadata.getGeneralDesc();
        maybeStripNationalPrefixAndCarrierCode(
            potentialNationalNumber, defaultRegionMetadata, null /* Don't need the carrier code */);
        // If the number was not valid before but is valid now, or if it was too long before, we
        // consider the number with the country calling code stripped to be a better result and
        // keep that instead.
        if ((!matcherApi.matchNationalNumber(fullNumber, generalDesc, false)
                && matcherApi.matchNationalNumber(potentialNationalNumber, generalDesc, false))
            || testNumberLength(fullNumber, defaultRegionMetadata) == ValidationResult.TOO_LONG) {
          nationalNumber.append(potentialNationalNumber);
          if (keepRawInput) {
            phoneNumber.setCountryCodeSource(CountryCodeSource.FROM_NUMBER_WITHOUT_PLUS_SIGN);
          }
          phoneNumber.setCountryCode(defaultCountryCode);
          return defaultCountryCode;
        }
      }
    }
    // No country calling code present.
    phoneNumber.setCountryCode(0);
    return 0;
  }

  /**
   * Strips the IDD from the start of the number if present. Helper function used by
   * maybeStripInternationalPrefixAndNormalize.
   */
  private boolean parsePrefixAsIdd(Pattern iddPattern, StringBuilder number) {
    Matcher m = iddPattern.matcher(number);
    if (m.lookingAt()) {
      int matchEnd = m.end();
      // Only strip this if the first digit after the match is not a 0, since country calling codes
      // cannot begin with 0.
      Matcher digitMatcher = CAPTURING_DIGIT_PATTERN.matcher(number.substring(matchEnd));
      if (digitMatcher.find()) {
        String normalizedGroup = normalizeDigitsOnly(digitMatcher.group(1));
        if (normalizedGroup.equals("0")) {
          return false;
        }
      }
      number.delete(0, matchEnd);
      return true;
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Strips any international prefix (such as +, 00, 011) present in the number provided, normalizes
   * the resulting number, and indicates if an international prefix was present.
   *
   * @param number  the non-normalized telephone number that we wish to strip any international
   *     dialing prefix from
   * @param possibleIddPrefix  the international direct dialing prefix from the region we
   *     think this number may be dialed in
   * @return  the corresponding CountryCodeSource if an international dialing prefix could be
   *     removed from the number, otherwise CountryCodeSource.FROM_DEFAULT_COUNTRY if the number did
   *     not seem to be in international format
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  CountryCodeSource maybeStripInternationalPrefixAndNormalize(
      StringBuilder number,
      String possibleIddPrefix) {
    if (number.length() == 0) {
      return CountryCodeSource.FROM_DEFAULT_COUNTRY;
    }
    // Check to see if the number begins with one or more plus signs.
    Matcher m = PLUS_CHARS_PATTERN.matcher(number);
    if (m.lookingAt()) {
      number.delete(0, m.end());
      // Can now normalize the rest of the number since we've consumed the "+" sign at the start.
      normalize(number);
      return CountryCodeSource.FROM_NUMBER_WITH_PLUS_SIGN;
    }
    // Attempt to parse the first digits as an international prefix.
    Pattern iddPattern = regexCache.getPatternForRegex(possibleIddPrefix);
    normalize(number);
    return parsePrefixAsIdd(iddPattern, number)
           ? CountryCodeSource.FROM_NUMBER_WITH_IDD
           : CountryCodeSource.FROM_DEFAULT_COUNTRY;
  }

  /**
   * Strips any national prefix (such as 0, 1) present in the number provided.
   *
   * @param number  the normalized telephone number that we wish to strip any national
   *     dialing prefix from
   * @param metadata  the metadata for the region that we think this number is from
   * @param carrierCode  a place to insert the carrier code if one is extracted
   * @return true if a national prefix or carrier code (or both) could be extracted
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  boolean maybeStripNationalPrefixAndCarrierCode(
      StringBuilder number, PhoneMetadata metadata, StringBuilder carrierCode) {
    int numberLength = number.length();
    String possibleNationalPrefix = metadata.getNationalPrefixForParsing();
    if (numberLength == 0 || possibleNationalPrefix.length() == 0) {
      // Early return for numbers of zero length.
      return false;
    }
    // Attempt to parse the first digits as a national prefix.
    Matcher prefixMatcher = regexCache.getPatternForRegex(possibleNationalPrefix).matcher(number);
    if (prefixMatcher.lookingAt()) {
      PhoneNumberDesc generalDesc = metadata.getGeneralDesc();
      // Check if the original number is viable.
      boolean isViableOriginalNumber = matcherApi.matchNationalNumber(number, generalDesc, false);
      // prefixMatcher.group(numOfGroups) == null implies nothing was captured by the capturing
      // groups in possibleNationalPrefix; therefore, no transformation is necessary, and we just
      // remove the national prefix.
      int numOfGroups = prefixMatcher.groupCount();
      String transformRule = metadata.getNationalPrefixTransformRule();
      if (transformRule == null || transformRule.length() == 0
          || prefixMatcher.group(numOfGroups) == null) {
        // If the original number was viable, and the resultant number is not, we return.
        if (isViableOriginalNumber
            && !matcherApi.matchNationalNumber(
                number.substring(prefixMatcher.end()), generalDesc, false)) {
          return false;
        }
        if (carrierCode != null && numOfGroups > 0 && prefixMatcher.group(numOfGroups) != null) {
          carrierCode.append(prefixMatcher.group(1));
        }
        number.delete(0, prefixMatcher.end());
        return true;
      } else {
        // Check that the resultant number is still viable. If not, return. Check this by copying
        // the string buffer and making the transformation on the copy first.
        StringBuilder transformedNumber = new StringBuilder(number);
        transformedNumber.replace(0, numberLength, prefixMatcher.replaceFirst(transformRule));
        if (isViableOriginalNumber
            && !matcherApi.matchNationalNumber(transformedNumber.toString(), generalDesc, false)) {
          return false;
        }
        if (carrierCode != null && numOfGroups > 1) {
          carrierCode.append(prefixMatcher.group(1));
        }
        number.replace(0, number.length(), transformedNumber.toString());
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Strips any extension (as in, the part of the number dialled after the call is connected,
   * usually indicated with extn, ext, x or similar) from the end of the number, and returns it.
   *
   * @param number  the non-normalized telephone number that we wish to strip the extension from
   * @return  the phone extension
   */
  // @VisibleForTesting
  String maybeStripExtension(StringBuilder number) {
    Matcher m = EXTN_PATTERN.matcher(number);
    // If we find a potential extension, and the number preceding this is a viable number, we assume
    // it is an extension.
    if (m.find() && isViablePhoneNumber(number.substring(0, m.start()))) {
      // The numbers are captured into groups in the regular expression.
      for (int i = 1, length = m.groupCount(); i <= length; i++) {
        if (m.group(i) != null) {
          // We go through the capturing groups until we find one that captured some digits. If none
          // did, then we will return the empty string.
          String extension = m.group(i);
          number.delete(m.start(), number.length());
          return extension;
        }
      }
    }
    return "";
  }

  /**
   * Checks to see that the region code used is valid, or if it is not valid, that the number to
   * parse starts with a + symbol so that we can attempt to infer the region from the number.
   * Returns false if it cannot use the region provided and the region cannot be inferred.
   */
  private boolean checkRegionForParsing(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion) {
    if (!isValidRegionCode(defaultRegion)) {
      // If the number is null or empty, we can't infer the region.
      if ((numberToParse == null) || (numberToParse.length() == 0)
          || !PLUS_CHARS_PATTERN.matcher(numberToParse).lookingAt()) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Parses a string and returns it as a phone number in proto buffer format. The method is quite
   * lenient and looks for a number in the input text (raw input) and does not check whether the
   * string is definitely only a phone number. To do this, it ignores punctuation and white-space,
   * as well as any text before the number (e.g. a leading "Tel: ") and trims the non-number bits.
   * It will accept a number in any format (E164, national, international etc), assuming it can be
   * interpreted with the defaultRegion supplied. It also attempts to convert any alpha characters
   * into digits if it thinks this is a vanity number of the type "1800 MICROSOFT".
   *
   * <p> This method will throw a {@link com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.NumberParseException} if the
   * number is not considered to be a possible number. Note that validation of whether the number
   * is actually a valid number for a particular region is not performed. This can be done
   * separately with {@link #isValidNumber}.
   *
   * <p> Note this method canonicalizes the phone number such that different representations can be
   * easily compared, no matter what form it was originally entered in (e.g. national,
   * international). If you want to record context about the number being parsed, such as the raw
   * input that was entered, how the country code was derived etc. then call {@link
   * #parseAndKeepRawInput} instead.
   *
   * @param numberToParse  number that we are attempting to parse. This can contain formatting such
   *     as +, ( and -, as well as a phone number extension. It can also be provided in RFC3966
   *     format.
   * @param defaultRegion  region that we are expecting the number to be from. This is only used if
   *     the number being parsed is not written in international format. The country_code for the
   *     number in this case would be stored as that of the default region supplied. If the number
   *     is guaranteed to start with a '+' followed by the country calling code, then RegionCode.ZZ
   *     or null can be supplied.
   * @return  a phone number proto buffer filled with the parsed number
   * @throws NumberParseException  if the string is not considered to be a viable phone number (e.g.
   *     too few or too many digits) or if no default region was supplied and the number is not in
   *     international format (does not start with +)
   */
  public PhoneNumber parse(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion)
      throws NumberParseException {
    PhoneNumber phoneNumber = new PhoneNumber();
    parse(numberToParse, defaultRegion, phoneNumber);
    return phoneNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Same as {@link #parse(CharSequence, String)}, but accepts mutable PhoneNumber as a
   * parameter to decrease object creation when invoked many times.
   */
  public void parse(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion, PhoneNumber phoneNumber)
      throws NumberParseException {
    parseHelper(numberToParse, defaultRegion, false, true, phoneNumber);
  }

  /**
   * Parses a string and returns it in proto buffer format. This method differs from {@link #parse}
   * in that it always populates the raw_input field of the protocol buffer with numberToParse as
   * well as the country_code_source field.
   *
   * @param numberToParse  number that we are attempting to parse. This can contain formatting such
   *     as +, ( and -, as well as a phone number extension.
   * @param defaultRegion  region that we are expecting the number to be from. This is only used if
   *     the number being parsed is not written in international format. The country calling code
   *     for the number in this case would be stored as that of the default region supplied.
   * @return  a phone number proto buffer filled with the parsed number
   * @throws NumberParseException  if the string is not considered to be a viable phone number or if
   *     no default region was supplied
   */
  public PhoneNumber parseAndKeepRawInput(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion)
      throws NumberParseException {
    PhoneNumber phoneNumber = new PhoneNumber();
    parseAndKeepRawInput(numberToParse, defaultRegion, phoneNumber);
    return phoneNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Same as{@link #parseAndKeepRawInput(CharSequence, String)}, but accepts a mutable
   * PhoneNumber as a parameter to decrease object creation when invoked many times.
   */
  public void parseAndKeepRawInput(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion,
                                   PhoneNumber phoneNumber)
      throws NumberParseException {
    parseHelper(numberToParse, defaultRegion, true, true, phoneNumber);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an iterable over all {@link PhoneNumberMatch PhoneNumberMatches} in {@code text}. This
   * is a shortcut for {@link #findNumbers(CharSequence, String, Leniency, long)
   * getMatcher(text, defaultRegion, Leniency.VALID, Long.MAX_VALUE)}.
   *
   * @param text  the text to search for phone numbers, null for no text
   * @param defaultRegion  region that we are expecting the number to be from. This is only used if
   *     the number being parsed is not written in international format. The country_code for the
   *     number in this case would be stored as that of the default region supplied. May be null if
   *     only international numbers are expected.
   */
  public Iterable<PhoneNumberMatch> findNumbers(CharSequence text, String defaultRegion) {
    return findNumbers(text, defaultRegion, Leniency.VALID, Long.MAX_VALUE);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an iterable over all {@link PhoneNumberMatch PhoneNumberMatches} in {@code text}.
   *
   * @param text  the text to search for phone numbers, null for no text
   * @param defaultRegion  region that we are expecting the number to be from. This is only used if
   *     the number being parsed is not written in international format. The country_code for the
   *     number in this case would be stored as that of the default region supplied. May be null if
   *     only international numbers are expected.
   * @param leniency  the leniency to use when evaluating candidate phone numbers
   * @param maxTries  the maximum number of invalid numbers to try before giving up on the text.
   *     This is to cover degenerate cases where the text has a lot of false positives in it. Must
   *     be {@code >= 0}.
   */
  public Iterable<PhoneNumberMatch> findNumbers(
      final CharSequence text, final String defaultRegion, final Leniency leniency,
      final long maxTries) {

    return new Iterable<PhoneNumberMatch>() {
      @Override
      public Iterator<PhoneNumberMatch> iterator() {
        return new PhoneNumberMatcher(
            PhoneNumberUtil.this, text, defaultRegion, leniency, maxTries);
      }
    };
  }

  /**
   * A helper function to set the values related to leading zeros in a PhoneNumber.
   */
  static void setItalianLeadingZerosForPhoneNumber(CharSequence nationalNumber,
      PhoneNumber phoneNumber) {
    if (nationalNumber.length() > 1 && nationalNumber.charAt(0) == '0') {
      phoneNumber.setItalianLeadingZero(true);
      int numberOfLeadingZeros = 1;
      // Note that if the national number is all "0"s, the last "0" is not counted as a leading
      // zero.
      while (numberOfLeadingZeros < nationalNumber.length() - 1
          && nationalNumber.charAt(numberOfLeadingZeros) == '0') {
        numberOfLeadingZeros++;
      }
      if (numberOfLeadingZeros != 1) {
        phoneNumber.setNumberOfLeadingZeros(numberOfLeadingZeros);
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Parses a string and fills up the phoneNumber. This method is the same as the public
   * parse() method, with the exception that it allows the default region to be null, for use by
   * isNumberMatch(). checkRegion should be set to false if it is permitted for the default region
   * to be null or unknown ("ZZ").
   *
   * Note if any new field is added to this method that should always be filled in, even when
   * keepRawInput is false, it should also be handled in the copyCoreFieldsOnly() method.
   */
  private void parseHelper(CharSequence numberToParse, String defaultRegion,
      boolean keepRawInput, boolean checkRegion, PhoneNumber phoneNumber)
      throws NumberParseException {
    if (numberToParse == null) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.NOT_A_NUMBER,
                                     "The phone number supplied was null.");
    } else if (numberToParse.length() > MAX_INPUT_STRING_LENGTH) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.TOO_LONG,
                                     "The string supplied was too long to parse.");
    }

    StringBuilder nationalNumber = new StringBuilder();
    String numberBeingParsed = numberToParse.toString();
    buildNationalNumberForParsing(numberBeingParsed, nationalNumber);

    if (!isViablePhoneNumber(nationalNumber)) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.NOT_A_NUMBER,
                                     "The string supplied did not seem to be a phone number.");
    }

    // Check the region supplied is valid, or that the extracted number starts with some sort of +
    // sign so the number's region can be determined.
    if (checkRegion && !checkRegionForParsing(nationalNumber, defaultRegion)) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE,
                                     "Missing or invalid default region.");
    }

    if (keepRawInput) {
      phoneNumber.setRawInput(numberBeingParsed);
    }
    // Attempt to parse extension first, since it doesn't require region-specific data and we want
    // to have the non-normalised number here.
    String extension = maybeStripExtension(nationalNumber);
    if (extension.length() > 0) {
      phoneNumber.setExtension(extension);
    }

    PhoneMetadata regionMetadata = getMetadataForRegion(defaultRegion);
    // Check to see if the number is given in international format so we know whether this number is
    // from the default region or not.
    StringBuilder normalizedNationalNumber = new StringBuilder();
    int countryCode = 0;
    try {
      // TODO: This method should really just take in the string buffer that has already
      // been created, and just remove the prefix, rather than taking in a string and then
      // outputting a string buffer.
      countryCode = maybeExtractCountryCode(nationalNumber, regionMetadata,
                                            normalizedNationalNumber, keepRawInput, phoneNumber);
    } catch (NumberParseException e) {
      Matcher matcher = PLUS_CHARS_PATTERN.matcher(nationalNumber);
      if (e.getErrorType() == NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE
          && matcher.lookingAt()) {
        // Strip the plus-char, and try again.
        countryCode = maybeExtractCountryCode(nationalNumber.substring(matcher.end()),
                                              regionMetadata, normalizedNationalNumber,
                                              keepRawInput, phoneNumber);
        if (countryCode == 0) {
          throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE,
                                         "Could not interpret numbers after plus-sign.");
        }
      } else {
        throw new NumberParseException(e.getErrorType(), e.getMessage());
      }
    }
    if (countryCode != 0) {
      String phoneNumberRegion = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(countryCode);
      if (!phoneNumberRegion.equals(defaultRegion)) {
        // Metadata cannot be null because the country calling code is valid.
        regionMetadata = getMetadataForRegionOrCallingCode(countryCode, phoneNumberRegion);
      }
    } else {
      // If no extracted country calling code, use the region supplied instead. The national number
      // is just the normalized version of the number we were given to parse.
      normalizedNationalNumber.append(normalize(nationalNumber));
      if (defaultRegion != null) {
        countryCode = regionMetadata.getCountryCode();
        phoneNumber.setCountryCode(countryCode);
      } else if (keepRawInput) {
        phoneNumber.clearCountryCodeSource();
      }
    }
    if (normalizedNationalNumber.length() < MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.TOO_SHORT_NSN,
                                     "The string supplied is too short to be a phone number.");
    }
    if (regionMetadata != null) {
      StringBuilder carrierCode = new StringBuilder();
      StringBuilder potentialNationalNumber = new StringBuilder(normalizedNationalNumber);
      maybeStripNationalPrefixAndCarrierCode(potentialNationalNumber, regionMetadata, carrierCode);
      // We require that the NSN remaining after stripping the national prefix and carrier code be
      // long enough to be a possible length for the region. Otherwise, we don't do the stripping,
      // since the original number could be a valid short number.
      ValidationResult validationResult = testNumberLength(potentialNationalNumber, regionMetadata);
      if (validationResult != ValidationResult.TOO_SHORT
          && validationResult != ValidationResult.IS_POSSIBLE_LOCAL_ONLY
          && validationResult != ValidationResult.INVALID_LENGTH) {
        normalizedNationalNumber = potentialNationalNumber;
        if (keepRawInput && carrierCode.length() > 0) {
          phoneNumber.setPreferredDomesticCarrierCode(carrierCode.toString());
        }
      }
    }
    int lengthOfNationalNumber = normalizedNationalNumber.length();
    if (lengthOfNationalNumber < MIN_LENGTH_FOR_NSN) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.TOO_SHORT_NSN,
                                     "The string supplied is too short to be a phone number.");
    }
    if (lengthOfNationalNumber > MAX_LENGTH_FOR_NSN) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.TOO_LONG,
                                     "The string supplied is too long to be a phone number.");
    }
    setItalianLeadingZerosForPhoneNumber(normalizedNationalNumber, phoneNumber);
    phoneNumber.setNationalNumber(Long.parseLong(normalizedNationalNumber.toString()));
  }

  /**
   * Extracts the value of the phone-context parameter of numberToExtractFrom where the index of
   * ";phone-context=" is the parameter indexOfPhoneContext, following the syntax defined in
   * RFC3966.
   *
   * @return the extracted string (possibly empty), or null if no phone-context parameter is found.
   */
  private String extractPhoneContext(String numberToExtractFrom, int indexOfPhoneContext) {
    // If no phone-context parameter is present
    if (indexOfPhoneContext == -1) {
      return null;
    }

    int phoneContextStart = indexOfPhoneContext + RFC3966_PHONE_CONTEXT.length();
    // If phone-context parameter is empty
    if (phoneContextStart >= numberToExtractFrom.length()) {
      return "";
    }

    int phoneContextEnd = numberToExtractFrom.indexOf(';', phoneContextStart);
    // If phone-context is not the last parameter
    if (phoneContextEnd != -1) {
      return numberToExtractFrom.substring(phoneContextStart, phoneContextEnd);
    } else {
      return numberToExtractFrom.substring(phoneContextStart);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether the value of phoneContext follows the syntax defined in RFC3966.
   */
  private boolean isPhoneContextValid(String phoneContext) {
    if (phoneContext == null) {
      return true;
    }
    if (phoneContext.length() == 0) {
      return false;
    }

    // Does phone-context value match pattern of global-number-digits or domainname
    return RFC3966_GLOBAL_NUMBER_DIGITS_PATTERN.matcher(phoneContext).matches()
        || RFC3966_DOMAINNAME_PATTERN.matcher(phoneContext).matches();
  }

  /**
   * Converts numberToParse to a form that we can parse and write it to nationalNumber if it is
   * written in RFC3966; otherwise extract a possible number out of it and write to nationalNumber.
   */
  private void buildNationalNumberForParsing(String numberToParse, StringBuilder nationalNumber)
      throws NumberParseException {
    int indexOfPhoneContext = numberToParse.indexOf(RFC3966_PHONE_CONTEXT);

    String phoneContext = extractPhoneContext(numberToParse, indexOfPhoneContext);
    if (!isPhoneContextValid(phoneContext)) {
      throw new NumberParseException(NumberParseException.ErrorType.NOT_A_NUMBER,
          "The phone-context value is invalid.");
    }
    if (phoneContext != null) {
      // If the phone context contains a phone number prefix, we need to capture it, whereas domains
      // will be ignored.
      if (phoneContext.charAt(0) == PLUS_SIGN) {
        // Additional parameters might follow the phone context. If so, we will remove them here
        // because the parameters after phone context are not important for parsing the phone
        // number.
        nationalNumber.append(phoneContext);
      }

      // Now append everything between the "tel:" prefix and the phone-context. This should include
      // the national number, an optional extension or isdn-subaddress component. Note we also
      // handle the case when "tel:" is missing, as we have seen in some of the phone number inputs.
      // In that case, we append everything from the beginning.
      int indexOfRfc3966Prefix = numberToParse.indexOf(RFC3966_PREFIX);
      int indexOfNationalNumber =
          (indexOfRfc3966Prefix >= 0) ? indexOfRfc3966Prefix + RFC3966_PREFIX.length() : 0;
      nationalNumber.append(numberToParse.substring(indexOfNationalNumber, indexOfPhoneContext));
    } else {
      // Extract a possible number from the string passed in (this strips leading characters that
      // could not be the start of a phone number.)
      nationalNumber.append(extractPossibleNumber(numberToParse));
    }

    // Delete the isdn-subaddress and everything after it if it is present. Note extension won't
    // appear at the same time with isdn-subaddress according to paragraph 5.3 of the RFC3966 spec,
    int indexOfIsdn = nationalNumber.indexOf(RFC3966_ISDN_SUBADDRESS);
    if (indexOfIsdn > 0) {
      nationalNumber.delete(indexOfIsdn, nationalNumber.length());
    }
    // If both phone context and isdn-subaddress are absent but other parameters are present, the
    // parameters are left in nationalNumber. This is because we are concerned about deleting
    // content from a potential number string when there is no strong evidence that the number is
    // actually written in RFC3966.
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new phone number containing only the fields needed to uniquely identify a phone
   * number, rather than any fields that capture the context in which the phone number was created.
   * These fields correspond to those set in parse() rather than parseAndKeepRawInput().
   */
  private static PhoneNumber copyCoreFieldsOnly(PhoneNumber phoneNumberIn) {
    PhoneNumber phoneNumber = new PhoneNumber();
    phoneNumber.setCountryCode(phoneNumberIn.getCountryCode());
    phoneNumber.setNationalNumber(phoneNumberIn.getNationalNumber());
    if (phoneNumberIn.getExtension().length() > 0) {
      phoneNumber.setExtension(phoneNumberIn.getExtension());
    }
    if (phoneNumberIn.isItalianLeadingZero()) {
      phoneNumber.setItalianLeadingZero(true);
      // This field is only relevant if there are leading zeros at all.
      phoneNumber.setNumberOfLeadingZeros(phoneNumberIn.getNumberOfLeadingZeros());
    }
    return phoneNumber;
  }

  /**
   * Takes two phone numbers and compares them for equality.
   *
   * <p>Returns EXACT_MATCH if the country_code, NSN, presence of a leading zero for Italian numbers
   * and any extension present are the same.
   * Returns NSN_MATCH if either or both has no region specified, and the NSNs and extensions are
   * the same.
   * Returns SHORT_NSN_MATCH if either or both has no region specified, or the region specified is
   * the same, and one NSN could be a shorter version of the other number. This includes the case
   * where one has an extension specified, and the other does not.
   * Returns NO_MATCH otherwise.
   * For example, the numbers +1 345 657 1234 and 657 1234 are a SHORT_NSN_MATCH.
   * The numbers +1 345 657 1234 and 345 657 are a NO_MATCH.
   *
   * @param firstNumberIn  first number to compare
   * @param secondNumberIn  second number to compare
   *
   * @return  NO_MATCH, SHORT_NSN_MATCH, NSN_MATCH or EXACT_MATCH depending on the level of equality
   *     of the two numbers, described in the method definition.
   */
  public MatchType isNumberMatch(PhoneNumber firstNumberIn, PhoneNumber secondNumberIn) {
    // We only care about the fields that uniquely define a number, so we copy these across
    // explicitly.
    PhoneNumber firstNumber = copyCoreFieldsOnly(firstNumberIn);
    PhoneNumber secondNumber = copyCoreFieldsOnly(secondNumberIn);
    // Early exit if both had extensions and these are different.
    if (firstNumber.hasExtension() && secondNumber.hasExtension()
        && !firstNumber.getExtension().equals(secondNumber.getExtension())) {
      return MatchType.NO_MATCH;
    }
    int firstNumberCountryCode = firstNumber.getCountryCode();
    int secondNumberCountryCode = secondNumber.getCountryCode();
    // Both had country_code specified.
    if (firstNumberCountryCode != 0 && secondNumberCountryCode != 0) {
      if (firstNumber.exactlySameAs(secondNumber)) {
        return MatchType.EXACT_MATCH;
      } else if (firstNumberCountryCode == secondNumberCountryCode
          && isNationalNumberSuffixOfTheOther(firstNumber, secondNumber)) {
        // A SHORT_NSN_MATCH occurs if there is a difference because of the presence or absence of
        // an 'Italian leading zero', the presence or absence of an extension, or one NSN being a
        // shorter variant of the other.
        return MatchType.SHORT_NSN_MATCH;
      }
      // This is not a match.
      return MatchType.NO_MATCH;
    }
    // Checks cases where one or both country_code fields were not specified. To make equality
    // checks easier, we first set the country_code fields to be equal.
    firstNumber.setCountryCode(secondNumberCountryCode);
    // If all else was the same, then this is an NSN_MATCH.
    if (firstNumber.exactlySameAs(secondNumber)) {
      return MatchType.NSN_MATCH;
    }
    if (isNationalNumberSuffixOfTheOther(firstNumber, secondNumber)) {
      return MatchType.SHORT_NSN_MATCH;
    }
    return MatchType.NO_MATCH;
  }

  // Returns true when one national number is the suffix of the other or both are the same.
  private boolean isNationalNumberSuffixOfTheOther(PhoneNumber firstNumber,
                                                   PhoneNumber secondNumber) {
    String firstNumberNationalNumber = String.valueOf(firstNumber.getNationalNumber());
    String secondNumberNationalNumber = String.valueOf(secondNumber.getNationalNumber());
    // Note that endsWith returns true if the numbers are equal.
    return firstNumberNationalNumber.endsWith(secondNumberNationalNumber)
        || secondNumberNationalNumber.endsWith(firstNumberNationalNumber);
  }

  /**
   * Takes two phone numbers as strings and compares them for equality. This is a convenience
   * wrapper for {@link #isNumberMatch(PhoneNumber, PhoneNumber)}. No default region is known.
   *
   * @param firstNumber  first number to compare. Can contain formatting, and can have country
   *     calling code specified with + at the start.
   * @param secondNumber  second number to compare. Can contain formatting, and can have country
   *     calling code specified with + at the start.
   * @return  NOT_A_NUMBER, NO_MATCH, SHORT_NSN_MATCH, NSN_MATCH, EXACT_MATCH. See
   *     {@link #isNumberMatch(PhoneNumber, PhoneNumber)} for more details.
   */
  public MatchType isNumberMatch(CharSequence firstNumber, CharSequence secondNumber) {
    try {
      PhoneNumber firstNumberAsProto = parse(firstNumber, UNKNOWN_REGION);
      return isNumberMatch(firstNumberAsProto, secondNumber);
    } catch (NumberParseException e) {
      if (e.getErrorType() == NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE) {
        try {
          PhoneNumber secondNumberAsProto = parse(secondNumber, UNKNOWN_REGION);
          return isNumberMatch(secondNumberAsProto, firstNumber);
        } catch (NumberParseException e2) {
          if (e2.getErrorType() == NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE) {
            try {
              PhoneNumber firstNumberProto = new PhoneNumber();
              PhoneNumber secondNumberProto = new PhoneNumber();
              parseHelper(firstNumber, null, false, false, firstNumberProto);
              parseHelper(secondNumber, null, false, false, secondNumberProto);
              return isNumberMatch(firstNumberProto, secondNumberProto);
            } catch (NumberParseException e3) {
              // Fall through and return MatchType.NOT_A_NUMBER.
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    // One or more of the phone numbers we are trying to match is not a viable phone number.
    return MatchType.NOT_A_NUMBER;
  }

  /**
   * Takes two phone numbers and compares them for equality. This is a convenience wrapper for
   * {@link #isNumberMatch(PhoneNumber, PhoneNumber)}. No default region is known.
   *
   * @param firstNumber  first number to compare in proto buffer format
   * @param secondNumber  second number to compare. Can contain formatting, and can have country
   *     calling code specified with + at the start.
   * @return  NOT_A_NUMBER, NO_MATCH, SHORT_NSN_MATCH, NSN_MATCH, EXACT_MATCH. See
   *     {@link #isNumberMatch(PhoneNumber, PhoneNumber)} for more details.
   */
  public MatchType isNumberMatch(PhoneNumber firstNumber, CharSequence secondNumber) {
    // First see if the second number has an implicit country calling code, by attempting to parse
    // it.
    try {
      PhoneNumber secondNumberAsProto = parse(secondNumber, UNKNOWN_REGION);
      return isNumberMatch(firstNumber, secondNumberAsProto);
    } catch (NumberParseException e) {
      if (e.getErrorType() == NumberParseException.ErrorType.INVALID_COUNTRY_CODE) {
        // The second number has no country calling code. EXACT_MATCH is no longer possible.
        // We parse it as if the region was the same as that for the first number, and if
        // EXACT_MATCH is returned, we replace this with NSN_MATCH.
        String firstNumberRegion = getRegionCodeForCountryCode(firstNumber.getCountryCode());
        try {
          if (!firstNumberRegion.equals(UNKNOWN_REGION)) {
            PhoneNumber secondNumberWithFirstNumberRegion = parse(secondNumber, firstNumberRegion);
            MatchType match = isNumberMatch(firstNumber, secondNumberWithFirstNumberRegion);
            if (match == MatchType.EXACT_MATCH) {
              return MatchType.NSN_MATCH;
            }
            return match;
          } else {
            // If the first number didn't have a valid country calling code, then we parse the
            // second number without one as well.
            PhoneNumber secondNumberProto = new PhoneNumber();
            parseHelper(secondNumber, null, false, false, secondNumberProto);
            return isNumberMatch(firstNumber, secondNumberProto);
          }
        } catch (NumberParseException e2) {
          // Fall-through to return NOT_A_NUMBER.
        }
      }
    }
    // One or more of the phone numbers we are trying to match is not a viable phone number.
    return MatchType.NOT_A_NUMBER;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the number can be dialled from outside the region, or unknown. If the number
   * can only be dialled from within the region, returns false. Does not check the number is a valid
   * number. Note that, at the moment, this method does not handle short numbers (which are
   * currently all presumed to not be diallable from outside their country).
   *
   * @param number  the phone-number for which we want to know whether it is diallable from
   *     outside the region
   */
  public boolean canBeInternationallyDialled(PhoneNumber number) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(getRegionCodeForNumber(number));
    if (metadata == null) {
      // Note numbers belonging to non-geographical entities (e.g. +800 numbers) are always
      // internationally diallable, and will be caught here.
      return true;
    }
    String nationalSignificantNumber = getNationalSignificantNumber(number);
    return !isNumberMatchingDesc(nationalSignificantNumber, metadata.getNoInternationalDialling());
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the supplied region supports mobile number portability. Returns false for
   * invalid, unknown or regions that don't support mobile number portability.
   *
   * @param regionCode  the region for which we want to know whether it supports mobile number
   *     portability or not
   */
  public boolean isMobileNumberPortableRegion(String regionCode) {
    PhoneMetadata metadata = getMetadataForRegion(regionCode);
    if (metadata == null) {
      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Invalid or unknown region code provided: " + regionCode);
      return false;
    }
    return metadata.getMobileNumberPortableRegion();
  }
}