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3 /*
4 ******************************************************************************
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6 *   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
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9 
10 /**
11  * \file
12  * \brief C++ API: Collation Service.
13  */
14 
15 /**
16 * File coll.h
17 *
18 * Created by: Helena Shih
19 *
20 * Modification History:
21 *
22 *  Date        Name        Description
23 * 02/5/97      aliu        Modified createDefault to load collation data from
24 *                          binary files when possible.  Added related methods
25 *                          createCollationFromFile, chopLocale, createPathName.
26 * 02/11/97     aliu        Added members addToCache, findInCache, and fgCache.
27 * 02/12/97     aliu        Modified to create objects from RuleBasedCollator cache.
28 *                          Moved cache out of Collation class.
29 * 02/13/97     aliu        Moved several methods out of this class and into
30 *                          RuleBasedCollator, with modifications.  Modified
31 *                          createDefault() to call new RuleBasedCollator(Locale&)
32 *                          constructor.  General clean up and documentation.
33 * 02/20/97     helena      Added clone, operator==, operator!=, operator=, copy
34 *                          constructor and getDynamicClassID.
35 * 03/25/97     helena      Updated with platform independent data types.
36 * 05/06/97     helena      Added memory allocation error detection.
37 * 06/20/97     helena      Java class name change.
38 * 09/03/97     helena      Added createCollationKeyValues().
39 * 02/10/98     damiba      Added compare() with length as parameter.
40 * 04/23/99     stephen     Removed EDecompositionMode, merged with
41 *                          Normalizer::EMode.
42 * 11/02/99     helena      Collator performance enhancements.  Eliminates the
43 *                          UnicodeString construction and special case for NO_OP.
44 * 11/23/99     srl         More performance enhancements. Inlining of
45 *                          critical accessors.
46 * 05/15/00     helena      Added version information API.
47 * 01/29/01     synwee      Modified into a C++ wrapper which calls C apis
48 *                          (ucol.h).
49 * 2012-2014    markus      Rewritten in C++ again.
50 */
51 
52 #ifndef COLL_H
53 #define COLL_H
54 
55 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
56 
57 #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION
58 
59 #include "unicode/uobject.h"
60 #include "unicode/ucol.h"
61 #include "unicode/unorm.h"
62 #include "unicode/locid.h"
63 #include "unicode/uniset.h"
64 #include "unicode/umisc.h"
65 #include "unicode/uiter.h"
66 #include "unicode/stringpiece.h"
67 
68 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
69 
70 class StringEnumeration;
71 
72 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
73 /**
74  * @stable ICU 2.6
75  */
76 class CollatorFactory;
77 #endif
78 
79 /**
80 * @stable ICU 2.0
81 */
82 class CollationKey;
83 
84 /**
85 * The <code>Collator</code> class performs locale-sensitive string
86 * comparison.<br>
87 * You use this class to build searching and sorting routines for natural
88 * language text.
89 * <p>
90 * <code>Collator</code> is an abstract base class. Subclasses implement
91 * specific collation strategies. One subclass,
92 * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>, is currently provided and is applicable
93 * to a wide set of languages. Other subclasses may be created to handle more
94 * specialized needs.
95 * <p>
96 * Like other locale-sensitive classes, you can use the static factory method,
97 * <code>createInstance</code>, to obtain the appropriate
98 * <code>Collator</code> object for a given locale. You will only need to
99 * look at the subclasses of <code>Collator</code> if you need to
100 * understand the details of a particular collation strategy or if you need to
101 * modify that strategy.
102 * <p>
103 * The following example shows how to compare two strings using the
104 * <code>Collator</code> for the default locale.
105 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
106 * <pre>
107 * \code
108 * // Compare two strings in the default locale
109 * UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
110 * Collator* myCollator = Collator::createInstance(success);
111 * if (myCollator->compare("abc", "ABC") < 0)
112 *   cout << "abc is less than ABC" << endl;
113 * else
114 *   cout << "abc is greater than or equal to ABC" << endl;
115 * \endcode
116 * </pre>
117 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
118 * <p>
119 * You can set a <code>Collator</code>'s <em>strength</em> attribute to
120 * determine the level of difference considered significant in comparisons.
121 * Five strengths are provided: <code>PRIMARY</code>, <code>SECONDARY</code>,
122 * <code>TERTIARY</code>, <code>QUATERNARY</code> and <code>IDENTICAL</code>.
123 * The exact assignment of strengths to language features is locale dependent.
124 * For example, in Czech, "e" and "f" are considered primary differences,
125 * while "e" and "\u00EA" are secondary differences, "e" and "E" are tertiary
126 * differences and "e" and "e" are identical. The following shows how both case
127 * and accents could be ignored for US English.
128 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
129 * <pre>
130 * \code
131 * //Get the Collator for US English and set its strength to PRIMARY
132 * UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
133 * Collator* usCollator = Collator::createInstance(Locale::getUS(), success);
134 * usCollator->setStrength(Collator::PRIMARY);
135 * if (usCollator->compare("abc", "ABC") == 0)
136 *     cout << "'abc' and 'ABC' strings are equivalent with strength PRIMARY" << endl;
137 * \endcode
138 * </pre>
139 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
140 *
141 * The <code>getSortKey</code> methods
142 * convert a string to a series of bytes that can be compared bitwise against
143 * other sort keys using <code>strcmp()</code>. Sort keys are written as
144 * zero-terminated byte strings.
145 *
146 * Another set of APIs returns a <code>CollationKey</code> object that wraps
147 * the sort key bytes instead of returning the bytes themselves.
148 * </p>
149 * <p>
150 * <strong>Note:</strong> <code>Collator</code>s with different Locale,
151 * and CollationStrength settings will return different sort
152 * orders for the same set of strings. Locales have specific collation rules,
153 * and the way in which secondary and tertiary differences are taken into
154 * account, for example, will result in a different sorting order for same
155 * strings.
156 * </p>
157 * @see         RuleBasedCollator
158 * @see         CollationKey
159 * @see         CollationElementIterator
160 * @see         Locale
161 * @see         Normalizer2
162 * @version     2.0 11/15/01
163 */
164 
165 class U_I18N_API Collator : public UObject {
166 public:
167 
168     // Collator public enums -----------------------------------------------
169 
170     /**
171      * Base letter represents a primary difference. Set comparison level to
172      * PRIMARY to ignore secondary and tertiary differences.<br>
173      * Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.<br>
174      * Example of primary difference, "abc" &lt; "abd"
175      *
176      * Diacritical differences on the same base letter represent a secondary
177      * difference. Set comparison level to SECONDARY to ignore tertiary
178      * differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.<br>
179      * Example of secondary difference, "&auml;" >> "a".
180      *
181      * Uppercase and lowercase versions of the same character represents a
182      * tertiary difference.  Set comparison level to TERTIARY to include all
183      * comparison differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator
184      * object.<br>
185      * Example of tertiary difference, "abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC".
186      *
187      * Two characters are considered "identical" when they have the same unicode
188      * spellings.<br>
189      * For example, "&auml;" == "&auml;".
190      *
191      * UCollationStrength is also used to determine the strength of sort keys
192      * generated from Collator objects.
193      * @stable ICU 2.0
194      */
195     enum ECollationStrength
196     {
197         PRIMARY    = UCOL_PRIMARY,  // 0
198         SECONDARY  = UCOL_SECONDARY,  // 1
199         TERTIARY   = UCOL_TERTIARY,  // 2
200         QUATERNARY = UCOL_QUATERNARY,  // 3
201         IDENTICAL  = UCOL_IDENTICAL  // 15
202     };
203 
204 
205     // Cannot use #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API for the following, it is
206     // used by virtual methods that cannot have that conditional.
207     /**
208      * LESS is returned if source string is compared to be less than target
209      * string in the compare() method.
210      * EQUAL is returned if source string is compared to be equal to target
211      * string in the compare() method.
212      * GREATER is returned if source string is compared to be greater than
213      * target string in the compare() method.
214      * @see Collator#compare
215      * @deprecated ICU 2.6. Use C enum UCollationResult defined in ucol.h
216      */
217     enum EComparisonResult
218     {
219         LESS = UCOL_LESS,  // -1
220         EQUAL = UCOL_EQUAL,  // 0
221         GREATER = UCOL_GREATER  // 1
222     };
223 
224     // Collator public destructor -----------------------------------------
225 
226     /**
227      * Destructor
228      * @stable ICU 2.0
229      */
230     virtual ~Collator();
231 
232     // Collator public methods --------------------------------------------
233 
234     /**
235      * Returns TRUE if "other" is the same as "this".
236      *
237      * The base class implementation returns TRUE if "other" has the same type/class as "this":
238      * `typeid(*this) == typeid(other)`.
239      *
240      * Subclass implementations should do something like the following:
241      *
242      *     if (this == &other) { return TRUE; }
243      *     if (!Collator::operator==(other)) { return FALSE; }  // not the same class
244      *
245      *     const MyCollator &o = (const MyCollator&)other;
246      *     (compare this vs. o's subclass fields)
247      *
248      * @param other Collator object to be compared
249      * @return TRUE if other is the same as this.
250      * @stable ICU 2.0
251      */
252     virtual UBool operator==(const Collator& other) const;
253 
254     /**
255      * Returns true if "other" is not the same as "this".
256      * Calls ! operator==(const Collator&) const which works for all subclasses.
257      * @param other Collator object to be compared
258      * @return TRUE if other is not the same as this.
259      * @stable ICU 2.0
260      */
261     virtual UBool operator!=(const Collator& other) const;
262 
263     /**
264      * Makes a copy of this object.
265      * @return a copy of this object, owned by the caller
266      * @stable ICU 2.0
267      */
268     virtual Collator* clone(void) const = 0;
269 
270     /**
271      * Creates the Collator object for the current default locale.
272      * The default locale is determined by Locale::getDefault.
273      * The UErrorCode& err parameter is used to return status information to the user.
274      * To check whether the construction succeeded or not, you should check the
275      * value of U_SUCCESS(err).  If you wish more detailed information, you can
276      * check for informational error results which still indicate success.
277      * U_USING_FALLBACK_ERROR indicates that a fall back locale was used. For
278      * example, 'de_CH' was requested, but nothing was found there, so 'de' was
279      * used. U_USING_DEFAULT_ERROR indicates that the default locale data was
280      * used; neither the requested locale nor any of its fall back locales
281      * could be found.
282      * The caller owns the returned object and is responsible for deleting it.
283      *
284      * @param err    the error code status.
285      * @return       the collation object of the default locale.(for example, en_US)
286      * @see Locale#getDefault
287      * @stable ICU 2.0
288      */
289     static Collator* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(UErrorCode&  err);
290 
291     /**
292      * Gets the collation object for the desired locale. The
293      * resource of the desired locale will be loaded.
294      *
295      * Locale::getRoot() is the base collation table and all other languages are
296      * built on top of it with additional language-specific modifications.
297      *
298      * For some languages, multiple collation types are available;
299      * for example, "de@collation=phonebook".
300      * Starting with ICU 54, collation attributes can be specified via locale keywords as well,
301      * in the old locale extension syntax ("el@colCaseFirst=upper")
302      * or in language tag syntax ("el-u-kf-upper").
303      * See <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/api">User Guide: Collation API</a>.
304      *
305      * The UErrorCode& err parameter is used to return status information to the user.
306      * To check whether the construction succeeded or not, you should check
307      * the value of U_SUCCESS(err).  If you wish more detailed information, you
308      * can check for informational error results which still indicate success.
309      * U_USING_FALLBACK_ERROR indicates that a fall back locale was used.  For
310      * example, 'de_CH' was requested, but nothing was found there, so 'de' was
311      * used.  U_USING_DEFAULT_ERROR indicates that the default locale data was
312      * used; neither the requested locale nor any of its fall back locales
313      * could be found.
314      *
315      * The caller owns the returned object and is responsible for deleting it.
316      * @param loc    The locale ID for which to open a collator.
317      * @param err    the error code status.
318      * @return       the created table-based collation object based on the desired
319      *               locale.
320      * @see Locale
321      * @see ResourceLoader
322      * @stable ICU 2.2
323      */
324     static Collator* U_EXPORT2 createInstance(const Locale& loc, UErrorCode& err);
325 
326     /**
327      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
328      * different strings. Returns information about whether a string is less
329      * than, greater than or equal to another string.
330      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
331      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
332      * @return Returns a byte value. GREATER if source is greater
333      * than target; EQUAL if source is equal to target; LESS if source is less
334      * than target
335      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 use the overload with UErrorCode &
336      */
337     virtual EComparisonResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
338                                       const UnicodeString& target) const;
339 
340     /**
341      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
342      * different strings. Returns information about whether a string is less
343      * than, greater than or equal to another string.
344      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
345      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
346      * @param status possible error code
347      * @return Returns an enum value. UCOL_GREATER if source is greater
348      * than target; UCOL_EQUAL if source is equal to target; UCOL_LESS if source is less
349      * than target
350      * @stable ICU 2.6
351      */
352     virtual UCollationResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
353                                       const UnicodeString& target,
354                                       UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
355 
356     /**
357      * Does the same thing as compare but limits the comparison to a specified
358      * length
359      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
360      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
361      * @param length the length the comparison is limited to
362      * @return Returns a byte value. GREATER if source (up to the specified
363      *         length) is greater than target; EQUAL if source (up to specified
364      *         length) is equal to target; LESS if source (up to the specified
365      *         length) is less  than target.
366      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 use the overload with UErrorCode &
367      */
368     virtual EComparisonResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
369                                       const UnicodeString& target,
370                                       int32_t length) const;
371 
372     /**
373      * Does the same thing as compare but limits the comparison to a specified
374      * length
375      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
376      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
377      * @param length the length the comparison is limited to
378      * @param status possible error code
379      * @return Returns an enum value. UCOL_GREATER if source (up to the specified
380      *         length) is greater than target; UCOL_EQUAL if source (up to specified
381      *         length) is equal to target; UCOL_LESS if source (up to the specified
382      *         length) is less  than target.
383      * @stable ICU 2.6
384      */
385     virtual UCollationResult compare(const UnicodeString& source,
386                                       const UnicodeString& target,
387                                       int32_t length,
388                                       UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
389 
390     /**
391      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
392      * different string arrays. Returns information about whether a string array
393      * is less than, greater than or equal to another string array.
394      * <p>Example of use:
395      * <pre>
396      * .       char16_t ABC[] = {0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0};  // = "ABC"
397      * .       char16_t abc[] = {0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0};  // = "abc"
398      * .       UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
399      * .       Collator *myCollation =
400      * .                         Collator::createInstance(Locale::getUS(), status);
401      * .       if (U_FAILURE(status)) return;
402      * .       myCollation->setStrength(Collator::PRIMARY);
403      * .       // result would be Collator::EQUAL ("abc" == "ABC")
404      * .       // (no primary difference between "abc" and "ABC")
405      * .       Collator::EComparisonResult result =
406      * .                             myCollation->compare(abc, 3, ABC, 3);
407      * .       myCollation->setStrength(Collator::TERTIARY);
408      * .       // result would be Collator::LESS ("abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC")
409      * .       // (with tertiary difference between "abc" and "ABC")
410      * .       result = myCollation->compare(abc, 3, ABC, 3);
411      * </pre>
412      * @param source the source string array to be compared with.
413      * @param sourceLength the length of the source string array.  If this value
414      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
415      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
416      * @param targetLength the length of the target string array.  If this value
417      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
418      * @return Returns a byte value. GREATER if source is greater than target;
419      *         EQUAL if source is equal to target; LESS if source is less than
420      *         target
421      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 use the overload with UErrorCode &
422      */
423     virtual EComparisonResult compare(const char16_t* source, int32_t sourceLength,
424                                       const char16_t* target, int32_t targetLength)
425                                       const;
426 
427     /**
428      * The comparison function compares the character data stored in two
429      * different string arrays. Returns information about whether a string array
430      * is less than, greater than or equal to another string array.
431      * @param source the source string array to be compared with.
432      * @param sourceLength the length of the source string array.  If this value
433      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
434      * @param target the string that is to be compared with the source string.
435      * @param targetLength the length of the target string array.  If this value
436      *        is equal to -1, the string array is null-terminated.
437      * @param status possible error code
438      * @return Returns an enum value. UCOL_GREATER if source is greater
439      * than target; UCOL_EQUAL if source is equal to target; UCOL_LESS if source is less
440      * than target
441      * @stable ICU 2.6
442      */
443     virtual UCollationResult compare(const char16_t* source, int32_t sourceLength,
444                                       const char16_t* target, int32_t targetLength,
445                                       UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
446 
447     /**
448      * Compares two strings using the Collator.
449      * Returns whether the first one compares less than/equal to/greater than
450      * the second one.
451      * This version takes UCharIterator input.
452      * @param sIter the first ("source") string iterator
453      * @param tIter the second ("target") string iterator
454      * @param status ICU status
455      * @return UCOL_LESS, UCOL_EQUAL or UCOL_GREATER
456      * @stable ICU 4.2
457      */
458     virtual UCollationResult compare(UCharIterator &sIter,
459                                      UCharIterator &tIter,
460                                      UErrorCode &status) const;
461 
462     /**
463      * Compares two UTF-8 strings using the Collator.
464      * Returns whether the first one compares less than/equal to/greater than
465      * the second one.
466      * This version takes UTF-8 input.
467      * Note that a StringPiece can be implicitly constructed
468      * from a std::string or a NUL-terminated const char * string.
469      * @param source the first UTF-8 string
470      * @param target the second UTF-8 string
471      * @param status ICU status
472      * @return UCOL_LESS, UCOL_EQUAL or UCOL_GREATER
473      * @stable ICU 4.2
474      */
475     virtual UCollationResult compareUTF8(const StringPiece &source,
476                                          const StringPiece &target,
477                                          UErrorCode &status) const;
478 
479     /**
480      * Transforms the string into a series of characters that can be compared
481      * with CollationKey::compareTo. It is not possible to restore the original
482      * string from the chars in the sort key.
483      * <p>Use CollationKey::equals or CollationKey::compare to compare the
484      * generated sort keys.
485      * If the source string is null, a null collation key will be returned.
486      *
487      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
488      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
489      *
490      * @param source the source string to be transformed into a sort key.
491      * @param key the collation key to be filled in
492      * @param status the error code status.
493      * @return the collation key of the string based on the collation rules.
494      * @see CollationKey#compare
495      * @stable ICU 2.0
496      */
497     virtual CollationKey& getCollationKey(const UnicodeString&  source,
498                                           CollationKey& key,
499                                           UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
500 
501     /**
502      * Transforms the string into a series of characters that can be compared
503      * with CollationKey::compareTo. It is not possible to restore the original
504      * string from the chars in the sort key.
505      * <p>Use CollationKey::equals or CollationKey::compare to compare the
506      * generated sort keys.
507      * <p>If the source string is null, a null collation key will be returned.
508      *
509      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
510      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
511      *
512      * @param source the source string to be transformed into a sort key.
513      * @param sourceLength length of the collation key
514      * @param key the collation key to be filled in
515      * @param status the error code status.
516      * @return the collation key of the string based on the collation rules.
517      * @see CollationKey#compare
518      * @stable ICU 2.0
519      */
520     virtual CollationKey& getCollationKey(const char16_t*source,
521                                           int32_t sourceLength,
522                                           CollationKey& key,
523                                           UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
524     /**
525      * Generates the hash code for the collation object
526      * @stable ICU 2.0
527      */
528     virtual int32_t hashCode(void) const = 0;
529 
530     /**
531      * Gets the locale of the Collator
532      *
533      * @param type can be either requested, valid or actual locale. For more
534      *             information see the definition of ULocDataLocaleType in
535      *             uloc.h
536      * @param status the error code status.
537      * @return locale where the collation data lives. If the collator
538      *         was instantiated from rules, locale is empty.
539      * @deprecated ICU 2.8 This API is under consideration for revision
540      * in ICU 3.0.
541      */
542     virtual Locale getLocale(ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode& status) const = 0;
543 
544     /**
545      * Convenience method for comparing two strings based on the collation rules.
546      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
547      * @param target the target string to be compared with.
548      * @return true if the first string is greater than the second one,
549      *         according to the collation rules. false, otherwise.
550      * @see Collator#compare
551      * @stable ICU 2.0
552      */
553     UBool greater(const UnicodeString& source, const UnicodeString& target)
554                   const;
555 
556     /**
557      * Convenience method for comparing two strings based on the collation rules.
558      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
559      * @param target the target string to be compared with.
560      * @return true if the first string is greater than or equal to the second
561      *         one, according to the collation rules. false, otherwise.
562      * @see Collator#compare
563      * @stable ICU 2.0
564      */
565     UBool greaterOrEqual(const UnicodeString& source,
566                          const UnicodeString& target) const;
567 
568     /**
569      * Convenience method for comparing two strings based on the collation rules.
570      * @param source the source string to be compared with.
571      * @param target the target string to be compared with.
572      * @return true if the strings are equal according to the collation rules.
573      *         false, otherwise.
574      * @see Collator#compare
575      * @stable ICU 2.0
576      */
577     UBool equals(const UnicodeString& source, const UnicodeString& target) const;
578 
579     /**
580      * Determines the minimum strength that will be used in comparison or
581      * transformation.
582      * <p>E.g. with strength == SECONDARY, the tertiary difference is ignored
583      * <p>E.g. with strength == PRIMARY, the secondary and tertiary difference
584      * are ignored.
585      * @return the current comparison level.
586      * @see Collator#setStrength
587      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 Use getAttribute(UCOL_STRENGTH...) instead
588      */
589     virtual ECollationStrength getStrength(void) const;
590 
591     /**
592      * Sets the minimum strength to be used in comparison or transformation.
593      * <p>Example of use:
594      * <pre>
595      *  \code
596      *  UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
597      *  Collator*myCollation = Collator::createInstance(Locale::getUS(), status);
598      *  if (U_FAILURE(status)) return;
599      *  myCollation->setStrength(Collator::PRIMARY);
600      *  // result will be "abc" == "ABC"
601      *  // tertiary differences will be ignored
602      *  Collator::ComparisonResult result = myCollation->compare("abc", "ABC");
603      * \endcode
604      * </pre>
605      * @see Collator#getStrength
606      * @param newStrength the new comparison level.
607      * @deprecated ICU 2.6 Use setAttribute(UCOL_STRENGTH...) instead
608      */
609     virtual void setStrength(ECollationStrength newStrength);
610 
611     /**
612      * Retrieves the reordering codes for this collator.
613      * @param dest The array to fill with the script ordering.
614      * @param destCapacity The length of dest. If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the function
615      *  will only return the length of the result without writing any codes (pre-flighting).
616      * @param status A reference to an error code value, which must not indicate
617      * a failure before the function call.
618      * @return The length of the script ordering array.
619      * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
620      * @see Collator#getEquivalentReorderCodes
621      * @see Collator#setReorderCodes
622      * @see UScriptCode
623      * @see UColReorderCode
624      * @stable ICU 4.8
625      */
626      virtual int32_t getReorderCodes(int32_t *dest,
627                                      int32_t destCapacity,
628                                      UErrorCode& status) const;
629 
630     /**
631      * Sets the ordering of scripts for this collator.
632      *
633      * <p>The reordering codes are a combination of script codes and reorder codes.
634      * @param reorderCodes An array of script codes in the new order. This can be NULL if the
635      * length is also set to 0. An empty array will clear any reordering codes on the collator.
636      * @param reorderCodesLength The length of reorderCodes.
637      * @param status error code
638      * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
639      * @see Collator#getReorderCodes
640      * @see Collator#getEquivalentReorderCodes
641      * @see UScriptCode
642      * @see UColReorderCode
643      * @stable ICU 4.8
644      */
645      virtual void setReorderCodes(const int32_t* reorderCodes,
646                                   int32_t reorderCodesLength,
647                                   UErrorCode& status) ;
648 
649     /**
650      * Retrieves the reorder codes that are grouped with the given reorder code. Some reorder
651      * codes will be grouped and must reorder together.
652      * Beginning with ICU 55, scripts only reorder together if they are primary-equal,
653      * for example Hiragana and Katakana.
654      *
655      * @param reorderCode The reorder code to determine equivalence for.
656      * @param dest The array to fill with the script equivalence reordering codes.
657      * @param destCapacity The length of dest. If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the
658      * function will only return the length of the result without writing any codes (pre-flighting).
659      * @param status A reference to an error code value, which must not indicate
660      * a failure before the function call.
661      * @return The length of the of the reordering code equivalence array.
662      * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
663      * @see Collator#getReorderCodes
664      * @see Collator#setReorderCodes
665      * @see UScriptCode
666      * @see UColReorderCode
667      * @stable ICU 4.8
668      */
669     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 getEquivalentReorderCodes(int32_t reorderCode,
670                                 int32_t* dest,
671                                 int32_t destCapacity,
672                                 UErrorCode& status);
673 
674     /**
675      * Get name of the object for the desired Locale, in the desired language
676      * @param objectLocale must be from getAvailableLocales
677      * @param displayLocale specifies the desired locale for output
678      * @param name the fill-in parameter of the return value
679      * @return display-able name of the object for the object locale in the
680      *         desired language
681      * @stable ICU 2.0
682      */
683     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getDisplayName(const Locale& objectLocale,
684                                          const Locale& displayLocale,
685                                          UnicodeString& name);
686 
687     /**
688     * Get name of the object for the desired Locale, in the language of the
689     * default locale.
690     * @param objectLocale must be from getAvailableLocales
691     * @param name the fill-in parameter of the return value
692     * @return name of the object for the desired locale in the default language
693     * @stable ICU 2.0
694     */
695     static UnicodeString& U_EXPORT2 getDisplayName(const Locale& objectLocale,
696                                          UnicodeString& name);
697 
698     /**
699      * Get the set of Locales for which Collations are installed.
700      *
701      * <p>Note this does not include locales supported by registered collators.
702      * If collators might have been registered, use the overload of getAvailableLocales
703      * that returns a StringEnumeration.</p>
704      *
705      * @param count the output parameter of number of elements in the locale list
706      * @return the list of available locales for which collations are installed
707      * @stable ICU 2.0
708      */
709     static const Locale* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(int32_t& count);
710 
711     /**
712      * Return a StringEnumeration over the locales available at the time of the call,
713      * including registered locales.  If a severe error occurs (such as out of memory
714      * condition) this will return null. If there is no locale data, an empty enumeration
715      * will be returned.
716      * @return a StringEnumeration over the locales available at the time of the call
717      * @stable ICU 2.6
718      */
719     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getAvailableLocales(void);
720 
721     /**
722      * Create a string enumerator of all possible keywords that are relevant to
723      * collation. At this point, the only recognized keyword for this
724      * service is "collation".
725      * @param status input-output error code
726      * @return a string enumeration over locale strings. The caller is
727      * responsible for closing the result.
728      * @stable ICU 3.0
729      */
730     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getKeywords(UErrorCode& status);
731 
732     /**
733      * Given a keyword, create a string enumeration of all values
734      * for that keyword that are currently in use.
735      * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
736      * ucol_getKeywords. If any other keyword is passed in, status is set
737      * to U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
738      * @param status input-output error code
739      * @return a string enumeration over collation keyword values, or NULL
740      * upon error. The caller is responsible for deleting the result.
741      * @stable ICU 3.0
742      */
743     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getKeywordValues(const char *keyword, UErrorCode& status);
744 
745     /**
746      * Given a key and a locale, returns an array of string values in a preferred
747      * order that would make a difference. These are all and only those values where
748      * the open (creation) of the service with the locale formed from the input locale
749      * plus input keyword and that value has different behavior than creation with the
750      * input locale alone.
751      * @param keyword        one of the keys supported by this service.  For now, only
752      *                      "collation" is supported.
753      * @param locale        the locale
754      * @param commonlyUsed  if set to true it will return only commonly used values
755      *                      with the given locale in preferred order.  Otherwise,
756      *                      it will return all the available values for the locale.
757      * @param status ICU status
758      * @return a string enumeration over keyword values for the given key and the locale.
759      * @stable ICU 4.2
760      */
761     static StringEnumeration* U_EXPORT2 getKeywordValuesForLocale(const char* keyword, const Locale& locale,
762                                                                     UBool commonlyUsed, UErrorCode& status);
763 
764     /**
765      * Return the functionally equivalent locale for the given
766      * requested locale, with respect to given keyword, for the
767      * collation service.  If two locales return the same result, then
768      * collators instantiated for these locales will behave
769      * equivalently.  The converse is not always true; two collators
770      * may in fact be equivalent, but return different results, due to
771      * internal details.  The return result has no other meaning than
772      * that stated above, and implies nothing as to the relationship
773      * between the two locales.  This is intended for use by
774      * applications who wish to cache collators, or otherwise reuse
775      * collators when possible.  The functional equivalent may change
776      * over time.  For more information, please see the <a
777      * href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/locale#TOC-Locales-and-Services">
778      * Locales and Services</a> section of the ICU User Guide.
779      * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
780      * ucol_getKeywords.
781      * @param locale the requested locale
782      * @param isAvailable reference to a fillin parameter that
783      * indicates whether the requested locale was 'available' to the
784      * collation service. A locale is defined as 'available' if it
785      * physically exists within the collation locale data.
786      * @param status reference to input-output error code
787      * @return the functionally equivalent collation locale, or the root
788      * locale upon error.
789      * @stable ICU 3.0
790      */
791     static Locale U_EXPORT2 getFunctionalEquivalent(const char* keyword, const Locale& locale,
792                                           UBool& isAvailable, UErrorCode& status);
793 
794 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
795     /**
796      * Register a new Collator.  The collator will be adopted.
797      * Because ICU may choose to cache collators internally, this must be
798      * called at application startup, prior to any calls to
799      * Collator::createInstance to avoid undefined behavior.
800      * @param toAdopt the Collator instance to be adopted
801      * @param locale the locale with which the collator will be associated
802      * @param status the in/out status code, no special meanings are assigned
803      * @return a registry key that can be used to unregister this collator
804      * @stable ICU 2.6
805      */
806     static URegistryKey U_EXPORT2 registerInstance(Collator* toAdopt, const Locale& locale, UErrorCode& status);
807 
808     /**
809      * Register a new CollatorFactory.  The factory will be adopted.
810      * Because ICU may choose to cache collators internally, this must be
811      * called at application startup, prior to any calls to
812      * Collator::createInstance to avoid undefined behavior.
813      * @param toAdopt the CollatorFactory instance to be adopted
814      * @param status the in/out status code, no special meanings are assigned
815      * @return a registry key that can be used to unregister this collator
816      * @stable ICU 2.6
817      */
818     static URegistryKey U_EXPORT2 registerFactory(CollatorFactory* toAdopt, UErrorCode& status);
819 
820     /**
821      * Unregister a previously-registered Collator or CollatorFactory
822      * using the key returned from the register call.  Key becomes
823      * invalid after a successful call and should not be used again.
824      * The object corresponding to the key will be deleted.
825      * Because ICU may choose to cache collators internally, this should
826      * be called during application shutdown, after all calls to
827      * Collator::createInstance to avoid undefined behavior.
828      * @param key the registry key returned by a previous call to registerInstance
829      * @param status the in/out status code, no special meanings are assigned
830      * @return TRUE if the collator for the key was successfully unregistered
831      * @stable ICU 2.6
832      */
833     static UBool U_EXPORT2 unregister(URegistryKey key, UErrorCode& status);
834 #endif /* UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE */
835 
836     /**
837      * Gets the version information for a Collator.
838      * @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
839      * @stable ICU 2.0
840      */
841     virtual void getVersion(UVersionInfo info) const = 0;
842 
843     /**
844      * Returns a unique class ID POLYMORPHICALLY. Pure virtual method.
845      * This method is to implement a simple version of RTTI, since not all C++
846      * compilers support genuine RTTI. Polymorphic operator==() and clone()
847      * methods call this method.
848      * @return The class ID for this object. All objects of a given class have
849      *         the same class ID.  Objects of other classes have different class
850      *         IDs.
851      * @stable ICU 2.0
852      */
853     virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID(void) const = 0;
854 
855     /**
856      * Universal attribute setter
857      * @param attr attribute type
858      * @param value attribute value
859      * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or
860      *        there were errors
861      * @stable ICU 2.2
862      */
863     virtual void setAttribute(UColAttribute attr, UColAttributeValue value,
864                               UErrorCode &status) = 0;
865 
866     /**
867      * Universal attribute getter
868      * @param attr attribute type
869      * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or
870      *        there were errors
871      * @return attribute value
872      * @stable ICU 2.2
873      */
874     virtual UColAttributeValue getAttribute(UColAttribute attr,
875                                             UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
876 
877     /**
878      * Sets the variable top to the top of the specified reordering group.
879      * The variable top determines the highest-sorting character
880      * which is affected by UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING.
881      * If that attribute is set to UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE, then the variable top has no effect.
882      *
883      * The base class implementation sets U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR.
884      * @param group one of UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SPACE, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_PUNCTUATION,
885      *              UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SYMBOL, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_CURRENCY;
886      *              or UCOL_REORDER_CODE_DEFAULT to restore the default max variable group
887      * @param errorCode Standard ICU error code. Its input value must
888      *                  pass the U_SUCCESS() test, or else the function returns
889      *                  immediately. Check for U_FAILURE() on output or use with
890      *                  function chaining. (See User Guide for details.)
891      * @return *this
892      * @see getMaxVariable
893      * @stable ICU 53
894      */
895     virtual Collator &setMaxVariable(UColReorderCode group, UErrorCode &errorCode);
896 
897     /**
898      * Returns the maximum reordering group whose characters are affected by UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING.
899      *
900      * The base class implementation returns UCOL_REORDER_CODE_PUNCTUATION.
901      * @return the maximum variable reordering group.
902      * @see setMaxVariable
903      * @stable ICU 53
904      */
905     virtual UColReorderCode getMaxVariable() const;
906 
907     /**
908      * Sets the variable top to the primary weight of the specified string.
909      *
910      * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
911      * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
912      * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
913      * See setMaxVariable().
914      * @param varTop one or more (if contraction) char16_ts to which the variable top should be set
915      * @param len length of variable top string. If -1 it is considered to be zero terminated.
916      * @param status error code. If error code is set, the return value is undefined. Errors set by this function are: <br>
917      *    U_CE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR if more than one character was passed and there is no such contraction<br>
918      *    U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR if the variable top is beyond
919      *    the last reordering group supported by setMaxVariable()
920      * @return variable top primary weight
921      * @deprecated ICU 53 Call setMaxVariable() instead.
922      */
923     virtual uint32_t setVariableTop(const char16_t *varTop, int32_t len, UErrorCode &status) = 0;
924 
925     /**
926      * Sets the variable top to the primary weight of the specified string.
927      *
928      * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
929      * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
930      * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
931      * See setMaxVariable().
932      * @param varTop a UnicodeString size 1 or more (if contraction) of char16_ts to which the variable top should be set
933      * @param status error code. If error code is set, the return value is undefined. Errors set by this function are: <br>
934      *    U_CE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR if more than one character was passed and there is no such contraction<br>
935      *    U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR if the variable top is beyond
936      *    the last reordering group supported by setMaxVariable()
937      * @return variable top primary weight
938      * @deprecated ICU 53 Call setMaxVariable() instead.
939      */
940     virtual uint32_t setVariableTop(const UnicodeString &varTop, UErrorCode &status) = 0;
941 
942     /**
943      * Sets the variable top to the specified primary weight.
944      *
945      * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
946      * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
947      * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
948      * See setMaxVariable().
949      * @param varTop primary weight, as returned by setVariableTop or ucol_getVariableTop
950      * @param status error code
951      * @deprecated ICU 53 Call setMaxVariable() instead.
952      */
953     virtual void setVariableTop(uint32_t varTop, UErrorCode &status) = 0;
954 
955     /**
956      * Gets the variable top value of a Collator.
957      * @param status error code (not changed by function). If error code is set, the return value is undefined.
958      * @return the variable top primary weight
959      * @see getMaxVariable
960      * @stable ICU 2.0
961      */
962     virtual uint32_t getVariableTop(UErrorCode &status) const = 0;
963 
964     /**
965      * Get a UnicodeSet that contains all the characters and sequences
966      * tailored in this collator.
967      * @param status      error code of the operation
968      * @return a pointer to a UnicodeSet object containing all the
969      *         code points and sequences that may sort differently than
970      *         in the root collator. The object must be disposed of by using delete
971      * @stable ICU 2.4
972      */
973     virtual UnicodeSet *getTailoredSet(UErrorCode &status) const;
974 
975     /**
976      * Same as clone().
977      * The base class implementation simply calls clone().
978      * @return a copy of this object, owned by the caller
979      * @see clone()
980      * @deprecated ICU 50 no need to have two methods for cloning
981      */
982     virtual Collator* safeClone(void) const;
983 
984     /**
985      * Get the sort key as an array of bytes from a UnicodeString.
986      * Sort key byte arrays are zero-terminated and can be compared using
987      * strcmp().
988      *
989      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
990      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
991      *
992      * @param source string to be processed.
993      * @param result buffer to store result in. If NULL, number of bytes needed
994      *        will be returned.
995      * @param resultLength length of the result buffer. If if not enough the
996      *        buffer will be filled to capacity.
997      * @return Number of bytes needed for storing the sort key
998      * @stable ICU 2.2
999      */
1000     virtual int32_t getSortKey(const UnicodeString& source,
1001                               uint8_t* result,
1002                               int32_t resultLength) const = 0;
1003 
1004     /**
1005      * Get the sort key as an array of bytes from a char16_t buffer.
1006      * Sort key byte arrays are zero-terminated and can be compared using
1007      * strcmp().
1008      *
1009      * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
1010      * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
1011      *
1012      * @param source string to be processed.
1013      * @param sourceLength length of string to be processed.
1014      *        If -1, the string is 0 terminated and length will be decided by the
1015      *        function.
1016      * @param result buffer to store result in. If NULL, number of bytes needed
1017      *        will be returned.
1018      * @param resultLength length of the result buffer. If if not enough the
1019      *        buffer will be filled to capacity.
1020      * @return Number of bytes needed for storing the sort key
1021      * @stable ICU 2.2
1022      */
1023     virtual int32_t getSortKey(const char16_t*source, int32_t sourceLength,
1024                                uint8_t*result, int32_t resultLength) const = 0;
1025 
1026     /**
1027      * Produce a bound for a given sortkey and a number of levels.
1028      * Return value is always the number of bytes needed, regardless of
1029      * whether the result buffer was big enough or even valid.<br>
1030      * Resulting bounds can be used to produce a range of strings that are
1031      * between upper and lower bounds. For example, if bounds are produced
1032      * for a sortkey of string "smith", strings between upper and lower
1033      * bounds with one level would include "Smith", "SMITH", "sMiTh".<br>
1034      * There are two upper bounds that can be produced. If UCOL_BOUND_UPPER
1035      * is produced, strings matched would be as above. However, if bound
1036      * produced using UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG is used, the above example will
1037      * also match "Smithsonian" and similar.<br>
1038      * For more on usage, see example in cintltst/capitst.c in procedure
1039      * TestBounds.
1040      * Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
1041      * @param source The source sortkey.
1042      * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
1043      *                     (If an unmodified sortkey is passed, it is always null
1044      *                      terminated).
1045      * @param boundType Type of bound required. It can be UCOL_BOUND_LOWER, which
1046      *                  produces a lower inclusive bound, UCOL_BOUND_UPPER, that
1047      *                  produces upper bound that matches strings of the same length
1048      *                  or UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG that matches strings that have the
1049      *                  same starting substring as the source string.
1050      * @param noOfLevels  Number of levels required in the resulting bound (for most
1051      *                    uses, the recommended value is 1). See users guide for
1052      *                    explanation on number of levels a sortkey can have.
1053      * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the resulting sortkey.
1054      * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
1055      * @param status Used for returning error code if something went wrong. If the
1056      *               number of levels requested is higher than the number of levels
1057      *               in the source key, a warning (U_SORT_KEY_TOO_SHORT_WARNING) is
1058      *               issued.
1059      * @return The size needed to fully store the bound.
1060      * @see ucol_keyHashCode
1061      * @stable ICU 2.1
1062      */
1063     static int32_t U_EXPORT2 getBound(const uint8_t       *source,
1064             int32_t             sourceLength,
1065             UColBoundMode       boundType,
1066             uint32_t            noOfLevels,
1067             uint8_t             *result,
1068             int32_t             resultLength,
1069             UErrorCode          &status);
1070 
1071 
1072 protected:
1073 
1074     // Collator protected constructors -------------------------------------
1075 
1076     /**
1077     * Default constructor.
1078     * Constructor is different from the old default Collator constructor.
1079     * The task for determing the default collation strength and normalization
1080     * mode is left to the child class.
1081     * @stable ICU 2.0
1082     */
1083     Collator();
1084 
1085 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
1086     /**
1087     * Constructor.
1088     * Empty constructor, does not handle the arguments.
1089     * This constructor is done for backward compatibility with 1.7 and 1.8.
1090     * The task for handling the argument collation strength and normalization
1091     * mode is left to the child class.
1092     * @param collationStrength collation strength
1093     * @param decompositionMode
1094     * @deprecated ICU 2.4. Subclasses should use the default constructor
1095     * instead and handle the strength and normalization mode themselves.
1096     */
1097     Collator(UCollationStrength collationStrength,
1098              UNormalizationMode decompositionMode);
1099 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
1100 
1101     /**
1102     * Copy constructor.
1103     * @param other Collator object to be copied from
1104     * @stable ICU 2.0
1105     */
1106     Collator(const Collator& other);
1107 
1108 public:
1109    /**
1110     * Used internally by registration to define the requested and valid locales.
1111     * @param requestedLocale the requested locale
1112     * @param validLocale the valid locale
1113     * @param actualLocale the actual locale
1114     * @internal
1115     */
1116     virtual void setLocales(const Locale& requestedLocale, const Locale& validLocale, const Locale& actualLocale);
1117 
1118     /** Get the short definition string for a collator. This internal API harvests the collator's
1119      *  locale and the attribute set and produces a string that can be used for opening
1120      *  a collator with the same attributes using the ucol_openFromShortString API.
1121      *  This string will be normalized.
1122      *  The structure and the syntax of the string is defined in the "Naming collators"
1123      *  section of the users guide:
1124      *  http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/concepts#TOC-Collator-naming-scheme
1125      *  This function supports preflighting.
1126      *
1127      *  This is internal, and intended to be used with delegate converters.
1128      *
1129      *  @param locale a locale that will appear as a collators locale in the resulting
1130      *                short string definition. If NULL, the locale will be harvested
1131      *                from the collator.
1132      *  @param buffer space to hold the resulting string
1133      *  @param capacity capacity of the buffer
1134      *  @param status for returning errors. All the preflighting errors are featured
1135      *  @return length of the resulting string
1136      *  @see ucol_openFromShortString
1137      *  @see ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString
1138      *  @see ucol_getShortDefinitionString
1139      *  @internal
1140      */
1141     virtual int32_t internalGetShortDefinitionString(const char *locale,
1142                                                      char *buffer,
1143                                                      int32_t capacity,
1144                                                      UErrorCode &status) const;
1145 
1146     /**
1147      * Implements ucol_strcollUTF8().
1148      * @internal
1149      */
1150     virtual UCollationResult internalCompareUTF8(
1151             const char *left, int32_t leftLength,
1152             const char *right, int32_t rightLength,
1153             UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
1154 
1155     /**
1156      * Implements ucol_nextSortKeyPart().
1157      * @internal
1158      */
1159     virtual int32_t
1160     internalNextSortKeyPart(
1161             UCharIterator *iter, uint32_t state[2],
1162             uint8_t *dest, int32_t count, UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
1163 
1164 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
1165     /** @internal */
fromUCollator(UCollator * uc)1166     static inline Collator *fromUCollator(UCollator *uc) {
1167         return reinterpret_cast<Collator *>(uc);
1168     }
1169     /** @internal */
fromUCollator(const UCollator * uc)1170     static inline const Collator *fromUCollator(const UCollator *uc) {
1171         return reinterpret_cast<const Collator *>(uc);
1172     }
1173     /** @internal */
toUCollator()1174     inline UCollator *toUCollator() {
1175         return reinterpret_cast<UCollator *>(this);
1176     }
1177     /** @internal */
toUCollator()1178     inline const UCollator *toUCollator() const {
1179         return reinterpret_cast<const UCollator *>(this);
1180     }
1181 #endif  // U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
1182 
1183 private:
1184     /**
1185      * Assignment operator. Private for now.
1186      */
1187     Collator& operator=(const Collator& other);
1188 
1189     friend class CFactory;
1190     friend class SimpleCFactory;
1191     friend class ICUCollatorFactory;
1192     friend class ICUCollatorService;
1193     static Collator* makeInstance(const Locale& desiredLocale,
1194                                   UErrorCode& status);
1195 };
1196 
1197 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
1198 /**
1199  * A factory, used with registerFactory, the creates multiple collators and provides
1200  * display names for them.  A factory supports some number of locales-- these are the
1201  * locales for which it can create collators.  The factory can be visible, in which
1202  * case the supported locales will be enumerated by getAvailableLocales, or invisible,
1203  * in which they are not.  Invisible locales are still supported, they are just not
1204  * listed by getAvailableLocales.
1205  * <p>
1206  * If standard locale display names are sufficient, Collator instances can
1207  * be registered using registerInstance instead.</p>
1208  * <p>
1209  * Note: if the collators are to be used from C APIs, they must be instances
1210  * of RuleBasedCollator.</p>
1211  *
1212  * @stable ICU 2.6
1213  */
1214 class U_I18N_API CollatorFactory : public UObject {
1215 public:
1216 
1217     /**
1218      * Destructor
1219      * @stable ICU 3.0
1220      */
1221     virtual ~CollatorFactory();
1222 
1223     /**
1224      * Return true if this factory is visible.  Default is true.
1225      * If not visible, the locales supported by this factory will not
1226      * be listed by getAvailableLocales.
1227      * @return true if the factory is visible.
1228      * @stable ICU 2.6
1229      */
1230     virtual UBool visible(void) const;
1231 
1232     /**
1233      * Return a collator for the provided locale.  If the locale
1234      * is not supported, return NULL.
1235      * @param loc the locale identifying the collator to be created.
1236      * @return a new collator if the locale is supported, otherwise NULL.
1237      * @stable ICU 2.6
1238      */
1239     virtual Collator* createCollator(const Locale& loc) = 0;
1240 
1241     /**
1242      * Return the name of the collator for the objectLocale, localized for the displayLocale.
1243      * If objectLocale is not supported, or the factory is not visible, set the result string
1244      * to bogus.
1245      * @param objectLocale the locale identifying the collator
1246      * @param displayLocale the locale for which the display name of the collator should be localized
1247      * @param result an output parameter for the display name, set to bogus if not supported.
1248      * @return the display name
1249      * @stable ICU 2.6
1250      */
1251     virtual  UnicodeString& getDisplayName(const Locale& objectLocale,
1252                                            const Locale& displayLocale,
1253                                            UnicodeString& result);
1254 
1255     /**
1256      * Return an array of all the locale names directly supported by this factory.
1257      * The number of names is returned in count.  This array is owned by the factory.
1258      * Its contents must never change.
1259      * @param count output parameter for the number of locales supported by the factory
1260      * @param status the in/out error code
1261      * @return a pointer to an array of count UnicodeStrings.
1262      * @stable ICU 2.6
1263      */
1264     virtual const UnicodeString * getSupportedIDs(int32_t &count, UErrorCode& status) = 0;
1265 };
1266 #endif /* UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE */
1267 
1268 // Collator inline methods -----------------------------------------------
1269 
1270 U_NAMESPACE_END
1271 
1272 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
1273 
1274 #endif
1275