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1 /*
2 *******************************************************************************
3 * Copyright (c) 1996-2015, International Business Machines Corporation and others.
4 * All Rights Reserved.
5 *******************************************************************************
6 */
7 
8 #ifndef UCOL_H
9 #define UCOL_H
10 
11 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
12 
13 #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION
14 
15 #include "unicode/unorm.h"
16 #include "unicode/localpointer.h"
17 #include "unicode/parseerr.h"
18 #include "unicode/uloc.h"
19 #include "unicode/uset.h"
20 #include "unicode/uscript.h"
21 
22 /**
23  * \file
24  * \brief C API: Collator
25  *
26  * <h2> Collator C API </h2>
27  *
28  * The C API for Collator performs locale-sensitive
29  * string comparison. You use this service to build
30  * searching and sorting routines for natural language text.
31  * <p>
32  * For more information about the collation service see
33  * <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation">the User Guide</a>.
34  * <p>
35  * Collation service provides correct sorting orders for most locales supported in ICU.
36  * If specific data for a locale is not available, the orders eventually falls back
37  * to the <a href="http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-collation.html#Root_Collation">CLDR root sort order</a>.
38  * <p>
39  * Sort ordering may be customized by providing your own set of rules. For more on
40  * this subject see the <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/customization">
41  * Collation Customization</a> section of the User Guide.
42  * <p>
43  * @see         UCollationResult
44  * @see         UNormalizationMode
45  * @see         UCollationStrength
46  * @see         UCollationElements
47  */
48 
49 /** A collator.
50 *  For usage in C programs.
51 */
52 struct UCollator;
53 /** structure representing a collator object instance
54  * @stable ICU 2.0
55  */
56 typedef struct UCollator UCollator;
57 
58 
59 /**
60  * UCOL_LESS is returned if source string is compared to be less than target
61  * string in the ucol_strcoll() method.
62  * UCOL_EQUAL is returned if source string is compared to be equal to target
63  * string in the ucol_strcoll() method.
64  * UCOL_GREATER is returned if source string is compared to be greater than
65  * target string in the ucol_strcoll() method.
66  * @see ucol_strcoll()
67  * <p>
68  * Possible values for a comparison result
69  * @stable ICU 2.0
70  */
71 typedef enum {
72   /** string a == string b */
73   UCOL_EQUAL    = 0,
74   /** string a > string b */
75   UCOL_GREATER    = 1,
76   /** string a < string b */
77   UCOL_LESS    = -1
78 } UCollationResult ;
79 
80 
81 /** Enum containing attribute values for controling collation behavior.
82  * Here are all the allowable values. Not every attribute can take every value. The only
83  * universal value is UCOL_DEFAULT, which resets the attribute value to the predefined
84  * value for that locale
85  * @stable ICU 2.0
86  */
87 typedef enum {
88   /** accepted by most attributes */
89   UCOL_DEFAULT = -1,
90 
91   /** Primary collation strength */
92   UCOL_PRIMARY = 0,
93   /** Secondary collation strength */
94   UCOL_SECONDARY = 1,
95   /** Tertiary collation strength */
96   UCOL_TERTIARY = 2,
97   /** Default collation strength */
98   UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH = UCOL_TERTIARY,
99   UCOL_CE_STRENGTH_LIMIT,
100   /** Quaternary collation strength */
101   UCOL_QUATERNARY=3,
102   /** Identical collation strength */
103   UCOL_IDENTICAL=15,
104   UCOL_STRENGTH_LIMIT,
105 
106   /** Turn the feature off - works for UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION,
107       UCOL_CASE_LEVEL, UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY_MODE
108       & UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE*/
109   UCOL_OFF = 16,
110   /** Turn the feature on - works for UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION,
111       UCOL_CASE_LEVEL, UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY_MODE
112       & UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE*/
113   UCOL_ON = 17,
114 
115   /** Valid for UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING. Alternate handling will be shifted */
116   UCOL_SHIFTED = 20,
117   /** Valid for UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING. Alternate handling will be non ignorable */
118   UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE = 21,
119 
120   /** Valid for UCOL_CASE_FIRST -
121       lower case sorts before upper case */
122   UCOL_LOWER_FIRST = 24,
123   /** upper case sorts before lower case */
124   UCOL_UPPER_FIRST = 25,
125 
126   UCOL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_COUNT
127 
128 } UColAttributeValue;
129 
130 /**
131  * Enum containing the codes for reordering segments of the collation table that are not script
132  * codes. These reordering codes are to be used in conjunction with the script codes.
133  * @see ucol_getReorderCodes
134  * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
135  * @see ucol_getEquivalentReorderCodes
136  * @see UScriptCode
137  * @stable ICU 4.8
138  */
139  typedef enum {
140    /**
141     * A special reordering code that is used to specify the default
142     * reordering codes for a locale.
143     * @stable ICU 4.8
144     */
145     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_DEFAULT       = -1,
146    /**
147     * A special reordering code that is used to specify no reordering codes.
148     * @stable ICU 4.8
149     */
150     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_NONE          = USCRIPT_UNKNOWN,
151    /**
152     * A special reordering code that is used to specify all other codes used for
153     * reordering except for the codes lised as UColReorderCode values and those
154     * listed explicitly in a reordering.
155     * @stable ICU 4.8
156     */
157     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_OTHERS        = USCRIPT_UNKNOWN,
158    /**
159     * Characters with the space property.
160     * This is equivalent to the rule value "space".
161     * @stable ICU 4.8
162     */
163     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SPACE         = 0x1000,
164    /**
165     * The first entry in the enumeration of reordering groups. This is intended for use in
166     * range checking and enumeration of the reorder codes.
167     * @stable ICU 4.8
168     */
169     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_FIRST         = UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SPACE,
170    /**
171     * Characters with the punctuation property.
172     * This is equivalent to the rule value "punct".
173     * @stable ICU 4.8
174     */
175     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_PUNCTUATION   = 0x1001,
176    /**
177     * Characters with the symbol property.
178     * This is equivalent to the rule value "symbol".
179     * @stable ICU 4.8
180     */
181     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SYMBOL        = 0x1002,
182    /**
183     * Characters with the currency property.
184     * This is equivalent to the rule value "currency".
185     * @stable ICU 4.8
186     */
187     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_CURRENCY      = 0x1003,
188    /**
189     * Characters with the digit property.
190     * This is equivalent to the rule value "digit".
191     * @stable ICU 4.8
192     */
193     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_DIGIT         = 0x1004,
194    /**
195     * The limit of the reorder codes. This is intended for use in range checking
196     * and enumeration of the reorder codes.
197     * @stable ICU 4.8
198     */
199     UCOL_REORDER_CODE_LIMIT         = 0x1005
200 } UColReorderCode;
201 
202 /**
203  * Base letter represents a primary difference.  Set comparison
204  * level to UCOL_PRIMARY to ignore secondary and tertiary differences.
205  * Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.
206  * Example of primary difference, "abc" &lt; "abd"
207  *
208  * Diacritical differences on the same base letter represent a secondary
209  * difference.  Set comparison level to UCOL_SECONDARY to ignore tertiary
210  * differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.
211  * Example of secondary difference, "&auml;" >> "a".
212  *
213  * Uppercase and lowercase versions of the same character represents a
214  * tertiary difference.  Set comparison level to UCOL_TERTIARY to include
215  * all comparison differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator
216  * object.
217  * Example of tertiary difference, "abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC".
218  *
219  * Two characters are considered "identical" when they have the same
220  * unicode spellings.  UCOL_IDENTICAL.
221  * For example, "&auml;" == "&auml;".
222  *
223  * UCollationStrength is also used to determine the strength of sort keys
224  * generated from UCollator objects
225  * These values can be now found in the UColAttributeValue enum.
226  * @stable ICU 2.0
227  **/
228 typedef UColAttributeValue UCollationStrength;
229 
230 /** Attributes that collation service understands. All the attributes can take UCOL_DEFAULT
231  * value, as well as the values specific to each one.
232  * @stable ICU 2.0
233  */
234 typedef enum {
235      /** Attribute for direction of secondary weights - used in Canadian French.
236       * Acceptable values are UCOL_ON, which results in secondary weights
237       * being considered backwards and UCOL_OFF which treats secondary
238       * weights in the order they appear.
239       * @stable ICU 2.0
240       */
241      UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION,
242      /** Attribute for handling variable elements.
243       * Acceptable values are UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE (default)
244       * which treats all the codepoints with non-ignorable
245       * primary weights in the same way,
246       * and UCOL_SHIFTED which causes codepoints with primary
247       * weights that are equal or below the variable top value
248       * to be ignored on primary level and moved to the quaternary
249       * level.
250       * @stable ICU 2.0
251       */
252      UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING,
253      /** Controls the ordering of upper and lower case letters.
254       * Acceptable values are UCOL_OFF (default), which orders
255       * upper and lower case letters in accordance to their tertiary
256       * weights, UCOL_UPPER_FIRST which forces upper case letters to
257       * sort before lower case letters, and UCOL_LOWER_FIRST which does
258       * the opposite.
259       * @stable ICU 2.0
260       */
261      UCOL_CASE_FIRST,
262      /** Controls whether an extra case level (positioned before the third
263       * level) is generated or not. Acceptable values are UCOL_OFF (default),
264       * when case level is not generated, and UCOL_ON which causes the case
265       * level to be generated. Contents of the case level are affected by
266       * the value of UCOL_CASE_FIRST attribute. A simple way to ignore
267       * accent differences in a string is to set the strength to UCOL_PRIMARY
268       * and enable case level.
269       * @stable ICU 2.0
270       */
271      UCOL_CASE_LEVEL,
272      /** Controls whether the normalization check and necessary normalizations
273       * are performed. When set to UCOL_OFF (default) no normalization check
274       * is performed. The correctness of the result is guaranteed only if the
275       * input data is in so-called FCD form (see users manual for more info).
276       * When set to UCOL_ON, an incremental check is performed to see whether
277       * the input data is in the FCD form. If the data is not in the FCD form,
278       * incremental NFD normalization is performed.
279       * @stable ICU 2.0
280       */
281      UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE,
282      /** An alias for UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE attribute.
283       * @stable ICU 2.0
284       */
285      UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE = UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE,
286      /** The strength attribute. Can be either UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
287       * UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_QUATERNARY or UCOL_IDENTICAL. The usual strength
288       * for most locales (except Japanese) is tertiary.
289       *
290       * Quaternary strength
291       * is useful when combined with shifted setting for alternate handling
292       * attribute and for JIS X 4061 collation, when it is used to distinguish
293       * between Katakana and Hiragana.
294       * Otherwise, quaternary level
295       * is affected only by the number of non-ignorable code points in
296       * the string.
297       *
298       * Identical strength is rarely useful, as it amounts
299       * to codepoints of the NFD form of the string.
300       * @stable ICU 2.0
301       */
302      UCOL_STRENGTH,
303 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
304      /** When turned on, this attribute positions Hiragana before all
305       * non-ignorables on quaternary level This is a sneaky way to produce JIS
306       * sort order.
307       *
308       * This attribute was an implementation detail of the CLDR Japanese tailoring.
309       * Since ICU 50, this attribute is not settable any more via API functions.
310       * Since CLDR 25/ICU 53, explicit quaternary relations are used
311       * to achieve the same Japanese sort order.
312       *
313       * @deprecated ICU 50 Implementation detail, cannot be set via API, was removed from implementation.
314       */
315      UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY_MODE = UCOL_STRENGTH + 1,
316 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
317      /**
318       * When turned on, this attribute makes
319       * substrings of digits sort according to their numeric values.
320       *
321       * This is a way to get '100' to sort AFTER '2'. Note that the longest
322       * digit substring that can be treated as a single unit is
323       * 254 digits (not counting leading zeros). If a digit substring is
324       * longer than that, the digits beyond the limit will be treated as a
325       * separate digit substring.
326       *
327       * A "digit" in this sense is a code point with General_Category=Nd,
328       * which does not include circled numbers, roman numerals, etc.
329       * Only a contiguous digit substring is considered, that is,
330       * non-negative integers without separators.
331       * There is no support for plus/minus signs, decimals, exponents, etc.
332       *
333       * @stable ICU 2.8
334       */
335      UCOL_NUMERIC_COLLATION = UCOL_STRENGTH + 2,
336      /**
337       * The number of UColAttribute constants.
338       * @stable ICU 2.0
339       */
340      UCOL_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT
341 } UColAttribute;
342 
343 /** Options for retrieving the rule string
344  *  @stable ICU 2.0
345  */
346 typedef enum {
347   /**
348    * Retrieves the tailoring rules only.
349    * Same as calling the version of getRules() without UColRuleOption.
350    * @stable ICU 2.0
351    */
352   UCOL_TAILORING_ONLY,
353   /**
354    * Retrieves the "UCA rules" concatenated with the tailoring rules.
355    * The "UCA rules" are an <i>approximation</i> of the root collator's sort order.
356    * They are almost never used or useful at runtime and can be removed from the data.
357    * See http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/customization#TOC-Building-on-Existing-Locales
358    * @stable ICU 2.0
359    */
360   UCOL_FULL_RULES
361 } UColRuleOption ;
362 
363 /**
364  * Open a UCollator for comparing strings.
365  *
366  * For some languages, multiple collation types are available;
367  * for example, "de@collation=phonebook".
368  * Starting with ICU 54, collation attributes can be specified via locale keywords as well,
369  * in the old locale extension syntax ("el@colCaseFirst=upper")
370  * or in language tag syntax ("el-u-kf-upper").
371  * See <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/api">User Guide: Collation API</a>.
372  *
373  * The UCollator pointer is used in all the calls to the Collation
374  * service. After finished, collator must be disposed of by calling
375  * {@link #ucol_close }.
376  * @param loc The locale containing the required collation rules.
377  *            Special values for locales can be passed in -
378  *            if NULL is passed for the locale, the default locale
379  *            collation rules will be used. If empty string ("") or
380  *            "root" are passed, the root collator will be returned.
381  * @param status A pointer to a UErrorCode to receive any errors
382  * @return A pointer to a UCollator, or 0 if an error occurred.
383  * @see ucol_openRules
384  * @see ucol_safeClone
385  * @see ucol_close
386  * @stable ICU 2.0
387  */
388 U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
389 ucol_open(const char *loc, UErrorCode *status);
390 
391 /**
392  * Produce a UCollator instance according to the rules supplied.
393  * The rules are used to change the default ordering, defined in the
394  * UCA in a process called tailoring. The resulting UCollator pointer
395  * can be used in the same way as the one obtained by {@link #ucol_strcoll }.
396  * @param rules A string describing the collation rules. For the syntax
397  *              of the rules please see users guide.
398  * @param rulesLength The length of rules, or -1 if null-terminated.
399  * @param normalizationMode The normalization mode: One of
400  *             UCOL_OFF     (expect the text to not need normalization),
401  *             UCOL_ON      (normalize), or
402  *             UCOL_DEFAULT (set the mode according to the rules)
403  * @param strength The default collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
404  * UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL,UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH - can be also set in the rules.
405  * @param parseError  A pointer to UParseError to recieve information about errors
406  *                    occurred during parsing. This argument can currently be set
407  *                    to NULL, but at users own risk. Please provide a real structure.
408  * @param status A pointer to a UErrorCode to receive any errors
409  * @return A pointer to a UCollator. It is not guaranteed that NULL be returned in case
410  *         of error - please use status argument to check for errors.
411  * @see ucol_open
412  * @see ucol_safeClone
413  * @see ucol_close
414  * @stable ICU 2.0
415  */
416 U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
417 ucol_openRules( const UChar        *rules,
418                 int32_t            rulesLength,
419                 UColAttributeValue normalizationMode,
420                 UCollationStrength strength,
421                 UParseError        *parseError,
422                 UErrorCode         *status);
423 
424 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
425 /**
426  * Open a collator defined by a short form string.
427  * The structure and the syntax of the string is defined in the "Naming collators"
428  * section of the users guide:
429  * http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/concepts#TOC-Collator-naming-scheme
430  * Attributes are overriden by the subsequent attributes. So, for "S2_S3", final
431  * strength will be 3. 3066bis locale overrides individual locale parts.
432  * The call to this function is equivalent to a call to ucol_open, followed by a
433  * series of calls to ucol_setAttribute and ucol_setVariableTop.
434  * @param definition A short string containing a locale and a set of attributes.
435  *                   Attributes not explicitly mentioned are left at the default
436  *                   state for a locale.
437  * @param parseError if not NULL, structure that will get filled with error's pre
438  *                   and post context in case of error.
439  * @param forceDefaults if FALSE, the settings that are the same as the collator
440  *                   default settings will not be applied (for example, setting
441  *                   French secondary on a French collator would not be executed).
442  *                   If TRUE, all the settings will be applied regardless of the
443  *                   collator default value. If the definition
444  *                   strings are to be cached, should be set to FALSE.
445  * @param status     Error code. Apart from regular error conditions connected to
446  *                   instantiating collators (like out of memory or similar), this
447  *                   API will return an error if an invalid attribute or attribute/value
448  *                   combination is specified.
449  * @return           A pointer to a UCollator or 0 if an error occured (including an
450  *                   invalid attribute).
451  * @see ucol_open
452  * @see ucol_setAttribute
453  * @see ucol_setVariableTop
454  * @see ucol_getShortDefinitionString
455  * @see ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString
456  * @deprecated ICU 54 Use ucol_open() with language tag collation keywords instead.
457  */
458 U_DEPRECATED UCollator* U_EXPORT2
459 ucol_openFromShortString( const char *definition,
460                           UBool forceDefaults,
461                           UParseError *parseError,
462                           UErrorCode *status);
463 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
464 
465 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
466 /**
467  * Get a set containing the contractions defined by the collator. The set includes
468  * both the root collator's contractions and the contractions defined by the collator. This set
469  * will contain only strings. If a tailoring explicitly suppresses contractions from
470  * the root collator (like Russian), removed contractions will not be in the resulting set.
471  * @param coll collator
472  * @param conts the set to hold the result. It gets emptied before
473  *              contractions are added.
474  * @param status to hold the error code
475  * @return the size of the contraction set
476  *
477  * @deprecated ICU 3.4, use ucol_getContractionsAndExpansions instead
478  */
479 U_DEPRECATED int32_t U_EXPORT2
480 ucol_getContractions( const UCollator *coll,
481                   USet *conts,
482                   UErrorCode *status);
483 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
484 
485 /**
486  * Get a set containing the expansions defined by the collator. The set includes
487  * both the root collator's expansions and the expansions defined by the tailoring
488  * @param coll collator
489  * @param contractions if not NULL, the set to hold the contractions
490  * @param expansions if not NULL, the set to hold the expansions
491  * @param addPrefixes add the prefix contextual elements to contractions
492  * @param status to hold the error code
493  *
494  * @stable ICU 3.4
495  */
496 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
497 ucol_getContractionsAndExpansions( const UCollator *coll,
498                   USet *contractions, USet *expansions,
499                   UBool addPrefixes, UErrorCode *status);
500 
501 /**
502  * Close a UCollator.
503  * Once closed, a UCollator should not be used. Every open collator should
504  * be closed. Otherwise, a memory leak will result.
505  * @param coll The UCollator to close.
506  * @see ucol_open
507  * @see ucol_openRules
508  * @see ucol_safeClone
509  * @stable ICU 2.0
510  */
511 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
512 ucol_close(UCollator *coll);
513 
514 #if U_SHOW_CPLUSPLUS_API
515 
516 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
517 
518 /**
519  * \class LocalUCollatorPointer
520  * "Smart pointer" class, closes a UCollator via ucol_close().
521  * For most methods see the LocalPointerBase base class.
522  *
523  * @see LocalPointerBase
524  * @see LocalPointer
525  * @stable ICU 4.4
526  */
527 U_DEFINE_LOCAL_OPEN_POINTER(LocalUCollatorPointer, UCollator, ucol_close);
528 
529 U_NAMESPACE_END
530 
531 #endif
532 
533 /**
534  * Compare two strings.
535  * The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
536  * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
537  * @param source The source string.
538  * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
539  * @param target The target string.
540  * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
541  * @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
542  * UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
543  * @see ucol_greater
544  * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
545  * @see ucol_equal
546  * @stable ICU 2.0
547  */
548 U_STABLE UCollationResult U_EXPORT2
549 ucol_strcoll(    const    UCollator    *coll,
550         const    UChar        *source,
551         int32_t            sourceLength,
552         const    UChar        *target,
553         int32_t            targetLength);
554 
555 /**
556 * Compare two strings in UTF-8.
557 * The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
558 * Note: When input string contains malformed a UTF-8 byte sequence,
559 * this function treats these bytes as REPLACEMENT CHARACTER (U+FFFD).
560 * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
561 * @param source The source UTF-8 string.
562 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
563 * @param target The target UTF-8 string.
564 * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
565 * @param status A pointer to a UErrorCode to receive any errors
566 * @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
567 * UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
568 * @see ucol_greater
569 * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
570 * @see ucol_equal
571 * @stable ICU 50
572 */
573 U_STABLE UCollationResult U_EXPORT2
574 ucol_strcollUTF8(
575         const UCollator *coll,
576         const char      *source,
577         int32_t         sourceLength,
578         const char      *target,
579         int32_t         targetLength,
580         UErrorCode      *status);
581 
582 /**
583  * Determine if one string is greater than another.
584  * This function is equivalent to {@link #ucol_strcoll } == UCOL_GREATER
585  * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
586  * @param source The source string.
587  * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
588  * @param target The target string.
589  * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
590  * @return TRUE if source is greater than target, FALSE otherwise.
591  * @see ucol_strcoll
592  * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
593  * @see ucol_equal
594  * @stable ICU 2.0
595  */
596 U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
597 ucol_greater(const UCollator *coll,
598              const UChar     *source, int32_t sourceLength,
599              const UChar     *target, int32_t targetLength);
600 
601 /**
602  * Determine if one string is greater than or equal to another.
603  * This function is equivalent to {@link #ucol_strcoll } != UCOL_LESS
604  * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
605  * @param source The source string.
606  * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
607  * @param target The target string.
608  * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
609  * @return TRUE if source is greater than or equal to target, FALSE otherwise.
610  * @see ucol_strcoll
611  * @see ucol_greater
612  * @see ucol_equal
613  * @stable ICU 2.0
614  */
615 U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
616 ucol_greaterOrEqual(const UCollator *coll,
617                     const UChar     *source, int32_t sourceLength,
618                     const UChar     *target, int32_t targetLength);
619 
620 /**
621  * Compare two strings for equality.
622  * This function is equivalent to {@link #ucol_strcoll } == UCOL_EQUAL
623  * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
624  * @param source The source string.
625  * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
626  * @param target The target string.
627  * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
628  * @return TRUE if source is equal to target, FALSE otherwise
629  * @see ucol_strcoll
630  * @see ucol_greater
631  * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
632  * @stable ICU 2.0
633  */
634 U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
635 ucol_equal(const UCollator *coll,
636            const UChar     *source, int32_t sourceLength,
637            const UChar     *target, int32_t targetLength);
638 
639 /**
640  * Compare two UTF-8 encoded trings.
641  * The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
642  * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
643  * @param sIter The source string iterator.
644  * @param tIter The target string iterator.
645  * @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
646  * UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
647  * @param status A pointer to a UErrorCode to receive any errors
648  * @see ucol_strcoll
649  * @stable ICU 2.6
650  */
651 U_STABLE UCollationResult U_EXPORT2
652 ucol_strcollIter(  const    UCollator    *coll,
653                   UCharIterator *sIter,
654                   UCharIterator *tIter,
655                   UErrorCode *status);
656 
657 /**
658  * Get the collation strength used in a UCollator.
659  * The strength influences how strings are compared.
660  * @param coll The UCollator to query.
661  * @return The collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
662  * UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_QUATERNARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL
663  * @see ucol_setStrength
664  * @stable ICU 2.0
665  */
666 U_STABLE UCollationStrength U_EXPORT2
667 ucol_getStrength(const UCollator *coll);
668 
669 /**
670  * Set the collation strength used in a UCollator.
671  * The strength influences how strings are compared.
672  * @param coll The UCollator to set.
673  * @param strength The desired collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY,
674  * UCOL_SECONDARY, UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_QUATERNARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL, UCOL_DEFAULT
675  * @see ucol_getStrength
676  * @stable ICU 2.0
677  */
678 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
679 ucol_setStrength(UCollator *coll,
680                  UCollationStrength strength);
681 
682 /**
683  * Retrieves the reordering codes for this collator.
684  * These reordering codes are a combination of UScript codes and UColReorderCode entries.
685  * @param coll The UCollator to query.
686  * @param dest The array to fill with the script ordering.
687  * @param destCapacity The length of dest. If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the function
688  * will only return the length of the result without writing any codes (pre-flighting).
689  * @param pErrorCode Must be a valid pointer to an error code value, which must not indicate a
690  * failure before the function call.
691  * @return The number of reordering codes written to the dest array.
692  * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
693  * @see ucol_getEquivalentReorderCodes
694  * @see UScriptCode
695  * @see UColReorderCode
696  * @stable ICU 4.8
697  */
698 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
699 ucol_getReorderCodes(const UCollator* coll,
700                     int32_t* dest,
701                     int32_t destCapacity,
702                     UErrorCode *pErrorCode);
703 /**
704  * Sets the reordering codes for this collator.
705  * Collation reordering allows scripts and some other groups of characters
706  * to be moved relative to each other. This reordering is done on top of
707  * the DUCET/CLDR standard collation order. Reordering can specify groups to be placed
708  * at the start and/or the end of the collation order. These groups are specified using
709  * UScript codes and UColReorderCode entries.
710  *
711  * <p>By default, reordering codes specified for the start of the order are placed in the
712  * order given after several special non-script blocks. These special groups of characters
713  * are space, punctuation, symbol, currency, and digit. These special groups are represented with
714  * UColReorderCode entries. Script groups can be intermingled with
715  * these special non-script groups if those special groups are explicitly specified in the reordering.
716  *
717  * <p>The special code OTHERS stands for any script that is not explicitly
718  * mentioned in the list of reordering codes given. Anything that is after OTHERS
719  * will go at the very end of the reordering in the order given.
720  *
721  * <p>The special reorder code DEFAULT will reset the reordering for this collator
722  * to the default for this collator. The default reordering may be the DUCET/CLDR order or may be a reordering that
723  * was specified when this collator was created from resource data or from rules. The
724  * DEFAULT code <b>must</b> be the sole code supplied when it is used.
725  * If not, then U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR will be set.
726  *
727  * <p>The special reorder code NONE will remove any reordering for this collator.
728  * The result of setting no reordering will be to have the DUCET/CLDR ordering used. The
729  * NONE code <b>must</b> be the sole code supplied when it is used.
730  *
731  * @param coll The UCollator to set.
732  * @param reorderCodes An array of script codes in the new order. This can be NULL if the
733  * length is also set to 0. An empty array will clear any reordering codes on the collator.
734  * @param reorderCodesLength The length of reorderCodes.
735  * @param pErrorCode Must be a valid pointer to an error code value, which must not indicate a
736  * failure before the function call.
737  * @see ucol_getReorderCodes
738  * @see ucol_getEquivalentReorderCodes
739  * @see UScriptCode
740  * @see UColReorderCode
741  * @stable ICU 4.8
742  */
743 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
744 ucol_setReorderCodes(UCollator* coll,
745                     const int32_t* reorderCodes,
746                     int32_t reorderCodesLength,
747                     UErrorCode *pErrorCode);
748 
749 /**
750  * Retrieves the reorder codes that are grouped with the given reorder code. Some reorder
751  * codes will be grouped and must reorder together.
752  * Beginning with ICU 55, scripts only reorder together if they are primary-equal,
753  * for example Hiragana and Katakana.
754  *
755  * @param reorderCode The reorder code to determine equivalence for.
756  * @param dest The array to fill with the script ordering.
757  * @param destCapacity The length of dest. If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the function
758  * will only return the length of the result without writing any codes (pre-flighting).
759  * @param pErrorCode Must be a valid pointer to an error code value, which must not indicate
760  * a failure before the function call.
761  * @return The number of reordering codes written to the dest array.
762  * @see ucol_setReorderCodes
763  * @see ucol_getReorderCodes
764  * @see UScriptCode
765  * @see UColReorderCode
766  * @stable ICU 4.8
767  */
768 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
769 ucol_getEquivalentReorderCodes(int32_t reorderCode,
770                     int32_t* dest,
771                     int32_t destCapacity,
772                     UErrorCode *pErrorCode);
773 
774 /**
775  * Get the display name for a UCollator.
776  * The display name is suitable for presentation to a user.
777  * @param objLoc The locale of the collator in question.
778  * @param dispLoc The locale for display.
779  * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the attribute.
780  * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
781  * @param status A pointer to a UErrorCode to receive any errors
782  * @return The total buffer size needed; if greater than resultLength,
783  * the output was truncated.
784  * @stable ICU 2.0
785  */
786 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
787 ucol_getDisplayName(    const    char        *objLoc,
788             const    char        *dispLoc,
789             UChar             *result,
790             int32_t         resultLength,
791             UErrorCode        *status);
792 
793 /**
794  * Get a locale for which collation rules are available.
795  * A UCollator in a locale returned by this function will perform the correct
796  * collation for the locale.
797  * @param localeIndex The index of the desired locale.
798  * @return A locale for which collation rules are available, or 0 if none.
799  * @see ucol_countAvailable
800  * @stable ICU 2.0
801  */
802 U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
803 ucol_getAvailable(int32_t localeIndex);
804 
805 /**
806  * Determine how many locales have collation rules available.
807  * This function is most useful as determining the loop ending condition for
808  * calls to {@link #ucol_getAvailable }.
809  * @return The number of locales for which collation rules are available.
810  * @see ucol_getAvailable
811  * @stable ICU 2.0
812  */
813 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
814 ucol_countAvailable(void);
815 
816 #if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
817 /**
818  * Create a string enumerator of all locales for which a valid
819  * collator may be opened.
820  * @param status input-output error code
821  * @return a string enumeration over locale strings. The caller is
822  * responsible for closing the result.
823  * @stable ICU 3.0
824  */
825 U_STABLE UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
826 ucol_openAvailableLocales(UErrorCode *status);
827 #endif
828 
829 /**
830  * Create a string enumerator of all possible keywords that are relevant to
831  * collation. At this point, the only recognized keyword for this
832  * service is "collation".
833  * @param status input-output error code
834  * @return a string enumeration over locale strings. The caller is
835  * responsible for closing the result.
836  * @stable ICU 3.0
837  */
838 U_STABLE UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
839 ucol_getKeywords(UErrorCode *status);
840 
841 /**
842  * Given a keyword, create a string enumeration of all values
843  * for that keyword that are currently in use.
844  * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
845  * ucol_getKeywords. If any other keyword is passed in, *status is set
846  * to U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
847  * @param status input-output error code
848  * @return a string enumeration over collation keyword values, or NULL
849  * upon error. The caller is responsible for closing the result.
850  * @stable ICU 3.0
851  */
852 U_STABLE UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
853 ucol_getKeywordValues(const char *keyword, UErrorCode *status);
854 
855 /**
856  * Given a key and a locale, returns an array of string values in a preferred
857  * order that would make a difference. These are all and only those values where
858  * the open (creation) of the service with the locale formed from the input locale
859  * plus input keyword and that value has different behavior than creation with the
860  * input locale alone.
861  * @param key           one of the keys supported by this service.  For now, only
862  *                      "collation" is supported.
863  * @param locale        the locale
864  * @param commonlyUsed  if set to true it will return only commonly used values
865  *                      with the given locale in preferred order.  Otherwise,
866  *                      it will return all the available values for the locale.
867  * @param status error status
868  * @return a string enumeration over keyword values for the given key and the locale.
869  * @stable ICU 4.2
870  */
871 U_STABLE UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
872 ucol_getKeywordValuesForLocale(const char* key,
873                                const char* locale,
874                                UBool commonlyUsed,
875                                UErrorCode* status);
876 
877 /**
878  * Return the functionally equivalent locale for the specified
879  * input locale, with respect to given keyword, for the
880  * collation service. If two different input locale + keyword
881  * combinations produce the same result locale, then collators
882  * instantiated for these two different input locales will behave
883  * equivalently. The converse is not always true; two collators
884  * may in fact be equivalent, but return different results, due to
885  * internal details. The return result has no other meaning than
886  * that stated above, and implies nothing as to the relationship
887  * between the two locales. This is intended for use by
888  * applications who wish to cache collators, or otherwise reuse
889  * collators when possible. The functional equivalent may change
890  * over time. For more information, please see the <a
891  * href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/locale#TOC-Locales-and-Services">
892  * Locales and Services</a> section of the ICU User Guide.
893  * @param result fillin for the functionally equivalent result locale
894  * @param resultCapacity capacity of the fillin buffer
895  * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
896  * ucol_getKeywords.
897  * @param locale the specified input locale
898  * @param isAvailable if non-NULL, pointer to a fillin parameter that
899  * on return indicates whether the specified input locale was 'available'
900  * to the collation service. A locale is defined as 'available' if it
901  * physically exists within the collation locale data.
902  * @param status pointer to input-output error code
903  * @return the actual buffer size needed for the locale. If greater
904  * than resultCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated and
905  * an error code will be returned.
906  * @stable ICU 3.0
907  */
908 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
909 ucol_getFunctionalEquivalent(char* result, int32_t resultCapacity,
910                              const char* keyword, const char* locale,
911                              UBool* isAvailable, UErrorCode* status);
912 
913 /**
914  * Get the collation tailoring rules from a UCollator.
915  * The rules will follow the rule syntax.
916  * @param coll The UCollator to query.
917  * @param length
918  * @return The collation tailoring rules.
919  * @stable ICU 2.0
920  */
921 U_STABLE const UChar* U_EXPORT2
922 ucol_getRules(    const    UCollator    *coll,
923         int32_t            *length);
924 
925 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
926 /** Get the short definition string for a collator. This API harvests the collator's
927  *  locale and the attribute set and produces a string that can be used for opening
928  *  a collator with the same attributes using the ucol_openFromShortString API.
929  *  This string will be normalized.
930  *  The structure and the syntax of the string is defined in the "Naming collators"
931  *  section of the users guide:
932  *  http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/concepts#TOC-Collator-naming-scheme
933  *  This API supports preflighting.
934  *  @param coll a collator
935  *  @param locale a locale that will appear as a collators locale in the resulting
936  *                short string definition. If NULL, the locale will be harvested
937  *                from the collator.
938  *  @param buffer space to hold the resulting string
939  *  @param capacity capacity of the buffer
940  *  @param status for returning errors. All the preflighting errors are featured
941  *  @return length of the resulting string
942  *  @see ucol_openFromShortString
943  *  @see ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString
944  *  @deprecated ICU 54
945  */
946 U_DEPRECATED int32_t U_EXPORT2
947 ucol_getShortDefinitionString(const UCollator *coll,
948                               const char *locale,
949                               char *buffer,
950                               int32_t capacity,
951                               UErrorCode *status);
952 
953 /** Verifies and normalizes short definition string.
954  *  Normalized short definition string has all the option sorted by the argument name,
955  *  so that equivalent definition strings are the same.
956  *  This API supports preflighting.
957  *  @param source definition string
958  *  @param destination space to hold the resulting string
959  *  @param capacity capacity of the buffer
960  *  @param parseError if not NULL, structure that will get filled with error's pre
961  *                   and post context in case of error.
962  *  @param status     Error code. This API will return an error if an invalid attribute
963  *                    or attribute/value combination is specified. All the preflighting
964  *                    errors are also featured
965  *  @return length of the resulting normalized string.
966  *
967  *  @see ucol_openFromShortString
968  *  @see ucol_getShortDefinitionString
969  *
970  *  @deprecated ICU 54
971  */
972 
973 U_DEPRECATED int32_t U_EXPORT2
974 ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString(const char *source,
975                                     char *destination,
976                                     int32_t capacity,
977                                     UParseError *parseError,
978                                     UErrorCode *status);
979 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
980 
981 
982 /**
983  * Get a sort key for a string from a UCollator.
984  * Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
985  *
986  * Note that sort keys are often less efficient than simply doing comparison.
987  * For more details, see the ICU User Guide.
988  *
989  * Like ICU functions that write to an output buffer, the buffer contents
990  * is undefined if the buffer capacity (resultLength parameter) is too small.
991  * Unlike ICU functions that write a string to an output buffer,
992  * the terminating zero byte is counted in the sort key length.
993  * @param coll The UCollator containing the collation rules.
994  * @param source The string to transform.
995  * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
996  * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the attribute.
997  * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
998  * @return The size needed to fully store the sort key.
999  *      If there was an internal error generating the sort key,
1000  *      a zero value is returned.
1001  * @see ucol_keyHashCode
1002  * @stable ICU 2.0
1003  */
1004 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
1005 ucol_getSortKey(const    UCollator    *coll,
1006         const    UChar        *source,
1007         int32_t        sourceLength,
1008         uint8_t        *result,
1009         int32_t        resultLength);
1010 
1011 
1012 /** Gets the next count bytes of a sort key. Caller needs
1013  *  to preserve state array between calls and to provide
1014  *  the same type of UCharIterator set with the same string.
1015  *  The destination buffer provided must be big enough to store
1016  *  the number of requested bytes.
1017  *
1018  *  The generated sort key may or may not be compatible with
1019  *  sort keys generated using ucol_getSortKey().
1020  *  @param coll The UCollator containing the collation rules.
1021  *  @param iter UCharIterator containing the string we need
1022  *              the sort key to be calculated for.
1023  *  @param state Opaque state of sortkey iteration.
1024  *  @param dest Buffer to hold the resulting sortkey part
1025  *  @param count number of sort key bytes required.
1026  *  @param status error code indicator.
1027  *  @return the actual number of bytes of a sortkey. It can be
1028  *          smaller than count if we have reached the end of
1029  *          the sort key.
1030  *  @stable ICU 2.6
1031  */
1032 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
1033 ucol_nextSortKeyPart(const UCollator *coll,
1034                      UCharIterator *iter,
1035                      uint32_t state[2],
1036                      uint8_t *dest, int32_t count,
1037                      UErrorCode *status);
1038 
1039 /** enum that is taken by ucol_getBound API
1040  * See below for explanation
1041  * do not change the values assigned to the
1042  * members of this enum. Underlying code
1043  * depends on them having these numbers
1044  * @stable ICU 2.0
1045  */
1046 typedef enum {
1047   /** lower bound */
1048   UCOL_BOUND_LOWER = 0,
1049   /** upper bound that will match strings of exact size */
1050   UCOL_BOUND_UPPER = 1,
1051   /** upper bound that will match all the strings that have the same initial substring as the given string */
1052   UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG = 2,
1053   UCOL_BOUND_VALUE_COUNT
1054 } UColBoundMode;
1055 
1056 /**
1057  * Produce a bound for a given sortkey and a number of levels.
1058  * Return value is always the number of bytes needed, regardless of
1059  * whether the result buffer was big enough or even valid.<br>
1060  * Resulting bounds can be used to produce a range of strings that are
1061  * between upper and lower bounds. For example, if bounds are produced
1062  * for a sortkey of string "smith", strings between upper and lower
1063  * bounds with one level would include "Smith", "SMITH", "sMiTh".<br>
1064  * There are two upper bounds that can be produced. If UCOL_BOUND_UPPER
1065  * is produced, strings matched would be as above. However, if bound
1066  * produced using UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG is used, the above example will
1067  * also match "Smithsonian" and similar.<br>
1068  * For more on usage, see example in cintltst/capitst.c in procedure
1069  * TestBounds.
1070  * Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
1071  * @param source The source sortkey.
1072  * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
1073  *                     (If an unmodified sortkey is passed, it is always null
1074  *                      terminated).
1075  * @param boundType Type of bound required. It can be UCOL_BOUND_LOWER, which
1076  *                  produces a lower inclusive bound, UCOL_BOUND_UPPER, that
1077  *                  produces upper bound that matches strings of the same length
1078  *                  or UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG that matches strings that have the
1079  *                  same starting substring as the source string.
1080  * @param noOfLevels  Number of levels required in the resulting bound (for most
1081  *                    uses, the recommended value is 1). See users guide for
1082  *                    explanation on number of levels a sortkey can have.
1083  * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the resulting sortkey.
1084  * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
1085  * @param status Used for returning error code if something went wrong. If the
1086  *               number of levels requested is higher than the number of levels
1087  *               in the source key, a warning (U_SORT_KEY_TOO_SHORT_WARNING) is
1088  *               issued.
1089  * @return The size needed to fully store the bound.
1090  * @see ucol_keyHashCode
1091  * @stable ICU 2.1
1092  */
1093 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
1094 ucol_getBound(const uint8_t       *source,
1095         int32_t             sourceLength,
1096         UColBoundMode       boundType,
1097         uint32_t            noOfLevels,
1098         uint8_t             *result,
1099         int32_t             resultLength,
1100         UErrorCode          *status);
1101 
1102 /**
1103  * Gets the version information for a Collator. Version is currently
1104  * an opaque 32-bit number which depends, among other things, on major
1105  * versions of the collator tailoring and UCA.
1106  * @param coll The UCollator to query.
1107  * @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
1108  * @stable ICU 2.0
1109  */
1110 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
1111 ucol_getVersion(const UCollator* coll, UVersionInfo info);
1112 
1113 /**
1114  * Gets the UCA version information for a Collator. Version is the
1115  * UCA version number (3.1.1, 4.0).
1116  * @param coll The UCollator to query.
1117  * @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
1118  * @stable ICU 2.8
1119  */
1120 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
1121 ucol_getUCAVersion(const UCollator* coll, UVersionInfo info);
1122 
1123 /**
1124  * Merges two sort keys. The levels are merged with their corresponding counterparts
1125  * (primaries with primaries, secondaries with secondaries etc.). Between the values
1126  * from the same level a separator is inserted.
1127  *
1128  * This is useful, for example, for combining sort keys from first and last names
1129  * to sort such pairs.
1130  * See http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/#Merging_Sort_Keys
1131  *
1132  * The recommended way to achieve "merged" sorting is by
1133  * concatenating strings with U+FFFE between them.
1134  * The concatenation has the same sort order as the merged sort keys,
1135  * but merge(getSortKey(str1), getSortKey(str2)) may differ from getSortKey(str1 + '\uFFFE' + str2).
1136  * Using strings with U+FFFE may yield shorter sort keys.
1137  *
1138  * For details about Sort Key Features see
1139  * http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/api#TOC-Sort-Key-Features
1140  *
1141  * It is possible to merge multiple sort keys by consecutively merging
1142  * another one with the intermediate result.
1143  *
1144  * The length of the merge result is the sum of the lengths of the input sort keys.
1145  *
1146  * Example (uncompressed):
1147  * <pre>191B1D 01 050505 01 910505 00
1148  * 1F2123 01 050505 01 910505 00</pre>
1149  * will be merged as
1150  * <pre>191B1D 02 1F2123 01 050505 02 050505 01 910505 02 910505 00</pre>
1151  *
1152  * If the destination buffer is not big enough, then its contents are undefined.
1153  * If any of source lengths are zero or any of the source pointers are NULL/undefined,
1154  * the result is of size zero.
1155  *
1156  * @param src1 the first sort key
1157  * @param src1Length the length of the first sort key, including the zero byte at the end;
1158  *        can be -1 if the function is to find the length
1159  * @param src2 the second sort key
1160  * @param src2Length the length of the second sort key, including the zero byte at the end;
1161  *        can be -1 if the function is to find the length
1162  * @param dest the buffer where the merged sort key is written,
1163  *        can be NULL if destCapacity==0
1164  * @param destCapacity the number of bytes in the dest buffer
1165  * @return the length of the merged sort key, src1Length+src2Length;
1166  *         can be larger than destCapacity, or 0 if an error occurs (only for illegal arguments),
1167  *         in which cases the contents of dest is undefined
1168  * @stable ICU 2.0
1169  */
1170 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
1171 ucol_mergeSortkeys(const uint8_t *src1, int32_t src1Length,
1172                    const uint8_t *src2, int32_t src2Length,
1173                    uint8_t *dest, int32_t destCapacity);
1174 
1175 /**
1176  * Universal attribute setter
1177  * @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
1178  * @param attr attribute type
1179  * @param value attribute value
1180  * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
1181  * @see UColAttribute
1182  * @see UColAttributeValue
1183  * @see ucol_getAttribute
1184  * @stable ICU 2.0
1185  */
1186 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
1187 ucol_setAttribute(UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UColAttributeValue value, UErrorCode *status);
1188 
1189 /**
1190  * Universal attribute getter
1191  * @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
1192  * @param attr attribute type
1193  * @return attribute value
1194  * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
1195  * @see UColAttribute
1196  * @see UColAttributeValue
1197  * @see ucol_setAttribute
1198  * @stable ICU 2.0
1199  */
1200 U_STABLE UColAttributeValue  U_EXPORT2
1201 ucol_getAttribute(const UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UErrorCode *status);
1202 
1203 /**
1204  * Sets the variable top to the top of the specified reordering group.
1205  * The variable top determines the highest-sorting character
1206  * which is affected by UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING.
1207  * If that attribute is set to UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE, then the variable top has no effect.
1208  * @param coll the collator
1209  * @param group one of UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SPACE, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_PUNCTUATION,
1210  *              UCOL_REORDER_CODE_SYMBOL, UCOL_REORDER_CODE_CURRENCY;
1211  *              or UCOL_REORDER_CODE_DEFAULT to restore the default max variable group
1212  * @param pErrorCode Standard ICU error code. Its input value must
1213  *                   pass the U_SUCCESS() test, or else the function returns
1214  *                   immediately. Check for U_FAILURE() on output or use with
1215  *                   function chaining. (See User Guide for details.)
1216  * @see ucol_getMaxVariable
1217  * @stable ICU 53
1218  */
1219 U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
1220 ucol_setMaxVariable(UCollator *coll, UColReorderCode group, UErrorCode *pErrorCode);
1221 
1222 /**
1223  * Returns the maximum reordering group whose characters are affected by UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING.
1224  * @param coll the collator
1225  * @return the maximum variable reordering group.
1226  * @see ucol_setMaxVariable
1227  * @stable ICU 53
1228  */
1229 U_STABLE UColReorderCode U_EXPORT2
1230 ucol_getMaxVariable(const UCollator *coll);
1231 
1232 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
1233 /**
1234  * Sets the variable top to the primary weight of the specified string.
1235  *
1236  * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
1237  * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
1238  * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
1239  * See ucol_setMaxVariable().
1240  * @param coll the collator
1241  * @param varTop one or more (if contraction) UChars to which the variable top should be set
1242  * @param len length of variable top string. If -1 it is considered to be zero terminated.
1243  * @param status error code. If error code is set, the return value is undefined.
1244  *               Errors set by this function are:<br>
1245  *    U_CE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR if more than one character was passed and there is no such contraction<br>
1246  *    U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR if the variable top is beyond
1247  *    the last reordering group supported by ucol_setMaxVariable()
1248  * @return variable top primary weight
1249  * @see ucol_getVariableTop
1250  * @see ucol_restoreVariableTop
1251  * @deprecated ICU 53 Call ucol_setMaxVariable() instead.
1252  */
1253 U_DEPRECATED uint32_t U_EXPORT2
1254 ucol_setVariableTop(UCollator *coll,
1255                     const UChar *varTop, int32_t len,
1256                     UErrorCode *status);
1257 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
1258 
1259 /**
1260  * Gets the variable top value of a Collator.
1261  * @param coll collator which variable top needs to be retrieved
1262  * @param status error code (not changed by function). If error code is set,
1263  *               the return value is undefined.
1264  * @return the variable top primary weight
1265  * @see ucol_getMaxVariable
1266  * @see ucol_setVariableTop
1267  * @see ucol_restoreVariableTop
1268  * @stable ICU 2.0
1269  */
1270 U_STABLE uint32_t U_EXPORT2 ucol_getVariableTop(const UCollator *coll, UErrorCode *status);
1271 
1272 /**
1273  * Sets the variable top to the specified primary weight.
1274  *
1275  * Beginning with ICU 53, the variable top is pinned to
1276  * the top of one of the supported reordering groups,
1277  * and it must not be beyond the last of those groups.
1278  * See ucol_setMaxVariable().
1279  * @param varTop primary weight, as returned by ucol_setVariableTop or ucol_getVariableTop
1280  * @param status error code
1281  * @see ucol_getVariableTop
1282  * @see ucol_setVariableTop
1283  * @deprecated ICU 53 Call ucol_setMaxVariable() instead.
1284  */
1285 U_DEPRECATED void U_EXPORT2
1286 ucol_restoreVariableTop(UCollator *coll, const uint32_t varTop, UErrorCode *status);
1287 
1288 /**
1289  * Thread safe cloning operation. The result is a clone of a given collator.
1290  * @param coll collator to be cloned
1291  * @param stackBuffer <em>Deprecated functionality as of ICU 52, use NULL.</em><br>
1292  * user allocated space for the new clone.
1293  * If NULL new memory will be allocated.
1294  *  If buffer is not large enough, new memory will be allocated.
1295  *  Clients can use the U_COL_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE.
1296  * @param pBufferSize <em>Deprecated functionality as of ICU 52, use NULL or 1.</em><br>
1297  *  pointer to size of allocated space.
1298  *  If *pBufferSize == 0, a sufficient size for use in cloning will
1299  *  be returned ('pre-flighting')
1300  *  If *pBufferSize is not enough for a stack-based safe clone,
1301  *  new memory will be allocated.
1302  * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
1303  *    An informational status value, U_SAFECLONE_ALLOCATED_ERROR, is used if any
1304  * allocations were necessary.
1305  * @return pointer to the new clone
1306  * @see ucol_open
1307  * @see ucol_openRules
1308  * @see ucol_close
1309  * @stable ICU 2.0
1310  */
1311 U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
1312 ucol_safeClone(const UCollator *coll,
1313                void            *stackBuffer,
1314                int32_t         *pBufferSize,
1315                UErrorCode      *status);
1316 
1317 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
1318 
1319 /** default memory size for the new clone.
1320  * @deprecated ICU 52. Do not rely on ucol_safeClone() cloning into any provided buffer.
1321  */
1322 #define U_COL_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE 1
1323 
1324 #endif /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
1325 
1326 /**
1327  * Returns current rules. Delta defines whether full rules are returned or just the tailoring.
1328  * Returns number of UChars needed to store rules. If buffer is NULL or bufferLen is not enough
1329  * to store rules, will store up to available space.
1330  *
1331  * ucol_getRules() should normally be used instead.
1332  * See http://userguide.icu-project.org/collation/customization#TOC-Building-on-Existing-Locales
1333  * @param coll collator to get the rules from
1334  * @param delta one of UCOL_TAILORING_ONLY, UCOL_FULL_RULES.
1335  * @param buffer buffer to store the result in. If NULL, you'll get no rules.
1336  * @param bufferLen length of buffer to store rules in. If less than needed you'll get only the part that fits in.
1337  * @return current rules
1338  * @stable ICU 2.0
1339  * @see UCOL_FULL_RULES
1340  */
1341 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
1342 ucol_getRulesEx(const UCollator *coll, UColRuleOption delta, UChar *buffer, int32_t bufferLen);
1343 
1344 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
1345 /**
1346  * gets the locale name of the collator. If the collator
1347  * is instantiated from the rules, then this function returns
1348  * NULL.
1349  * @param coll The UCollator for which the locale is needed
1350  * @param type You can choose between requested, valid and actual
1351  *             locale. For description see the definition of
1352  *             ULocDataLocaleType in uloc.h
1353  * @param status error code of the operation
1354  * @return real locale name from which the collation data comes.
1355  *         If the collator was instantiated from rules, returns
1356  *         NULL.
1357  * @deprecated ICU 2.8 Use ucol_getLocaleByType instead
1358  */
1359 U_DEPRECATED const char * U_EXPORT2
1360 ucol_getLocale(const UCollator *coll, ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode *status);
1361 #endif  /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
1362 
1363 /**
1364  * gets the locale name of the collator. If the collator
1365  * is instantiated from the rules, then this function returns
1366  * NULL.
1367  * @param coll The UCollator for which the locale is needed
1368  * @param type You can choose between requested, valid and actual
1369  *             locale. For description see the definition of
1370  *             ULocDataLocaleType in uloc.h
1371  * @param status error code of the operation
1372  * @return real locale name from which the collation data comes.
1373  *         If the collator was instantiated from rules, returns
1374  *         NULL.
1375  * @stable ICU 2.8
1376  */
1377 U_STABLE const char * U_EXPORT2
1378 ucol_getLocaleByType(const UCollator *coll, ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode *status);
1379 
1380 /**
1381  * Get a Unicode set that contains all the characters and sequences tailored in
1382  * this collator. The result must be disposed of by using uset_close.
1383  * @param coll        The UCollator for which we want to get tailored chars
1384  * @param status      error code of the operation
1385  * @return a pointer to newly created USet. Must be be disposed by using uset_close
1386  * @see ucol_openRules
1387  * @see uset_close
1388  * @stable ICU 2.4
1389  */
1390 U_STABLE USet * U_EXPORT2
1391 ucol_getTailoredSet(const UCollator *coll, UErrorCode *status);
1392 
1393 #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API
1394 /** Calculates the set of unsafe code points, given a collator.
1395  *   A character is unsafe if you could append any character and cause the ordering to alter significantly.
1396  *   Collation sorts in normalized order, so anything that rearranges in normalization can cause this.
1397  *   Thus if you have a character like a_umlaut, and you add a lower_dot to it,
1398  *   then it normalizes to a_lower_dot + umlaut, and sorts differently.
1399  *  @param coll Collator
1400  *  @param unsafe a fill-in set to receive the unsafe points
1401  *  @param status for catching errors
1402  *  @return number of elements in the set
1403  *  @internal ICU 3.0
1404  */
1405 U_INTERNAL int32_t U_EXPORT2
1406 ucol_getUnsafeSet( const UCollator *coll,
1407                   USet *unsafe,
1408                   UErrorCode *status);
1409 
1410 /** Touches all resources needed for instantiating a collator from a short string definition,
1411  *  thus filling up the cache.
1412  * @param definition A short string containing a locale and a set of attributes.
1413  *                   Attributes not explicitly mentioned are left at the default
1414  *                   state for a locale.
1415  * @param parseError if not NULL, structure that will get filled with error's pre
1416  *                   and post context in case of error.
1417  * @param forceDefaults if FALSE, the settings that are the same as the collator
1418  *                   default settings will not be applied (for example, setting
1419  *                   French secondary on a French collator would not be executed).
1420  *                   If TRUE, all the settings will be applied regardless of the
1421  *                   collator default value. If the definition
1422  *                   strings are to be cached, should be set to FALSE.
1423  * @param status     Error code. Apart from regular error conditions connected to
1424  *                   instantiating collators (like out of memory or similar), this
1425  *                   API will return an error if an invalid attribute or attribute/value
1426  *                   combination is specified.
1427  * @see ucol_openFromShortString
1428  * @internal ICU 3.2.1
1429  */
1430 U_INTERNAL void U_EXPORT2
1431 ucol_prepareShortStringOpen( const char *definition,
1432                           UBool forceDefaults,
1433                           UParseError *parseError,
1434                           UErrorCode *status);
1435 #endif  /* U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API */
1436 
1437 /** Creates a binary image of a collator. This binary image can be stored and
1438  *  later used to instantiate a collator using ucol_openBinary.
1439  *  This API supports preflighting.
1440  *  @param coll Collator
1441  *  @param buffer a fill-in buffer to receive the binary image
1442  *  @param capacity capacity of the destination buffer
1443  *  @param status for catching errors
1444  *  @return size of the image
1445  *  @see ucol_openBinary
1446  *  @stable ICU 3.2
1447  */
1448 U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
1449 ucol_cloneBinary(const UCollator *coll,
1450                  uint8_t *buffer, int32_t capacity,
1451                  UErrorCode *status);
1452 
1453 /** Opens a collator from a collator binary image created using
1454  *  ucol_cloneBinary. Binary image used in instantiation of the
1455  *  collator remains owned by the user and should stay around for
1456  *  the lifetime of the collator. The API also takes a base collator
1457  *  which must be the root collator.
1458  *  @param bin binary image owned by the user and required through the
1459  *             lifetime of the collator
1460  *  @param length size of the image. If negative, the API will try to
1461  *                figure out the length of the image
1462  *  @param base Base collator, for lookup of untailored characters.
1463  *              Must be the root collator, must not be NULL.
1464  *              The base is required to be present through the lifetime of the collator.
1465  *  @param status for catching errors
1466  *  @return newly created collator
1467  *  @see ucol_cloneBinary
1468  *  @stable ICU 3.2
1469  */
1470 U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
1471 ucol_openBinary(const uint8_t *bin, int32_t length,
1472                 const UCollator *base,
1473                 UErrorCode *status);
1474 
1475 
1476 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
1477 
1478 #endif
1479