1/*
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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/parseerr.h"
17#include "unicode/uloc.h"
18#include "unicode/uset.h"
19
20/**
21 * \file
22 * \brief C API: Collator
23 *
24 * <h2> Collator C API </h2>
25 *
26 * The C API for Collator performs locale-sensitive
27 * string comparison. You use this service to build
28 * searching and sorting routines for natural language text.
29 * <em>Important: </em>The ICU collation service has been reimplemented
30 * in order to achieve better performance and UCA compliance.
31 * For details, see the
32 * <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/cvs/icu/~checkout~/icuhtml/design/collation/ICU_collation_design.htm">
33 * collation design document</a>.
34 * <p>
35 * For more information about the collation service see
36 * <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/icu/userguide/Collate_Intro.html">the users guide</a>.
37 * <p>
38 * Collation service provides correct sorting orders for most locales supported in ICU.
39 * If specific data for a locale is not available, the orders eventually falls back
40 * to the <a href="http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/">UCA sort order</a>.
41 * <p>
42 * Sort ordering may be customized by providing your own set of rules. For more on
43 * this subject see the
44 * <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/icu/userguide/Collate_Customization.html">
45 * Collation customization</a> section of the users guide.
46 * <p>
47 * @see         UCollationResult
48 * @see         UNormalizationMode
49 * @see         UCollationStrength
50 * @see         UCollationElements
51 */
52
53/** A collation element iterator.
54*  For usage in C programs.
55*/
56struct collIterate;
57/** structure representing collation element iterator instance
58 * @stable ICU 2.0
59 */
60typedef struct collIterate collIterate;
61
62/** A collator.
63*  For usage in C programs.
64*/
65struct UCollator;
66/** structure representing a collator object instance
67 * @stable ICU 2.0
68 */
69typedef struct UCollator UCollator;
70
71
72/**
73 * UCOL_LESS is returned if source string is compared to be less than target
74 * string in the u_strcoll() method.
75 * UCOL_EQUAL is returned if source string is compared to be equal to target
76 * string in the u_strcoll() method.
77 * UCOL_GREATER is returned if source string is compared to be greater than
78 * target string in the u_strcoll() method.
79 * @see u_strcoll()
80 * <p>
81 * Possible values for a comparison result
82 * @stable ICU 2.0
83 */
84typedef enum {
85  /** string a == string b */
86  UCOL_EQUAL    = 0,
87  /** string a > string b */
88  UCOL_GREATER    = 1,
89  /** string a < string b */
90  UCOL_LESS    = -1
91} UCollationResult ;
92
93
94/** Enum containing attribute values for controling collation behavior.
95 * Here are all the allowable values. Not every attribute can take every value. The only
96 * universal value is UCOL_DEFAULT, which resets the attribute value to the predefined
97 * value for that locale
98 * @stable ICU 2.0
99 */
100typedef enum {
101  /** accepted by most attributes */
102  UCOL_DEFAULT = -1,
103
104  /** Primary collation strength */
105  UCOL_PRIMARY = 0,
106  /** Secondary collation strength */
107  UCOL_SECONDARY = 1,
108  /** Tertiary collation strength */
109  UCOL_TERTIARY = 2,
110  /** Default collation strength */
111  UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH = UCOL_TERTIARY,
112  UCOL_CE_STRENGTH_LIMIT,
113  /** Quaternary collation strength */
114  UCOL_QUATERNARY=3,
115  /** Identical collation strength */
116  UCOL_IDENTICAL=15,
117  UCOL_STRENGTH_LIMIT,
118
119  /** Turn the feature off - works for UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION,
120      UCOL_CASE_LEVEL, UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY_MODE
121      & UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE*/
122  UCOL_OFF = 16,
123  /** Turn the feature on - works for UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION,
124      UCOL_CASE_LEVEL, UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY_MODE
125      & UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE*/
126  UCOL_ON = 17,
127
128  /** Valid for UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING. Alternate handling will be shifted */
129  UCOL_SHIFTED = 20,
130  /** Valid for UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING. Alternate handling will be non ignorable */
131  UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE = 21,
132
133  /** Valid for UCOL_CASE_FIRST -
134      lower case sorts before upper case */
135  UCOL_LOWER_FIRST = 24,
136  /** upper case sorts before lower case */
137  UCOL_UPPER_FIRST = 25,
138
139  UCOL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_COUNT
140
141} UColAttributeValue;
142
143/**
144 * Base letter represents a primary difference.  Set comparison
145 * level to UCOL_PRIMARY to ignore secondary and tertiary differences.
146 * Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.
147 * Example of primary difference, "abc" &lt; "abd"
148 *
149 * Diacritical differences on the same base letter represent a secondary
150 * difference.  Set comparison level to UCOL_SECONDARY to ignore tertiary
151 * differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator object.
152 * Example of secondary difference, "ä" >> "a".
153 *
154 * Uppercase and lowercase versions of the same character represents a
155 * tertiary difference.  Set comparison level to UCOL_TERTIARY to include
156 * all comparison differences. Use this to set the strength of a Collator
157 * object.
158 * Example of tertiary difference, "abc" &lt;&lt;&lt; "ABC".
159 *
160 * Two characters are considered "identical" when they have the same
161 * unicode spellings.  UCOL_IDENTICAL.
162 * For example, "ä" == "ä".
163 *
164 * UCollationStrength is also used to determine the strength of sort keys
165 * generated from UCollator objects
166 * These values can be now found in the UColAttributeValue enum.
167 * @stable ICU 2.0
168 **/
169typedef UColAttributeValue UCollationStrength;
170
171/** Attributes that collation service understands. All the attributes can take UCOL_DEFAULT
172 * value, as well as the values specific to each one.
173 * @stable ICU 2.0
174 */
175typedef enum {
176     /** Attribute for direction of secondary weights - used in French.\
177      * Acceptable values are UCOL_ON, which results in secondary weights
178      * being considered backwards and UCOL_OFF which treats secondary
179      * weights in the order they appear.*/
180     UCOL_FRENCH_COLLATION,
181     /** Attribute for handling variable elements.\
182      * Acceptable values are UCOL_NON_IGNORABLE (default)
183      * which treats all the codepoints with non-ignorable
184      * primary weights in the same way,
185      * and UCOL_SHIFTED which causes codepoints with primary
186      * weights that are equal or below the variable top value
187      * to be ignored on primary level and moved to the quaternary
188      * level.*/
189     UCOL_ALTERNATE_HANDLING,
190     /** Controls the ordering of upper and lower case letters.\
191      * Acceptable values are UCOL_OFF (default), which orders
192      * upper and lower case letters in accordance to their tertiary
193      * weights, UCOL_UPPER_FIRST which forces upper case letters to
194      * sort before lower case letters, and UCOL_LOWER_FIRST which does
195      * the opposite. */
196     UCOL_CASE_FIRST,
197     /** Controls whether an extra case level (positioned before the third
198      * level) is generated or not.\ Acceptable values are UCOL_OFF (default),
199      * when case level is not generated, and UCOL_ON which causes the case
200      * level to be generated.\ Contents of the case level are affected by
201      * the value of UCOL_CASE_FIRST attribute.\ A simple way to ignore
202      * accent differences in a string is to set the strength to UCOL_PRIMARY
203      * and enable case level. */
204     UCOL_CASE_LEVEL,
205     /** Controls whether the normalization check and necessary normalizations
206      * are performed.\ When set to UCOL_OFF (default) no normalization check
207      * is performed.\ The correctness of the result is guaranteed only if the
208      * input data is in so-called FCD form (see users manual for more info).\
209      * When set to UCOL_ON, an incremental check is performed to see whether the input data
210      * is in the FCD form.\ If the data is not in the FCD form, incremental
211      * NFD normalization is performed. */
212     UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE,
213     /** An alias for UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE attribute */
214     UCOL_DECOMPOSITION_MODE = UCOL_NORMALIZATION_MODE,
215     /** The strength attribute.\ Can be either UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
216      * UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_QUATERNARY or UCOL_IDENTICAL.\ The usual strength
217      * for most locales (except Japanese) is tertiary.\ Quaternary strength
218      * is useful when combined with shifted setting for alternate handling
219      * attribute and for JIS x 4061 collation, when it is used to distinguish
220      * between Katakana  and Hiragana (this is achieved by setting the
221      * UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY mode to on.\ Otherwise, quaternary level
222      * is affected only by the number of non ignorable code points in
223      * the string.\ Identical strength is rarely useful, as it amounts
224      * to codepoints of the NFD form of the string. */
225     UCOL_STRENGTH,
226     /** when turned on, this attribute
227      * positions Hiragana before all
228      * non-ignorables on quaternary level
229      * This is a sneaky way to produce JIS
230      * sort order */
231     UCOL_HIRAGANA_QUATERNARY_MODE,
232     /** when turned on, this attribute
233      * generates a collation key
234      * for the numeric value of substrings
235      * of digits. This is a way to get '100'
236      * to sort AFTER '2'.*/
237     UCOL_NUMERIC_COLLATION,
238     UCOL_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT
239} UColAttribute;
240
241/** Options for retrieving the rule string
242 *  @stable ICU 2.0
243 */
244typedef enum {
245  /** Retrieve tailoring only */
246  UCOL_TAILORING_ONLY,
247  /** Retrieve UCA rules and tailoring */
248  UCOL_FULL_RULES
249} UColRuleOption ;
250
251/**
252 * Open a UCollator for comparing strings.
253 * The UCollator pointer is used in all the calls to the Collation
254 * service. After finished, collator must be disposed of by calling
255 * {@link #ucol_close }.
256 * @param loc The locale containing the required collation rules.
257 *            Special values for locales can be passed in -
258 *            if NULL is passed for the locale, the default locale
259 *            collation rules will be used. If empty string ("") or
260 *            "root" are passed, UCA rules will be used.
261 * @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
262 * @return A pointer to a UCollator, or 0 if an error occurred.
263 * @see ucol_openRules
264 * @see ucol_safeClone
265 * @see ucol_close
266 * @stable ICU 2.0
267 */
268U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
269ucol_open(const char *loc, UErrorCode *status);
270
271/**
272 * Produce an UCollator instance according to the rules supplied.
273 * The rules are used to change the default ordering, defined in the
274 * UCA in a process called tailoring. The resulting UCollator pointer
275 * can be used in the same way as the one obtained by {@link #ucol_strcoll }.
276 * @param rules A string describing the collation rules. For the syntax
277 *              of the rules please see users guide.
278 * @param rulesLength The length of rules, or -1 if null-terminated.
279 * @param normalizationMode The normalization mode: One of
280 *             UCOL_OFF     (expect the text to not need normalization),
281 *             UCOL_ON      (normalize), or
282 *             UCOL_DEFAULT (set the mode according to the rules)
283 * @param strength The default collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
284 * UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL,UCOL_DEFAULT_STRENGTH - can be also set in the rules.
285 * @param parseError  A pointer to UParseError to recieve information about errors
286 *                    occurred during parsing. This argument can currently be set
287 *                    to NULL, but at users own risk. Please provide a real structure.
288 * @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
289 * @return A pointer to a UCollator.\ It is not guaranteed that NULL be returned in case
290 *         of error - please use status argument to check for errors.
291 * @see ucol_open
292 * @see ucol_safeClone
293 * @see ucol_close
294 * @stable ICU 2.0
295 */
296U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
297ucol_openRules( const UChar        *rules,
298                int32_t            rulesLength,
299                UColAttributeValue normalizationMode,
300                UCollationStrength strength,
301                UParseError        *parseError,
302                UErrorCode         *status);
303
304/**
305 * Open a collator defined by a short form string.
306 * The structure and the syntax of the string is defined in the "Naming collators"
307 * section of the users guide:
308 * http://icu.sourceforge.net/icu/userguide/Collate_Concepts.html#Naming_Collators
309 * Attributes are overriden by the subsequent attributes. So, for "S2_S3", final
310 * strength will be 3. 3066bis locale overrides individual locale parts.
311 * The call to this function is equivalent to a call to ucol_open, followed by a
312 * series of calls to ucol_setAttribute and ucol_setVariableTop.
313 * @param definition A short string containing a locale and a set of attributes.
314 *                   Attributes not explicitly mentioned are left at the default
315 *                   state for a locale.
316 * @param parseError if not NULL, structure that will get filled with error's pre
317 *                   and post context in case of error.
318 * @param forceDefaults if FALSE, the settings that are the same as the collator
319 *                   default settings will not be applied (for example, setting
320 *                   French secondary on a French collator would not be executed).
321 *                   If TRUE, all the settings will be applied regardless of the
322 *                   collator default value. If the definition
323 *                   strings are to be cached, should be set to FALSE.
324 * @param status     Error code. Apart from regular error conditions connected to
325 *                   instantiating collators (like out of memory or similar), this
326 *                   API will return an error if an invalid attribute or attribute/value
327 *                   combination is specified.
328 * @return           A pointer to a UCollator or 0 if an error occured (including an
329 *                   invalid attribute).
330 * @see ucol_open
331 * @see ucol_setAttribute
332 * @see ucol_setVariableTop
333 * @see ucol_getShortDefinitionString
334 * @see ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString
335 * @draft ICU 3.0
336 *
337 */
338U_CAPI UCollator* U_EXPORT2
339ucol_openFromShortString( const char *definition,
340                          UBool forceDefaults,
341                          UParseError *parseError,
342                          UErrorCode *status);
343
344/**
345 * Get a set containing the contractions defined by the collator. The set includes
346 * both the UCA contractions and the contractions defined by the collator. This set
347 * will contain only strings. If a tailoring explicitly suppresses contractions from
348 * the UCA (like Russian), removed contractions will not be in the resulting set.
349 * @param coll collator
350 * @param conts the set to hold the result. It gets emptied before
351 *              contractions are added.
352 * @param status to hold the error code
353 * @return the size of the contraction set
354 *
355 * @draft ICU 3.0
356 */
357U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2
358ucol_getContractions( const UCollator *coll,
359                  USet *conts,
360                  UErrorCode *status);
361
362
363/**
364 * Close a UCollator.
365 * Once closed, a UCollator should not be used.\ Every open collator should
366 * be closed.\ Otherwise, a memory leak will result.
367 * @param coll The UCollator to close.
368 * @see ucol_open
369 * @see ucol_openRules
370 * @see ucol_safeClone
371 * @stable ICU 2.0
372 */
373U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
374ucol_close(UCollator *coll);
375
376/**
377 * Compare two strings.
378 * The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
379 * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
380 * @param source The source string.
381 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
382 * @param target The target string.
383 * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
384 * @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
385 * UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
386 * @see ucol_greater
387 * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
388 * @see ucol_equal
389 * @stable ICU 2.0
390 */
391U_STABLE UCollationResult U_EXPORT2
392ucol_strcoll(    const    UCollator    *coll,
393        const    UChar        *source,
394        int32_t            sourceLength,
395        const    UChar        *target,
396        int32_t            targetLength);
397
398/**
399 * Determine if one string is greater than another.
400 * This function is equivalent to {@link #ucol_strcoll } == UCOL_GREATER
401 * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
402 * @param source The source string.
403 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
404 * @param target The target string.
405 * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
406 * @return TRUE if source is greater than target, FALSE otherwise.
407 * @see ucol_strcoll
408 * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
409 * @see ucol_equal
410 * @stable ICU 2.0
411 */
412U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
413ucol_greater(const UCollator *coll,
414             const UChar     *source, int32_t sourceLength,
415             const UChar     *target, int32_t targetLength);
416
417/**
418 * Determine if one string is greater than or equal to another.
419 * This function is equivalent to {@link #ucol_strcoll } != UCOL_LESS
420 * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
421 * @param source The source string.
422 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
423 * @param target The target string.
424 * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
425 * @return TRUE if source is greater than or equal to target, FALSE otherwise.
426 * @see ucol_strcoll
427 * @see ucol_greater
428 * @see ucol_equal
429 * @stable ICU 2.0
430 */
431U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
432ucol_greaterOrEqual(const UCollator *coll,
433                    const UChar     *source, int32_t sourceLength,
434                    const UChar     *target, int32_t targetLength);
435
436/**
437 * Compare two strings for equality.
438 * This function is equivalent to {@link #ucol_strcoll } == UCOL_EQUAL
439 * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
440 * @param source The source string.
441 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
442 * @param target The target string.
443 * @param targetLength The length of target, or -1 if null-terminated.
444 * @return TRUE if source is equal to target, FALSE otherwise
445 * @see ucol_strcoll
446 * @see ucol_greater
447 * @see ucol_greaterOrEqual
448 * @stable ICU 2.0
449 */
450U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
451ucol_equal(const UCollator *coll,
452           const UChar     *source, int32_t sourceLength,
453           const UChar     *target, int32_t targetLength);
454
455/**
456 * Compare two UTF-8 encoded trings.
457 * The strings will be compared using the options already specified.
458 * @param coll The UCollator containing the comparison rules.
459 * @param sIter The source string iterator.
460 * @param tIter The target string iterator.
461 * @return The result of comparing the strings; one of UCOL_EQUAL,
462 * UCOL_GREATER, UCOL_LESS
463 * @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
464 * @see ucol_strcoll
465 * @stable ICU 2.6
466 */
467U_STABLE UCollationResult U_EXPORT2
468ucol_strcollIter(  const    UCollator    *coll,
469                  UCharIterator *sIter,
470                  UCharIterator *tIter,
471                  UErrorCode *status);
472
473/**
474 * Get the collation strength used in a UCollator.
475 * The strength influences how strings are compared.
476 * @param coll The UCollator to query.
477 * @return The collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY, UCOL_SECONDARY,
478 * UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_QUATERNARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL
479 * @see ucol_setStrength
480 * @stable ICU 2.0
481 */
482U_STABLE UCollationStrength U_EXPORT2
483ucol_getStrength(const UCollator *coll);
484
485/**
486 * Set the collation strength used in a UCollator.
487 * The strength influences how strings are compared.
488 * @param coll The UCollator to set.
489 * @param strength The desired collation strength; one of UCOL_PRIMARY,
490 * UCOL_SECONDARY, UCOL_TERTIARY, UCOL_QUATERNARY, UCOL_IDENTICAL, UCOL_DEFAULT
491 * @see ucol_getStrength
492 * @stable ICU 2.0
493 */
494U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
495ucol_setStrength(UCollator *coll,
496                 UCollationStrength strength);
497
498/**
499 * Get the display name for a UCollator.
500 * The display name is suitable for presentation to a user.
501 * @param objLoc The locale of the collator in question.
502 * @param dispLoc The locale for display.
503 * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the attribute.
504 * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
505 * @param status A pointer to an UErrorCode to receive any errors
506 * @return The total buffer size needed; if greater than resultLength,
507 * the output was truncated.
508 * @stable ICU 2.0
509 */
510U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
511ucol_getDisplayName(    const    char        *objLoc,
512            const    char        *dispLoc,
513            UChar             *result,
514            int32_t         resultLength,
515            UErrorCode        *status);
516
517/**
518 * Get a locale for which collation rules are available.
519 * A UCollator in a locale returned by this function will perform the correct
520 * collation for the locale.
521 * @param index The index of the desired locale.
522 * @return A locale for which collation rules are available, or 0 if none.
523 * @see ucol_countAvailable
524 * @stable ICU 2.0
525 */
526U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
527ucol_getAvailable(int32_t index);
528
529/**
530 * Determine how many locales have collation rules available.
531 * This function is most useful as determining the loop ending condition for
532 * calls to {@link #ucol_getAvailable }.
533 * @return The number of locales for which collation rules are available.
534 * @see ucol_getAvailable
535 * @stable ICU 2.0
536 */
537U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
538ucol_countAvailable(void);
539
540#if !UCONFIG_NO_SERVICE
541/**
542 * Create a string enumerator of all locales for which a valid
543 * collator may be opened.
544 * @param status input-output error code
545 * @return a string enumeration over locale strings. The caller is
546 * responsible for closing the result.
547 * @draft ICU 3.0
548 */
549U_DRAFT UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
550ucol_openAvailableLocales(UErrorCode *status);
551#endif
552
553/**
554 * Create a string enumerator of all possible keywords that are relevant to
555 * collation. At this point, the only recognized keyword for this
556 * service is "collation".
557 * @param status input-output error code
558 * @return a string enumeration over locale strings. The caller is
559 * responsible for closing the result.
560 * @draft ICU 3.0
561 */
562U_DRAFT UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
563ucol_getKeywords(UErrorCode *status);
564
565/**
566 * Given a keyword, create a string enumeration of all values
567 * for that keyword that are currently in use.
568 * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
569 * ucol_getKeywords. If any other keyword is passed in, *status is set
570 * to U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
571 * @param status input-output error code
572 * @return a string enumeration over collation keyword values, or NULL
573 * upon error. The caller is responsible for closing the result.
574 * @draft ICU 3.0
575 */
576U_DRAFT UEnumeration* U_EXPORT2
577ucol_getKeywordValues(const char *keyword, UErrorCode *status);
578
579/**
580 * Return the functionally equivalent locale for the given
581 * requested locale, with respect to given keyword, for the
582 * collation service.  If two locales return the same result, then
583 * collators instantiated for these locales will behave
584 * equivalently.  The converse is not always true; two collators
585 * may in fact be equivalent, but return different results, due to
586 * internal details.  The return result has no other meaning than
587 * that stated above, and implies nothing as to the relationship
588 * between the two locales.  This is intended for use by
589 * applications who wish to cache collators, or otherwise reuse
590 * collators when possible.  The functional equivalent may change
591 * over time.  For more information, please see the <a
592 * href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/icu/userguide/locale.html#services">
593 * Locales and Services</a> section of the ICU User Guide.
594 * @param result fillin for the functionally equivalent locale
595 * @param resultCapacity capacity of the fillin buffer
596 * @param keyword a particular keyword as enumerated by
597 * ucol_getKeywords.
598 * @param locale the requested locale
599 * @param isAvailable if non-NULL, pointer to a fillin parameter that
600 * indicates whether the requested locale was 'available' to the
601 * collation service. A locale is defined as 'available' if it
602 * physically exists within the collation locale data.
603 * @param status pointer to input-output error code
604 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the locale.  If greater
605 * than resultCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated and
606 * an error code will be returned.
607 * @draft ICU 3.0
608 */
609U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2
610ucol_getFunctionalEquivalent(char* result, int32_t resultCapacity,
611                             const char* keyword, const char* locale,
612                             UBool* isAvailable, UErrorCode* status);
613
614/**
615 * Get the collation rules from a UCollator.
616 * The rules will follow the rule syntax.
617 * @param coll The UCollator to query.
618 * @param length
619 * @return The collation rules.
620 * @stable ICU 2.0
621 */
622U_STABLE const UChar* U_EXPORT2
623ucol_getRules(    const    UCollator    *coll,
624        int32_t            *length);
625
626/** Get the short definition string for a collator. This API harvests the collator's
627 *  locale and the attribute set and produces a string that can be used for opening
628 *  a collator with the same properties using the ucol_openFromShortString API.
629 *  This string will be normalized.
630 *  The structure and the syntax of the string is defined in the "Naming collators"
631 *  section of the users guide:
632 *  http://icu.sourceforge.net/icu/userguide/Collate_Concepts.html#Naming_Collators
633 *  This API supports preflighting.
634 *  @param coll a collator
635 *  @param locale a locale that will appear as a collators locale in the resulting
636 *                short string definition. If NULL, the locale will be harvested
637 *                from the collator.
638 *  @param buffer space to hold the resulting string
639 *  @param capacity capacity of the buffer
640 *  @param status for returning errors. All the preflighting errors are featured
641 *  @return length of the resulting string
642 *  @see ucol_openFromShortString
643 *  @see ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString
644 *  @draft ICU 3.0
645 */
646U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2
647ucol_getShortDefinitionString(const UCollator *coll,
648                              const char *locale,
649                              char *buffer,
650                              int32_t capacity,
651                              UErrorCode *status);
652
653/** Verifies and normalizes short definition string.
654 *  Normalized short definition string has all the option sorted by the argument name,
655 *  so that equivalent definition strings are the same.
656 *  This API supports preflighting.
657 *  @param source definition string
658 *  @param destination space to hold the resulting string
659 *  @param capacity capacity of the buffer
660 *  @param parseError if not NULL, structure that will get filled with error's pre
661 *                   and post context in case of error.
662 *  @param status     Error code. This API will return an error if an invalid attribute
663 *                    or attribute/value combination is specified. All the preflighting
664 *                    errors are also featured
665 *  @return length of the resulting normalized string.
666 *
667 *  @see ucol_openFromShortString
668 *  @see ucol_getShortDefinitionString
669 *
670 *  @draft ICU 3.0
671 */
672
673U_CAPI int32_t U_EXPORT2
674ucol_normalizeShortDefinitionString(const char *source,
675                                    char *destination,
676                                    int32_t capacity,
677                                    UParseError *parseError,
678                                    UErrorCode *status);
679
680
681/**
682 * Get a sort key for a string from a UCollator.
683 * Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
684 * @param coll The UCollator containing the collation rules.
685 * @param source The string to transform.
686 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
687 * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the attribute.
688 * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
689 * @return The size needed to fully store the sort key..
690 * @see ucol_keyHashCode
691 * @stable ICU 2.0
692 */
693U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
694ucol_getSortKey(const    UCollator    *coll,
695        const    UChar        *source,
696        int32_t        sourceLength,
697        uint8_t        *result,
698        int32_t        resultLength);
699
700
701/** Gets the next count bytes of a sort key. Caller needs
702 *  to preserve state array between calls and to provide
703 *  the same type of UCharIterator set with the same string.
704 *  The destination buffer provided must be big enough to store
705 *  the number of requested bytes. Generated sortkey is not
706 *  compatible with sortkeys generated using ucol_getSortKey
707 *  API, since we don't do any compression. If uncompressed
708 *  sortkeys are required, this API can be used.
709 *  @param coll The UCollator containing the collation rules.
710 *  @param iter UCharIterator containing the string we need
711 *              the sort key to be calculated for.
712 *  @param state Opaque state of sortkey iteration.
713 *  @param dest Buffer to hold the resulting sortkey part
714 *  @param count number of sort key bytes required.
715 *  @param status error code indicator.
716 *  @return the actual number of bytes of a sortkey. It can be
717 *          smaller than count if we have reached the end of
718 *          the sort key.
719 *  @stable ICU 2.6
720 */
721U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
722ucol_nextSortKeyPart(const UCollator *coll,
723                     UCharIterator *iter,
724                     uint32_t state[2],
725                     uint8_t *dest, int32_t count,
726                     UErrorCode *status);
727
728/** enum that is taken by ucol_getBound API
729 * See below for explanation
730 * do not change the values assigned to the
731 * members of this enum. Underlying code
732 * depends on them having these numbers
733 * @stable ICU 2.0
734 */
735typedef enum {
736  /** lower bound */
737  UCOL_BOUND_LOWER = 0,
738  /** upper bound that will match strings of exact size */
739  UCOL_BOUND_UPPER = 1,
740  /** upper bound that will match all the strings that have the same initial substring as the given string */
741  UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG = 2,
742  UCOL_BOUND_VALUE_COUNT
743} UColBoundMode;
744
745/**
746 * Produce a bound for a given sortkey and a number of levels.
747 * Return value is always the number of bytes needed, regardless of
748 * whether the result buffer was big enough or even valid.<br>
749 * Resulting bounds can be used to produce a range of strings that are
750 * between upper and lower bounds. For example, if bounds are produced
751 * for a sortkey of string "smith", strings between upper and lower
752 * bounds with one level would include "Smith", "SMITH", "sMiTh".<br>
753 * There are two upper bounds that can be produced. If UCOL_BOUND_UPPER
754 * is produced, strings matched would be as above. However, if bound
755 * produced using UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG is used, the above example will
756 * also match "Smithsonian" and similar.<br>
757 * For more on usage, see example in cintltst/capitst.c in procedure
758 * TestBounds.
759 * Sort keys may be compared using <TT>strcmp</TT>.
760 * @param source The source sortkey.
761 * @param sourceLength The length of source, or -1 if null-terminated.
762 *                     (If an unmodified sortkey is passed, it is always null
763 *                      terminated).
764 * @param boundType Type of bound required. It can be UCOL_BOUND_LOWER, which
765 *                  produces a lower inclusive bound, UCOL_BOUND_UPPER, that
766 *                  produces upper bound that matches strings of the same length
767 *                  or UCOL_BOUND_UPPER_LONG that matches strings that have the
768 *                  same starting substring as the source string.
769 * @param noOfLevels  Number of levels required in the resulting bound (for most
770 *                    uses, the recommended value is 1). See users guide for
771 *                    explanation on number of levels a sortkey can have.
772 * @param result A pointer to a buffer to receive the resulting sortkey.
773 * @param resultLength The maximum size of result.
774 * @param status Used for returning error code if something went wrong. If the
775 *               number of levels requested is higher than the number of levels
776 *               in the source key, a warning (U_SORT_KEY_TOO_SHORT_WARNING) is
777 *               issued.
778 * @return The size needed to fully store the bound.
779 * @see ucol_keyHashCode
780 * @stable ICU 2.1
781 */
782U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
783ucol_getBound(const uint8_t       *source,
784        int32_t             sourceLength,
785        UColBoundMode       boundType,
786        uint32_t            noOfLevels,
787        uint8_t             *result,
788        int32_t             resultLength,
789        UErrorCode          *status);
790
791/**
792 * Gets the version information for a Collator. Version is currently
793 * an opaque 32-bit number which depends, among other things, on major
794 * versions of the collator tailoring and UCA.
795 * @param coll The UCollator to query.
796 * @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
797 * @stable ICU 2.0
798 */
799U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
800ucol_getVersion(const UCollator* coll, UVersionInfo info);
801
802/**
803 * Gets the UCA version information for a Collator. Version is the
804 * UCA version number (3.1.1, 4.0).
805 * @param coll The UCollator to query.
806 * @param info the version # information, the result will be filled in
807 * @draft ICU 2.8
808 */
809U_DRAFT void U_EXPORT2
810ucol_getUCAVersion(const UCollator* coll, UVersionInfo info);
811
812/**
813 * Merge two sort keys. The levels are merged with their corresponding counterparts
814 * (primaries with primaries, secondaries with secondaries etc.). Between the values
815 * from the same level a separator is inserted.
816 * example (uncompressed):
817 * 191B1D 01 050505 01 910505 00 and 1F2123 01 050505 01 910505 00
818 * will be merged as
819 * 191B1D 02 1F212301 050505 02 050505 01 910505 02 910505 00
820 * This allows for concatenating of first and last names for sorting, among other things.
821 * If the destination buffer is not big enough, the results are undefined.
822 * If any of source lengths are zero or any of source pointers are NULL/undefined,
823 * result is of size zero.
824 * @param src1 pointer to the first sortkey
825 * @param src1Length length of the first sortkey
826 * @param src2 pointer to the second sortkey
827 * @param src2Length length of the second sortkey
828 * @param dest buffer to hold the result
829 * @param destCapacity size of the buffer for the result
830 * @return size of the result. If the buffer is big enough size is always
831 *         src1Length+src2Length-1
832 * @stable ICU 2.0
833 */
834U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
835ucol_mergeSortkeys(const uint8_t *src1, int32_t src1Length,
836                   const uint8_t *src2, int32_t src2Length,
837                   uint8_t *dest, int32_t destCapacity);
838
839/**
840 * Universal attribute setter
841 * @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
842 * @param attr attribute type
843 * @param value attribute value
844 * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
845 * @see UColAttribute
846 * @see UColAttributeValue
847 * @see ucol_getAttribute
848 * @stable ICU 2.0
849 */
850U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
851ucol_setAttribute(UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UColAttributeValue value, UErrorCode *status);
852
853/**
854 * Universal attribute getter
855 * @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
856 * @param attr attribute type
857 * @return attribute value
858 * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
859 * @see UColAttribute
860 * @see UColAttributeValue
861 * @see ucol_setAttribute
862 * @stable ICU 2.0
863 */
864U_STABLE UColAttributeValue  U_EXPORT2
865ucol_getAttribute(const UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UErrorCode *status);
866
867/** Variable top
868 * is a two byte primary value which causes all the codepoints with primary values that
869 * are less or equal than the variable top to be shifted when alternate handling is set
870 * to UCOL_SHIFTED.
871 * Sets the variable top to a collation element value of a string supplied.
872 * @param coll collator which variable top needs to be changed
873 * @param varTop one or more (if contraction) UChars to which the variable top should be set
874 * @param len length of variable top string. If -1 it is considered to be zero terminated.
875 * @param status error code. If error code is set, the return value is undefined.
876 *               Errors set by this function are: <br>
877 *    U_CE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR if more than one character was passed and there is no such
878 *    a contraction<br>
879 *    U_PRIMARY_TOO_LONG_ERROR if the primary for the variable top has more than two bytes
880 * @return a 32 bit value containing the value of the variable top in upper 16 bits.
881 *         Lower 16 bits are undefined
882 * @see ucol_getVariableTop
883 * @see ucol_restoreVariableTop
884 * @stable ICU 2.0
885 */
886U_STABLE uint32_t U_EXPORT2
887ucol_setVariableTop(UCollator *coll,
888                    const UChar *varTop, int32_t len,
889                    UErrorCode *status);
890
891/**
892 * Gets the variable top value of a Collator.
893 * Lower 16 bits are undefined and should be ignored.
894 * @param coll collator which variable top needs to be retrieved
895 * @param status error code (not changed by function). If error code is set,
896 *               the return value is undefined.
897 * @return the variable top value of a Collator.
898 * @see ucol_setVariableTop
899 * @see ucol_restoreVariableTop
900 * @stable ICU 2.0
901 */
902U_STABLE uint32_t U_EXPORT2 ucol_getVariableTop(const UCollator *coll, UErrorCode *status);
903
904/**
905 * Sets the variable top to a collation element value supplied. Variable top is
906 * set to the upper 16 bits.
907 * Lower 16 bits are ignored.
908 * @param coll collator which variable top needs to be changed
909 * @param varTop CE value, as returned by ucol_setVariableTop or ucol)getVariableTop
910 * @param status error code (not changed by function)
911 * @see ucol_getVariableTop
912 * @see ucol_setVariableTop
913 * @stable ICU 2.0
914 */
915U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
916ucol_restoreVariableTop(UCollator *coll, const uint32_t varTop, UErrorCode *status);
917
918/**
919 * Thread safe cloning operation. The result is a clone of a given collator.
920 * @param coll collator to be cloned
921 * @param stackBuffer user allocated space for the new clone.
922 * If NULL new memory will be allocated.
923 *  If buffer is not large enough, new memory will be allocated.
924 *  Clients can use the U_COL_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE.
925 *  This will probably be enough to avoid memory allocations.
926 * @param pBufferSize pointer to size of allocated space.
927 *  If *pBufferSize == 0, a sufficient size for use in cloning will
928 *  be returned ('pre-flighting')
929 *  If *pBufferSize is not enough for a stack-based safe clone,
930 *  new memory will be allocated.
931 * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
932 *    An informational status value, U_SAFECLONE_ALLOCATED_ERROR, is used if any
933 * allocations were necessary.
934 * @return pointer to the new clone
935 * @see ucol_open
936 * @see ucol_openRules
937 * @see ucol_close
938 * @stable ICU 2.0
939 */
940U_STABLE UCollator* U_EXPORT2
941ucol_safeClone(const UCollator *coll,
942               void            *stackBuffer,
943               int32_t         *pBufferSize,
944               UErrorCode      *status);
945
946/** default memory size for the new clone. It needs to be this large for os/400 large pointers
947 * @stable ICU 2.0
948 */
949#define U_COL_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE 512
950
951/**
952 * Returns current rules. Delta defines whether full rules are returned or just the tailoring.
953 * Returns number of UChars needed to store rules. If buffer is NULL or bufferLen is not enough
954 * to store rules, will store up to available space.
955 * @param coll collator to get the rules from
956 * @param delta one of UCOL_TAILORING_ONLY, UCOL_FULL_RULES.
957 * @param buffer buffer to store the result in. If NULL, you'll get no rules.
958 * @param bufferLen lenght of buffer to store rules in. If less then needed you'll get only the part that fits in.
959 * @return current rules
960 * @stable ICU 2.0
961 */
962U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
963ucol_getRulesEx(const UCollator *coll, UColRuleOption delta, UChar *buffer, int32_t bufferLen);
964
965/**
966 * gets the locale name of the collator. If the collator
967 * is instantiated from the rules, then this function returns
968 * NULL.
969 * @param coll The UCollator for which the locale is needed
970 * @param type You can choose between requested, valid and actual
971 *             locale. For description see the definition of
972 *             ULocDataLocaleType in uloc.h
973 * @param status error code of the operation
974 * @return real locale name from which the collation data comes.
975 *         If the collator was instantiated from rules, returns
976 *         NULL.
977 * @deprecated ICU 2.8 Use ucol_getLocaleByType instead
978 */
979U_DEPRECATED const char * U_EXPORT2
980ucol_getLocale(const UCollator *coll, ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode *status);
981
982
983/**
984 * gets the locale name of the collator. If the collator
985 * is instantiated from the rules, then this function returns
986 * NULL.
987 * @param coll The UCollator for which the locale is needed
988 * @param type You can choose between requested, valid and actual
989 *             locale. For description see the definition of
990 *             ULocDataLocaleType in uloc.h
991 * @param status error code of the operation
992 * @return real locale name from which the collation data comes.
993 *         If the collator was instantiated from rules, returns
994 *         NULL.
995 * @draft ICU 2.8 likely to change in ICU 3.0, based on feedback
996 */
997U_DRAFT const char * U_EXPORT2
998ucol_getLocaleByType(const UCollator *coll, ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode *status);
999
1000/**
1001 * Get an Unicode set that contains all the characters and sequences tailored in
1002 * this collator. The result must be disposed of by using uset_close.
1003 * @param coll        The UCollator for which we want to get tailored chars
1004 * @param status      error code of the operation
1005 * @return a pointer to newly created USet. Must be be disposed by using uset_close
1006 * @see ucol_openRules
1007 * @see uset_close
1008 * @stable ICU 2.4
1009 */
1010U_STABLE USet * U_EXPORT2
1011ucol_getTailoredSet(const UCollator *coll, UErrorCode *status);
1012
1013/**
1014 * Returned by ucol_collatorToIdentifier to signify that collator is
1015 * not encodable as an identifier.
1016 * @internal ICU 3.0
1017 */
1018#define UCOL_SIT_COLLATOR_NOT_ENCODABLE 0x80000000
1019
1020/**
1021 * Get a 31-bit identifier given a collator.
1022 * @param coll UCollator
1023 *  @param locale a locale that will appear as a collators locale in the resulting
1024 *                short string definition. If NULL, the locale will be harvested
1025 *                from the collator.
1026 * @param status holds error messages
1027 * @return 31-bit identifier. MSB is used if the collator cannot be encoded. In that
1028 *         case UCOL_SIT_COLLATOR_NOT_ENCODABLE is returned
1029 * @see ucol_openFromIdentifier
1030 * @see ucol_identifierToShortString
1031 * @internal ICU 3.0
1032 */
1033U_INTERNAL uint32_t U_EXPORT2
1034ucol_collatorToIdentifier(const UCollator *coll,
1035                          const char *locale,
1036                          UErrorCode *status);
1037
1038/**
1039 * Open a collator given a 31-bit identifier
1040 * @param identifier 31-bit identifier, encoded by calling ucol_collatorToIdentifier
1041 * @param forceDefaults if FALSE, the settings that are the same as the collator
1042 *                   default settings will not be applied (for example, setting
1043 *                   French secondary on a French collator would not be executed).
1044 *                   If TRUE, all the settings will be applied regardless of the
1045 *                   collator default value. If the definition
1046 *                   strings that can be produced from a collator instantiated by
1047 *                   calling this API are to be cached, should be set to FALSE.
1048 * @param status for returning errors
1049 * @return UCollator object
1050 * @see ucol_collatorToIdentifier
1051 * @see ucol_identifierToShortString
1052 * @internal ICU 3.0
1053 */
1054U_INTERNAL UCollator* U_EXPORT2
1055ucol_openFromIdentifier(uint32_t identifier,
1056                        UBool forceDefaults,
1057                        UErrorCode *status);
1058
1059
1060/**
1061 * Calculate the short definition string given an identifier. Supports preflighting.
1062 * @param identifier 31-bit identifier, encoded by calling ucol_collatorToIdentifier
1063 * @param buffer buffer to store the result
1064 * @param capacity buffer capacity
1065 * @param forceDefaults whether the settings that are the same as the default setting
1066 *                      should be forced anyway. Setting this argument to FALSE reduces
1067 *                      the number of different configurations, but decreases performace
1068 *                      as a collator has to be instantiated.
1069 * @param status for returning errors
1070 * @return length of the short definition string
1071 * @see ucol_collatorToIdentifier
1072 * @see ucol_openFromIdentifier
1073 * @see ucol_shortStringToIdentifier
1074 * @internal ICU 3.0
1075 */
1076U_INTERNAL int32_t U_EXPORT2
1077ucol_identifierToShortString(uint32_t identifier,
1078                             char *buffer,
1079                             int32_t capacity,
1080                             UBool forceDefaults,
1081                             UErrorCode *status);
1082
1083/**
1084 * Calculate the identifier given a short definition string. Supports preflighting.
1085 * @param definition short string definition
1086 * @param forceDefaults whether the settings that are the same as the default setting
1087 *                      should be forced anyway. Setting this argument to FALSE reduces
1088 *                      the number of different configurations, but decreases performace
1089 *                      as a collator has to be instantiated.
1090 * @param status for returning errors
1091 * @return identifier
1092 * @see ucol_collatorToIdentifier
1093 * @see ucol_openFromIdentifier
1094 * @see ucol_identifierToShortString
1095 * @internal ICU 3.0
1096 */
1097U_INTERNAL uint32_t U_EXPORT2
1098ucol_shortStringToIdentifier(const char *definition,
1099                             UBool forceDefaults,
1100                             UErrorCode *status);
1101
1102
1103
1104/**
1105 * Universal attribute getter that returns UCOL_DEFAULT if the value is default
1106 * @param coll collator which attributes are to be changed
1107 * @param attr attribute type
1108 * @return attribute value or UCOL_DEFAULT if the value is default
1109 * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
1110 * @see UColAttribute
1111 * @see UColAttributeValue
1112 * @see ucol_setAttribute
1113 * @internal ICU 3.0
1114 */
1115U_INTERNAL UColAttributeValue  U_EXPORT2
1116ucol_getAttributeOrDefault(const UCollator *coll, UColAttribute attr, UErrorCode *status);
1117
1118/** Check whether two collators are equal. Collators are considered equal if they
1119 *  will sort strings the same. This means that both the current attributes and the
1120 *  rules must be equivalent. Currently used for RuleBasedCollator::operator==.
1121 *  @param source first collator
1122 *  @param target second collator
1123 *  @return TRUE or FALSE
1124 *  @internal ICU 3.0
1125 */
1126U_INTERNAL UBool U_EXPORT2
1127ucol_equals(const UCollator *source, const UCollator *target);
1128
1129/** Calculates the set of unsafe code points, given a collator.
1130 *   A character is unsafe if you could append any character and cause the ordering to alter significantly.
1131 *   Collation sorts in normalized order, so anything that rearranges in normalization can cause this.
1132 *   Thus if you have a character like a_umlaut, and you add a lower_dot to it,
1133 *   then it normalizes to a_lower_dot + umlaut, and sorts differently.
1134 *  @param coll Collator
1135 *  @param unsafe a fill-in set to receive the unsafe points
1136 *  @param status for catching errors
1137 *  @return number of elements in the set
1138 *  @internal ICU 3.0
1139 */
1140U_INTERNAL int32_t U_EXPORT2
1141ucol_getUnsafeSet( const UCollator *coll,
1142                  USet *unsafe,
1143                  UErrorCode *status);
1144
1145/** Reset UCA's static pointers. You don't want to use this, unless your static memory can go away.
1146 * @internal ICU 3.2.1
1147 */
1148U_INTERNAL void U_EXPORT2
1149ucol_forgetUCA(void);
1150
1151/** Touches all resources needed for instantiating a collator from a short string definition,
1152 *  thus filling up the cache.
1153 * @param definition A short string containing a locale and a set of attributes.
1154 *                   Attributes not explicitly mentioned are left at the default
1155 *                   state for a locale.
1156 * @param parseError if not NULL, structure that will get filled with error's pre
1157 *                   and post context in case of error.
1158 * @param forceDefaults if FALSE, the settings that are the same as the collator
1159 *                   default settings will not be applied (for example, setting
1160 *                   French secondary on a French collator would not be executed).
1161 *                   If TRUE, all the settings will be applied regardless of the
1162 *                   collator default value. If the definition
1163 *                   strings are to be cached, should be set to FALSE.
1164 * @param status     Error code. Apart from regular error conditions connected to
1165 *                   instantiating collators (like out of memory or similar), this
1166 *                   API will return an error if an invalid attribute or attribute/value
1167 *                   combination is specified.
1168 * @see ucol_openFromShortString
1169 * @internal ICU 3.2.1
1170 */
1171U_INTERNAL void U_EXPORT2
1172ucol_prepareShortStringOpen( const char *definition,
1173                          UBool forceDefaults,
1174                          UParseError *parseError,
1175                          UErrorCode *status);
1176
1177/** Creates a binary image of a collator. This binary image can be stored and
1178 *  later used to instantiate a collator using ucol_openBinary.
1179 *  This API supports preflighting.
1180 *  @param coll Collator
1181 *  @param buffer a fill-in buffer to receive the binary image
1182 *  @param capacity capacity of the destination buffer
1183 *  @param status for catching errors
1184 *  @return size of the image
1185 *  @see ucol_openBinary
1186 *  @draft ICU 3.2
1187 */
1188U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2
1189ucol_cloneBinary(const UCollator *coll,
1190                 uint8_t *buffer, int32_t capacity,
1191                 UErrorCode *status);
1192
1193/** Opens a collator from a collator binary image created using
1194 *  ucol_cloneBinary. Binary image used in instantiation of the
1195 *  collator remains owned by the user and should stay around for
1196 *  the lifetime of the collator. The API also takes a base collator
1197 *  which usualy should be UCA.
1198 *  @param bin binary image owned by the user and required through the
1199 *             lifetime of the collator
1200 *  @param length size of the image. If negative, the API will try to
1201 *                figure out the length of the image
1202 *  @param base fallback collator, usually UCA. Base is required to be
1203 *              present through the lifetime of the collator. Currently
1204 *              it cannot be NULL.
1205 *  @param status for catching errors
1206 *  @return newly created collator
1207 *  @see ucol_cloneBinary
1208 *  @draft ICU 3.2
1209 */
1210U_DRAFT UCollator* U_EXPORT2
1211ucol_openBinary(const uint8_t *bin, int32_t length,
1212                const UCollator *base,
1213                UErrorCode *status);
1214
1215
1216#endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
1217
1218#endif
1219
1220