1 /* CollationElementIterator.java -- Walks through collation elements
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41 /* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, plus online
42 * API docs for JDK 1.2 from http://www.javasoft.com.
43 * Status: Believed complete and correct to JDK 1.1.
47 * This class walks through the character collation elements of a
48 * <code>String</code> as defined by the collation rules in an instance of
49 * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>. There is no public constructor for
50 * this class. An instance is created by calling the
51 * <code>getCollationElementIterator</code> method on
52 * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>.
54 * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
55 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
57 public final class CollationElementIterator
60 * This is a constant value that is returned to indicate that the end of
61 * the string was encountered.
63 public static final int NULLORDER
= -1;
66 * This is the RuleBasedCollator this object was created from.
68 RuleBasedCollator collator
;
71 * This is the String that is being iterated over.
76 * This is the index into the String where we are currently scanning.
80 // A piece of lookahead.
81 boolean lookahead_set
;
85 * This method returns the collation ordering value of the next character
86 * in the string. This method will return <code>NULLORDER</code> if the
87 * end of the string was reached.
89 * @return The collation ordering value.
93 if (index
== text
.length())
96 return collator
.ceiNext(this);
100 * This method returns the primary order value for the given collation
103 * @param value The collation value returned from <code>next()</code> or <code>previous()</code>.
105 * @return The primary order value of the specified collation value. This is the high 16 bits.
107 public static final int primaryOrder (int order
)
109 // From the JDK 1.2 spec.
114 * This method resets the internal position pointer to read from the
115 * beginning of the <code>String again.
123 * This method returns the secondary order value for the given collation
126 * @param value The collation value returned from <code>next()</code> or <code>previous()</code>.
128 * @return The secondary order value of the specified collation value. This is the bits 8-15.
130 public static final short secondaryOrder (int order
)
132 // From the JDK 1.2 spec.
133 return (short) ((order
>>> 8) & 255);
137 * This method returns the tertiary order value for the given collation
140 * @param value The collation value returned from <code>next()</code> or <code>previous()</code>.
142 * @return The tertiary order value of the specified collation value. This is the low eight bits.
144 public static final short tertiaryOrder (int order
)
146 // From the JDK 1.2 spec.
147 return (short) (order
& 255);
150 // Non-public constructor.
151 CollationElementIterator (String text
, RuleBasedCollator collator
)
155 this.lookahead_set
= false;
157 this.collator
= collator
;
160 } // class CollationElementIterator