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package java.text;

import libcore.icu.RuleBasedCollatorICU;

/**
 * A concrete implementation class for {@code Collation}.
 * 

* {@code RuleBasedCollator} has the following restrictions for efficiency * (other subclasses may be used for more complex languages): *

    *
  1. If a French secondary ordering is specified it applies to the whole * collator object.
  2. *
  3. All non-mentioned Unicode characters are at the end of the collation * order.
  4. *
  5. If a character is not located in the {@code RuleBasedCollator}, the * default Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA) rule-based table is automatically * searched as a backup.
  6. *
*

* The collation table is composed of a list of collation rules, where each rule * is of three forms: *

*
 * <modifier>
 * <relation> <text-argument>
 * <reset> <text-argument>
 * 
*
*

* The rule elements are defined as follows: *

    *
  • Modifier: There is a single modifier which is used to * specify that all accents (secondary differences) are backwards: *
      *
    • '@' : Indicates that accents are sorted backwards, as in French. *
    *
  • *
  • Relation: The relations are the following: *
      *
    • '<' : Greater, as a letter difference (primary) *
    • ';' : Greater, as an accent difference (secondary) *
    • ',' : Greater, as a case difference (tertiary) *
    • '=' : Equal *
    *
  • *
  • Text-Argument: A text-argument is any sequence of * characters, excluding special characters (that is, common whitespace * characters [0009-000D, 0020] and rule syntax characters [0021-002F, * 003A-0040, 005B-0060, 007B-007E]). If those characters are desired, you can * put them in single quotes (for example, use '&' for ampersand). Note that * unquoted white space characters are ignored; for example, {@code b c} is * treated as {@code bc}.
  • *
  • Reset: There is a single reset which is used primarily * for contractions and expansions, but which can also be used to add a * modification at the end of a set of rules: *
      *
    • '&' : Indicates that the next rule follows the position to where the reset * text-argument would be sorted. *
    *
  • *
*

* This sounds more complicated than it is in practice. For example, the * following are equivalent ways of expressing the same thing: *

* *
 * a < b < c
 * a < b & b < c
 * a < c & a < b
 * 
* *
*

* Notice that the order is important, as the subsequent item goes immediately * after the text-argument. The following are not equivalent: *

* *
 * a < b & a < c
 * a < c & a < b
 * 
* *
*

* Either the text-argument must already be present in the sequence, or some * initial substring of the text-argument must be present. For example * {@code "a < b & ae < e"} is valid since "a" is present in the sequence before * "ae" is reset. In this latter case, "ae" is not entered and treated as a * single character; instead, "e" is sorted as if it were expanded to two * characters: "a" followed by an "e". This difference appears in natural * languages: in traditional Spanish "ch" is treated as if it contracts to a * single character (expressed as {@code "c < ch < d"}), while in traditional * German a-umlaut is treated as if it expands to two characters (expressed as * {@code "a,A < b,B ... & ae;\u00e3 & AE;\u00c3"}, where \u00e3 and \u00c3 * are the escape sequences for a-umlaut). *

Ignorable Characters

*

* For ignorable characters, the first rule must start with a relation (the * examples we have used above are really fragments; {@code "a < b"} really * should be {@code "< a < b"}). If, however, the first relation is not * {@code "<"}, then all text-arguments up to the first {@code "<"} are * ignorable. For example, {@code ", - < a < b"} makes {@code "-"} an ignorable * character. *

Normalization and Accents

*

* {@code RuleBasedCollator} automatically processes its rule table to include * both pre-composed and combining-character versions of accented characters. * Even if the provided rule string contains only base characters and separate * combining accent characters, the pre-composed accented characters matching * all canonical combinations of characters from the rule string will be entered * in the table. *

* This allows you to use a RuleBasedCollator to compare accented strings even * when the collator is set to NO_DECOMPOSITION. However, if the strings to be * collated contain combining sequences that may not be in canonical order, you * should set the collator to CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION to enable sorting of * combining sequences. For more information, see The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0. *

Errors

*

* The following rules are not valid: *

    *
  • A text-argument contains unquoted punctuation symbols, for example * {@code "a < b-c < d"}.
  • *
  • A relation or reset character is not followed by a text-argument, for * example {@code "a < , b"}.
  • *
  • A reset where the text-argument (or an initial substring of the * text-argument) is not already in the sequence or allocated in the default UCA * table, for example {@code "a < b & e < f"}.
  • *
*

* If you produce one of these errors, {@code RuleBasedCollator} throws a * {@code ParseException}. *

Examples

*

* Normally, to create a rule-based collator object, you will use * {@code Collator}'s factory method {@code getInstance}. However, to create a * rule-based collator object with specialized rules tailored to your needs, you * construct the {@code RuleBasedCollator} with the rules contained in a * {@code String} object. For example: *

* *
 * String Simple = "< a < b < c < d";
 * RuleBasedCollator mySimple = new RuleBasedCollator(Simple);
 * 
* *
*

* Or: *

* *
 * String Norwegian = "< a,A< b,B< c,C< d,D< e,E< f,F< g,G< h,H< i,I"
 *         + "< j,J< k,K< l,L< m,M< n,N< o,O< p,P< q,Q< r,R"
 *         + "< s,S< t,T< u,U< v,V< w,W< x,X< y,Y< z,Z"
 *         + "< \u00E5=a\u030A,\u00C5=A\u030A"
 *         + ";aa,AA< \u00E6,\u00C6< \u00F8,\u00D8";
 * RuleBasedCollator myNorwegian = new RuleBasedCollator(Norwegian);
 * 
* *
*

* Combining {@code Collator}s is as simple as concatenating strings. Here is * an example that combines two {@code Collator}s from two different locales: *

* *
 * // Create an en_US Collator object
 * RuleBasedCollator en_USCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)Collator
 *         .getInstance(new Locale("en", "US", ""));
 *
 * // Create a da_DK Collator object
 * RuleBasedCollator da_DKCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)Collator
 *         .getInstance(new Locale("da", "DK", ""));
 *
 * // Combine the two collators
 * // First, get the collation rules from en_USCollator
 * String en_USRules = en_USCollator.getRules();
 *
 * // Second, get the collation rules from da_DKCollator
 * String da_DKRules = da_DKCollator.getRules();
 *
 * RuleBasedCollator newCollator = new RuleBasedCollator(en_USRules + da_DKRules);
 * // newCollator has the combined rules
 * 
* *
*

* The next example shows to make changes on an existing table to create a new * {@code Collator} object. For example, add {@code "& C < ch, cH, Ch, CH"} to * the {@code en_USCollator} object to create your own: *

* *
 * // Create a new Collator object with additional rules
 * String addRules = "& C < ch, cH, Ch, CH";
 *
 * RuleBasedCollator myCollator = new RuleBasedCollator(en_USCollator + addRules);
 * // myCollator contains the new rules
 * 
* *
*

* The following example demonstrates how to change the order of non-spacing * accents: *

* *
 * // old rule
 * String oldRules = "= \u00a8 ; \u00af ; \u00bf" + "< a , A ; ae, AE ; \u00e6 , \u00c6"
 *         + "< b , B < c, C < e, E & C < d, D";
 *
 * // change the order of accent characters
 * String addOn = "& \u00bf ; \u00af ; \u00a8;";
 *
 * RuleBasedCollator myCollator = new RuleBasedCollator(oldRules + addOn);
 * 
* *
*

* The last example shows how to put new primary ordering in before the default * setting. For example, in the Japanese {@code Collator}, you can either sort * English characters before or after Japanese characters: *

* *
 * // get en_US Collator rules
 * RuleBasedCollator en_USCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)
 *     Collator.getInstance(Locale.US);
 *
 * // add a few Japanese character to sort before English characters
 * // suppose the last character before the first base letter 'a' in
 * // the English collation rule is \u30A2
 * String jaString = "& \u30A2 , \u30FC < \u30C8";
 *
 * RuleBasedCollator myJapaneseCollator =
 *     new RuleBasedCollator(en_USCollator.getRules() + jaString);
 * 
* *
*/ public class RuleBasedCollator extends Collator { RuleBasedCollator(RuleBasedCollatorICU wrapper) { super(wrapper); } /** * Constructs a new instance of {@code RuleBasedCollator} using the * specified {@code rules}. The {@code rules} are usually either * hand-written based on the {@link RuleBasedCollator class description} or * the result of a former {@link #getRules()} call. *

* Note that the {@code rules} are actually interpreted as a delta to the * standard Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA). This differs * slightly from other implementations which work with full {@code rules} * specifications and may result in different behavior. * * @param rules * the collation rules. * @throws NullPointerException * if {@code rules == null}. * @throws ParseException * if {@code rules} contains rules with invalid collation rule * syntax. */ public RuleBasedCollator(String rules) throws ParseException { if (rules == null) { throw new NullPointerException("rules == null"); } if (rules.isEmpty()) { throw new ParseException("empty rules", 0); } try { icuColl = new RuleBasedCollatorICU(rules); } catch (Exception e) { if (e instanceof ParseException) { throw (ParseException) e; } /* * -1 means it's not a ParseException. Maybe IOException thrown when * an error occurred while reading internal data. */ throw new ParseException(e.getMessage(), -1); } } /** * Obtains a {@code CollationElementIterator} for the given * {@code CharacterIterator}. The source iterator's integrity will be * preserved since a new copy will be created for use. * * @param source * the source character iterator. * @return a {@code CollationElementIterator} for {@code source}. */ public CollationElementIterator getCollationElementIterator(CharacterIterator source) { if (source == null) { throw new NullPointerException("source == null"); } return new CollationElementIterator(icuColl.getCollationElementIterator(source)); } /** * Obtains a {@code CollationElementIterator} for the given string. * * @param source * the source string. * @return the {@code CollationElementIterator} for {@code source}. */ public CollationElementIterator getCollationElementIterator(String source) { if (source == null) { throw new NullPointerException("source == null"); } return new CollationElementIterator(icuColl.getCollationElementIterator(source)); } /** * Returns the collation rules of this collator. These {@code rules} can be * fed into the {@code RuleBasedCollator(String)} constructor. *

* Note that the {@code rules} are actually interpreted as a delta to the * standard Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA). Hence, an empty {@code rules} * string results in the default UCA rules being applied. This differs * slightly from other implementations which work with full {@code rules} * specifications and may result in different behavior. * * @return the collation rules. */ public String getRules() { return icuColl.getRules(); } /** * Returns a new collator with the same collation rules, decomposition mode and * strength value as this collator. * * @return a shallow copy of this collator. * @see java.lang.Cloneable */ @Override public Object clone() { RuleBasedCollator clone = (RuleBasedCollator) super.clone(); return clone; } /** * Compares the {@code source} text to the {@code target} text according to * the collation rules, strength and decomposition mode for this * {@code RuleBasedCollator}. See the {@code Collator} class description * for an example of use. *

* General recommendation: If comparisons are to be done with the same strings * multiple times, it is more efficient to generate {@code CollationKey} * objects for the strings and use * {@code CollationKey.compareTo(CollationKey)} for the comparisons. If each * string is compared to only once, using * {@code RuleBasedCollator.compare(String, String)} has better performance. * * @param source * the source text. * @param target * the target text. * @return an integer which may be a negative value, zero, or else a * positive value depending on whether {@code source} is less than, * equivalent to, or greater than {@code target}. */ @Override public int compare(String source, String target) { if (source == null) { throw new NullPointerException("source == null"); } else if (target == null) { throw new NullPointerException("target == null"); } return icuColl.compare(source, target); } /** * Returns the {@code CollationKey} for the given source text. * * @param source * the specified source text. * @return the {@code CollationKey} for the given source text. */ @Override public CollationKey getCollationKey(String source) { return icuColl.getCollationKey(source); } @Override public int hashCode() { return icuColl.getRules().hashCode(); } /** * Compares the specified object with this {@code RuleBasedCollator} and * indicates if they are equal. In order to be equal, {@code object} must be * an instance of {@code Collator} with the same collation rules and the * same attributes. * * @param obj * the object to compare with this object. * @return {@code true} if the specified object is equal to this * {@code RuleBasedCollator}; {@code false} otherwise. * @see #hashCode */ @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) { if (!(obj instanceof Collator)) { return false; } return super.equals(obj); } }





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