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/*
* @(#)Collator.java 1.6 97/02/06
*
* (C) Copyright Taligent, Inc. 1996 - All Rights Reserved
* (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1996 - All Rights Reserved
*
* Portions copyright (c) 1996-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
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package java.text;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.MissingResourceException;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import java.text.resources.*;
import java.util.Hashtable;
/**
* The <code>Collator</code> class performs locale-sensitive
* <code>String</code> comparison. You use this class to build
* searching and sorting routines for natural language text.
*
* <p>
* <code>Collator</code> is an abstract base class. Subclasses
* implement specific collation strategies. One subclass,
* <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>, is currently provided with
* the JDK and is applicable to a wide set of languages. Other
* subclasses may be created to handle more specialized needs.
*
* <p>
* Like other locale-sensitive classes, you can use the static
* factory method, <code>getInstance</code>, to obtain the appropriate
* <code>Collator</code> object for a given locale. You will only need
* to look at the subclasses of <code>Collator</code> if you need
* to understand the details of a particular collation strategy or
* if you need to modify that strategy.
*
* <p>
* The following example shows how to compare two strings using
* the <code>Collator</code> for the default locale.
* <blockquote>
* <pre>
* // Compare two strings in the default locale
* Collator myCollator = Collator.getInstance();
* if( myCollator.compare("abc", "ABC") < 0 )
* System.out.println("abc is less than ABC");
* else
* System.out.println("abc is greater than or equal to ABC");
* </pre>
* </blockquote>
*
* <p>
* You can set a <code>Collator</code>'s <em>strength</em> property
* to determine the level of difference considered significant in
* comparisons. Four strengths are provided: <code>PRIMARY</code>,
* <code>SECONDARY</code>, <code>TERTIARY</code>, and <code>IDENTICAL</code>.
* The exact assignment of strengths to language features is
* locale dependant. For example, in Czech, "e" and "f" are considered
* primary differences, while "e" and "\u00EA" are secondary differences,
* "e" and "E" are tertiary differences and "e" and "e" are identical.
* The following shows how both case and accents could be ignored for
* US English.
* <blockquote>
* <pre>
* //Get the Collator for US English and set its strength to PRIMARY
* Collator usCollator = Collator.getInstance(Locale.US);
* usCollator.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
* if( usCollator.compare("abc", "ABC") == 0 ) {
* System.out.println("Strings are equivalent");
* }
* </pre>
* </blockquote>
* <p>
* For comparing <code>String</code>s exactly once, the <code>compare</code>
* method provides the best performance. When sorting a list of
* <code>String</code>s however, it is generally necessary to compare each
* <code>String</code> multiple times. In this case, <code>CollationKey</code>s
* provide better performance. The <code>CollationKey</code> class converts
* a <code>String</code> to a series of bits that can be compared bitwise
* against other <code>CollationKey</code>s. A <code>CollationKey</code> is
* created by a <code>Collator</code> object for a given <code>String</code>.
* <br>
* <strong>Note:</strong> <code>CollationKey</code>s from different
* <code>Collator</code>s can not be compared. See the class description
* for <a href="java.test.CollationKey.html"><code>CollationKey</code></a>
* for an example using <code>CollationKey</code>s.
*
* @see RuleBasedCollator
* @see CollationKey
* @see CollationElementIterator
* @see Locale
* @version 1.6 02/06/97
* @author Helena Shih
*/
public abstract class Collator implements Cloneable, Serializable {
/**
* Collator strength value. When set, only PRIMARY differences are
* considered significant during comparison. The assignment of strengths
* to language features is locale dependant. A common example is for
* different base letters ("a" vs "b") to be considered a PRIMARY difference.
* @see java.text.Collator#setStrength
* @see java.text.Collator#getStrength
*/
public final static int PRIMARY = 0;
/**
* Collator strength value. When set, only SECONDARY and above differences are
* considered significant during comparison. The assignment of strengths
* to language features is locale dependant. A common example is for
* different accented forms of the same base letter ("a" vs "\u00E4") to be
* considered a SECONDARY difference.
* @see java.text.Collator#setStrength
* @see java.text.Collator#getStrength
*/
public final static int SECONDARY = 1;
/**
* Collator strength value. When set, only TERTIARY and above differences are
* considered significant during comparison. The assignment of strengths
* to language features is locale dependant. A common example is for
* case differences ("a" vs "A") to be considered a TERTIARY difference.
* @see java.text.Collator#setStrength
* @see java.text.Collator#getStrength
*/
public final static int TERTIARY = 2;
/**
* Collator strength value. When set, all differences are
* considered significant during comparison. The assignment of strengths
* to language features is locale dependant. A common example is for characters
* with equivalent Unicode spellings ("\u00E4" vs "a\u0308") to be considered IDENTICAL.
*/
public final static int IDENTICAL = 3;
/**
* Decomposition mode value. With NO_DECOMPOSITION
* set, accented characters will not be decomposed for collation. This
* provides the fastest collation but will only produce correct results
* for languages that do not use accents.
* @see java.text.Collator#getDecomposition
* @see java.text.Collator#setDecomposition
*/
public final static int NO_DECOMPOSITION = 0;
/**
* Decomposition mode value. With CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION
* set, characters that are canonical variants according to Unicode 2.0
* will be decomposed for collation. This is the default setting and
* should be used to get correct collation of accented characters.
* @see java.text.Collator#getDecomposition
* @see java.text.Collator#setDecomposition
*/
public final static int CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION = 1;
/**
* Decomposition mode value. With FULL_DECOMPOSITION
* set, both Unicode canonical variants and Unicode compatibility variants
* will be decomposed for collation. This causes not only accented
* characters to be collated, but also characters that have special formats
* to be collated with their norminal form. For example, the half-width and
* full-width ASCII and Katakana characters are then collated together.
* FULL_DECOMPOSITION is the most complete and therefore the slowest
* decomposition mode.
* @see java.text.Collator#getDecomposition
* @see java.text.Collator#setDecomposition
*/
public final static int FULL_DECOMPOSITION = 2;
/**
* Gets the Collator for the current default locale.
* The default locale is determined by java.util.Locale.getDefault.
* @return the Collator for the default locale.(for example, en_US)
* @see java.util.Locale#getDefault
*/
public static synchronized Collator getInstance() {
return getInstance(Locale.getDefault());
}
/**
* Gets the Collator for the desired locale.
* @param desiredLocale the desired locale.
* @return the Collator for the desired locale.
* @see java.util.Locale
* @see java.util.ResourceBundle
*/
public static synchronized
Collator getInstance(Locale desiredLocale)
{
RuleBasedCollator result = null;
result = (RuleBasedCollator) cache.get(desiredLocale);
if (result != null) {
return (Collator)result.clone(); // make the world safe
}
// Load the resource of the desired locale from resource
// manager.
String colString;
try {
ResourceBundle resource = ResourceBundle.getBundle
("java.text.resources.LocaleElements",
desiredLocale);
colString = resource.getString("CollationElements");
} catch (MissingResourceException e) {
// return default US collation
colString = "";
}
try
{
result = new RuleBasedCollator( CollationRules.DEFAULTRULES +
colString );
}
catch(ParseException foo)
{
// predefined tables should contain correct grammar
try {
result = new RuleBasedCollator( CollationRules.DEFAULTRULES );
} catch (ParseException bar) {
// do nothing
}
}
cache.put(desiredLocale,result);
return result;
}
/**
* Compares the source string to the target string according to the
* collation rules for this Collator. Returns an integer less than,
* equal to or greater than zero depending on whether the source String is
* less than, equal to or greater than the target string. See the Collator
* class description for an example of use.
* <p>
* For a one time comparison, this method has the best performance. If a
* given String will be involved in multiple comparisons, CollationKey.compareTo
* has the best performance. See the Collator class description for an example
* using CollationKeys.
* @param source the source string.
* @param target the target string.
* @return Returns an integer value. Value is less than zero if source is less than
* target, value is zero if source and target are equal, value is greater than zero
* if source is greater than target.
* @see java.text.CollationKey
* @see java.text.Collator#getCollationKey
*/
public abstract int compare(String source, String target);
/**
* Transforms the String into a series of bits that can be compared bitwise
* to other CollationKeys. CollationKeys provide better performance than
* Collator.compare when Strings are involved in multiple comparisons.
* See the Collator class description for an example using CollationKeys.
* @param source the string to be transformed into a collation key.
* @return the CollationKey for the given String based on this Collator's collation
* rules. If the source String is null, a null CollationKey is returned.
* @see java.text.CollationKey
* @see java.text.Collator#compare
*/
public abstract CollationKey getCollationKey(String source);
/**
* Convenience method for comparing the equality of two strings based on
* this Collator's collation rules.
* @param source the source string to be compared with.
* @param target the target string to be compared with.
* @return true if the strings are equal according to the collation
* rules. false, otherwise.
* @see java.text.Collator#compare
*/
public boolean equals(String source, String target)
{
if (compare(source, target) == Collator.EQUAL)
return true;
else
return false;
}
/**
* Returns this Collator's strength property. The strength property determines
* the minimum level of difference considered significant during comparison.
* See the Collator class description for an example of use.
* @return this Collator's current strength property.
* @see java.text.Collator#setStrength
* @see java.text.Collator#PRIMARY
* @see java.text.Collator#SECONDARY
* @see java.text.Collator#TERTIARY
* @see java.text.Collator#IDENTICAL
*/
public synchronized int getStrength()
{
return strength;
}
/**
* Sets this Collator's strength property. The strength property determines
* the minimum level of difference considered significant during comparison.
* See the Collator class description for an example of use.
* @param the new strength value.
* @see java.text.Collator#getStrength
* @see java.text.Collator#PRIMARY
* @see java.text.Collator#SECONDARY
* @see java.text.Collator#TERTIARY
* @see java.text.Collator#IDENTICAL
* @exception IllegalArgumentException If the new strength value is not one of
* PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY or IDENTICAL.
*/
public synchronized void setStrength(int newStrength) {
if ((newStrength != PRIMARY) &&
(newStrength != SECONDARY) &&
(newStrength != TERTIARY))
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Incorrect comparison level.");
strength = newStrength;
}
/**
* Get the decomposition mode of this Collator. Decomposition mode
* determines how Unicode composed characters are handled. Adjusting
* decomposition mode allows the user to select between faster and more
* complete collation behavior.
* <p>The three values for decomposition mode are:
* <UL>
* <LI>NO_DECOMPOSITION,
* <LI>CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION
* <LI>FULL_DECOMPOSITION.
* </UL>
* See the documentation for these three constants for a description
* of their meaning.
* @return the decomposition mode
* @see java.text.Collator#setDecomposition
* @see java.text.Collator#NO_DECOMPOSITION
* @see java.text.Collator#CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION
* @see java.text.Collator#FULL_DECOMPOSITION
*/
public synchronized int getDecomposition()
{
return decmp;
}
/**
* Set the decomposition mode of this Collator. See getDecomposition
* for a description of decomposition mode.
* @param the new decomposition mode
* @see java.text.Collator#getDecomposition
* @see java.text.Collator#NO_DECOMPOSITION
* @see java.text.Collator#CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION
* @see java.text.Collator#FULL_DECOMPOSITION
* @exception IllegalArgumentException If the given value is not a valid decomposition
* mode.
*/
public synchronized void setDecomposition(int decompositionMode) {
if ((decompositionMode != NO_DECOMPOSITION) &&
(decompositionMode != CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION) &&
(decompositionMode != FULL_DECOMPOSITION))
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong decomposition mode.");
decmp = decompositionMode;
}
/**
* Get the set of Locales for which Collators are installed.
* @return the list of available locales which collators are installed.
*/
public static synchronized Locale[] getAvailableLocales() {
return LocaleData.getAvailableLocales("CollationElements");
}
/**
* Overrides Cloneable
*/
public Object clone()
{
try {
return (Collator)super.clone();
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
throw new InternalError();
}
}
/**
* Compares the equality of two Collators.
* @param that the Collator to be compared with this.
* @return true if this Collator is the same as that Collator;
* false otherwise.
*/
public boolean equals(Object that)
{
if (this == that) return true;
if (getClass() != that.getClass()) return false;
Collator other = (Collator) that;
return ((strength == other.strength) &&
(decmp == other.decmp));
}
/**
* Generates the hash code for this Collator.
*/
abstract public synchronized int hashCode();
/**
* Default constructor. This constructor is
* protected so subclasses can get access to it. Users typically create
* a Collator sub-class by calling the factory method getInstance.
* @see java.text.Collator#getInstance
*/
protected Collator()
{
strength = TERTIARY;
decmp = CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION;
}
private int strength = 0;
private int decmp = 0;
private static Hashtable cache = new Hashtable();
//
// FIXME: These three constants should be removed.
//
/**
* LESS is returned if source string is compared to be less than target
* string in the compare() method.
* @see java.text.Collator#compare
*/
final static int LESS = -1;
/**
* EQUAL is returned if source string is compared to be equal to target
* string in the compare() method.
* @see java.text.Collator#compare
*/
final static int EQUAL = 0;
/**
* GREATER is returned if source string is compared to be greater than
* target string in the compare() method.
* @see java.text.Collator#compare
*/
final static int GREATER = 1;
}