gcc/libjava/java/text/CollationElementIterator.java

/* CollationElementIterator.java -- Walks through collation elements
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package java.text;

/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, plus online
 * API docs for JDK 1.2 from http://www.javasoft.com.
 * Status: Believed complete and correct to JDK 1.1.
 */

/**
 * This class walks through the character collation elements of a 
 * <code>String</code> as defined by the collation rules in an instance of 
 * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>.  There is no public constructor for
 * this class.  An instance is created by calling the
 * <code>getCollationElementIterator</code> method on 
 * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>.
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
 */
public final class CollationElementIterator
{
  /**
   * This is a constant value that is returned to indicate that the end of 
   * the string was encountered.
   */
  public static final int NULLORDER = -1;

  /**
   * This is the RuleBasedCollator this object was created from.
   */
  RuleBasedCollator collator;

  /**
   * This is the String that is being iterated over.
   */
  String text;

  /**
   * This is the index into the String where we are currently scanning.
   */
  int index;

  // A piece of lookahead.
  boolean lookahead_set;
  int lookahead;

  /**
   * This method returns the collation ordering value of the next character
   * in the string.  This method will return <code>NULLORDER</code> if the
   * end of the string was reached.
   *
   * @return The collation ordering value.
   */
  public int next ()
  {
    if (index == text.length())
      return NULLORDER;

    return collator.ceiNext(this);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the primary order value for the given collation
   * value.
   *
   * @param value The collation value returned from <code>next()</code> or <code>previous()</code>.
   *
   * @return The primary order value of the specified collation value.  This is the high 16 bits.
   */
  public static final int primaryOrder (int order)
  {
    // From the JDK 1.2 spec.
    return order >>> 16;
  }

  /**
   * This method resets the internal position pointer to read from the
   * beginning of the <code>String again.
   */
  public void reset ()
  {
    index = 0;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the secondary order value for the given collation
   * value.
   *
   * @param value The collation value returned from <code>next()</code> or <code>previous()</code>.
   *
   * @return The secondary order value of the specified collation value.  This is the bits 8-15.
   */
  public static final short secondaryOrder (int order)
  {
    // From the JDK 1.2 spec.
    return (short) ((order >>> 8) & 255);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the tertiary order value for the given collation
   * value.
   *
   * @param value The collation value returned from <code>next()</code> or <code>previous()</code>.
   *
   * @return The tertiary order value of the specified collation value.  This is the low eight bits.
   */
  public static final short tertiaryOrder (int order)
  {
    // From the JDK 1.2 spec.
    return (short) (order & 255);
  }

  // Non-public constructor.
  CollationElementIterator (String text, RuleBasedCollator collator)
  {
    this.text = text;
    this.index = 0;
    this.lookahead_set = false;
    this.lookahead = 0;
    this.collator = collator;
  }

} // class CollationElementIterator