Class CollationElementIterator
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- java.text.CollationElementIterator
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public final class CollationElementIterator extends Object
TheCollationElementIterator
class is used as an iterator to walk through each character of an international string. Use the iterator to return the ordering priority of the positioned character. The ordering priority of a character, which we refer to as a key, defines how a character is collated in the given collation object.For example, consider the following in Spanish:
"ca" → the first key is key('c') and second key is key('a'). "cha" → the first key is key('ch') and second key is key('a').
"�b" → the first key is key('a'), the second key is key('e'), and the third key is key('b').
primaryOrder
,secondaryOrder
, andtertiaryOrder
returnint
,short
, andshort
respectively to ensure the correctness of the key value.Example of the iterator usage,
String testString = "This is a test"; Collator col = Collator.getInstance(); if (col instanceof RuleBasedCollator) { RuleBasedCollator ruleBasedCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)col; CollationElementIterator collationElementIterator = ruleBasedCollator.getCollationElementIterator(testString); int primaryOrder = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(collationElementIterator.next()); : }
CollationElementIterator.next
returns the collation order of the next character. A collation order consists of primary order, secondary order and tertiary order. The data type of the collation order is int. The first 16 bits of a collation order is its primary order; the next 8 bits is the secondary order and the last 8 bits is the tertiary order.Note:
CollationElementIterator
is a part ofRuleBasedCollator
implementation. It is only usable withRuleBasedCollator
instances.- See Also:
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Collator
,RuleBasedCollator
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Field Summary
Fields Modifier and Type Field and Description static int
NULLORDER
Null order which indicates the end of string is reached by the cursor.
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description int
getMaxExpansion(int order)
Return the maximum length of any expansion sequences that end with the specified comparison order.int
getOffset()
Returns the character offset in the original text corresponding to the next collation element.int
next()
Get the next collation element in the string.int
previous()
Get the previous collation element in the string.static int
primaryOrder(int order)
Return the primary component of a collation element.void
reset()
Resets the cursor to the beginning of the string.static short
secondaryOrder(int order)
Return the secondary component of a collation element.void
setOffset(int newOffset)
Sets the iterator to point to the collation element corresponding to the specified character (the parameter is a CHARACTER offset in the original string, not an offset into its corresponding sequence of collation elements).void
setText(CharacterIterator source)
Set a new string over which to iterate.void
setText(String source)
Set a new string over which to iterate.static short
tertiaryOrder(int order)
Return the tertiary component of a collation element.
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Field Detail
NULLORDER
public static final int NULLORDER
Null order which indicates the end of string is reached by the cursor.- See Also:
- Constant Field Values
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Method Detail
reset
public void reset()
Resets the cursor to the beginning of the string. The next call to next() will return the first collation element in the string.
next
public int next()
Get the next collation element in the string.This iterator iterates over a sequence of collation elements that were built from the string. Because there isn't necessarily a one-to-one mapping from characters to collation elements, this doesn't mean the same thing as "return the collation element [or ordering priority] of the next character in the string".
This function returns the collation element that the iterator is currently pointing to and then updates the internal pointer to point to the next element. previous() updates the pointer first and then returns the element. This means that when you change direction while iterating (i.e., call next() and then call previous(), or call previous() and then call next()), you'll get back the same element twice.
- Returns:
- the next collation element
previous
public int previous()
Get the previous collation element in the string.This iterator iterates over a sequence of collation elements that were built from the string. Because there isn't necessarily a one-to-one mapping from characters to collation elements, this doesn't mean the same thing as "return the collation element [or ordering priority] of the previous character in the string".
This function updates the iterator's internal pointer to point to the collation element preceding the one it's currently pointing to and then returns that element, while next() returns the current element and then updates the pointer. This means that when you change direction while iterating (i.e., call next() and then call previous(), or call previous() and then call next()), you'll get back the same element twice.
- Returns:
- the previous collation element
- Since:
- 1.2
primaryOrder
public static final int primaryOrder(int order)
Return the primary component of a collation element.- Parameters:
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order
- the collation element - Returns:
- the element's primary component
secondaryOrder
public static final short secondaryOrder(int order)
Return the secondary component of a collation element.- Parameters:
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order
- the collation element - Returns:
- the element's secondary component
tertiaryOrder
public static final short tertiaryOrder(int order)
Return the tertiary component of a collation element.- Parameters:
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order
- the collation element - Returns:
- the element's tertiary component
setOffset
public void setOffset(int newOffset)
Sets the iterator to point to the collation element corresponding to the specified character (the parameter is a CHARACTER offset in the original string, not an offset into its corresponding sequence of collation elements). The value returned by the next call to next() will be the collation element corresponding to the specified position in the text. If that position is in the middle of a contracting character sequence, the result of the next call to next() is the collation element for that sequence. This means that getOffset() is not guaranteed to return the same value as was passed to a preceding call to setOffset().- Parameters:
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newOffset
- The new character offset into the original text. - Since:
- 1.2
getOffset
public int getOffset()
Returns the character offset in the original text corresponding to the next collation element. (That is, getOffset() returns the position in the text corresponding to the collation element that will be returned by the next call to next().) This value will always be the index of the FIRST character corresponding to the collation element (a contracting character sequence is when two or more characters all correspond to the same collation element). This means if you do setOffset(x) followed immediately by getOffset(), getOffset() won't necessarily return x.- Returns:
- The character offset in the original text corresponding to the collation element that will be returned by the next call to next().
- Since:
- 1.2
getMaxExpansion
public int getMaxExpansion(int order)
Return the maximum length of any expansion sequences that end with the specified comparison order.- Parameters:
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order
- a collation order returned by previous or next. - Returns:
- the maximum length of any expansion sequences ending with the specified order.
- Since:
- 1.2
setText
public void setText(String source)
Set a new string over which to iterate.- Parameters:
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source
- the new source text - Since:
- 1.2
setText
public void setText(CharacterIterator source)
Set a new string over which to iterate.- Parameters:
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source
- the new source text. - Since:
- 1.2
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