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CollatorFactory Class Reference

A factory, used with registerFactory, the creates multiple collators and provides display names for them. More...

#include <coll.h>

Inheritance diagram for CollatorFactory:
UObject UMemory

Public Member Functions

virtual ~CollatorFactory ()
 Destructor.
virtual UBool visible (void) const
 Return true if this factory is visible.
virtual CollatorcreateCollator (const Locale &loc)=0
 Return a collator for the provided locale.
virtual UnicodeStringgetDisplayName (const Locale &objectLocale, const Locale &displayLocale, UnicodeString &result)
 Return the name of the collator for the objectLocale, localized for the displayLocale.
virtual const UnicodeStringgetSupportedIDs (int32_t &count, UErrorCode &status)=0
 Return an array of all the locale names directly supported by this factory.

Detailed Description

A factory, used with registerFactory, the creates multiple collators and provides display names for them.

A factory supports some number of locales-- these are the locales for which it can create collators. The factory can be visible, in which case the supported locales will be enumerated by getAvailableLocales, or invisible, in which they are not. Invisible locales are still supported, they are just not listed by getAvailableLocales.

If standard locale display names are sufficient, Collator instances can be registered using registerInstance instead.

Note: if the collators are to be used from C APIs, they must be instances of RuleBasedCollator.

Stable:
ICU 2.6

Definition at line 1081 of file coll.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual CollatorFactory::~CollatorFactory ( ) [virtual]

Destructor.

Stable:
ICU 3.0

Member Function Documentation

virtual Collator* CollatorFactory::createCollator ( const Locale loc) [pure virtual]

Return a collator for the provided locale.

If the locale is not supported, return NULL.

Parameters:
locthe locale identifying the collator to be created.
Returns:
a new collator if the locale is supported, otherwise NULL.
Stable:
ICU 2.6
virtual UnicodeString& CollatorFactory::getDisplayName ( const Locale objectLocale,
const Locale displayLocale,
UnicodeString result 
) [virtual]

Return the name of the collator for the objectLocale, localized for the displayLocale.

If objectLocale is not supported, or the factory is not visible, set the result string to bogus.

Parameters:
objectLocalethe locale identifying the collator
displayLocalethe locale for which the display name of the collator should be localized
resultan output parameter for the display name, set to bogus if not supported.
Returns:
the display name
Stable:
ICU 2.6
virtual const UnicodeString* CollatorFactory::getSupportedIDs ( int32_t count,
UErrorCode status 
) [pure virtual]

Return an array of all the locale names directly supported by this factory.

The number of names is returned in count. This array is owned by the factory. Its contents must never change.

Parameters:
countoutput parameter for the number of locales supported by the factory
statusthe in/out error code
Returns:
a pointer to an array of count UnicodeStrings.
Stable:
ICU 2.6
virtual UBool CollatorFactory::visible ( void  ) const [virtual]

Return true if this factory is visible.

Default is true. If not visible, the locales supported by this factory will not be listed by getAvailableLocales.

Returns:
true if the factory is visible.
Stable:
ICU 2.6

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