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b75a7d8f 1/*
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51004dcb 3* Copyright (C) 1996-2013, International Business Machines Corporation and others.
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4* All Rights Reserved.
5******************************************************************************
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6*/
7
8#ifndef UBRK_H
9#define UBRK_H
10
11#include "unicode/utypes.h"
374ca955 12#include "unicode/uloc.h"
73c04bcf 13#include "unicode/utext.h"
729e4ab9 14#include "unicode/localpointer.h"
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15
16/**
17 * A text-break iterator.
18 * For usage in C programs.
19 */
20#ifndef UBRK_TYPEDEF_UBREAK_ITERATOR
21# define UBRK_TYPEDEF_UBREAK_ITERATOR
22 /**
23 * Opaque type representing an ICU Break iterator object.
24 * @stable ICU 2.0
25 */
729e4ab9 26 typedef struct UBreakIterator UBreakIterator;
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27#endif
28
29#if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION
30
31#include "unicode/parseerr.h"
32
33/**
34 * \file
35 * \brief C API: BreakIterator
36 *
37 * <h2> BreakIterator C API </h2>
38 *
39 * The BreakIterator C API defines methods for finding the location
40 * of boundaries in text. Pointer to a UBreakIterator maintain a
41 * current position and scan over text returning the index of characters
42 * where boundaries occur.
73c04bcf 43 * <p>
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44 * Line boundary analysis determines where a text string can be broken
45 * when line-wrapping. The mechanism correctly handles punctuation and
46 * hyphenated words.
73c04bcf 47 * <p>
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48 * Sentence boundary analysis allows selection with correct
49 * interpretation of periods within numbers and abbreviations, and
50 * trailing punctuation marks such as quotation marks and parentheses.
73c04bcf 51 * <p>
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52 * Word boundary analysis is used by search and replace functions, as
53 * well as within text editing applications that allow the user to
54 * select words with a double click. Word selection provides correct
55 * interpretation of punctuation marks within and following
56 * words. Characters that are not part of a word, such as symbols or
57 * punctuation marks, have word-breaks on both sides.
73c04bcf 58 * <p>
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59 * Character boundary analysis identifies the boundaries of
60 * "Extended Grapheme Clusters", which are groupings of codepoints
61 * that should be treated as character-like units for many text operations.
62 * Please see Unicode Standard Annex #29, Unicode Text Segmentation,
63 * http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/ for additional information
64 * on grapheme clusters and guidelines on their use.
73c04bcf 65 * <p>
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66 * Title boundary analysis locates all positions,
67 * typically starts of words, that should be set to Title Case
68 * when title casing the text.
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69 * <p>
70 * The text boundary positions are found according to the rules
71 * described in Unicode Standard Annex #29, Text Boundaries, and
72 * Unicode Standard Annex #14, Line Breaking Properties. These
73 * are available at http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr14/ and
74 * http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/.
75 * <p>
76 * In addition to the plain C API defined in this header file, an
77 * object oriented C++ API with equivalent functionality is defined in the
78 * file brkiter.h.
79 * <p>
729e4ab9 80 * Code snippets illustrating the use of the Break Iterator APIs
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81 * are available in the ICU User Guide,
82 * http://icu-project.org/userguide/boundaryAnalysis.html
729e4ab9 83 * and in the sample program icu/source/samples/break/break.cpp
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84 */
85
86/** The possible types of text boundaries. @stable ICU 2.0 */
87typedef enum UBreakIteratorType {
88 /** Character breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
73c04bcf 89 UBRK_CHARACTER = 0,
b75a7d8f 90 /** Word breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
73c04bcf 91 UBRK_WORD = 1,
b75a7d8f 92 /** Line breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
73c04bcf 93 UBRK_LINE = 2,
b75a7d8f 94 /** Sentence breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
73c04bcf 95 UBRK_SENTENCE = 3,
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96
97#ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
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98 /**
99 * Title Case breaks
100 * The iterator created using this type locates title boundaries as described for
b75a7d8f 101 * Unicode 3.2 only. For Unicode 4.0 and above title boundary iteration,
374ca955 102 * please use Word Boundary iterator.
b75a7d8f 103 *
374ca955 104 * @deprecated ICU 2.8 Use the word break iterator for titlecasing for Unicode 4 and later.
b75a7d8f 105 */
73c04bcf 106 UBRK_TITLE = 4,
374ca955 107#endif /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
73c04bcf 108 UBRK_COUNT = 5
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109} UBreakIteratorType;
110
111/** Value indicating all text boundaries have been returned.
46f4442e 112 * @stable ICU 2.0
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113 */
114#define UBRK_DONE ((int32_t) -1)
115
116
117/**
118 * Enum constants for the word break tags returned by
119 * getRuleStatus(). A range of values is defined for each category of
120 * word, to allow for further subdivisions of a category in future releases.
121 * Applications should check for tag values falling within the range, rather
122 * than for single individual values.
374ca955 123 * @stable ICU 2.2
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124*/
125typedef enum UWordBreak {
46f4442e 126 /** Tag value for "words" that do not fit into any of other categories.
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127 * Includes spaces and most punctuation. */
128 UBRK_WORD_NONE = 0,
129 /** Upper bound for tags for uncategorized words. */
130 UBRK_WORD_NONE_LIMIT = 100,
131 /** Tag value for words that appear to be numbers, lower limit. */
132 UBRK_WORD_NUMBER = 100,
133 /** Tag value for words that appear to be numbers, upper limit. */
134 UBRK_WORD_NUMBER_LIMIT = 200,
135 /** Tag value for words that contain letters, excluding
136 * hiragana, katakana or ideographic characters, lower limit. */
137 UBRK_WORD_LETTER = 200,
138 /** Tag value for words containing letters, upper limit */
139 UBRK_WORD_LETTER_LIMIT = 300,
140 /** Tag value for words containing kana characters, lower limit */
141 UBRK_WORD_KANA = 300,
142 /** Tag value for words containing kana characters, upper limit */
143 UBRK_WORD_KANA_LIMIT = 400,
144 /** Tag value for words containing ideographic characters, lower limit */
145 UBRK_WORD_IDEO = 400,
146 /** Tag value for words containing ideographic characters, upper limit */
147 UBRK_WORD_IDEO_LIMIT = 500
148} UWordBreak;
149
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150/**
151 * Enum constants for the line break tags returned by getRuleStatus().
152 * A range of values is defined for each category of
153 * word, to allow for further subdivisions of a category in future releases.
154 * Applications should check for tag values falling within the range, rather
155 * than for single individual values.
73c04bcf 156 * @stable ICU 2.8
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157*/
158typedef enum ULineBreakTag {
159 /** Tag value for soft line breaks, positions at which a line break
160 * is acceptable but not required */
161 UBRK_LINE_SOFT = 0,
162 /** Upper bound for soft line breaks. */
163 UBRK_LINE_SOFT_LIMIT = 100,
164 /** Tag value for a hard, or mandatory line break */
165 UBRK_LINE_HARD = 100,
166 /** Upper bound for hard line breaks. */
167 UBRK_LINE_HARD_LIMIT = 200
168} ULineBreakTag;
169
170
171
172/**
173 * Enum constants for the sentence break tags returned by getRuleStatus().
174 * A range of values is defined for each category of
175 * sentence, to allow for further subdivisions of a category in future releases.
176 * Applications should check for tag values falling within the range, rather
177 * than for single individual values.
73c04bcf 178 * @stable ICU 2.8
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179*/
180typedef enum USentenceBreakTag {
181 /** Tag value for for sentences ending with a sentence terminator
182 * ('.', '?', '!', etc.) character, possibly followed by a
183 * hard separator (CR, LF, PS, etc.)
184 */
185 UBRK_SENTENCE_TERM = 0,
186 /** Upper bound for tags for sentences ended by sentence terminators. */
187 UBRK_SENTENCE_TERM_LIMIT = 100,
188 /** Tag value for for sentences that do not contain an ending
46f4442e 189 * sentence terminator ('.', '?', '!', etc.) character, but
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190 * are ended only by a hard separator (CR, LF, PS, etc.) or end of input.
191 */
192 UBRK_SENTENCE_SEP = 100,
193 /** Upper bound for tags for sentences ended by a separator. */
194 UBRK_SENTENCE_SEP_LIMIT = 200
195 /** Tag value for a hard, or mandatory line break */
196} USentenceBreakTag;
197
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198
199/**
200 * Open a new UBreakIterator for locating text boundaries for a specified locale.
201 * A UBreakIterator may be used for detecting character, line, word,
202 * and sentence breaks in text.
203 * @param type The type of UBreakIterator to open: one of UBRK_CHARACTER, UBRK_WORD,
204 * UBRK_LINE, UBRK_SENTENCE
205 * @param locale The locale specifying the text-breaking conventions.
206 * @param text The text to be iterated over.
207 * @param textLength The number of characters in text, or -1 if null-terminated.
208 * @param status A UErrorCode to receive any errors.
209 * @return A UBreakIterator for the specified locale.
210 * @see ubrk_openRules
211 * @stable ICU 2.0
212 */
374ca955 213U_STABLE UBreakIterator* U_EXPORT2
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214ubrk_open(UBreakIteratorType type,
215 const char *locale,
216 const UChar *text,
217 int32_t textLength,
218 UErrorCode *status);
219
220/**
221 * Open a new UBreakIterator for locating text boundaries using specified breaking rules.
222 * The rule syntax is ... (TBD)
223 * @param rules A set of rules specifying the text breaking conventions.
224 * @param rulesLength The number of characters in rules, or -1 if null-terminated.
225 * @param text The text to be iterated over. May be null, in which case ubrk_setText() is
226 * used to specify the text to be iterated.
227 * @param textLength The number of characters in text, or -1 if null-terminated.
228 * @param parseErr Receives position and context information for any syntax errors
229 * detected while parsing the rules.
230 * @param status A UErrorCode to receive any errors.
231 * @return A UBreakIterator for the specified rules.
232 * @see ubrk_open
374ca955 233 * @stable ICU 2.2
b75a7d8f 234 */
374ca955 235U_STABLE UBreakIterator* U_EXPORT2
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236ubrk_openRules(const UChar *rules,
237 int32_t rulesLength,
238 const UChar *text,
239 int32_t textLength,
240 UParseError *parseErr,
241 UErrorCode *status);
242
243/**
244 * Thread safe cloning operation
245 * @param bi iterator to be cloned
246 * @param stackBuffer user allocated space for the new clone. If NULL new memory will be allocated.
247 * If buffer is not large enough, new memory will be allocated.
248 * Clients can use the U_BRK_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE. This will probably be enough to avoid memory allocations.
249 * @param pBufferSize pointer to size of allocated space.
250 * If *pBufferSize == 0, a sufficient size for use in cloning will
251 * be returned ('pre-flighting')
252 * If *pBufferSize is not enough for a stack-based safe clone,
253 * new memory will be allocated.
254 * @param status to indicate whether the operation went on smoothly or there were errors
255 * An informational status value, U_SAFECLONE_ALLOCATED_ERROR, is used if any allocations were necessary.
256 * @return pointer to the new clone
257 * @stable ICU 2.0
258 */
374ca955 259U_STABLE UBreakIterator * U_EXPORT2
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260ubrk_safeClone(
261 const UBreakIterator *bi,
262 void *stackBuffer,
263 int32_t *pBufferSize,
264 UErrorCode *status);
265
266/**
267 * A recommended size (in bytes) for the memory buffer to be passed to ubrk_saveClone().
268 * @stable ICU 2.0
269 */
4388f060 270#define U_BRK_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE 528
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272/**
273* Close a UBreakIterator.
274* Once closed, a UBreakIterator may no longer be used.
275* @param bi The break iterator to close.
276 * @stable ICU 2.0
277*/
374ca955 278U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
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279ubrk_close(UBreakIterator *bi);
280
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281#if U_SHOW_CPLUSPLUS_API
282
283U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
284
285/**
286 * \class LocalUBreakIteratorPointer
287 * "Smart pointer" class, closes a UBreakIterator via ubrk_close().
288 * For most methods see the LocalPointerBase base class.
289 *
290 * @see LocalPointerBase
291 * @see LocalPointer
292 * @stable ICU 4.4
293 */
294U_DEFINE_LOCAL_OPEN_POINTER(LocalUBreakIteratorPointer, UBreakIterator, ubrk_close);
295
296U_NAMESPACE_END
297
298#endif
299
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300/**
301 * Sets an existing iterator to point to a new piece of text
302 * @param bi The iterator to use
303 * @param text The text to be set
304 * @param textLength The length of the text
305 * @param status The error code
306 * @stable ICU 2.0
307 */
374ca955 308U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
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309ubrk_setText(UBreakIterator* bi,
310 const UChar* text,
311 int32_t textLength,
312 UErrorCode* status);
313
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315/**
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316 * Sets an existing iterator to point to a new piece of text.
317 *
318 * All index positions returned by break iterator functions are
319 * native indices from the UText. For example, when breaking UTF-8
320 * encoded text, the break positions returned by \ref ubrk_next, \ref ubrk_previous, etc.
321 * will be UTF-8 string indices, not UTF-16 positions.
322 *
73c04bcf 323 * @param bi The iterator to use
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324 * @param text The text to be set.
325 * This function makes a shallow clone of the supplied UText. This means
326 * that the caller is free to immediately close or otherwise reuse the
327 * UText that was passed as a parameter, but that the underlying text itself
328 * must not be altered while being referenced by the break iterator.
73c04bcf 329 * @param status The error code
46f4442e 330 * @stable ICU 3.4
73c04bcf 331 */
46f4442e 332U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
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333ubrk_setUText(UBreakIterator* bi,
334 UText* text,
335 UErrorCode* status);
336
337
338
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339/**
340 * Determine the most recently-returned text boundary.
341 *
342 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
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343 * @return The character index most recently returned by \ref ubrk_next, \ref ubrk_previous,
344 * \ref ubrk_first, or \ref ubrk_last.
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345 * @stable ICU 2.0
346 */
374ca955 347U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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348ubrk_current(const UBreakIterator *bi);
349
350/**
51004dcb 351 * Advance the iterator to the boundary following the current boundary.
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352 *
353 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
354 * @return The character index of the next text boundary, or UBRK_DONE
355 * if all text boundaries have been returned.
356 * @see ubrk_previous
357 * @stable ICU 2.0
358 */
374ca955 359U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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360ubrk_next(UBreakIterator *bi);
361
362/**
51004dcb 363 * Set the iterator position to the boundary preceding the current boundary.
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364 *
365 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
366 * @return The character index of the preceding text boundary, or UBRK_DONE
367 * if all text boundaries have been returned.
368 * @see ubrk_next
369 * @stable ICU 2.0
370 */
374ca955 371U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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372ubrk_previous(UBreakIterator *bi);
373
374/**
51004dcb 375 * Set the iterator position to the index of the first character in the text being scanned.
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376 * This is not always the same as index 0 of the text.
377 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
378 * @return The character index of the first character in the text being scanned.
379 * @see ubrk_last
380 * @stable ICU 2.0
381 */
374ca955 382U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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383ubrk_first(UBreakIterator *bi);
384
385/**
51004dcb 386 * Set the iterator position to the index immediately <EM>beyond</EM> the last character in the text being scanned.
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387 * This is not the same as the last character.
388 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
389 * @return The character offset immediately <EM>beyond</EM> the last character in the
390 * text being scanned.
391 * @see ubrk_first
392 * @stable ICU 2.0
393 */
374ca955 394U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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395ubrk_last(UBreakIterator *bi);
396
397/**
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399 * The new position is always smaller than offset, or UBRK_DONE.
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400 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
401 * @param offset The offset to begin scanning.
402 * @return The text boundary preceding offset, or UBRK_DONE.
403 * @see ubrk_following
404 * @stable ICU 2.0
405 */
374ca955 406U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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407ubrk_preceding(UBreakIterator *bi,
408 int32_t offset);
409
410/**
51004dcb 411 * Advance the iterator to the first boundary following the specified offset.
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412 * The value returned is always greater than offset, or UBRK_DONE.
413 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
414 * @param offset The offset to begin scanning.
415 * @return The text boundary following offset, or UBRK_DONE.
416 * @see ubrk_preceding
417 * @stable ICU 2.0
418 */
374ca955 419U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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420ubrk_following(UBreakIterator *bi,
421 int32_t offset);
422
423/**
424* Get a locale for which text breaking information is available.
425* A UBreakIterator in a locale returned by this function will perform the correct
426* text breaking for the locale.
427* @param index The index of the desired locale.
428* @return A locale for which number text breaking information is available, or 0 if none.
429* @see ubrk_countAvailable
430* @stable ICU 2.0
431*/
374ca955 432U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
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433ubrk_getAvailable(int32_t index);
434
435/**
436* Determine how many locales have text breaking information available.
437* This function is most useful as determining the loop ending condition for
374ca955 438* calls to \ref ubrk_getAvailable.
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439* @return The number of locales for which text breaking information is available.
440* @see ubrk_getAvailable
441* @stable ICU 2.0
442*/
374ca955 443U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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444ubrk_countAvailable(void);
445
446
447/**
448* Returns true if the specfied position is a boundary position. As a side
449* effect, leaves the iterator pointing to the first boundary position at
450* or after "offset".
451* @param bi The break iterator to use.
452* @param offset the offset to check.
453* @return True if "offset" is a boundary position.
454* @stable ICU 2.0
455*/
374ca955 456U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
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457ubrk_isBoundary(UBreakIterator *bi, int32_t offset);
458
459/**
460 * Return the status from the break rule that determined the most recently
461 * returned break position. The values appear in the rule source
462 * within brackets, {123}, for example. For rules that do not specify a
463 * status, a default value of 0 is returned.
464 * <p>
465 * For word break iterators, the possible values are defined in enum UWordBreak.
374ca955 466 * @stable ICU 2.2
b75a7d8f 467 */
374ca955 468U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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469ubrk_getRuleStatus(UBreakIterator *bi);
470
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471/**
472 * Get the statuses from the break rules that determined the most recently
473 * returned break position. The values appear in the rule source
474 * within brackets, {123}, for example. The default status value for rules
475 * that do not explicitly provide one is zero.
476 * <p>
477 * For word break iterators, the possible values are defined in enum UWordBreak.
478 * @param bi The break iterator to use
46f4442e 479 * @param fillInVec an array to be filled in with the status values.
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481 * the function to return the number of status values, in the
482 * normal way, without attemtping to store any values.
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484 * @return The number of rule status values from rules that determined
374ca955 485 * the most recent boundary returned by the break iterator.
73c04bcf 486 * @stable ICU 3.0
374ca955 487 */
73c04bcf 488U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
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489ubrk_getRuleStatusVec(UBreakIterator *bi, int32_t *fillInVec, int32_t capacity, UErrorCode *status);
490
491/**
492 * Return the locale of the break iterator. You can choose between the valid and
493 * the actual locale.
494 * @param bi break iterator
495 * @param type locale type (valid or actual)
496 * @param status error code
497 * @return locale string
73c04bcf 498 * @stable ICU 2.8
374ca955 499 */
73c04bcf 500U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2
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501ubrk_getLocaleByType(const UBreakIterator *bi, ULocDataLocaleType type, UErrorCode* status);
502
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503/**
504 * Set the subject text string upon which the break iterator is operating
505 * without changing any other aspect of the state.
506 * The new and previous text strings must have the same content.
507 *
508 * This function is intended for use in environments where ICU is operating on
509 * strings that may move around in memory. It provides a mechanism for notifying
510 * ICU that the string has been relocated, and providing a new UText to access the
511 * string in its new position.
512 *
513 * Note that the break iterator never copies the underlying text
514 * of a string being processed, but always operates directly on the original text
515 * provided by the user. Refreshing simply drops the references to the old text
516 * and replaces them with references to the new.
517 *
518 * Caution: this function is normally used only by very specialized
519 * system-level code. One example use case is with garbage collection
520 * that moves the text in memory.
521 *
522 * @param bi The break iterator.
523 * @param text The new (moved) text string.
524 * @param status Receives errors detected by this function.
525 *
51004dcb 526 * @stable ICU 49
4388f060 527 */
51004dcb 528U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
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529ubrk_refreshUText(UBreakIterator *bi,
530 UText *text,
531 UErrorCode *status);
374ca955 532
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533#endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION */
534
535#endif