icuSources/i18n/unicode/gender.h

   1 /*
   2 *******************************************************************************
   3 * Copyright (C) 2008-2013, International Business Machines Corporation and
   4 * others. All Rights Reserved.
   5 *******************************************************************************
   6 *
   7 *
   8 * File GENDER.H
   9 *
  10 * Modification History:*
  11 *   Date        Name        Description
  12 *
  13 ********************************************************************************
  14 */
  15
  16 #ifndef _GENDER
  17 #define _GENDER
  18
  19 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
  20
  21 #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING
  22 #ifndef U_HIDE_DRAFT_API
  23
  24 #include "unicode/locid.h"
  25 #include "unicode/ugender.h"
  26 #include "unicode/uobject.h"
  27
  28 class GenderInfoTest;
  29
  30 U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
  31
  32 /**
  33  * GenderInfo computes the gender of a list as a whole given the gender of
  34  * each element.
  35  * @draft ICU 50
  36  */
  37 class U_I18N_API GenderInfo : public UObject {
  38 public:
  39
  40     /**
  41      * Provides access to the predefined GenderInfo object for a given
  42      * locale.
  43      *
  44      * @param locale  The locale for which a <code>GenderInfo</code> object is
  45      *                returned.
  46      * @param status  Output param set to success/failure code on exit, which
  47      *                must not indicate a failure before the function call.
  48      * @return        The predefined <code>GenderInfo</code> object pointer for
  49      *                this locale. The returned object is immutable, so it is
  50      *                declared as const. Caller does not own the returned
  51      *                pointer, so it must not attempt to free it.
  52      * @draft ICU 50
  53      */
  54     static const GenderInfo* U_EXPORT2 getInstance(const Locale& locale, UErrorCode& status);
  55
  56     /**
  57      * Determines the gender of a list as a whole given the gender of each
  58      * of the elements.
  59      *
  60      * @param genders the gender of each element in the list.
  61      * @param length the length of gender array.
  62      * @param status  Output param set to success/failure code on exit, which
  63      *                must not indicate a failure before the function call.
  64      * @return        the gender of the whole list.
  65      * @draft ICU 50
  66      */
  67     UGender getListGender(const UGender* genders, int32_t length, UErrorCode& status) const;
  68
  69     /**
  70      * Destructor.
  71      *
  72      * @draft ICU 50
  73      */
  74     virtual ~GenderInfo();
  75
  76 private:
  77     int32_t _style;
  78
  79     /**
  80      * Copy constructor. One object per locale invariant. Clients
  81      * must never copy GenderInfo objects.
  82      */
  83     GenderInfo(const GenderInfo& other);
  84
  85     /**
  86       * Assignment operator. Not applicable to immutable objects.
  87       */
  88     GenderInfo& operator=(const GenderInfo&);
  89
  90     GenderInfo();
  91
  92     static const GenderInfo* getNeutralInstance();
  93
  94     static const GenderInfo* getMixedNeutralInstance();
  95
  96     static const GenderInfo* getMaleTaintsInstance();
  97
  98     static const GenderInfo* loadInstance(const Locale& locale, UErrorCode& status);
  99     friend class ::GenderInfoTest;
 100 };
 101
 102 U_NAMESPACE_END
 103
 104 #endif /* U_HIDE_DRAFT_API */
 105 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_FORMATTING */
 106
 107 #endif // _GENDER
 108 //eof