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11 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
12 #include "unicode/uloc.h"
13 #include "unicode/utext.h"
14 #include "unicode/localpointer.h"
17 * A text-break iterator.
18 * For usage in C programs.
20 #ifndef UBRK_TYPEDEF_UBREAK_ITERATOR
21 # define UBRK_TYPEDEF_UBREAK_ITERATOR
23 * Opaque type representing an ICU Break iterator object.
26 typedef struct UBreakIterator UBreakIterator
;
29 #if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION
31 #include "unicode/parseerr.h"
35 * \brief C API: BreakIterator
37 * <h2> BreakIterator C API </h2>
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.
44 * Line boundary analysis determines where a text string can be broken
45 * when line-wrapping. The mechanism correctly handles punctuation and
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/.
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
80 * Code snippets illustrating the use of the Break Iterator APIs
81 * are available in the ICU User Guide,
82 * http://icu-project.org/userguide/boundaryAnalysis.html
83 * and in the sample program icu/source/samples/break/break.cpp
86 /** The possible types of text boundaries. @stable ICU 2.0 */
87 typedef enum UBreakIteratorType
{
88 /** Character breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
90 /** Word breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
92 /** Line breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
94 /** Sentence breaks @stable ICU 2.0 */
97 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
100 * The iterator created using this type locates title boundaries as described for
101 * Unicode 3.2 only. For Unicode 4.0 and above title boundary iteration,
102 * please use Word Boundary iterator.
104 * @deprecated ICU 2.8 Use the word break iterator for titlecasing for Unicode 4 and later.
107 #endif /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
109 } UBreakIteratorType
;
111 /** Value indicating all text boundaries have been returned.
114 #define UBRK_DONE ((int32_t) -1)
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.
125 typedef enum UWordBreak
{
126 /** Tag value for "words" that do not fit into any of other categories.
127 * Includes spaces and most punctuation. */
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
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.
158 typedef enum ULineBreakTag
{
159 /** Tag value for soft line breaks, positions at which a line break
160 * is acceptable but not required */
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
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.
180 typedef 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.)
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
189 * sentence terminator ('.', '?', '!', etc.) character, but
190 * are ended only by a hard separator (CR, LF, PS, etc.) or end of input.
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 */
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
213 U_STABLE UBreakIterator
* U_EXPORT2
214 ubrk_open(UBreakIteratorType type
,
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.
235 U_STABLE UBreakIterator
* U_EXPORT2
236 ubrk_openRules(const UChar
*rules
,
240 UParseError
*parseErr
,
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
259 U_STABLE UBreakIterator
* U_EXPORT2
261 const UBreakIterator
*bi
,
263 int32_t *pBufferSize
,
267 * A recommended size (in bytes) for the memory buffer to be passed to ubrk_saveClone().
270 #define U_BRK_SAFECLONE_BUFFERSIZE 528
273 * Close a UBreakIterator.
274 * Once closed, a UBreakIterator may no longer be used.
275 * @param bi The break iterator to close.
278 U_STABLE
void U_EXPORT2
279 ubrk_close(UBreakIterator
*bi
);
281 #if U_SHOW_CPLUSPLUS_API
286 * \class LocalUBreakIteratorPointer
287 * "Smart pointer" class, closes a UBreakIterator via ubrk_close().
288 * For most methods see the LocalPointerBase base class.
290 * @see LocalPointerBase
294 U_DEFINE_LOCAL_OPEN_POINTER(LocalUBreakIteratorPointer
, UBreakIterator
, ubrk_close
);
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
308 U_STABLE
void U_EXPORT2
309 ubrk_setText(UBreakIterator
* bi
,
316 * Sets an existing iterator to point to a new piece of text.
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.
323 * @param bi The iterator to use
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.
329 * @param status The error code
332 U_STABLE
void U_EXPORT2
333 ubrk_setUText(UBreakIterator
* bi
,
340 * Determine the most recently-returned text boundary.
342 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
343 * @return The character index most recently returned by \ref ubrk_next, \ref ubrk_previous,
344 * \ref ubrk_first, or \ref ubrk_last.
347 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
348 ubrk_current(const UBreakIterator
*bi
);
351 * Advance the iterator to the boundary following the current boundary.
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.
359 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
360 ubrk_next(UBreakIterator
*bi
);
363 * Set the iterator position to the boundary preceding the current boundary.
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.
371 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
372 ubrk_previous(UBreakIterator
*bi
);
375 * Set the iterator position to the index of the first character in the text being scanned.
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.
382 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
383 ubrk_first(UBreakIterator
*bi
);
386 * Set the iterator position to the index immediately <EM>beyond</EM> the last character in the text being scanned.
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.
394 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
395 ubrk_last(UBreakIterator
*bi
);
398 * Set the iterator position to the first boundary preceding the specified offset.
399 * The new position is always smaller than offset, or UBRK_DONE.
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
406 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
407 ubrk_preceding(UBreakIterator
*bi
,
411 * Advance the iterator to the first boundary following the specified offset.
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
419 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
420 ubrk_following(UBreakIterator
*bi
,
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
432 U_STABLE
const char* U_EXPORT2
433 ubrk_getAvailable(int32_t index
);
436 * Determine how many locales have text breaking information available.
437 * This function is most useful as determining the loop ending condition for
438 * calls to \ref ubrk_getAvailable.
439 * @return The number of locales for which text breaking information is available.
440 * @see ubrk_getAvailable
443 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
444 ubrk_countAvailable(void);
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
451 * @param bi The break iterator to use.
452 * @param offset the offset to check.
453 * @return True if "offset" is a boundary position.
456 U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
457 ubrk_isBoundary(UBreakIterator
*bi
, int32_t offset
);
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.
465 * For word break iterators, the possible values are defined in enum UWordBreak.
468 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
469 ubrk_getRuleStatus(UBreakIterator
*bi
);
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.
477 * For word break iterators, the possible values are defined in enum UWordBreak.
478 * @param bi The break iterator to use
479 * @param fillInVec an array to be filled in with the status values.
480 * @param capacity the length of the supplied vector. A length of zero causes
481 * the function to return the number of status values, in the
482 * normal way, without attemtping to store any values.
483 * @param status receives error codes.
484 * @return The number of rule status values from rules that determined
485 * the most recent boundary returned by the break iterator.
488 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
489 ubrk_getRuleStatusVec(UBreakIterator
*bi
, int32_t *fillInVec
, int32_t capacity
, UErrorCode
*status
);
492 * Return the locale of the break iterator. You can choose between the valid and
494 * @param bi break iterator
495 * @param type locale type (valid or actual)
496 * @param status error code
497 * @return locale string
500 U_STABLE
const char* U_EXPORT2
501 ubrk_getLocaleByType(const UBreakIterator
*bi
, ULocDataLocaleType type
, UErrorCode
* status
);
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.
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.
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.
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.
522 * @param bi The break iterator.
523 * @param text The new (moved) text string.
524 * @param status Receives errors detected by this function.
528 U_STABLE
void U_EXPORT2
529 ubrk_refreshUText(UBreakIterator
*bi
,
533 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION */