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9 * Modification History:
11 * Date Name Description
12 * 04/01/97 aliu Creation.
13 * 08/22/98 stephen JDK 1.2 sync.
14 * 12/08/98 rtg New C API for Locale
15 * 03/30/99 damiba overhaul
16 * 03/31/99 helena Javadoc for uloc functions.
17 * 04/15/99 Madhu Updated Javadoc
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24 #include "unicode/utypes.h"
25 #include "unicode/uenum.h"
29 * \brief C API: Locale
31 * <h2> ULoc C API for Locale </h2>
32 * A <code>Locale</code> represents a specific geographical, political,
33 * or cultural region. An operation that requires a <code>Locale</code> to perform
34 * its task is called <em>locale-sensitive</em> and uses the <code>Locale</code>
35 * to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number
36 * is a locale-sensitive operation--the number should be formatted
37 * according to the customs/conventions of the user's native country,
38 * region, or culture. In the C APIs, a locales is simply a const char string.
41 * You create a <code>Locale</code> with one of the three options listed below.
42 * Each of the component is separated by '_' in the locale string.
43 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
48 * newLanguage + newCountry
50 * newLanguage + newCountry + newVariant
53 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
54 * The first option is a valid <STRONG>ISO
55 * Language Code.</STRONG> These codes are the lower-case two-letter
56 * codes as defined by ISO-639.
57 * You can find a full list of these codes at a number of sites, such as:
58 * <BR><a href ="http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt">
59 * http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt</a>
62 * The second option includes an additonal <STRONG>ISO Country
63 * Code.</STRONG> These codes are the upper-case two-letter codes
64 * as defined by ISO-3166.
65 * You can find a full list of these codes at a number of sites, such as:
66 * <BR><a href="http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html">
67 * http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html</a>
70 * The third option requires another additonal information--the
71 * <STRONG>Variant.</STRONG>
72 * The Variant codes are vendor and browser-specific.
73 * For example, use WIN for Windows, MAC for Macintosh, and POSIX for POSIX.
74 * Where there are two variants, separate them with an underscore, and
75 * put the most important one first. For
76 * example, a Traditional Spanish collation might be referenced, with
77 * "ES", "ES", "Traditional_WIN".
80 * Because a <code>Locale</code> is just an identifier for a region,
81 * no validity check is performed when you specify a <code>Locale</code>.
82 * If you want to see whether particular resources are available for the
83 * <code>Locale</code> you asked for, you must query those resources. For
84 * example, ask the <code>UNumberFormat</code> for the locales it supports
85 * using its <code>getAvailable</code> method.
86 * <BR><STRONG>Note:</STRONG> When you ask for a resource for a particular
87 * locale, you get back the best available match, not necessarily
88 * precisely what you asked for. For more information, look at
89 * <code>UResourceBundle</code>.
92 * The <code>Locale</code> provides a number of convenient constants
93 * that you can use to specify the commonly used
94 * locales. For example, the following refers to a locale
95 * for the United States:
96 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
102 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
105 * Once you've specified a locale you can query it for information about
106 * itself. Use <code>uloc_getCountry</code> to get the ISO Country Code and
107 * <code>uloc_getLanguage</code> to get the ISO Language Code. You can
108 * use <code>uloc_getDisplayCountry</code> to get the
109 * name of the country suitable for displaying to the user. Similarly,
110 * you can use <code>uloc_getDisplayLanguage</code> to get the name of
111 * the language suitable for displaying to the user. Interestingly,
112 * the <code>uloc_getDisplayXXX</code> methods are themselves locale-sensitive
113 * and have two versions: one that uses the default locale and one
114 * that takes a locale as an argument and displays the name or country in
115 * a language appropriate to that locale.
118 * The ICU provides a number of services that perform locale-sensitive
119 * operations. For example, the <code>unum_xxx</code> functions format
120 * numbers, currency, or percentages in a locale-sensitive manner.
122 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
125 * UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
127 * const char* myLocale = "fr_FR";
129 * nf = unum_open( UNUM_DEFAULT, NULL, success );
131 * nf = unum_open( UNUM_CURRENCY, NULL, success );
133 * nf = unum_open( UNUM_PERCENT, NULL, success );
137 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
138 * Each of these methods has two variants; one with an explicit locale
139 * and one without; the latter using the default locale.
140 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
144 * nf = unum_open( UNUM_DEFAULT, myLocale, success );
146 * nf = unum_open( UNUM_CURRENCY, myLocale, success );
148 * nf = unum_open( UNUM_PERCENT, myLocale, success );
152 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
153 * A <code>Locale</code> is the mechanism for identifying the kind of services
154 * (<code>UNumberFormat</code>) that you would like to get. The locale is
155 * <STRONG>just</STRONG> a mechanism for identifying these services.
158 * Each international serivce that performs locale-sensitive operations
160 * to get all the available objects of that type. You can sift
161 * through these objects by language, country, or variant,
162 * and use the display names to present a menu to the user.
163 * For example, you can create a menu of all the collation objects
164 * suitable for a given language. Such classes implement these
165 * three class methods:
166 * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
169 * const char* uloc_getAvailable(int32_t index);
170 * int32_t uloc_countAvailable();
172 * uloc_getDisplayName(const char* localeID,
173 * const char* inLocaleID,
175 * int32_t maxResultSize,
180 * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
182 * Concerning POSIX/RFC1766 Locale IDs,
183 * the getLanguage/getCountry/getVariant/getName functions do understand
184 * the POSIX type form of language_COUNTRY.ENCODING\@VARIANT
185 * and if there is not an ICU-stype variant, uloc_getVariant() for example
186 * will return the one listed after the \@at sign. As well, the hyphen
187 * "-" is recognized as a country/variant separator similarly to RFC1766.
188 * So for example, "en-us" will be interpreted as en_US.
189 * As a result, uloc_getName() is far from a no-op, and will have the
190 * effect of converting POSIX/RFC1766 IDs into ICU form, although it does
191 * NOT map any of the actual codes (i.e. russian->ru) in any way.
192 * Applications should call uloc_getName() at the point where a locale ID
193 * is coming from an external source (user entry, OS, web browser)
194 * and pass the resulting string to other ICU functions. For example,
195 * don't use de-de\@EURO as an argument to resourcebundle.
197 * @see UResourceBundle
200 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
201 #define ULOC_CHINESE "zh"
202 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
203 #define ULOC_ENGLISH "en"
204 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
205 #define ULOC_FRENCH "fr"
206 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
207 #define ULOC_GERMAN "de"
208 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
209 #define ULOC_ITALIAN "it"
210 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
211 #define ULOC_JAPANESE "ja"
212 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
213 #define ULOC_KOREAN "ko"
214 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
215 #define ULOC_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE "zh_CN"
216 /** Useful constant for this language. @stable ICU 2.0 */
217 #define ULOC_TRADITIONAL_CHINESE "zh_TW"
219 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
220 #define ULOC_CANADA "en_CA"
221 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
222 #define ULOC_CANADA_FRENCH "fr_CA"
223 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
224 #define ULOC_CHINA "zh_CN"
225 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
226 #define ULOC_PRC "zh_CN"
227 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
228 #define ULOC_FRANCE "fr_FR"
229 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
230 #define ULOC_GERMANY "de_DE"
231 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
232 #define ULOC_ITALY "it_IT"
233 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
234 #define ULOC_JAPAN "ja_JP"
235 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
236 #define ULOC_KOREA "ko_KR"
237 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
238 #define ULOC_TAIWAN "zh_TW"
239 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
240 #define ULOC_UK "en_GB"
241 /** Useful constant for this country/region. @stable ICU 2.0 */
242 #define ULOC_US "en_US"
245 * Useful constant for the maximum size of the language part of a locale ID.
246 * (including the terminating NULL).
249 #define ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY 12
252 * Useful constant for the maximum size of the country part of a locale ID
253 * (including the terminating NULL).
256 #define ULOC_COUNTRY_CAPACITY 4
258 * Useful constant for the maximum size of the whole locale ID
259 * (including the terminating NULL and all keywords).
262 #define ULOC_FULLNAME_CAPACITY 157
265 * Useful constant for the maximum size of the script part of a locale ID
266 * (including the terminating NULL).
269 #define ULOC_SCRIPT_CAPACITY 6
272 * Useful constant for the maximum size of keywords in a locale
275 #define ULOC_KEYWORDS_CAPACITY 50
278 * Useful constant for the maximum total size of keywords and their values in a locale
281 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_AND_VALUES_CAPACITY 100
284 * Invariant character separating keywords from the locale string
287 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR '@'
290 * Unicode code point for '@' separating keywords from the locale string.
291 * @see ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR
294 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR_UNICODE 0x40
297 * Invariant character for assigning value to a keyword
300 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN '='
303 * Unicode code point for '=' for assigning value to a keyword.
304 * @see ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN
307 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN_UNICODE 0x3D
310 * Invariant character separating keywords
313 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR ';'
316 * Unicode code point for ';' separating keywords
317 * @see ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR
320 #define ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR_UNICODE 0x3B
323 * Constants for *_getLocale()
324 * Allow user to select whether she wants information on
325 * requested, valid or actual locale.
326 * For example, a collator for "en_US_CALIFORNIA" was
327 * requested. In the current state of ICU (2.0),
328 * the requested locale is "en_US_CALIFORNIA",
329 * the valid locale is "en_US" (most specific locale supported by ICU)
330 * and the actual locale is "root" (the collation data comes unmodified
332 * The locale is considered supported by ICU if there is a core ICU bundle
333 * for that locale (although it may be empty).
337 /** This is locale the data actually comes from
340 ULOC_ACTUAL_LOCALE
= 0,
341 /** This is the most specific locale supported by ICU
344 ULOC_VALID_LOCALE
= 1,
346 #ifndef U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API
347 /** This is the requested locale
348 * @deprecated ICU 2.8
350 ULOC_REQUESTED_LOCALE
= 2,
351 #endif /* U_HIDE_DEPRECATED_API */
353 ULOC_DATA_LOCALE_TYPE_LIMIT
= 3
354 } ULocDataLocaleType
;
356 #ifndef U_HIDE_SYSTEM_API
358 * Gets ICU's default locale.
359 * The returned string is a snapshot in time, and will remain valid
360 * and unchanged even when uloc_setDefault() is called.
361 * The returned storage is owned by ICU, and must not be altered or deleted
364 * @return the ICU default locale
368 U_STABLE
const char* U_EXPORT2
369 uloc_getDefault(void);
372 * Sets ICU's default locale.
373 * By default (without calling this function), ICU's default locale will be based
374 * on information obtained from the underlying system environment.
376 * Changes to ICU's default locale do not propagate back to the
377 * system environment.
379 * Changes to ICU's default locale to not affect any ICU services that
380 * may already be open based on the previous default locale value.
382 * @param localeID the new ICU default locale. A value of NULL will try to get
383 * the system's default locale.
384 * @param status the error information if the setting of default locale fails
388 U_STABLE
void U_EXPORT2
389 uloc_setDefault(const char* localeID
,
391 #endif /* U_HIDE_SYSTEM_API */
394 * Gets the language code for the specified locale.
396 * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO language code with
397 * @param language the language code for localeID
398 * @param languageCapacity the size of the language buffer to store the
400 * @param err error information if retrieving the language code failed
401 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the language code. If it's greater
402 * than languageCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
405 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
406 uloc_getLanguage(const char* localeID
,
408 int32_t languageCapacity
,
412 * Gets the script code for the specified locale.
414 * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO language code with
415 * @param script the language code for localeID
416 * @param scriptCapacity the size of the language buffer to store the
418 * @param err error information if retrieving the language code failed
419 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the language code. If it's greater
420 * than scriptCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
423 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
424 uloc_getScript(const char* localeID
,
426 int32_t scriptCapacity
,
430 * Gets the country code for the specified locale.
432 * @param localeID the locale to get the country code with
433 * @param country the country code for localeID
434 * @param countryCapacity the size of the country buffer to store the
436 * @param err error information if retrieving the country code failed
437 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the country code. If it's greater
438 * than countryCapacity, the returned country code will be truncated.
441 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
442 uloc_getCountry(const char* localeID
,
444 int32_t countryCapacity
,
448 * Gets the variant code for the specified locale.
450 * @param localeID the locale to get the variant code with
451 * @param variant the variant code for localeID
452 * @param variantCapacity the size of the variant buffer to store the
454 * @param err error information if retrieving the variant code failed
455 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the variant code. If it's greater
456 * than variantCapacity, the returned variant code will be truncated.
459 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
460 uloc_getVariant(const char* localeID
,
462 int32_t variantCapacity
,
467 * Gets the full name for the specified locale.
468 * Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the ICU locale ID to
469 * a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed.
470 * It does NOT map aliased names in any way.
471 * See the top of this header file.
472 * This API supports preflighting.
474 * @param localeID the locale to get the full name with
475 * @param name fill in buffer for the name without keywords.
476 * @param nameCapacity capacity of the fill in buffer.
477 * @param err error information if retrieving the full name failed
478 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the full name. If it's greater
479 * than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
482 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
483 uloc_getName(const char* localeID
,
485 int32_t nameCapacity
,
489 * Gets the full name for the specified locale.
490 * Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the string to
491 * a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed,
492 * and if the components were in 'POSIX' format they are changed to
493 * ICU format. It does NOT map aliased names in any way.
494 * See the top of this header file.
496 * @param localeID the locale to get the full name with
497 * @param name the full name for localeID
498 * @param nameCapacity the size of the name buffer to store the
500 * @param err error information if retrieving the full name failed
501 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the full name. If it's greater
502 * than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
505 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
506 uloc_canonicalize(const char* localeID
,
508 int32_t nameCapacity
,
512 * Gets the ISO language code for the specified locale.
514 * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO language code with
515 * @return language the ISO language code for localeID
518 U_STABLE
const char* U_EXPORT2
519 uloc_getISO3Language(const char* localeID
);
523 * Gets the ISO country code for the specified locale.
525 * @param localeID the locale to get the ISO country code with
526 * @return country the ISO country code for localeID
529 U_STABLE
const char* U_EXPORT2
530 uloc_getISO3Country(const char* localeID
);
533 * Gets the Win32 LCID value for the specified locale.
534 * If the ICU locale is not recognized by Windows, 0 will be returned.
536 * @param localeID the locale to get the Win32 LCID value with
537 * @return country the Win32 LCID for localeID
540 U_STABLE
uint32_t U_EXPORT2
541 uloc_getLCID(const char* localeID
);
544 * Gets the language name suitable for display for the specified locale.
546 * @param locale the locale to get the ISO language code with
547 * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
548 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
549 * inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
550 * for inLocale would result in "Englisch".
551 * @param language the displayable language code for localeID
552 * @param languageCapacity the size of the language buffer to store the
553 * displayable language code with
554 * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable language code failed
555 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable language code. If it's greater
556 * than languageCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
559 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
560 uloc_getDisplayLanguage(const char* locale
,
561 const char* displayLocale
,
563 int32_t languageCapacity
,
567 * Gets the script name suitable for display for the specified locale.
569 * @param locale the locale to get the displayable script code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
570 * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
571 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
572 * inLocale would result in "", while passing Locale::getGerman()
573 * for inLocale would result in "". NULL may be used to specify the default.
574 * @param script the displayable country code for localeID
575 * @param scriptCapacity the size of the script buffer to store the
576 * displayable script code with
577 * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable script code failed
578 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable script code. If it's greater
579 * than scriptCapacity, the returned displayable script code will be truncated.
582 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
583 uloc_getDisplayScript(const char* locale
,
584 const char* displayLocale
,
586 int32_t scriptCapacity
,
590 * Gets the country name suitable for display for the specified locale.
592 * @param locale the locale to get the displayable country code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
593 * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
594 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
595 * inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
596 * for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
597 * @param country the displayable country code for localeID
598 * @param countryCapacity the size of the country buffer to store the
599 * displayable country code with
600 * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable country code failed
601 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable country code. If it's greater
602 * than countryCapacity, the returned displayable country code will be truncated.
605 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
606 uloc_getDisplayCountry(const char* locale
,
607 const char* displayLocale
,
609 int32_t countryCapacity
,
614 * Gets the variant name suitable for display for the specified locale.
616 * @param locale the locale to get the displayable variant code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
617 * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
618 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
619 * inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
620 * for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
621 * @param variant the displayable variant code for localeID
622 * @param variantCapacity the size of the variant buffer to store the
623 * displayable variant code with
624 * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable variant code failed
625 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code. If it's greater
626 * than variantCapacity, the returned displayable variant code will be truncated.
629 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
630 uloc_getDisplayVariant(const char* locale
,
631 const char* displayLocale
,
633 int32_t variantCapacity
,
637 * Gets the keyword name suitable for display for the specified locale.
638 * E.g: for the locale string de_DE\@collation=PHONEBOOK, this API gets the display
639 * string for the keyword collation.
642 * UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
643 * const char* keyword =NULL;
644 * int32_t keywordLen = 0;
645 * int32_t keywordCount = 0;
646 * UChar displayKeyword[256];
647 * int32_t displayKeywordLen = 0;
648 * UEnumeration* keywordEnum = uloc_openKeywords("de_DE@collation=PHONEBOOK;calendar=TRADITIONAL", &status);
649 * for(keywordCount = uenum_count(keywordEnum, &status); keywordCount > 0 ; keywordCount--){
650 * if(U_FAILURE(status)){
651 * ...something went wrong so handle the error...
654 * // the uenum_next returns NUL terminated string
655 * keyword = uenum_next(keywordEnum, &keywordLen, &status);
656 * displayKeywordLen = uloc_getDisplayKeyword(keyword, "en_US", displayKeyword, 256);
657 * ... do something interesting .....
659 * uenum_close(keywordEnum);
661 * @param keyword The keyword whose display string needs to be returned.
662 * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
663 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
664 * inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
665 * for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
666 * @param dest the buffer to which the displayable keyword should be written.
667 * @param destCapacity The size of the buffer (number of UChars). If it is 0, then
668 * dest may be NULL and the function will only return the length of the
669 * result without writing any of the result string (pre-flighting).
670 * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable string failed.
671 * Should not be NULL and should not indicate failure on entry.
672 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.
673 * @see #uloc_openKeywords
676 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
677 uloc_getDisplayKeyword(const char* keyword
,
678 const char* displayLocale
,
680 int32_t destCapacity
,
683 * Gets the value of the keyword suitable for display for the specified locale.
684 * E.g: for the locale string de_DE\@collation=PHONEBOOK, this API gets the display
685 * string for PHONEBOOK, in the display locale, when "collation" is specified as the keyword.
687 * @param locale The locale to get the displayable variant code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
688 * @param keyword The keyword for whose value should be used.
689 * @param displayLocale Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
690 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
691 * inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
692 * for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
693 * @param dest the buffer to which the displayable keyword should be written.
694 * @param destCapacity The size of the buffer (number of UChars). If it is 0, then
695 * dest may be NULL and the function will only return the length of the
696 * result without writing any of the result string (pre-flighting).
697 * @param status error information if retrieving the displayable string failed.
698 * Should not be NULL and must not indicate failure on entry.
699 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.
702 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
703 uloc_getDisplayKeywordValue( const char* locale
,
705 const char* displayLocale
,
707 int32_t destCapacity
,
710 * Gets the full name suitable for display for the specified locale.
712 * @param localeID the locale to get the displayable name with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
713 * @param inLocaleID Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words,
714 * if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for
715 * inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman()
716 * for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
717 * @param result the displayable name for localeID
718 * @param maxResultSize the size of the name buffer to store the
719 * displayable full name with
720 * @param err error information if retrieving the displayable name failed
721 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the displayable name. If it's greater
722 * than maxResultSize, the returned displayable name will be truncated.
725 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
726 uloc_getDisplayName(const char* localeID
,
727 const char* inLocaleID
,
729 int32_t maxResultSize
,
734 * Gets the specified locale from a list of all available locales.
735 * The return value is a pointer to an item of
736 * a locale name array. Both this array and the pointers
737 * it contains are owned by ICU and should not be deleted or written through
738 * by the caller. The locale name is terminated by a null pointer.
739 * @param n the specific locale name index of the available locale list
740 * @return a specified locale name of all available locales
743 U_STABLE
const char* U_EXPORT2
744 uloc_getAvailable(int32_t n
);
747 * Gets the size of the all available locale list.
749 * @return the size of the locale list
752 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
uloc_countAvailable(void);
756 * Gets a list of all available language codes defined in ISO 639. This is a pointer
757 * to an array of pointers to arrays of char. All of these pointers are owned
758 * by ICU-- do not delete them, and do not write through them. The array is
759 * terminated with a null pointer.
760 * @return a list of all available language codes
763 U_STABLE
const char* const* U_EXPORT2
764 uloc_getISOLanguages(void);
768 * Gets a list of all available 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 639. This is a
769 * pointer to an array of pointers to arrays of char. All of these pointers are
770 * owned by ICU-- do not delete them, and do not write through them. The array is
771 * terminated with a null pointer.
772 * @return a list of all available country codes
775 U_STABLE
const char* const* U_EXPORT2
776 uloc_getISOCountries(void);
779 * Truncate the locale ID string to get the parent locale ID.
780 * Copies the part of the string before the last underscore.
781 * The parent locale ID will be an empty string if there is no
782 * underscore, or if there is only one underscore at localeID[0].
784 * @param localeID Input locale ID string.
785 * @param parent Output string buffer for the parent locale ID.
786 * @param parentCapacity Size of the output buffer.
787 * @param err A UErrorCode value.
788 * @return The length of the parent locale ID.
791 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
792 uloc_getParent(const char* localeID
,
794 int32_t parentCapacity
,
801 * Gets the full name for the specified locale.
802 * Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the string to
803 * a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed,
804 * and if the components were in 'POSIX' format they are changed to
805 * ICU format. It does NOT map aliased names in any way.
806 * See the top of this header file.
807 * This API strips off the keyword part, so "de_DE\@collation=phonebook"
808 * will become "de_DE".
809 * This API supports preflighting.
811 * @param localeID the locale to get the full name with
812 * @param name fill in buffer for the name without keywords.
813 * @param nameCapacity capacity of the fill in buffer.
814 * @param err error information if retrieving the full name failed
815 * @return the actual buffer size needed for the full name. If it's greater
816 * than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
819 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
820 uloc_getBaseName(const char* localeID
,
822 int32_t nameCapacity
,
826 * Gets an enumeration of keywords for the specified locale. Enumeration
827 * must get disposed of by the client using uenum_close function.
829 * @param localeID the locale to get the variant code with
830 * @param status error information if retrieving the keywords failed
831 * @return enumeration of keywords or NULL if there are no keywords.
834 U_STABLE UEnumeration
* U_EXPORT2
835 uloc_openKeywords(const char* localeID
,
839 * Get the value for a keyword. Locale name does not need to be normalized.
841 * @param localeID locale name containing the keyword ("de_DE@currency=EURO;collation=PHONEBOOK")
842 * @param keywordName name of the keyword for which we want the value. Case insensitive.
843 * @param buffer receiving buffer
844 * @param bufferCapacity capacity of receiving buffer
845 * @param status containing error code - buffer not big enough.
846 * @return the length of keyword value
849 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
850 uloc_getKeywordValue(const char* localeID
,
851 const char* keywordName
,
852 char* buffer
, int32_t bufferCapacity
,
857 * Set the value of the specified keyword.
858 * NOTE: Unlike almost every other ICU function which takes a
859 * buffer, this function will NOT truncate the output text. If a
860 * BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR is received, it means that the original
861 * buffer is untouched. This is done to prevent incorrect or possibly
862 * even malformed locales from being generated and used.
864 * @param keywordName name of the keyword to be set. Case insensitive.
865 * @param keywordValue value of the keyword to be set. If 0-length or
866 * NULL, will result in the keyword being removed. No error is given if
867 * that keyword does not exist.
868 * @param buffer input buffer containing locale to be modified.
869 * @param bufferCapacity capacity of receiving buffer
870 * @param status containing error code - buffer not big enough.
871 * @return the length needed for the buffer
872 * @see uloc_getKeywordValue
875 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
876 uloc_setKeywordValue(const char* keywordName
,
877 const char* keywordValue
,
878 char* buffer
, int32_t bufferCapacity
,
882 * enums for the return value for the character and line orientation
887 ULOC_LAYOUT_LTR
= 0, /* left-to-right. */
888 ULOC_LAYOUT_RTL
= 1, /* right-to-left. */
889 ULOC_LAYOUT_TTB
= 2, /* top-to-bottom. */
890 ULOC_LAYOUT_BTT
= 3, /* bottom-to-top. */
895 * Get the layout character orientation for the specified locale.
897 * @param localeId locale name
898 * @param status Error status
899 * @return an enum indicating the layout orientation for characters.
902 U_STABLE ULayoutType U_EXPORT2
903 uloc_getCharacterOrientation(const char* localeId
,
907 * Get the layout line orientation for the specified locale.
909 * @param localeId locale name
910 * @param status Error status
911 * @return an enum indicating the layout orientation for lines.
914 U_STABLE ULayoutType U_EXPORT2
915 uloc_getLineOrientation(const char* localeId
,
919 * enums for the 'outResult' parameter return value
920 * @see uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP
921 * @see uloc_acceptLanguage
925 ULOC_ACCEPT_FAILED
= 0, /* No exact match was found. */
926 ULOC_ACCEPT_VALID
= 1, /* An exact match was found. */
927 ULOC_ACCEPT_FALLBACK
= 2 /* A fallback was found, for example,
928 Accept list contained 'ja_JP'
929 which matched available locale 'ja'. */
934 * Based on a HTTP header from a web browser and a list of available locales,
935 * determine an acceptable locale for the user.
936 * @param result - buffer to accept the result locale
937 * @param resultAvailable the size of the result buffer.
938 * @param outResult - An out parameter that contains the fallback status
939 * @param httpAcceptLanguage - "Accept-Language:" header as per HTTP.
940 * @param availableLocales - list of available locales to match
941 * @param status Error status, may be BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR
942 * @return length needed for the locale.
945 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
946 uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP(char *result
, int32_t resultAvailable
,
947 UAcceptResult
*outResult
,
948 const char *httpAcceptLanguage
,
949 UEnumeration
* availableLocales
,
953 * Based on a list of available locales,
954 * determine an acceptable locale for the user.
955 * @param result - buffer to accept the result locale
956 * @param resultAvailable the size of the result buffer.
957 * @param outResult - An out parameter that contains the fallback status
958 * @param acceptList - list of acceptable languages
959 * @param acceptListCount - count of acceptList items
960 * @param availableLocales - list of available locales to match
961 * @param status Error status, may be BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR
962 * @return length needed for the locale.
965 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
966 uloc_acceptLanguage(char *result
, int32_t resultAvailable
,
967 UAcceptResult
*outResult
, const char **acceptList
,
968 int32_t acceptListCount
,
969 UEnumeration
* availableLocales
,
974 * Gets the ICU locale ID for the specified Win32 LCID value.
976 * @param hostID the Win32 LCID to translate
977 * @param locale the output buffer for the ICU locale ID, which will be NUL-terminated
979 * @param localeCapacity the size of the output buffer
980 * @param status an error is returned if the LCID is unrecognized or the output buffer
982 * @return actual the actual size of the locale ID, not including NUL-termination
985 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
986 uloc_getLocaleForLCID(uint32_t hostID
, char *locale
, int32_t localeCapacity
,
991 * Add the likely subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described
992 * in the following CLDR technical report:
994 * http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags
996 * If localeID is already in the maximal form, or there is no data available
997 * for maximization, it will be copied to the output buffer. For example,
998 * "und-Zzzz" cannot be maximized, since there is no reasonable maximization.
1002 * "en" maximizes to "en_Latn_US"
1004 * "de" maximizes to "de_Latn_US"
1006 * "sr" maximizes to "sr_Cyrl_RS"
1008 * "sh" maximizes to "sr_Latn_RS" (Note this will not reverse.)
1010 * "zh_Hani" maximizes to "zh_Hans_CN" (Note this will not reverse.)
1012 * @param localeID The locale to maximize
1013 * @param maximizedLocaleID The maximized locale
1014 * @param maximizedLocaleIDCapacity The capacity of the maximizedLocaleID buffer
1015 * @param err Error information if maximizing the locale failed. If the length
1016 * of the localeID and the null-terminator is greater than the maximum allowed size,
1017 * or the localeId is not well-formed, the error code is U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
1018 * @return The actual buffer size needed for the maximized locale. If it's
1019 * greater than maximizedLocaleIDCapacity, the returned ID will be truncated.
1020 * On error, the return value is -1.
1023 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
1024 uloc_addLikelySubtags(const char* localeID
,
1025 char* maximizedLocaleID
,
1026 int32_t maximizedLocaleIDCapacity
,
1031 * Minimize the subtags for a provided locale ID, per the algorithm described
1032 * in the following CLDR technical report:
1034 * http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Likely_Subtags
1036 * If localeID is already in the minimal form, or there is no data available
1037 * for minimization, it will be copied to the output buffer. Since the
1038 * minimization algorithm relies on proper maximization, see the comments
1039 * for uloc_addLikelySubtags for reasons why there might not be any data.
1043 * "en_Latn_US" minimizes to "en"
1045 * "de_Latn_US" minimizes to "de"
1047 * "sr_Cyrl_RS" minimizes to "sr"
1049 * "zh_Hant_TW" minimizes to "zh_TW" (The region is preferred to the
1050 * script, and minimizing to "zh" would imply "zh_Hans_CN".)
1052 * @param localeID The locale to minimize
1053 * @param minimizedLocaleID The minimized locale
1054 * @param minimizedLocaleIDCapacity The capacity of the minimizedLocaleID buffer
1055 * @param err Error information if minimizing the locale failed. If the length
1056 * of the localeID and the null-terminator is greater than the maximum allowed size,
1057 * or the localeId is not well-formed, the error code is U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR.
1058 * @return The actual buffer size needed for the minimized locale. If it's
1059 * greater than minimizedLocaleIDCapacity, the returned ID will be truncated.
1060 * On error, the return value is -1.
1063 U_STABLE
int32_t U_EXPORT2
1064 uloc_minimizeSubtags(const char* localeID
,
1065 char* minimizedLocaleID
,
1066 int32_t minimizedLocaleIDCapacity
,
1070 * Returns a locale ID for the specified BCP47 language tag string.
1071 * If the specified language tag contains any ill-formed subtags,
1072 * the first such subtag and all following subtags are ignored.
1074 * This implements the 'Language-Tag' production of BCP47, and so
1075 * supports grandfathered (regular and irregular) as well as private
1076 * use language tags. Private use tags are represented as 'x-whatever',
1077 * and grandfathered tags are converted to their canonical replacements
1078 * where they exist. Note that a few grandfathered tags have no modern
1079 * replacement, these will be converted using the fallback described in
1080 * the first paragraph, so some information might be lost.
1081 * @param langtag the input BCP47 language tag.
1082 * @param localeID the output buffer receiving a locale ID for the
1083 * specified BCP47 language tag.
1084 * @param localeIDCapacity the size of the locale ID output buffer.
1085 * @param parsedLength if not NULL, successfully parsed length
1086 * for the input language tag is set.
1087 * @param err error information if receiving the locald ID
1089 * @return the length of the locale ID.
1092 U_DRAFT
int32_t U_EXPORT2
1093 uloc_forLanguageTag(const char* langtag
,
1095 int32_t localeIDCapacity
,
1096 int32_t* parsedLength
,
1100 * Returns a well-formed language tag for this locale ID.
1102 * <b>Note</b>: When <code>strict</code> is FALSE, any locale
1103 * fields which do not satisfy the BCP47 syntax requirement will
1104 * be omitted from the result. When <code>strict</code> is
1105 * TRUE, this function sets U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR to the
1106 * <code>err</code> if any locale fields do not satisfy the
1107 * BCP47 syntax requirement.
1108 * @param localeID the input locale ID
1109 * @param langtag the output buffer receiving BCP47 language
1110 * tag for the locale ID.
1111 * @param langtagCapacity the size of the BCP47 language tag
1113 * @param strict boolean value indicating if the function returns
1114 * an error for an ill-formed input locale ID.
1115 * @param err error information if receiving the language
1117 * @return The length of the BCP47 language tag.
1120 U_DRAFT
int32_t U_EXPORT2
1121 uloc_toLanguageTag(const char* localeID
,
1123 int32_t langtagCapacity
,