+/**
+ * \file
+ * \brief C API: Provides access to locale data.
+ */
+
+/** Forward declaration of the ULocaleData structure. @stable ICU 3.6 */
+struct ULocaleData;
+
+/** A locale data object. @stable ICU 3.6 */
+typedef struct ULocaleData ULocaleData;
+
+
+
+/** The possible types of exemplar character sets.
+ * @stable ICU 3.4
+ */
+typedef enum ULocaleDataExemplarSetType {
+ /** Basic set @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_ES_STANDARD=0,
+ /** Auxiliary set @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_ES_AUXILIARY=1,
+ /** Index Character set @stable ICU 4.8 */
+ ULOCDATA_ES_INDEX=2,
+ /** Punctuation set @stable ICU 51 */
+ ULOCDATA_ES_PUNCTUATION=3,
+ /** One higher than the last valid type @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_ES_COUNT=4
+} ULocaleDataExemplarSetType;
+
+/** The possible types of delimiters.
+ * @stable ICU 3.4
+ */
+typedef enum ULocaleDataDelimiterType {
+ /** Quotation start @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_QUOTATION_START = 0,
+ /** Quotation end @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_QUOTATION_END = 1,
+ /** Alternate quotation start @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_ALT_QUOTATION_START = 2,
+ /** Alternate quotation end @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_ALT_QUOTATION_END = 3,
+ /** One higher than the last valid type @stable ICU 3.4 */
+ ULOCDATA_DELIMITER_COUNT = 4
+} ULocaleDataDelimiterType;
+
+/**
+ * Opens a locale data object for the given locale
+ *
+ * @param localeID Specifies the locale associated with this locale
+ * data object.
+ * @param status Pointer to error status code.
+ * @stable ICU 3.4
+ */
+U_STABLE ULocaleData* U_EXPORT2
+ulocdata_open(const char *localeID, UErrorCode *status);
+
+/**
+ * Closes a locale data object.
+ *
+ * @param uld The locale data object to close
+ * @stable ICU 3.4
+ */
+U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
+ulocdata_close(ULocaleData *uld);
+
+#if U_SHOW_CPLUSPLUS_API
+
+U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+/**
+ * \class LocalULocaleDataPointer
+ * "Smart pointer" class, closes a ULocaleData via ulocdata_close().
+ * For most methods see the LocalPointerBase base class.
+ *
+ * @see LocalPointerBase
+ * @see LocalPointer
+ * @stable ICU 4.4
+ */
+U_DEFINE_LOCAL_OPEN_POINTER(LocalULocaleDataPointer, ULocaleData, ulocdata_close);
+
+U_NAMESPACE_END
+
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Sets the "no Substitute" attribute of the locale data
+ * object. If true, then any methods associated with the
+ * locale data object will return null when there is no
+ * data available for that method, given the locale ID
+ * supplied to ulocdata_open().
+ *
+ * @param uld The locale data object to set.
+ * @param setting Value of the "no substitute" attribute.
+ * @stable ICU 3.4
+ */
+U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
+ulocdata_setNoSubstitute(ULocaleData *uld, UBool setting);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves the current "no Substitute" value of the locale data
+ * object. If true, then any methods associated with the
+ * locale data object will return null when there is no
+ * data available for that method, given the locale ID
+ * supplied to ulocdata_open().
+ *
+ * @param uld Pointer to the The locale data object to set.
+ * @return UBool Value of the "no substitute" attribute.
+ * @stable ICU 3.4
+ */
+U_STABLE UBool U_EXPORT2
+ulocdata_getNoSubstitute(ULocaleData *uld);