+ * [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters.
+ * All characters must be invariant (see utypes.h).
+ * Use US_INV as the last, signature-distinguishing parameter.
+ *
+ * This function does not write any more than <code>targetLength</code>
+ * characters but returns the length of the entire output string
+ * so that one can allocate a larger buffer and call the function again
+ * if necessary.
+ * The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
+ *
+ * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
+ * @param startLength the number of characters to extract
+ * @param target the target buffer for extraction, can be NULL
+ * if targetLength is 0
+ * @param targetCapacity the length of the target buffer
+ * @param inv Signature-distinguishing paramater, use US_INV.
+ * @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
+ * @draft ICU 3.2
+ */
+ int32_t extract(int32_t start,
+ int32_t startLength,
+ char *target,
+ int32_t targetCapacity,
+ enum EInvariant inv) const;
+
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION
+
+ /**
+ * Copy the characters in the range