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Break Iterator Demo

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import java.text.BreakIterator;
import java.util.Locale;

public class BreakIteratorDemo {

  static void extractWords(String target, BreakIterator wordIterator) {

    wordIterator.setText(target);
    int start = wordIterator.first();
    int end = wordIterator.next();

    while (end != BreakIterator.DONE) {
      String word = target.substring(start, end);
      if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(word.charAt(0))) {
        System.out.println(word);
      }
      start = end;
      end = wordIterator.next();
    }
  }

  static void reverseWords(String target, BreakIterator wordIterator) {

    wordIterator.setText(target);
    int end = wordIterator.last();
    int start = wordIterator.previous();

    while (start != BreakIterator.DONE) {
      String word = target.substring(start, end);
      if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(word.charAt(0)))
        System.out.println(word);
      end = start;
      start = wordIterator.previous();
    }
  }

  static void markBoundaries(String target, BreakIterator iterator) {

    StringBuffer markers = new StringBuffer();
    markers.setLength(target.length() + 1);
    for (int k = 0; k < markers.length(); k++) {
      markers.setCharAt(k, ' ');
    }

    iterator.setText(target);
    int boundary = iterator.first();

    while (boundary != BreakIterator.DONE) {
      markers.setCharAt(boundary, '^');
      boundary = iterator.next();
    }

    System.out.println(target);
    System.out.println(markers);
  }

  static void formatLines(String target, int maxLength, Locale currentLocale) {

    BreakIterator boundary = BreakIterator.getLineInstance(currentLocale);
    boundary.setText(target);
    int start = boundary.first();
    int end = boundary.next();
    int lineLength = 0;

    while (end != BreakIterator.DONE) {
      String word = target.substring(start, end);
      lineLength = lineLength + word.length();
      if (lineLength >= maxLength) {
        System.out.println();
        lineLength = word.length();
      }
      System.out.print(word);
      start = end;
      end = boundary.next();
    }
  }

  static void listPositions(String target, BreakIterator iterator) {

    iterator.setText(target);
    int boundary = iterator.first();

    while (boundary != BreakIterator.DONE) {
      System.out.println(boundary);
      boundary = iterator.next();
    }
  }

  static void characterExamples() {

    BreakIterator arCharIterator = BreakIterator
        .getCharacterInstance(new Locale("ar", "SA"));
    // Arabic word for "house"
    String house = "\u0628" + "\u064e" + "\u064a" + "\u0652" + "\u067a"
        + "\u064f";
    listPositions(house, arCharIterator);
  }

  static void wordExamples() {

    Locale currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
    BreakIterator wordIterator = BreakIterator
        .getWordInstance(currentLocale);
    String someText = "She stopped.  "
        + "She said, \"Hello there,\" and then went on.";
    markBoundaries(someText, wordIterator);
    System.out.println();
    extractWords(someText, wordIterator);
  }

  static void sentenceExamples() {

    Locale currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
    BreakIterator sentenceIterator = BreakIterator
        .getSentenceInstance(currentLocale);
    String someText = "She stopped.  "
        + "She said, \"Hello there,\" and then went on.";
    markBoundaries(someText, sentenceIterator);
    String variousText = "He's vanished!  "
        + "What will we do?  It's up to us.";
    markBoundaries(variousText, sentenceIterator);
    String decimalText = "Please add 1.5 liters to the tank.";
    markBoundaries(decimalText, sentenceIterator);
    String donneText = "\"No man is an island . . . "
        + "every man . . . \"";
    markBoundaries(donneText, sentenceIterator);
    String dogText = "My friend, Mr. Jones, has a new dog.  "
        + "The dog's name is Spot.";
    markBoundaries(dogText, sentenceIterator);
  }

  static void lineExamples() {

    Locale currentLocale = new Locale("en", "US");
    BreakIterator lineIterator = BreakIterator
        .getLineInstance(currentLocale);
    String someText = "She stopped.  "
        + "She said, \"Hello there,\" and then went on.";
    markBoundaries(someText, lineIterator);
    String hardHyphen = "There are twenty-four hours in a day.";
    markBoundaries(hardHyphen, lineIterator);
    System.out.println();
    String moreText = "She said, \"Hello there,\" and then "
        + "went on down the street.  When she stopped "
        + "to look at the fur coats in a shop window, "
        + "her dog growled.  \"Sorry Jake,\" she said. "
        + " \"I didn't know you would take it personally.\"";
    formatLines(moreText, 30, currentLocale);
    System.out.println();
  }

  static public void main(String[] args) {

    characterExamples();
    System.out.println();
    wordExamples();
    System.out.println();
    sentenceExamples();
    System.out.println();
    lineExamples();
  }

} // class

           
       

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