source: trunk/gcc/libjava/java/text/BreakIterator.java

/* BreakIterator.java -- Breaks text into elements
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package java.text;

import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.MissingResourceException;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;

/**
 * This class iterates over text elements such as words, lines, sentences,
 * and characters.  It can only iterate over one of these text elements at
 * a time.  An instance of this class configured for the desired iteration
 * type is created by calling one of the static factory methods, not
 * by directly calling a constructor.
 *
 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 * @date March 19, 1999
 */
/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, plus online
 * API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
 * Status:  Believed complete and correct to 1.1.
 */
public abstract class BreakIterator implements Cloneable
{
  /**
   * This value is returned by the <code>next()</code> and
   * <code>previous</code> in order to indicate that the end of the
   * text has been reached.
   */
  // The value was discovered by writing a test program.
  public static final int DONE = -1;

  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>BreakIterator</code>.
   * This protected constructor is available to subclasses as a default
   * no-arg superclass constructor.
   */
  protected BreakIterator ()
  {
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the index of the current text element boundary.
   *
   * @return The current text boundary.
   */
  public abstract int current ();

  /**
   * This method returns the first text element boundary in the text being
   * iterated over.
   *
   * @return The first text boundary.
   */
  public abstract int first ();

  /**
   * This methdod returns the offset of the text element boundary following
   * the specified offset.
   *
   * @param offset The text index from which to find the next text boundary.
   *
   * @param The next text boundary following the specified index.
   */
  public abstract int following (int pos);

  /**
   * This method returns a list of locales for which instances of
   * <code>BreakIterator</code> are available.
   *
   * @return A list of available locales
   */
  public static synchronized Locale[] getAvailableLocales ()
  {
    Locale[] l = new Locale[1];
    l[0] = Locale.US;
    return l;
  }

  private static BreakIterator getInstance (String type, Locale loc)
  {
    String className;
    try
      {
        ResourceBundle res
          = ResourceBundle.getBundle("gnu.java.locale.LocaleInformation",
                                     loc);
        className = res.getString(type);
      }
    catch (MissingResourceException x)
      {
        return null;
      }
    try
      {
        Class k = Class.forName(className);
        return (BreakIterator) k.newInstance();
      }
    catch (ClassNotFoundException x1)
      {
        return null;
      }
    catch (InstantiationException x2)
      {
        return null;
      }
    catch (IllegalAccessException x3)
      {
        return null;
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over characters as defined in the default locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getCharacterInstance ()
  {
    return getCharacterInstance (Locale.getDefault());
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over characters as defined in the specified locale.  If the
   * desired locale is not available, the default locale is used.
   *
   * @param locale The desired locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getCharacterInstance (Locale loc)
  {
    BreakIterator r = getInstance ("CharacterIterator", loc);
    if (r == null)
      r = new gnu.java.text.CharacterBreakIterator ();
    return r;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over line breaks as defined in the default locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getLineInstance ()
  {
    return getLineInstance (Locale.getDefault());
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over line breaks as defined in the specified locale.  If the
   * desired locale is not available, the default locale is used.
   *
   * @param locale The desired locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getLineInstance (Locale loc)
  {
    BreakIterator r = getInstance ("LineIterator", loc);
    if (r == null)
      r = new gnu.java.text.LineBreakIterator ();
    return r;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over sentences as defined in the default locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getSentenceInstance ()
  {
    return getSentenceInstance (Locale.getDefault());
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over sentences as defined in the specified locale.  If the
   * desired locale is not available, the default locale is used.
   *
   * @param locale The desired locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getSentenceInstance (Locale loc)
  {
    BreakIterator r = getInstance ("SentenceIterator", loc);
    if (r == null)
      r = new gnu.java.text.SentenceBreakIterator ();
    return r;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the text this object is iterating over as a
   * <code>CharacterIterator</code>.
   *
   * @param The text being iterated over.
   */
  public abstract CharacterIterator getText ();

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over words as defined in the default locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getWordInstance ()
  {
    return getWordInstance (Locale.getDefault());
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>BreakIterator</code> that will
   * iterate over words as defined in the specified locale.  If the
   * desired locale is not available, the default locale is used.
   *
   * @param locale The desired locale.
   *
   * @return A <code>BreakIterator</code> instance for the default locale.
   */
  public static BreakIterator getWordInstance (Locale loc)
  {
    BreakIterator r = getInstance ("WordIterator", loc);
    if (r == null)
      r = new gnu.java.text.WordBreakIterator ();
    return r;
  }

  /**
   * This method tests whether or not the specified position is a text
   * element boundary.
   *
   * @param offset The text position to test.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if the position is a boundary,
   * <code>false</code> otherwise. 
   */
  public boolean isBoundary (int pos)
  {
    if (pos == 0)
      return true;
    return following (pos - 1) == pos;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the last text element boundary in the text being
   * iterated over.
   *
   * @return The last text boundary.
   */
  public abstract int last ();

  /**
   * This method returns the text element boundary following the current
   * text position.
   *
   * @return The next text boundary.
   */
  public abstract int next ();

  /**
   * This method returns the n'th text element boundary following the current
   * text position.
   *
   * @param n The number of text element boundaries to skip.
   *
   * @return The next text boundary.
   */
  public abstract int next (int n);

  /**
   * This methdod returns the offset of the text element boundary preceding
   * the specified offset.
   *
   * @param offset The text index from which to find the preceding
   *               text boundary. 
   *
   * @returns The next text boundary preceding the specified index.
   */
  public int preceding (int pos)
  {
    if (following (pos) == DONE)
      last ();
    while (previous () >= pos)
      ;
    return current ();
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the text element boundary preceding the current
   * text position.
   *
   * @return The previous text boundary.
   */
  public abstract int previous ();

  /**
   * This method sets the text string to iterate over.
   *
   * @param str The <code>String</code> to iterate over.
   */
  public void setText (String newText)
  {
    setText (new StringCharacterIterator (newText));
  }

  /**
   * This method sets the text to iterate over from the specified
   * <code>CharacterIterator</code>.
   * 
   * @param ci The desired <code>CharacterIterator</code>.
   */
  public abstract void setText (CharacterIterator newText);
}