primaryOrder
- Parameters:
order- the collation element- Returns:
- the element's primary component
CollationElementIterator class is used as an iterator
to walk through each character of an international string. Use the iterator
to return the ordering priority of the positioned character. The ordering
priority of a character, which we refer to as a key, defines how a character
is collated in the given collation object.
For example, consider the following in Spanish:
"ca" → the first key is key('c') and second key is key('a').
"cha" → the first key is key('ch') and second key is key('a').
And in German,
"äb" → the first key is key('a'), the second key is key('e'), and
the third key is key('b').
The key of a character is an integer composed of primary order(short),
secondary order(byte), and tertiary order(byte). Java strictly defines
the size and signedness of its primitive data types. Therefore, the static
functions primaryOrder, secondaryOrder, and
tertiaryOrder return int, short,
and short respectively to ensure the correctness of the key
value.
Example of the iterator usage,
String testString = "This is a test";
Collator col = Collator.getInstance();
if (col instanceof RuleBasedCollator) {
RuleBasedCollator ruleBasedCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)col;
CollationElementIterator collationElementIterator = ruleBasedCollator.getCollationElementIterator(testString);
int primaryOrder = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(collationElementIterator.next());
:
}
CollationElementIterator.next returns the collation order
of the next character. A collation order consists of primary order,
secondary order and tertiary order. The data type of the collation
order is int. The first 16 bits of a collation order
is its primary order; the next 8 bits is the secondary order and the
last 8 bits is the tertiary order.
Note: CollationElementIterator is a part of
RuleBasedCollator implementation. It is only usable
with RuleBasedCollator instances.
static final intintgetMaxExpansion(int order) intintnext()intprevious()static final intprimaryOrder(int order) voidreset()static final shortsecondaryOrder(int order) voidsetOffset(int newOffset) voidvoidsetText(CharacterIterator source) static final shorttertiaryOrder(int order) This iterator iterates over a sequence of collation elements that were built from the string. Because there isn't necessarily a one-to-one mapping from characters to collation elements, this doesn't mean the same thing as "return the collation element [or ordering priority] of the next character in the string".
This function returns the collation element that the iterator is currently pointing to and then updates the internal pointer to point to the next element. previous() updates the pointer first and then returns the element. This means that when you change direction while iterating (i.e., call next() and then call previous(), or call previous() and then call next()), you'll get back the same element twice.
This iterator iterates over a sequence of collation elements that were built from the string. Because there isn't necessarily a one-to-one mapping from characters to collation elements, this doesn't mean the same thing as "return the collation element [or ordering priority] of the previous character in the string".
This function updates the iterator's internal pointer to point to the collation element preceding the one it's currently pointing to and then returns that element, while next() returns the current element and then updates the pointer. This means that when you change direction while iterating (i.e., call next() and then call previous(), or call previous() and then call next()), you'll get back the same element twice.
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