/*
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* Copyright (c) 2000-2005, International Business Machines
* Corporation and others. All Rights Reserved.
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* Date Name Description
* 02/04/00 aliu Creation.
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*/
#ifndef SYMTABLE_H
#define SYMTABLE_H
#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/uobject.h"
/**
* \file
* \brief C++ API: An interface that defines both lookup protocol and parsing of
* symbolic names.
*/
U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
class ParsePosition;
class UnicodeFunctor;
class UnicodeSet;
class UnicodeString;
/**
* An interface that defines both lookup protocol and parsing of
* symbolic names.
*
* <p>A symbol table maintains two kinds of mappings. The first is
* between symbolic names and their values. For example, if the
* variable with the name "start" is set to the value "alpha"
* (perhaps, though not necessarily, through an expression such as
* "$start=alpha"), then the call lookup("start") will return the
* char[] array ['a', 'l', 'p', 'h', 'a'].
*
* <p>The second kind of mapping is between character values and
* UnicodeMatcher objects. This is used by RuleBasedTransliterator,
* which uses characters in the private use area to represent objects
* such as UnicodeSets. If U+E015 is mapped to the UnicodeSet [a-z],
* then lookupMatcher(0xE015) will return the UnicodeSet [a-z].
*
* <p>Finally, a symbol table defines parsing behavior for symbolic
* names. All symbolic names start with the SYMBOL_REF character.
* When a parser encounters this character, it calls parseReference()
* with the position immediately following the SYMBOL_REF. The symbol
* table parses the name, if there is one, and returns it.
*
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
class U_COMMON_API SymbolTable /* not : public UObject because this is an interface/mixin class */ {
public:
/**
* The character preceding a symbol reference name.
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
enum { SYMBOL_REF = 0x0024 /*$*/ };
/**
* Destructor.
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
virtual ~SymbolTable();
/**
* Lookup the characters associated with this string and return it.
* Return <tt>NULL</tt> if no such name exists. The resultant
* string may have length zero.
* @param s the symbolic name to lookup
* @return a string containing the name's value, or <tt>NULL</tt> if
* there is no mapping for s.
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
virtual const UnicodeString* lookup(const UnicodeString& s) const = 0;
/**
* Lookup the UnicodeMatcher associated with the given character, and
* return it. Return <tt>NULL</tt> if not found.
* @param ch a 32-bit code point from 0 to 0x10FFFF inclusive.
* @return the UnicodeMatcher object represented by the given
* character, or NULL if there is no mapping for ch.
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
virtual const UnicodeFunctor* lookupMatcher(UChar32 ch) const = 0;
/**
* Parse a symbol reference name from the given string, starting
* at the given position. If no valid symbol reference name is
* found, return the empty string and leave pos unchanged. That is, if the
* character at pos cannot start a name, or if pos is at or after
* text.length(), then return an empty string. This indicates an
* isolated SYMBOL_REF character.
* @param text the text to parse for the name
* @param pos on entry, the index of the first character to parse.
* This is the character following the SYMBOL_REF character. On
* exit, the index after the last parsed character. If the parse
* failed, pos is unchanged on exit.
* @param limit the index after the last character to be parsed.
* @return the parsed name, or an empty string if there is no
* valid symbolic name at the given position.
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
virtual UnicodeString parseReference(const UnicodeString& text,
ParsePosition& pos, int32_t limit) const = 0;
};
U_NAMESPACE_END
#endif