Package com.ibm.icu.text

Class UnicodeSetSpanner

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.icu.text.UnicodeSetSpanner

public class UnicodeSetSpanner
extends Object

A helper class used to count, replace, and trim CharSequences based on UnicodeSet matches. An instance is immutable (and thus thread-safe) iff the source UnicodeSet is frozen.

Note: The counting, deletion, and replacement depend on alternating a UnicodeSet.SpanCondition with its inverse. That is, the code spans, then spans for the inverse, then spans, and so on. For the inverse, the following mapping is used:

• UnicodeSet.SpanCondition.SIMPLE → UnicodeSet.SpanCondition.NOT_CONTAINED
• UnicodeSet.SpanCondition.CONTAINED → UnicodeSet.SpanCondition.NOT_CONTAINED
• UnicodeSet.SpanCondition.NOT_CONTAINED → UnicodeSet.SpanCondition.SIMPLE

These are actually not complete inverses. However, the alternating works because there are no gaps. For example, with [a{ab}{bc}], you get the following behavior when scanning forward:

SIMPLE	xxx[ab]cyyy
CONTAINED	xxx[abc]yyy
NOT_CONTAINED	[xxx]ab[cyyy]

So here is what happens when you alternate:

start	|xxxabcyyy
NOT_CONTAINED	xxx|abcyyy
CONTAINED	xxxabc|yyy
NOT_CONTAINED	xxxabcyyy|

The entire string is traversed.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod	Options for replaceFrom and countIn to control how to treat each matched span.
static class	UnicodeSetSpanner.TrimOption	Options for the trim() method

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UnicodeSetSpanner(UnicodeSet source)	Create a spanner from a UnicodeSet.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	countIn(CharSequence sequence)	Returns the number of matching characters found in a character sequence, counting by CountMethod.MIN_ELEMENTS using SpanCondition.SIMPLE.
int	countIn(CharSequence sequence, UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod)	Returns the number of matching characters found in a character sequence, using SpanCondition.SIMPLE.
int	countIn(CharSequence sequence, UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod, UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)	Returns the number of matching characters found in a character sequence.
String	deleteFrom(CharSequence sequence)	Delete all the matching spans in sequence, using SpanCondition.SIMPLE The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.
String	deleteFrom(CharSequence sequence, UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)	Delete all matching spans in sequence, according to the spanCondition.
boolean	equals(Object other)
UnicodeSet	getUnicodeSet()	Returns the UnicodeSet used for processing.
int	hashCode()
String	replaceFrom(CharSequence sequence, CharSequence replacement)	Replace all matching spans in sequence by the replacement, counting by CountMethod.MIN_ELEMENTS using SpanCondition.SIMPLE.
String	replaceFrom(CharSequence sequence, CharSequence replacement, UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod)	Replace all matching spans in sequence by replacement, according to the CountMethod, using SpanCondition.SIMPLE.
String	replaceFrom(CharSequence sequence, CharSequence replacement, UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod, UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)	Replace all matching spans in sequence by replacement, according to the countMethod and spanCondition.
CharSequence	trim(CharSequence sequence)	Returns a trimmed sequence (using CharSequence.subsequence()), that omits matching elements at the start and end of the string, using TrimOption.BOTH and SpanCondition.SIMPLE.
CharSequence	trim(CharSequence sequence, UnicodeSetSpanner.TrimOption trimOption)	Returns a trimmed sequence (using CharSequence.subsequence()), that omits matching elements at the start or end of the string, using the trimOption and SpanCondition.SIMPLE.
CharSequence	trim(CharSequence sequence, UnicodeSetSpanner.TrimOption trimOption, UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)	Returns a trimmed sequence (using CharSequence.subsequence()), that omits matching elements at the start or end of the string, depending on the trimOption and spanCondition.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UnicodeSetSpanner

public UnicodeSetSpanner(UnicodeSet source)

Create a spanner from a UnicodeSet. For speed and safety, the UnicodeSet should be frozen. However, this class can be used with a non-frozen version to avoid the cost of freezing.

Parameters:

source - the original UnicodeSet

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

Method Detail

getUnicodeSet

public UnicodeSet getUnicodeSet()

Returns the UnicodeSet used for processing. It is frozen iff the original was.

Returns:

the construction set.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

countIn

public int countIn(CharSequence sequence)

Returns the number of matching characters found in a character sequence, counting by CountMethod.MIN_ELEMENTS using SpanCondition.SIMPLE. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - the sequence to count characters in

Returns:

the count. Zero if there are none.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

countIn

public int countIn(CharSequence sequence,
                   UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod)

Returns the number of matching characters found in a character sequence, using SpanCondition.SIMPLE. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - the sequence to count characters in

countMethod - whether to treat an entire span as a match, or individual elements as matches

Returns:

the count. Zero if there are none.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

countIn

public int countIn(CharSequence sequence,
                   UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod,
                   UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)

Returns the number of matching characters found in a character sequence. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - the sequence to count characters in

countMethod - whether to treat an entire span as a match, or individual elements as matches

spanCondition - the spanCondition to use. SIMPLE or CONTAINED means only count the elements in the span; NOT_CONTAINED is the reverse.
WARNING: when a UnicodeSet contains strings, there may be unexpected behavior in edge cases.

Returns:

the count. Zero if there are none.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

deleteFrom

public String deleteFrom(CharSequence sequence)

Delete all the matching spans in sequence, using SpanCondition.SIMPLE The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - charsequence to replace matching spans in.

Returns:

modified string.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

deleteFrom

public String deleteFrom(CharSequence sequence,
                         UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)

Delete all matching spans in sequence, according to the spanCondition. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - charsequence to replace matching spans in.

spanCondition - specify whether to modify the matching spans (CONTAINED or SIMPLE) or the non-matching (NOT_CONTAINED)

Returns:

modified string.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

replaceFrom

public String replaceFrom(CharSequence sequence,
                          CharSequence replacement)

Replace all matching spans in sequence by the replacement, counting by CountMethod.MIN_ELEMENTS using SpanCondition.SIMPLE. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - charsequence to replace matching spans in.

replacement - replacement sequence. To delete, use ""

Returns:

modified string.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

replaceFrom

public String replaceFrom(CharSequence sequence,
                          CharSequence replacement,
                          UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod)

Replace all matching spans in sequence by replacement, according to the CountMethod, using SpanCondition.SIMPLE. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - charsequence to replace matching spans in.

replacement - replacement sequence. To delete, use ""

countMethod - whether to treat an entire span as a match, or individual elements as matches

Returns:

modified string.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

replaceFrom

public String replaceFrom(CharSequence sequence,
                          CharSequence replacement,
                          UnicodeSetSpanner.CountMethod countMethod,
                          UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)

Replace all matching spans in sequence by replacement, according to the countMethod and spanCondition. The code alternates spans; see the class doc for UnicodeSetSpanner for a note about boundary conditions.

Parameters:

sequence - charsequence to replace matching spans in.

replacement - replacement sequence. To delete, use ""

countMethod - whether to treat an entire span as a match, or individual elements as matches

spanCondition - specify whether to modify the matching spans (CONTAINED or SIMPLE) or the non-matching (NOT_CONTAINED)

Returns:

modified string.

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

trim

public CharSequence trim(CharSequence sequence)

Returns a trimmed sequence (using CharSequence.subsequence()), that omits matching elements at the start and end of the string, using TrimOption.BOTH and SpanCondition.SIMPLE. For example:

 
 
   new UnicodeSet("[ab]").trim("abacatbab")
 

... returns "cat".

Parameters:

sequence - the sequence to trim

Returns:

a subsequence

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

trim

public CharSequence trim(CharSequence sequence,
                         UnicodeSetSpanner.TrimOption trimOption)

Returns a trimmed sequence (using CharSequence.subsequence()), that omits matching elements at the start or end of the string, using the trimOption and SpanCondition.SIMPLE. For example:

 
 
   new UnicodeSet("[ab]").trim("abacatbab", TrimOption.LEADING)
 

... returns "catbab".

Parameters:

sequence - the sequence to trim

trimOption - LEADING, TRAILING, or BOTH

Returns:

a subsequence

Status:

Stable ICU 54.

trim

public CharSequence trim(CharSequence sequence,
                         UnicodeSetSpanner.TrimOption trimOption,
                         UnicodeSet.SpanCondition spanCondition)

Returns a trimmed sequence (using CharSequence.subsequence()), that omits matching elements at the start or end of the string, depending on the trimOption and spanCondition. For example:

 
 
   new UnicodeSet("[ab]").trim("abacatbab", TrimOption.LEADING, SpanCondition.SIMPLE)
 

... returns "catbab".

Parameters:

sequence - the sequence to trim

trimOption - LEADING, TRAILING, or BOTH

spanCondition - SIMPLE, CONTAINED or NOT_CONTAINED

Returns:

a subsequence

Status:

Stable ICU 54.