Uses of Class
com.ibm.icu.text.Collator

Packages that use Collator

Package	Description
com.ibm.icu.text	Extensions and enhancements to java.text to support unicode transforms, UnicodeSet, surrogate char utilities, UCA collation, normalization, break iteration (rule and dictionary based), enhanced number format, international string searching, and arabic shaping.
com.ibm.icu.util	International calendars and other utility classes.

Uses of Collator in com.ibm.icu.text

Subclasses of Collator in com.ibm.icu.text

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	RuleBasedCollator RuleBasedCollator is a concrete subclass of Collator.

Methods in com.ibm.icu.text that return Collator

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collator	Collator.cloneAsThawed() Provides for the clone operation.
Collator	Collator.CollatorFactory.createCollator(Locale loc) Return an instance of the appropriate collator.
Collator	Collator.CollatorFactory.createCollator(ULocale loc) Return an instance of the appropriate collator.
Collator	Collator.freeze() Freezes the collator.
Collator	RuleBasedCollator.freeze() Freezes the collator.
static Collator	Collator.getInstance() Returns the Collator for the current default locale.
static Collator	Collator.getInstance(Locale locale) Returns the Collator for the desired locale.
static Collator	Collator.getInstance(ULocale locale) [icu] Returns the Collator for the desired locale.
Collator	Collator.setMaxVariable(int group) [icu] Sets the variable top to the top of the specified reordering group.
Collator	Collator.setStrength2(int newStrength) Deprecated. This API is ICU internal only.

Methods in com.ibm.icu.text with parameters of type Collator

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	Collator.registerInstance(Collator collator, ULocale locale) [icu] Registers a collator as the default collator for the provided locale.

Uses of Collator in com.ibm.icu.util

Methods in com.ibm.icu.util that return Collator

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collator	GlobalizationPreferences.getCollator() Get a copy of the collator according to the settings.
protected Collator	GlobalizationPreferences.guessCollator() This function can be overridden by subclasses to use different heuristics.

Methods in com.ibm.icu.util with parameters of type Collator

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
GlobalizationPreferences	GlobalizationPreferences.setCollator(Collator collator) Explicitly set the collator for this object.