RuleBasedCollator

RuleBasedCollator

java.text

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Java 1.1

cloneable

This class is a concrete subclass of the abstract Collator class. It performs collations using a table of rules that are specified in textual form. Most applications do not use this class directly; instead they call Collator.getInstance( ) to obtain a Collator object (typically a RuleBasedCollator object) that implements the default collation order for a specified or default locale. You should need to use this class only if you are collating strings for a locale that is not supported by default or if you need to implement a highly customized collation order.

Figure 15-15. java.text.RuleBasedCollator

 public class  RuleBasedCollator  extends Collator {  // Public Constructors  public  RuleBasedCollator  (String  rules  ) throws ParseException;  // Public Instance Methods   1.2  public CollationElementIterator  getCollationElementIterator  (CharacterIterator  source  );        public CollationElementIterator  getCollationElementIterator  (String  source  );        public String  getRules  ( );  // Public Methods Overriding Collator  public Object  clone  ( );        public int  compare  (String  source  , String  target  );  synchronized  public boolean  equals  (Object  obj  );        public CollationKey  getCollationKey  (String  source  );  synchronized  public int  hashCode  ( );   }