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*   created on: 2004oct06

*   created by: Markus W. Scherer

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#ifndef __UTEXT_H__

#define __UTEXT_H__

/**

 * \file

 * \brief C API: Abstract Unicode Text API

 *

 * The Text Access API provides a means to allow text that is stored in alternative

 * formats to work with ICU services.  ICU normally operates on text that is

 * stored UTF-16 format, in (UChar *) arrays for the C APIs or as type

 * UnicodeString for C++ APIs.

 *

 * ICU Text Access allows other formats, such as UTF-8 or non-contiguous

 * UTF-16 strings, to be placed in a UText wrapper and then passed to ICU services.

 *

 * There are three general classes of usage for UText:

 *

 *     Application Level Use.  This is the simplest usage - applications would

 *     use one of the utext_open() functions on their input text, and pass

 *     the resulting UText to the desired ICU service.

 *

 *     Second is usage in ICU Services, such as break iteration, that will need to

 *     operate on input presented to them as a UText.  These implementations

 *     will need to use the iteration and related UText functions to gain

 *     access to the actual text.

 *

 *     The third class of UText users are "text providers."  These are the

 *     UText implementations for the various text storage formats.  An application

 *     or system with a unique text storage format can implement a set of

 *     UText provider functions for that format, which will then allow

 *     ICU services to operate on that format.

 *

 *

 * <em>Iterating over text</em>

 *

 * Here is sample code for a forward iteration over the contents of a UText

 *

 * \code

 *    UChar32  c;

 *    UText    *ut = whatever();

 *

 *    for (c=utext_next32From(ut, 0); c>=0; c=utext_next32(ut)) {

 *       // do whatever with the codepoint c here.

 *    }

 * \endcode

 *

 * And here is similar code to iterate in the reverse direction, from the end

 * of the text towards the beginning.

 *

 * \code

 *    UChar32  c;

 *    UText    *ut = whatever();

 *    int      textLength = utext_nativeLength(ut);

 *    for (c=utext_previous32From(ut, textLength); c>=0; c=utext_previous32(ut)) {

 *       // do whatever with the codepoint c here.

 *    }

 * \endcode

 *

 * <em>Characters and Indexing</em>

 *

 * Indexing into text by UText functions is nearly always in terms of the native

 * indexing of the underlying text storage.  The storage format could be UTF-8

 * or UTF-32, for example.  When coding to the UText access API, no assumptions

 * can be made regarding the size of characters, or how far an index

 * may move when iterating between characters.

 *

 * All indices supplied to UText functions are pinned to the length of the

 * text.  An out-of-bounds index is not considered to be an error, but is

 * adjusted to be in the range  0 <= index <= length of input text.

 *

 *

 * When an index position is returned from a UText function, it will be

 * a native index to the underlying text.  In the case of multi-unit characters,

 * it will  always refer to the first position of the character,

 * never to the interior.  This is essentially the same thing as saying that

 * a returned index will always point to a boundary between characters.

 *

 * When a native index is supplied to a UText function, all indices that

 * refer to any part of a multi-unit character representation are considered

 * to be equivalent.  In the case of multi-unit characters, an incoming index

 * will be logically normalized to refer to the start of the character.

 * 

 * It is possible to test whether a native index is on a code point boundary

 * by doing a utext_setNativeIndex() followed by a utext_getNativeIndex().

 * If the index is returned unchanged, it was on a code point boundary.  If

 * an adjusted index is returned, the original index referred to the

 * interior of a character.

 *

 */

#include "unicode/utypes.h"

#ifdef XP_CPLUSPLUS

#include "unicode/rep.h"

#include "unicode/unistr.h"

#endif

#ifndef U_HIDE_DRAFT_API

U_CDECL_BEGIN

struct UText;

typedef struct UText UText; /**< C typedef for struct UText. @draft ICU 3.4 */

struct UTextChunk;

typedef struct UTextChunk UTextChunk; /**< C typedef for struct UTextChunk. @draft ICU 3.4 */

/***************************************************************************************

 *

 *   C Functions for creating UText wrappers around various kinds of text strings.

 *

 ****************************************************************************************/

/**

  * utext_close    Close function for UText instances.

  *                Cleans up, releases any resources being held by an

  *                open UText.

  * <p/>

  *   If the UText was originally allocated by one of the utext_open functions,

  *   the storage associated with the utext will also be freed.

  *   If the UText storage originated with the application, as it would with

  *   a local or static instance, the storage will not be deleted.

  *

  *   An open UText can be reset to refer to new string by using one of the utext_open()

  *   functions without first closing the UText.  

  *

  * @param ut  The UText to be closed.

  * @return    NULL if the UText struct was deleted by the close.  If the UText struct

  *            was originally provided by the caller to the open function, it is

  *            returned by this function, and may be safely used again in

  *            a subsequent utext_open.

  *

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_close(UText *ut);

/**

 * Open a read-only UText implementation for UTF-8 strings.

 * 

 * \htmlonly

 * Any invalid UTF-8 in the input will be handled in this way:

 * a sequence of bytes that has the form of a truncated, but otherwise valid,

 * UTF-8 sequence will be replaced by a single unicode replacement character, \uFFFD. 

 * Any other illegal bytes will each be replaced by a \uFFFD.

 * \endhtmlonly

 * 

 * @param ut     Pointer to a UText struct.  If NULL, a new UText will be created.

 *               If non-NULL, must refer to an initialized UText struct, which will then

 *               be reset to reference the specified UTF-8 string.

 * @param s      A UTF-8 string

 * @param length The length of the UTF-8 string in bytes, or -1 if the string is

 *               zero terminated.

 * @param status Errors are returned here.

 * @return       A pointer to the UText.  If a pre-allocated UText was provided, it

 *               will always be used and returned.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_openUTF8(UText *ut, const char *s, int32_t length, UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Open a read-only UText for UChar * string.

 * 

 * @param ut     Pointer to a UText struct.  If NULL, a new UText will be created.

 *               If non-NULL, must refer to an initialized UText struct, which will then

 *               be reset to reference the specified UChar string.

 * @param s      A UChar (UTF-16) string

 * @param length The number of UChars in the input string, or -1 if the string is

 *               zero terminated.

 * @param status Errors are returned here.

 * @return       A pointer to the UText.  If a pre-allocated UText was provided, it

 *               will always be used and returned.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_openUChars(UText *ut, const UChar *s, int32_t length, UErrorCode *status);

#ifdef XP_CPLUSPLUS

/**

 * Open a writable UText for a non-const UnicodeString. 

 * 

 * @param ut      Pointer to a UText struct.  If NULL, a new UText will be created.

 *                 If non-NULL, must refer to an initialized UText struct, which will then

 *                 be reset to reference the specified input string.

 * @param s       A UnicodeString.

 * @param status Errors are returned here.

 * @return        Pointer to the UText.  If a UText was supplied as input, this

 *                 will always be used and returned.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_openUnicodeString(UText *ut, UnicodeString *s, UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Open a UText for a const UnicodeString.   The resulting UText will not be writable.

 * 

 * @param ut    Pointer to a UText struct.  If NULL, a new UText will be created.

 *               If non-NULL, must refer to an initialized UText struct, which will then

 *               be reset to reference the specified input string.

 * @param s      A const UnicodeString to be wrapped.

 * @param status Errors are returned here.

 * @return       Pointer to the UText.  If a UText was supplied as input, this

 *               will always be used and returned.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_openConstUnicodeString(UText *ut, const UnicodeString *s, UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Open a writable UText implementation for an ICU Replaceable object.

 * @param ut    Pointer to a UText struct.  If NULL, a new UText will be created.

 *               If non-NULL, must refer to an already existing UText, which will then

 *               be reset to reference the specified replaceable text.

 * @param rep    A Replaceable text object.

 * @param status Errors are returned here.

 * @return       Pointer to the UText.  If a UText was supplied as input, this

 *               will always be used and returned.

 * @see Replaceable

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_openReplaceable(UText *ut, Replaceable *rep, UErrorCode *status);

#endif

/**

  *  clone a UText.  Much like opening a UText where the source text is itself

  *  another UText.

  *

  *  A deep clone will copy both the UText data structures and the underlying text.

  *  The original and cloned UText will operate completely independently; modifications

  *  made to the text in one will not effect the other.  Text providers are not

  *  required to support deep clones.  The user of clone() must check the status return

  *  and be prepared to handle failures.

  *

  *  A shallow clone replicates only the UText data structures; it does not make

  *  a copy of the underlying text.  Shallow clones can be used as an efficient way to 

  *  have multiple iterators active in a single text string that is not being

  *  modified.

  *

  *  A shallow clone operation will not fail, barring truly exceptional conditions such

  *  as memory allocation failures.

  *

  *  A UText and its clone may be safely concurrently accessed by separate threads.

  *  This is true for both shallow and deep clones.

  *  It is the responsibility of the Text Provider to ensure that this thread safety

  *  constraint is met.

  *

  *  @param dest   A UText struct to be filled in with the result of the clone operation,

  *                or NULL if the clone function should heap-allocate a new UText struct.

  *  @param src    The UText to be cloned.

  *  @param deep   TRUE to request a deep clone, FALSE for a shallow clone.

  *  @param status Errors are returned here.  For deep clones, U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR

  *                will be returned if the text provider is unable to clone the

  *                original text.

  *  @return       The newly created clone, or NULL if the clone operation failed.

  *  @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT UText * U_EXPORT2

utext_clone(UText *dest, const UText *src, UBool deep, UErrorCode *status);

/*****************************************************************************

 *

 *   C Functions to work with the text represeted by a UText wrapper

 *

 *****************************************************************************/

/**

  * Get the length of the text.  Depending on the characteristics

  * of the underlying text representation, this may be expensive.  

  * @see  utext_isLengthExpensive()

  *

  *

  * @param ut  the text to be accessed.

  * @return the length of the text, expressed in native units.

  *

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2

utext_nativeLength(UText *ut);

/**

 *  Return TRUE if calculating the length of the text could be expensive.

 *  Finding the length of NUL terminated strings is considered to be expensive.

 *

 *  Note that the value of this function may change

 *  as the result of other operations on a UText.

 *  Once the length of a string has been discovered, it will no longer

 *  be expensive to report it.

 *

 * @param ut the text to be accessed.

 * @return TRUE if determining the length of the text could be time consuming.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UBool U_EXPORT2

utext_isLengthExpensive(const UText *ut);

/**

 * Returns the code point at the requested index,

 * or U_SENTINEL (-1) if it is out of bounds.

 *

 * If the specified index points to the interior of a multi-unit

 * character - one of the trail bytes of a UTF-8 sequence, for example -

 * the complete code point will be returned.

 *

 * The iteration position will be set to the start of the returned code point.

 *

 * This function is roughly equivalent to the the sequence

 *    utext_setNativeIndex(index);

 *    utext_current32();

 * (There is a difference if the index is out of bounds by being less than zero)

 * 

 * @param ut the text to be accessed

 * @param nativeIndex the native index of the character to be accessed.  If the index points

 *        to other than the first unit of a multi-unit character, it will be adjusted

 *        to the start of the character.

 * @return the code point at the specified index.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UChar32 U_EXPORT2

utext_char32At(UText *ut, int32_t nativeIndex);

/**

 *

 * Get the code point at the current iteration position,

 * or U_SENTINEL (-1) if the iteration has reached the end of

 * the input text.

 *

 * @param ut the text to be accessed.

 * @return the Unicode code point at the current iterator position.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UChar32 U_EXPORT2

utext_current32(UText *ut);

/**

 * Get the code point at the current iteration position of the UText, and

 * advance the position to the first index following the character.

 * Returns U_SENTINEL (-1) if the position is at the end of the

 * text.

 * This is a post-increment operation

 *

 * An inline macro version of this function, UTEXT_NEXT32(), 

 * is available for performance critical use.

 *

 * @param ut the text to be accessed.

 * @return the Unicode code point at the iteration position.

 * @see UTEXT_NEXT32

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UChar32 U_EXPORT2

utext_next32(UText *ut);

/**

 *  Move the iterator position to the character (code point) whose

 *  index precedes the current position, and return that character.

 *  This is a pre-decrement operation.

 *  Returns U_SENTINEL (-1) if the position is at the start of the  text.

 *  This is a pre-decrement operation.

 *

 * An inline macro version of this function, UTEXT_PREVIOUS32(), 

 * is available for performance critical use.

 *

 *  @param ut the text to be accessed.

 *  @return the previous UChar32 code point, or U_SENTINEL (-1) 

 *          if the iteration has reached the start of the text.

 *  @see UTEXT_PREVIOUS32

 *  @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT UChar32 U_EXPORT2

utext_previous32(UText *ut);

/**

  * Set the iteration index, access the text for forward iteration,

  * and return the code point starting at or before that index.

  * Leave the iteration index at the start of the following code point.

  *

  * This function is the most efficient and convenient way to

  * begin a forward iteration.

  *

  *  @param ut the text to be accessed.

  *  @param nativeIndex Iteration index, in the native units of the text provider.

  *  @return Code point which starts at or before index,

  *         or U_SENTINEL (-1) if it is out of bounds.

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT UChar32 U_EXPORT2

utext_next32From(UText *ut, int32_t nativeIndex);

/**

  * Set the iteration index, and return the code point preceding the

  * one specified by the initial index.  Leave the iteration position

  * at the start of the returned code point.

  *

  * This function is the most efficient and convenient way to

  * begin a backwards iteration.

  *

  * @param ut the text to be accessed.

  * @param nativeIndex Iteration index in the native units of the text provider.

  * @return Code point preceding the one at the initial index,

  *         or U_SENTINEL (-1) if it is out of bounds.

  *

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT UChar32 U_EXPORT2

utext_previous32From(UText *ut, int32_t nativeIndex);

/**

  * Get the current iterator position, which can range from 0 to 

  * the length of the text.

  * The position is a native index into the input text, in whatever format it

  * may have, and may not always correspond to a UChar (UTF-16) index

  * into the text.  The returned position will always be aligned to a

  * code point boundary 

  *

  * @param ut the text to be accessed.

  * @return the current index position, in the native units of the text provider.

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2

utext_getNativeIndex(UText *ut);

/**

  * Set the current iteration position to the nearest code point

  * boundary at or preceding the specified index.

  * The index is in the native units of the original input text.

  * If the index is out of range, it will be trimmed to be within

  * the range of the input text.

  * <p/>

  * It will usually be more efficient to begin an iteration

  * using the functions utext_next32From() or utext_previous32From()

  * rather than setIndex().

  * <p/>

  * Moving the index position to an adjacent character is best done

  * with utext_next32(), utext_previous32() or utext_moveIndex32().

  * Attempting to do direct arithmetic on the index position is

  * complicated by the fact that the size (in native units) of a

  * character depends on the underlying representation of the character

  * (UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, arbitrary codepage), and is not

  * easily knowable.

  *

  * @param ut the text to be accessed.

  * @param nativeIndex the native unit index of the new iteration position.

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT void U_EXPORT2

utext_setNativeIndex(UText *ut, int32_t nativeIndex);

/**

  * Move the iterator postion by delta code points.  The number of code points

  * is a signed number; a negative delta will move the iterator backwards,

  * towards the start of the text.

  * <p/>

  * The index is moved by <code>delta</code> code points

  * forward or backward, but no further backward than to 0 and

  * no further forward than to utext_nativeLength().

  * The resulting index value will be in between 0 and length, inclusive.

  * <p/>

  * Because the index is kept in the native units of the text provider, the

  * actual numeric amount by which the index moves depends on the

  * underlying text storage representation of the text provider.

  *

  * @param ut the text to be accessed.

  * @param delta the signed number of code points to move the iteration position.

  * @return TRUE if the position could be moved the requested number of positions while

  *              staying within the range [0 - text length].

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT UBool U_EXPORT2

utext_moveIndex32(UText *ut, int32_t delta);

/**

 *

 * Extract text from a UText into a UChar buffer.  The range of text to be extracted

 * is specified in the native indices of the UText provider.  These may not necessarily

 * be UTF-16 indices.

 * <p/>

 * The size (number of 16 bit UChars) in the data to be extracted is returned.  The

 * full number of UChars is returned, even when the extracted text is truncated

 * because the specified buffer size is too small.

 *

 * The extracted string will (if you are a user) / must (if you are a text provider)

 * be NUL-terminated if there is sufficient space in the destination buffer.  This

 * terminating NUL is not included in the returned length.

 *

 * @param  ut    the UText from which to extract data.

 * @param  nativeStart the native index of the first character to extract.

 * @param  nativeLimit the native string index of the position following the last

 *               character to extract.  If the specified limit is greater than the length

 *               of the text, the limit will be trimmed back to the text length.

 * @param  dest  the UChar (UTF-16) buffer into which the extracted text is placed

 * @param  destCapacity  The size, in UChars, of the destination buffer.  May be zero

 *               for precomputing the required size.

 * @param  status receives any error status.

 *         U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR: the extracted text was truncated because the 

 *         buffer was too small.  Returns number of UChars for preflighting.

 * @return Number of UChars in the data to be extracted.  Does not include a trailing NUL.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2

utext_extract(UText *ut,

             int32_t nativeStart, int32_t nativeLimit,

             UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity,

             UErrorCode *status);

/************************************************************************************

 *

 *  #define inline versions of selected performance-critical text access functions

 *          Caution:  do not use auto increment++ or decrement-- expressions

 *                    as parameters to these macros.

 *

 *          For most use, where there is no extreme performance constraint, the

 *          normal, non-inline functions are a better choice.  The resulting code

 *          will be smaller, and, if the need ever arises, easier to debug.

 *

 *          These are implemented as #defines rather than real functions

 *          because there is no fully portable way to do inline functions in plain C.

 *

 ************************************************************************************/

/**

 * inline version of utext_next32(), for performance-critical situations.

 *

 * Get the code point at the current iteration position of the UText, and

 * advance the position to the first index following the character.

 * This is a post-increment operation.

 * Returns U_SENTINEL (-1) if the position is at the end of the

 * text.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

#define UTEXT_NEXT32(ut)  \

    ((ut)->chunk.offset < (ut)->chunk.length && ((ut)->chunk.contents)[(ut)->chunk.offset]<0xd800 ? \

    ((ut)->chunk.contents)[((ut)->chunk.offset)++] : utext_next32(ut))

/**

 * inline version of utext_previous32(), for performance-critical situations.

 *

 *  Move the iterator position to the character (code point) whose

 *  index precedes the current position, and return that character.

 *  This is a pre-decrement operation.

 *  Returns U_SENTINEL (-1) if the position is at the start of the  text.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

#define UTEXT_PREVIOUS32(ut)  \

    ((ut)->chunk.offset > 0 && \

     (ut)->chunk.contents[(ut)->chunk.offset-1] < 0xd800 ? \

          (ut)->chunk.contents[--((ut)->chunk.offset)]  :  utext_previous32(ut))

/************************************************************************************

 *

 *   Functions related to writing or modifying the text.

 *   These will work only with modifiable UTexts.  Attempting to

 *   modify a read-only UText will return an error status.

 *

 ************************************************************************************/

/**

 *  Return TRUE if the text can be written with utext_replace() or

 *  utext_copy().  For the text to be writable, the text provider must

 *  be of a type that supports writing.

 *

 * @param  ut   the UText to be tested.

 * @return TRUE if the text is modifiable.

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 *

 */

U_DRAFT UBool U_EXPORT2

utext_isWritable(const UText *ut);

/**

  * Test whether there is meta data associated with the text.

  * @see Replaceable::hasMetaData()

  *

  * @param ut The UText to be tested

  * @return TRUE if the underlying text includes meta data.

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

U_DRAFT UBool U_EXPORT2

utext_hasMetaData(const UText *ut);

/**

 * Replace a range of the original text with a replacement text.

 *

 * Leaves the current iteration position at the position following the

 *  newly inserted replacement text.

 *

 * This function is only available on UText types that support writing,

 * that is, ones where utext_isWritable() returns TRUE.

 *

 * When using this function, there should be only a single UText opened onto the

 * underlying native text string.  Behavior after a replace operation

 * on a UText is undefined for any other additional UTexts that refer to the

 * modified string.

 *

 * @param ut               the UText representing the text to be operated on.

 * @param nativeStart      the native index of the start of the region to be replaced

 * @param nativeLimit      the native index of the character following the region to be replaced.

 * @param replacementText  pointer to the replacement text

 * @param replacementLength length of the replacement text, or -1 if the text is NUL terminated.

 * @param status           receives any error status.  Possible errors include

 *                         U_NO_WRITE_PERMISSION

 *

 * @return The signed number of (native) storage units by which

 *         the length of the text expanded or contracted.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT int32_t U_EXPORT2

utext_replace(UText *ut,

             int32_t nativeStart, int32_t nativeLimit,

             const UChar *replacementText, int32_t replacementLength,

             UErrorCode *status);

/**

 *

 * Copy or move a substring from one position to another within the text,

 * while retaining any metadata associated with the text.

 * This function is used to duplicate or reorder substrings.

 * The destination index must not overlap the source range.

 *

 * The text to be copied or moved is inserted at destIndex;

 * it does not replace or overwrite any existing text.

 *

 * This function is only available on UText types that support writing,

 * that is, ones where utext_isWritable() returns TRUE.

 *

 * When using this function, there should be only a single UText opened onto the

 * underlying native text string.  Behavior after a copy operation

 * on a UText is undefined in any other additional UTexts that refer to the

 * modified string.

 *

 * @param ut           The UText representing the text to be operated on.

 * @param nativeStart  The native index of the start of the region to be copied or moved

 * @param nativeLimit  The native index of the character position following the region to be copied.

 * @param destIndex    The native destination index to which the source substring is copied or moved.

 * @param move         If TRUE, then the substring is moved, not copied/duplicated.

 * @param status       receives any error status.  Possible errors include U_NO_WRITE_PERMISSION

 *                       

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

U_DRAFT void U_EXPORT2

utext_copy(UText *ut,

          int32_t nativeStart, int32_t nativeLimit,

          int32_t destIndex,

          UBool move,

          UErrorCode *status);

/****************************************************************************************

 *

 *   The following items are required by text providers implementations -

 *    by packages that are writing UText wrappers for additional types of text strings.

 *    These declarations are not needed by applications that use already existing

 *    UText functions for wrapping strings or accessing text data that has been

 *    wrapped in a UText.

 *

 *****************************************************************************************/

/**

  *  Descriptor of a chunk, or segment of text in UChar format.

  *

  *  UText provider implementations surface their text in the form of UTextChunks.

  *

  *  If the native form of the text if UTF-16, a chunk will typically refer back to the

  *   original native text storage.  If the native format is something else, chunks

  *   will typically refer to a buffer maintained by the provider that contains

  *   some amount input that has been converted to UTF-16 (UChar) form.

  *

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */  

struct UTextChunk {

    /** Pointer to contents of text chunk.  UChar format.   */

    const UChar *contents;

    /**  Index within the contents of the current iteration position. */

    int32_t     offset;  

    /** Number of UChars in the chunk. */

    int32_t     length;

    /** (Native) text index corresponding to the start of the chunk. */

    int32_t     nativeStart;

    /** (Native) text index corresponding to the end of the chunk (contents+length). */

    int32_t     nativeLimit;

    /** If TRUE, then non-UTF-16 indexes are used in this chunk. */

    UBool       nonUTF16Indexes;

    /** Unused. */

    UBool       padding1, padding2, padding3;

    /** Unused. */

    int32_t     padInt1, padInt2;

    /** Contains sizeof(UTextChunk) and allows the future addition of fields. */

    int32_t     sizeOfStruct;

};

/**

 * UText provider properties (bit field indexes).

 *

 * @see UText

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

enum {

    /**

     * The provider works with non-UTF-16 ("native") text indexes.

     * For example, byte indexes into UTF-8 text or UTF-32 indexes into UTF-32 text.

     * @draft ICU 3.4

     */

    UTEXT_PROVIDER_NON_UTF16_INDEXES = 0,

    /**

     * It is potentially time consuming for the provider to determine the length of the text.

     * @draft ICU 3.4

     */

    UTEXT_PROVIDER_LENGTH_IS_EXPENSIVE = 1,

    /**

     * Text chunks remain valid and usable until the text object is modified or

     * deleted, not just until the next time the access() function is called

     * (which is the default).

     * @draft ICU 3.4

     */

    UTEXT_PROVIDER_STABLE_CHUNKS = 2,

    /**

     * The provider supports modifying the text via the replace() and copy()

     * functions.

     * @see Replaceable

     * @draft ICU 3.4

     */

    UTEXT_PROVIDER_WRITABLE = 3,

    /**

     * There is meta data associated with the text.

     * @see Replaceable::hasMetaData()

     * @draft ICU 3.4

     */

    UTEXT_PROVIDER_HAS_META_DATA = 4

};

/**

  * Function type declaration for UText.clone().

  *

  *  clone a UText.  Much like opening a UText where the source text is itself

  *  another UText.

  *

  *  A deep clone will copy both the UText data structures and the underlying text.

  *  The original and cloned UText will operate completely independently; modifications

  *  made to the text in one will not effect the other.  Text providers are not

  *  required to support deep clones.  The user of clone() must check the status return

  *  and be prepared to handle failures.

  *

  *  A shallow clone replicates only the UText data structures; it does not make

  *  a copy of the underlying text.  Shallow clones can be used as an efficient way to 

  *  have multiple iterators active in a single text string that is not being

  *  modified.

  *

  *  A shallow clone operation must not fail except for truly exceptional conditions such

  *  as memory allocation failures.

  *

  *  A UText and its clone may be safely concurrently accessed by separate threads.

  *  This is true for both shallow and deep clones.

  *  It is the responsibility of the Text Provider to ensure that this thread safety

  *  constraint is met.

  *

  *  @param dest   A UText struct to be filled in with the result of the clone operation,

  *                or NULL if the clone function should heap-allocate a new UText struct.

  *  @param src    The UText to be cloned.

  *  @param deep   TRUE to request a deep clone, FALSE for a shallow clone.

  *  @param status Errors are returned here.  For deep clones, U_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR

  *                should be returned if the text provider is unable to clone the

  *                original text.

  *  @return       The newly created clone, or NULL if the clone operation failed.

  *

  * @draft ICU 3.4

  */

typedef UText * U_CALLCONV

UTextClone(UText *dest, const UText *src, UBool deep, UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Function type declaration for UText.nativeLength().

 *

 * @param ut the UText to get the length of.

 * @return the length, in the native units of the original text string.

 * @see UText

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

typedef int32_t U_CALLCONV

UTextNativeLength(UText *ut);

/**

 * Function type declaration for UText.access().  Get the description of the text chunk

 *  containing the text at a requested native index.  The UText's iteration

 *  position will be left at the requested index.  If the index is out

 *  of bounds, the iteration position will be left at the start or end

 *  of the string, as appropriate.

 *

 *  Chunks must begin and end on code point boundaries.  A single code point

 *  comprised of multiple storage units must never span a chunk boundary.

 *

 *

 * @param ut          the UText being accessed.

 * @param nativeIndex Requested index of the text to be accessed.

 * @param forward     If TRUE, then the returned chunk must contain text

 *                    starting from the index, so that start<=index<limit.

 *                    If FALSE, then the returned chunk must contain text

 *                    before the index, so that start<index<=limit.

 * @return            True if the requested index could be accessed.  The chunk

 *                    will contain the requested text.

 *                    False value if a chunk cannot be accessed

 *                    (the requested index is out of bounds).

 *

 * @see UText

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

typedef UBool U_CALLCONV

UTextAccess(UText *ut, int32_t nativeIndex, UBool forward, UTextChunk *chunk);

/**

 * Function type declaration for UText.extract().

 *

 * Extract text from a UText into a UChar buffer.  The range of text to be extracted

 * is specified in the native indices of the UText provider.  These may not necessarily

 * be UTF-16 indices.

 * <p/>

 * The size (number of 16 bit UChars) in the data to be extracted is returned.  The

 * full amount is returned, even when the specified buffer size is smaller.

 *

 * The extracted string will (if you are a user) / must (if you are a text provider)

 * be NUL-terminated if there is sufficient space in the destination buffer.

 *

 * @param  ut            the UText from which to extract data.

 * @param  nativeStart   the native index of the first characer to extract.

 * @param  nativeLimit   the native string index of the position following the last

 *                       character to extract.

 * @param  dest          the UChar (UTF-16) buffer into which the extracted text is placed

 * @param  destCapacity  The size, in UChars, of the destination buffer.  May be zero

 *                       for precomputing the required size.

 * @param  status        receives any error status.

 *                       If U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR: Returns number of UChars for

 *                       preflighting.

 * @return Number of UChars in the data.  Does not include a trailing NUL.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

typedef int32_t U_CALLCONV

UTextExtract(UText *ut,

             int32_t nativeStart, int32_t nativeLimit,

             UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity,

             UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Function type declaration for UText.replace().

 *

 * Replace a range of the original text with a replacement text.

 *

 * Leaves the current iteration position at the position following the

 *  newly inserted replacement text.

 *

 * This function need only be implemented on UText types that support writing.

 *

 * When using this function, there should be only a single UText opened onto the

 * underlying native text string.  The function is responsible for updating the

 * text chunk within the UText to reflect the updated iteration position,

 * taking into account any changes to the underlying string's structure caused

 * by the replace operation.

 *

 * @param ut               the UText representing the text to be operated on.

 * @param nativeStart      the index of the start of the region to be replaced

 * @param nativeLimit      the index of the character following the region to be replaced.

 * @param replacementText  pointer to the replacement text

 * @param replacmentLength length of the replacement text in UChars, or -1 if the text is NUL terminated.

 * @param status           receives any error status.  Possible errors include

 *                         U_NO_WRITE_PERMISSION

 *

 * @return The signed number of (native) storage units by which

 *         the length of the text expanded or contracted.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

typedef int32_t U_CALLCONV

UTextReplace(UText *ut,

             int32_t nativeStart, int32_t nativeLimit,

             const UChar *replacementText, int32_t replacmentLength,

             UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Function type declaration for UText.copy().

 *

 * Copy or move a substring from one position to another within the text,

 * while retaining any metadata associated with the text.

 * This function is used to duplicate or reorder substrings.

 * The destination index must not overlap the source range.

 *

 * The text to be copied or moved is inserted at destIndex;

 * it does not replace or overwrite any existing text.

 *

 * This function need only be implemented for UText types that support writing.

 *

 * When using this function, there should be only a single UText opened onto the

 * underlying native text string.  The function is responsible for updating the

 * text chunk within the UText to reflect the updated iteration position,

 * taking into account any changes to the underlying string's structure caused

 * by the replace operation.

 *

 * @param ut           The UText representing the text to be operated on.

 * @param nativeStart  The index of the start of the region to be copied or moved

 * @param nativeLimit  The index of the character following the region to be replaced.

 * @param nativeDest   The destination index to which the source substring is copied or moved.

 * @param move         If TRUE, then the substring is moved, not copied/duplicated.

 * @param status       receives any error status.  Possible errors include U_NO_WRITE_PERMISSION

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

typedef void U_CALLCONV

UTextCopy(UText *ut,

          int32_t nativeStart, int32_t nativeLimit,

          int32_t nativeDest,

          UBool move,

          UErrorCode *status);

/**

 * Function type declaration for UText.mapOffsetToNative().

 * Map from a UChar offset within the current text chunk within the UText to

 *  the corresponding native index in the original source text.

 *

 * This is required only for text providers that do not use native UTF-16 indexes.

 *

 * TODO:  specify behavior with out-of-bounds offset?  Shouldn't ever occur.

 *

 * @param ut     the UText.

 * @param offset UTF-16 offset within text chunk 

 *               0<=offset<=chunk->length.

 * @return Absolute (native) index corresponding to the specified chunk offset.

 *         The returned native index should always be to a code point boundary.

 *

 * @draft ICU 3.4

 */

typedef int32_t U_CALLCONV

UTextMapOffsetToNative(UText *ut, int32_t offset);