icu::Normalizer Class Reference

Old Unicode normalization API. More...

`#include <normlzr.h>`

Inheritance diagram for icu::Normalizer:

## Public Types

enum | { DONE =0xffff }
| If DONE is returned from an iteration function that returns a code point, then there are no more normalization results available. More...

## Public Member Functions

| Normalizer (const UnicodeString &str, UNormalizationMode mode)
| Creates a new `Normalizer` object for iterating over the normalized form of a given string. More...
| Normalizer (ConstChar16Ptr str, int32_t length, UNormalizationMode mode)
| Creates a new `Normalizer` object for iterating over the normalized form of a given string. More...
| Normalizer (const CharacterIterator &iter, UNormalizationMode mode)
| Creates a new `Normalizer` object for iterating over the normalized form of the given text. More...
| Normalizer (const Normalizer &copy)
| Copy constructor. More...
virtual | ~Normalizer ()
| Destructor. More...
UChar32 | current (void)
| Return the current character in the normalized text. More...
UChar32 | first (void)
| Return the first character in the normalized text. More...
UChar32 | last (void)
| Return the last character in the normalized text. More...
UChar32 | next (void)
| Return the next character in the normalized text. More...
UChar32 | previous (void)
| Return the previous character in the normalized text and decrement. More...
void | setIndexOnly (int32_t index)
| Set the iteration position in the input text that is being normalized, without any immediate normalization. More...
void | reset (void)
| Reset the index to the beginning of the text. More...
int32_t | getIndex (void) const
| Retrieve the current iteration position in the input text that is being normalized. More...
int32_t | startIndex (void) const
| Retrieve the index of the start of the input text. More...
int32_t | endIndex (void) const
| Retrieve the index of the end of the input text. More...
bool | operator== (const Normalizer &that) const
| Returns true when both iterators refer to the same character in the same input text. More...
bool | operator!= (const Normalizer &that) const
| Returns false when both iterators refer to the same character in the same input text. More...
Normalizer * | clone () const
| Returns a pointer to a new Normalizer that is a clone of this one. More...
int32_t | hashCode (void) const
| Generates a hash code for this iterator. More...
void | setMode (UNormalizationMode newMode)
| Set the normalization mode for this object. More...
UNormalizationMode | getUMode (void) const
| Return the normalization mode for this object. More...
void | setOption (int32_t option, UBool value)
| Set options that affect this `Normalizer`'s operation. More...
UBool | getOption (int32_t option) const
| Determine whether an option is turned on or off. More...
void | setText (const UnicodeString &newText, UErrorCode &status)
| Set the input text over which this `Normalizer` will iterate. More...
void | setText (const CharacterIterator &newText, UErrorCode &status)
| Set the input text over which this `Normalizer` will iterate. More...
void | setText (ConstChar16Ptr newText, int32_t length, UErrorCode &status)
| Set the input text over which this `Normalizer` will iterate. More...
void | getText (UnicodeString &result)
| Copies the input text into the UnicodeString argument. More...
virtual UClassID | getDynamicClassID () const override
| ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual class. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from icu::UObject
virtual | ~UObject ()
| Destructor. More...

## Static Public Member Functions

static void | normalize (const UnicodeString &source, UNormalizationMode mode, int32_t options, UnicodeString &result, UErrorCode &status)
| Normalizes a `UnicodeString` according to the specified normalization mode. More...
static void | compose (const UnicodeString &source, UBool compat, int32_t options, UnicodeString &result, UErrorCode &status)
| Compose a `UnicodeString`. More...
static void | decompose (const UnicodeString &source, UBool compat, int32_t options, UnicodeString &result, UErrorCode &status)
| Static method to decompose a `UnicodeString`. More...
static UNormalizationCheckResult | quickCheck (const UnicodeString &source, UNormalizationMode mode, UErrorCode &status)
| Performing quick check on a string, to quickly determine if the string is in a particular normalization format. More...
static UNormalizationCheckResult | quickCheck (const UnicodeString &source, UNormalizationMode mode, int32_t options, UErrorCode &status)
| Performing quick check on a string; same as the other version of quickCheck but takes an extra options parameter like most normalization functions. More...
static UBool | isNormalized (const UnicodeString &src, UNormalizationMode mode, UErrorCode &errorCode)
| Test if a string is in a given normalization form. More...
static UBool | isNormalized (const UnicodeString &src, UNormalizationMode mode, int32_t options, UErrorCode &errorCode)
| Test if a string is in a given normalization form; same as the other version of isNormalized but takes an extra options parameter like most normalization functions. More...
static UnicodeString & | concatenate (const UnicodeString &left, const UnicodeString &right, UnicodeString &result, UNormalizationMode mode, int32_t options, UErrorCode &errorCode)
| Concatenate normalized strings, making sure that the result is normalized as well. More...
static int32_t | compare (const UnicodeString &s1, const UnicodeString &s2, uint32_t options, UErrorCode &errorCode)
| Compare two strings for canonical equivalence. More...
static UClassID | getStaticClassID ()
| ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this class. More...

## Detailed Description

Old Unicode normalization API.

This API has been replaced by the Normalizer2 class and is only available for backward compatibility. This class simply delegates to the Normalizer2 class. There is one exception: The new API does not provide a replacement for Normalizer::compare().

The Normalizer class supports the standard normalization forms described in Unicode Standard Annex #15: Unicode Normalization Forms.

The Normalizer class consists of two parts:

- static functions that normalize strings or test if strings are normalized
- a Normalizer object is an iterator that takes any kind of text and provides iteration over its normalized form

The Normalizer class is not suitable for subclassing.

For basic information about normalization forms and details about the C API please see the documentation in unorm.h.

The iterator API with the Normalizer constructors and the non-static functions use a CharacterIterator as input. It is possible to pass a string which is then internally wrapped in a CharacterIterator. The input text is not normalized all at once, but incrementally where needed (providing efficient random access). This allows to pass in a large text but spend only a small amount of time normalizing a small part of that text. However, if the entire text is normalized, then the iterator will be slower than normalizing the entire text at once and iterating over the result. A possible use of the Normalizer iterator is also to report an index into the original text that is close to where the normalized characters come from.

Important: The iterator API was cleaned up significantly for ICU 2.0. The earlier implementation reported the getIndex() inconsistently, and previous() could not be used after setIndex(), next(), first(), and current().

Normalizer allows to start normalizing from anywhere in the input text by calling setIndexOnly(), first(), or last(). Without calling any of these, the iterator will start at the beginning of the text.

At any time, next() returns the next normalized code point (UChar32), with post-increment semantics (like CharacterIterator::next32PostInc()). previous() returns the previous normalized code point (UChar32), with pre-decrement semantics (like CharacterIterator::previous32()).

current() returns the current code point (respectively the one at the newly set index) without moving the getIndex(). Note that if the text at the current position needs to be normalized, then these functions will do that. (This is why current() is not const.) It is more efficient to call setIndexOnly() instead, which does not normalize.

getIndex() always refers to the position in the input text where the normalized code points are returned from. It does not always change with each returned code point. The code point that is returned from any of the functions corresponds to text at or after getIndex(), according to the function's iteration semantics (post-increment or pre-decrement).

next() returns a code point from at or after the getIndex() from before the next() call. After the next() call, the getIndex() might have moved to where the next code point will be returned from (from a next() or current() call). This is semantically equivalent to array access with array[index++] (post-increment semantics).

previous() returns a code point from at or after the getIndex() from after the previous() call. This is semantically equivalent to array access with array[–index] (pre-decrement semantics).

Internally, the Normalizer iterator normalizes a small piece of text starting at the getIndex() and ending at a following "safe" index. The normalized results is stored in an internal string buffer, and the code points are iterated from there. With multiple iteration calls, this is repeated until the next piece of text needs to be normalized, and the getIndex() needs to be moved.

The following "safe" index, the internal buffer, and the secondary iteration index into that buffer are not exposed on the API. This also means that it is currently not practical to return to a particular, arbitrary position in the text because one would need to know, and be able to set, in addition to the getIndex(), at least also the current index into the internal buffer. It is currently only possible to observe when getIndex() changes (with careful consideration of the iteration semantics), at which time the internal index will be 0. For example, if getIndex() is different after next() than before it, then the internal index is 0 and one can return to this getIndex() later with setIndexOnly().

Note: While the setIndex() and getIndex() refer to indices in the underlying Unicode input text, the next() and previous() methods iterate through characters in the normalized output. This means that there is not necessarily a one-to-one correspondence between characters returned by next() and previous() and the indices passed to and returned from setIndex() and getIndex(). It is for this reason that Normalizer does not implement the CharacterIterator interface.

Author
  Laura Werner, Mark Davis, Markus Scherer

Stable:
  ICU 2.0

Definition at line 136 of file normlzr.h.

## Member Enumeration Documentation

## anonymous enum

anonymous enum

If DONE is returned from an iteration function that returns a code point, then there are no more normalization results available.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

Definition at line 144 of file normlzr.h.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## Normalizer() [1/4]

icu::Normalizer::Normalizer | ( | const UnicodeString & | str,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode
| ) |  |

Creates a new `Normalizer` object for iterating over the normalized form of a given string.

Parameters

  str | The string to be normalized. The normalization will start at the beginning of the string.
  mode | The normalization mode.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## Normalizer() [2/4]

icu::Normalizer::Normalizer | ( | ConstChar16Ptr | str,
|  | int32_t | length,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode
| ) |  |

Creates a new `Normalizer` object for iterating over the normalized form of a given string.

Parameters

  str | The string to be normalized. The normalization will start at the beginning of the string.
  length | Length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated.
  mode | The normalization mode.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## Normalizer() [3/4]

icu::Normalizer::Normalizer | ( | const CharacterIterator & | iter,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode
| ) |  |

Creates a new `Normalizer` object for iterating over the normalized form of the given text.

Parameters

  iter | The input text to be normalized. The normalization will start at the beginning of the string.
  mode | The normalization mode.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## Normalizer() [4/4]

icu::Normalizer::Normalizer | ( | const Normalizer & | copy | ) |

Copy constructor.

Parameters

  copy | The object to be copied.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## ~Normalizer()

virtual icu::Normalizer::~Normalizer | ( |  | ) |

virtual

Destructor.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## Member Function Documentation

## clone()

Normalizer* icu::Normalizer::clone | ( |  | ) | const

Returns a pointer to a new Normalizer that is a clone of this one.

The caller is responsible for deleting the new clone.

Returns
  a pointer to a new Normalizer

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## compare()

int32_t icu::Normalizer::compare | ( | const UnicodeString & | s1,
|  | const UnicodeString & | s2,
|  | uint32_t | options,
|  | UErrorCode & | errorCode
| ) |  |

inlinestatic

Compare two strings for canonical equivalence.

Further options include case-insensitive comparison and code point order (as opposed to code unit order).

Canonical equivalence between two strings is defined as their normalized forms (NFD or NFC) being identical. This function compares strings incrementally instead of normalizing (and optionally case-folding) both strings entirely, improving performance significantly.

Bulk normalization is only necessary if the strings do not fulfill the FCD conditions. Only in this case, and only if the strings are relatively long, is memory allocated temporarily. For FCD strings and short non-FCD strings there is no memory allocation.

Semantically, this is equivalent to strcmp[CodePointOrder](NFD(foldCase(s1)), NFD(foldCase(s2))) where code point order and foldCase are all optional.

UAX 21 2.5 Caseless Matching specifies that for a canonical caseless match the case folding must be performed first, then the normalization.

Parameters

  s1 | First source string.
  s2 | Second source string.

  options

  A bit set of options:
  - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options: Case-sensitive comparison in code unit order, and the input strings are quick-checked for FCD.
  - UNORM_INPUT_IS_FCD Set if the caller knows that both s1 and s2 fulfill the FCD conditions. If not set, the function will quickCheck for FCD and normalize if necessary.
  - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order (see u_strCompare for details).
  - U_COMPARE_IGNORE_CASE Set to compare strings case-insensitively using case folding, instead of case-sensitively. If set, then the following case folding options are used.
  - Options as used with case-insensitive comparisons, currently:
  - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I (see u_strCaseCompare for details)
  - regular normalization options shifted left by UNORM_COMPARE_NORM_OPTIONS_SHIFT

  errorCode | ICU error code in/out parameter. Must fulfill U_SUCCESS before the function call.

Returns
  <0 or 0 or >0 as usual for string comparisons

See also
  unorm_compare
  normalize
  UNORM_FCD
  u_strCompare
  u_strCaseCompare

Stable:
  ICU 2.2

Definition at line 800 of file normlzr.h.

References icu::UnicodeString::getBuffer(), icu::UnicodeString::length(), icu::toUCharPtr(), and unorm_compare().

## compose()

static void icu::Normalizer::compose | ( | const UnicodeString & | source,
|  | UBool | compat,
|  | int32_t | options,
|  | UnicodeString & | result,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

static

Compose a `UnicodeString`.

This is equivalent to normalize() with mode UNORM_NFC or UNORM_NFKC. This is a wrapper for unorm_normalize(), using UnicodeString's.

The `options` parameter specifies which optional `Normalizer` features are to be enabled for this operation.

Parameters

  source | the string to be composed.
  compat | Perform compatibility decomposition before composition. If this argument is `false`, only canonical decomposition will be performed.
  options | the optional features to be enabled (0 for no options)
  result | The composed string (on output).
  status | The error code.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## concatenate()

static UnicodeString& icu::Normalizer::concatenate | ( | const UnicodeString & | left,
|  | const UnicodeString & | right,
|  | UnicodeString & | result,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode,
|  | int32_t | options,
|  | UErrorCode & | errorCode
| ) |  |

static

Concatenate normalized strings, making sure that the result is normalized as well.

If both the left and the right strings are in the normalization form according to "mode/options", then the result will be

dest=normalize(left+right, mode, options)
icu::Normalizer::normalize
static void normalize(const UnicodeString &source, UNormalizationMode mode, int32_t options, UnicodeString &result, UErrorCode &status)
Normalizes a UnicodeString according to the specified normalization mode.

For details see unorm_concatenate in unorm.h.

Parameters

  left | Left source string.
  right | Right source string.
  result | The output string.
  mode | The normalization mode.
  options | A bit set of normalization options.
  errorCode | ICU error code in/out parameter. Must fulfill U_SUCCESS before the function call.

Returns
  result

See also
  unorm_concatenate
  normalize
  unorm_next
  unorm_previous

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## current()

UChar32 icu::Normalizer::current | ( | void |  | ) |

Return the current character in the normalized text.

current() may need to normalize some text at getIndex(). The getIndex() is not changed.

Returns
  the current normalized code point

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## decompose()

static void icu::Normalizer::decompose | ( | const UnicodeString & | source,
|  | UBool | compat,
|  | int32_t | options,
|  | UnicodeString & | result,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

static

Static method to decompose a `UnicodeString`.

This is equivalent to normalize() with mode UNORM_NFD or UNORM_NFKD. This is a wrapper for unorm_normalize(), using UnicodeString's.

The `options` parameter specifies which optional `Normalizer` features are to be enabled for this operation.

Parameters

  source | the string to be decomposed.
  compat | Perform compatibility decomposition. If this argument is `false`, only canonical decomposition will be performed.
  options | the optional features to be enabled (0 for no options)
  result | The decomposed string (on output).
  status | The error code.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## endIndex()

int32_t icu::Normalizer::endIndex | ( | void |  | ) | const

Retrieve the index of the end of the input text.

This is the end index of the `CharacterIterator` or the length of the string over which this `Normalizer` is iterating. This end index is exclusive, i.e., the Normalizer operates only on characters before this index.

Returns
  the first index in the input text where the Normalizer does not operate

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## first()

UChar32 icu::Normalizer::first | ( | void |  | ) |

Return the first character in the normalized text.

This is equivalent to setIndexOnly(startIndex()) followed by next(). (Post-increment semantics.)

Returns
  the first normalized code point

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## getDynamicClassID()

virtual UClassID icu::Normalizer::getDynamicClassID | ( |  | ) | const

overridevirtual

ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual class.

Returns
  a UClassID for the actual class.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

Reimplemented from icu::UObject.

## getIndex()

int32_t icu::Normalizer::getIndex | ( | void |  | ) | const

Retrieve the current iteration position in the input text that is being normalized.

A following call to next() will return a normalized code point from the input text at or after this index.

After a call to previous(), getIndex() will point at or before the position in the input text where the normalized code point was returned from with previous().

Returns
  the current index in the input text

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## getOption()

UBool icu::Normalizer::getOption | ( | int32_t | option | ) | const

Determine whether an option is turned on or off.

If multiple options are specified, then the result is true if any of them are set.

Parameters

  option | the option(s) that are to be checked

Returns
  true if any of the option(s) are set

See also
  setOption

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## getStaticClassID()

static UClassID icu::Normalizer::getStaticClassID | ( |  | ) |

static

ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this class.

Returns
  a UClassID for this class.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## getText()

void icu::Normalizer::getText | ( | UnicodeString & | result | ) |

Copies the input text into the UnicodeString argument.

Parameters

  result | Receives a copy of the text under iteration.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## getUMode()

UNormalizationMode icu::Normalizer::getUMode | ( | void |  | ) | const

Return the normalization mode for this object.

This is an unusual name because there used to be a getMode() that returned a different type.

Returns
  the mode for this `Normalizer`

See also
  setMode

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## hashCode()

int32_t icu::Normalizer::hashCode | ( | void |  | ) | const

Generates a hash code for this iterator.

Returns
  the hash code

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## isNormalized() [1/2]

static UBool icu::Normalizer::isNormalized | ( | const UnicodeString & | src,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode,
|  | int32_t | options,
|  | UErrorCode & | errorCode
| ) |  |

static

Test if a string is in a given normalization form; same as the other version of isNormalized but takes an extra options parameter like most normalization functions.

Parameters

  src | String that is to be tested if it is in a normalization format.
  mode | Which normalization form to test for.
  options | the optional features to be enabled (0 for no options)
  errorCode | ICU error code in/out parameter. Must fulfill U_SUCCESS before the function call.

Returns
  Boolean value indicating whether the source string is in the "mode" normalization form.

See also
  quickCheck

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## isNormalized() [2/2]

UBool icu::Normalizer::isNormalized | ( | const UnicodeString & | src,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode,
|  | UErrorCode & | errorCode
| ) |  |

inlinestatic

Test if a string is in a given normalization form.

This is semantically equivalent to source.equals(normalize(source, mode)) .

Unlike unorm_quickCheck(), this function returns a definitive result, never a "maybe". For NFD, NFKD, and FCD, both functions work exactly the same. For NFC and NFKC where quickCheck may return "maybe", this function will perform further tests to arrive at a true/false result.

Parameters

  src | String that is to be tested if it is in a normalization format.
  mode | Which normalization form to test for.
  errorCode | ICU error code in/out parameter. Must fulfill U_SUCCESS before the function call.

Returns
  Boolean value indicating whether the source string is in the "mode" normalization form.

See also
  quickCheck

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

Definition at line 792 of file normlzr.h.

## last()

UChar32 icu::Normalizer::last | ( | void |  | ) |

Return the last character in the normalized text.

This is equivalent to setIndexOnly(endIndex()) followed by previous(). (Pre-decrement semantics.)

Returns
  the last normalized code point

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## next()

UChar32 icu::Normalizer::next | ( | void |  | ) |

Return the next character in the normalized text.

(Post-increment semantics.) If the end of the text has already been reached, DONE is returned. The DONE value could be confused with a U+FFFF non-character code point in the text. If this is possible, you can test getIndex()<endIndex() before calling next(), or (getIndex()<endIndex() || last()!=DONE) after calling next(). (Calling last() will change the iterator state!)

The C API unorm_next() is more efficient and does not have this ambiguity.

Returns
  the next normalized code point

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## normalize()

static void icu::Normalizer::normalize | ( | const UnicodeString & | source,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode,
|  | int32_t | options,
|  | UnicodeString & | result,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

static

Normalizes a `UnicodeString` according to the specified normalization mode.

This is a wrapper for unorm_normalize(), using UnicodeString's.

The `options` parameter specifies which optional `Normalizer` features are to be enabled for this operation.

Parameters

  source | the input string to be normalized.
  mode | the normalization mode
  options | the optional features to be enabled (0 for no options)
  result | The normalized string (on output).
  status | The error code.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## operator!=()

bool icu::Normalizer::operator!= | ( | const Normalizer & | that | ) | const

inline

Returns false when both iterators refer to the same character in the same input text.

Parameters

  that | a Normalizer object to compare this one to

Returns
  comparison result

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

Definition at line 781 of file normlzr.h.

References icu::operator==().

## operator==()

bool icu::Normalizer::operator== | ( | const Normalizer & | that | ) | const

Returns true when both iterators refer to the same character in the same input text.

Parameters

  that | a Normalizer object to compare this one to

Returns
  comparison result

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## previous()

UChar32 icu::Normalizer::previous | ( | void |  | ) |

Return the previous character in the normalized text and decrement.

(Pre-decrement semantics.) If the beginning of the text has already been reached, DONE is returned. The DONE value could be confused with a U+FFFF non-character code point in the text. If this is possible, you can test (getIndex()>startIndex() || first()!=DONE). (Calling first() will change the iterator state!)

The C API unorm_previous() is more efficient and does not have this ambiguity.

Returns
  the previous normalized code point

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## quickCheck() [1/2]

static UNormalizationCheckResult icu::Normalizer::quickCheck | ( | const UnicodeString & | source,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode,
|  | int32_t | options,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

static

Performing quick check on a string; same as the other version of quickCheck but takes an extra options parameter like most normalization functions.

Parameters

  source | string for determining if it is in a normalized format
  mode | normalization format
  options | the optional features to be enabled (0 for no options)
  status | A reference to a UErrorCode to receive any errors

Returns
  UNORM_YES, UNORM_NO or UNORM_MAYBE

See also
  isNormalized

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## quickCheck() [2/2]

UNormalizationCheckResult icu::Normalizer::quickCheck | ( | const UnicodeString & | source,
|  | UNormalizationMode | mode,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

inlinestatic

Performing quick check on a string, to quickly determine if the string is in a particular normalization format.

This is a wrapper for unorm_quickCheck(), using a UnicodeString.

Three types of result can be returned UNORM_YES, UNORM_NO or UNORM_MAYBE. Result UNORM_YES indicates that the argument string is in the desired normalized format, UNORM_NO determines that argument string is not in the desired normalized format. A UNORM_MAYBE result indicates that a more thorough check is required, the user may have to put the string in its normalized form and compare the results.

Parameters

  source | string for determining if it is in a normalized format
  mode | normalization format
  status | A reference to a UErrorCode to receive any errors

Returns
  UNORM_YES, UNORM_NO or UNORM_MAYBE

See also
  isNormalized

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

Definition at line 785 of file normlzr.h.

## reset()

void icu::Normalizer::reset | ( | void |  | ) |

Reset the index to the beginning of the text.

This is equivalent to setIndexOnly(startIndex)).

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## setIndexOnly()

void icu::Normalizer::setIndexOnly | ( | int32_t | index | ) |

Set the iteration position in the input text that is being normalized, without any immediate normalization.

After setIndexOnly(), getIndex() will return the same index that is specified here.

Parameters

  index | the desired index in the input text.

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## setMode()

void icu::Normalizer::setMode | ( | UNormalizationMode | newMode | ) |

Set the normalization mode for this object.

Note:If the normalization mode is changed while iterating over a string, calls to next() and previous() may return previously buffers characters in the old normalization mode until the iteration is able to re-sync at the next base character. It is safest to call setIndexOnly, reset(), setText, first(), last(), etc. after calling `setMode`.

Parameters

  newMode | the new mode for this `Normalizer`.

See also
  getUMode

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## setOption()

void icu::Normalizer::setOption | ( | int32_t | option,
|  | UBool | value
| ) |  |

Set options that affect this `Normalizer`'s operation.

Options do not change the basic composition or decomposition operation that is being performed, but they control whether certain optional portions of the operation are done. Currently the only available option is obsolete.

It is possible to specify multiple options that are all turned on or off.

Parameters

  option | the option(s) whose value is/are to be set.
  value | the new setting for the option. Use `true` to turn the option(s) on and `false` to turn it/them off.

See also
  getOption

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## setText() [1/3]

void icu::Normalizer::setText | ( | const CharacterIterator & | newText,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

Set the input text over which this `Normalizer` will iterate.

The iteration position is set to the beginning.

Parameters

  newText | a CharacterIterator object that replaces the current input text
  status | a UErrorCode

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## setText() [2/3]

void icu::Normalizer::setText | ( | const UnicodeString & | newText,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

Set the input text over which this `Normalizer` will iterate.

The iteration position is set to the beginning.

Parameters

  newText | a string that replaces the current input text
  status | a UErrorCode

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## setText() [3/3]

void icu::Normalizer::setText | ( | ConstChar16Ptr | newText,
|  | int32_t | length,
|  | UErrorCode & | status
| ) |  |

Set the input text over which this `Normalizer` will iterate.

The iteration position is set to the beginning.

Parameters

  newText | a string that replaces the current input text
  length | the length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated
  status | a UErrorCode

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

## startIndex()

int32_t icu::Normalizer::startIndex | ( | void |  | ) | const

Retrieve the index of the start of the input text.

This is the begin index of the `CharacterIterator` or the start (i.e. index 0) of the string over which this `Normalizer` is iterating.

Returns
  the smallest index in the input text where the Normalizer operates

Deprecated:
  ICU 56 Use Normalizer2 instead.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- common/unicode/normlzr.h