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localematcher.h File Reference

C++ API: Locale matcher: User's desired locales vs. More...

#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/locid.h"
#include "unicode/stringpiece.h"
#include "unicode/uobject.h"

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Data Structures

class  icu::LocaleMatcher
 Immutable class that picks the best match between a user's desired locales and an application's supported locales. More...
 
class  icu::LocaleMatcher::Result
 Data for the best-matching pair of a desired and a supported locale. More...
 
class  icu::LocaleMatcher::Builder
 LocaleMatcher builder. More...
 

Namespaces

 icu
 File coll.h.
 

Enumerations

enum  ULocMatchFavorSubtag { ULOCMATCH_FAVOR_LANGUAGE, ULOCMATCH_FAVOR_SCRIPT }
 Builder option for whether the language subtag or the script subtag is most important. More...
 
enum  ULocMatchDemotion { ULOCMATCH_DEMOTION_NONE, ULOCMATCH_DEMOTION_REGION }
 Builder option for whether all desired locales are treated equally or earlier ones are preferred. More...
 

Detailed Description

C++ API: Locale matcher: User's desired locales vs.

application's supported locales.

Definition in file localematcher.h.

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ ULocMatchDemotion

Builder option for whether all desired locales are treated equally or earlier ones are preferred.

See also
Builder::setDemotionPerDesiredLocale(Demotion)
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ULOCMATCH_DEMOTION_NONE 

All desired locales are treated equally.

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ULOCMATCH_DEMOTION_REGION 

Earlier desired locales are preferred.

From each desired locale to the next, the distance to any supported locale is increased by an additional amount which is at least as large as most region mismatches. A later desired locale has to have a better match with some supported locale due to more than merely having the same region subtag.

For example: Supported={en, sv} desired=[en-GB, sv] yields Result(en-GB, en) because with the demotion of sv its perfect match is no better than the region distance between the earlier desired locale en-GB and en=en-US.

Notes:

  • In some cases, language and/or script differences can be as small as the typical region difference. (Example: sr-Latn vs. sr-Cyrl)
  • It is possible for certain region differences to be larger than usual, and larger than the demotion. (As of CLDR 35 there is no such case, but this is possible in future versions of the data.)
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Definition at line 57 of file localematcher.h.

◆ ULocMatchFavorSubtag

Builder option for whether the language subtag or the script subtag is most important.

See also
Builder::setFavorSubtag(FavorSubtag)
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ULOCMATCH_FAVOR_LANGUAGE 

Language differences are most important, then script differences, then region differences.

(This is the default behavior.)

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ULOCMATCH_FAVOR_SCRIPT 

Makes script differences matter relatively more than language differences.

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Definition at line 31 of file localematcher.h.