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+/*
+**********************************************************************
+*   Copyright (C) 1998-2005, International Business Machines
+*   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
+**********************************************************************
+*
+* File unistr.h
+*
+* Modification History:
+*
+*   Date        Name        Description
+*   09/25/98    stephen     Creation.
+*   11/11/98    stephen     Changed per 11/9 code review.
+*   04/20/99    stephen     Overhauled per 4/16 code review.
+*   11/18/99    aliu        Made to inherit from Replaceable.  Added method
+*                           handleReplaceBetween(); other methods unchanged.
+*   06/25/01    grhoten     Remove dependency on iostream.
+******************************************************************************
+*/
+#ifndef UNISTR_H
+#define UNISTR_H
+/**
+* \file
+* \brief C++ API: Unicode String
+*/
+#include "unicode/rep.h"
+struct UConverter;          // unicode/ucnv.h
+class  StringThreadTest;
+#ifndef U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+/* see also ustring.h and unorm.h */
+/**
+* Option bit for u_strCaseCompare, u_strcasecmp, unorm_compare, etc:
+* Compare strings in code point order instead of code unit order.
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+#define U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER  0x8000
+#endif
+#ifndef USTRING_H
+/* see ustring.h */
+U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
+u_strlen(const UChar *s);
+#endif
+U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+class Locale;               // unicode/locid.h
+class StringCharacterIterator;
+class BreakIterator;        // unicode/brkiter.h
+/* The <iostream> include has been moved to unicode/ustream.h */
+/**
+* Constant to be used in the UnicodeString(char *, int32_t, EInvariant) constructor
+* which constructs a Unicode string from an invariant-character char * string.
+* About invariant characters see utypes.h.
+* This constructor has no runtime dependency on conversion code and is
+* therefore recommended over ones taking a charset name string
+* (where the empty string "" indicates invariant-character conversion).
+*
+* @draft ICU 3.2
+*/
+#define US_INV UnicodeString::kInvariant
+/**
+* Unicode String literals in C++.
+* Dependent on the platform properties, different UnicodeString
+* constructors should be used to create a UnicodeString object from
+* a string literal.
+* The macros are defined for maximum performance.
+* They work only for strings that contain "invariant characters", i.e.,
+* only latin letters, digits, and some punctuation.
+* See utypes.h for details.
+*
+* The string parameter must be a C string literal.
+* The length of the string, not including the terminating
+* <code>NUL</code>, must be specified as a constant.
+* The U_STRING_DECL macro should be invoked exactly once for one
+* such string variable before it is used.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+#if U_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T==U_SIZEOF_UCHAR && (U_CHARSET_FAMILY==U_ASCII_FAMILY || (U_SIZEOF_UCHAR == 2 && defined(U_WCHAR_IS_UTF16)))
+#   define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)L ## cs, _length)
+#elif U_SIZEOF_UCHAR==1 && U_CHARSET_FAMILY==U_ASCII_FAMILY
+#   define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)cs, _length)
+#else
+#   define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) UnicodeString(cs, _length, US_INV)
+#endif
+/**
+* Unicode String literals in C++.
+* Dependent on the platform properties, different UnicodeString
+* constructors should be used to create a UnicodeString object from
+* a string literal.
+* The macros are defined for improved performance.
+* They work only for strings that contain "invariant characters", i.e.,
+* only latin letters, digits, and some punctuation.
+* See utypes.h for details.
+*
+* The string parameter must be a C string literal.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+#if U_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T==U_SIZEOF_UCHAR && (U_CHARSET_FAMILY==U_ASCII_FAMILY || (U_SIZEOF_UCHAR == 2 && defined(U_WCHAR_IS_UTF16)))
+#   define UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE(cs) UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)L ## cs, -1)
+#elif U_SIZEOF_UCHAR==1 && U_CHARSET_FAMILY==U_ASCII_FAMILY
+#   define UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE(cs) UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)cs, -1)
+#else
+#   define UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE(cs) UnicodeString(cs, -1, US_INV)
+#endif
+/**
+* UnicodeString is a string class that stores Unicode characters directly and provides
+* similar functionality as the Java String and StringBuffer classes.
+* It is a concrete implementation of the abstract class Replaceable (for transliteration).
+*
+* The UnicodeString class is not suitable for subclassing.
+*
+* <p>For an overview of Unicode strings in C and C++ see the
+* <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/userguide/strings.html">User Guide Strings chapter</a>.</p>
+*
+* <p>In ICU, a Unicode string consists of 16-bit Unicode <em>code units</em>.
+* A Unicode character may be stored with either one code unit
+* (the most common case) or with a matched pair of special code units
+* ("surrogates"). The data type for code units is UChar.
+* For single-character handling, a Unicode character code <em>point</em> is a value
+* in the range 0..0x10ffff. ICU uses the UChar32 type for code points.</p>
+*
+* <p>Indexes and offsets into and lengths of strings always count code units, not code points.
+* This is the same as with multi-byte char* strings in traditional string handling.
+* Operations on partial strings typically do not test for code point boundaries.
+* If necessary, the user needs to take care of such boundaries by testing for the code unit
+* values or by using functions like
+* UnicodeString::getChar32Start() and UnicodeString::getChar32Limit()
+* (or, in C, the equivalent macros U16_SET_CP_START() and U16_SET_CP_LIMIT(), see utf.h).</p>
+*
+* UnicodeString methods are more lenient with regard to input parameter values
+* than other ICU APIs. In particular:
+* - If indexes are out of bounds for a UnicodeString object
+*   (<0 or >length()) then they are "pinned" to the nearest boundary.
+* - If primitive string pointer values (e.g., const UChar * or char *)
+*   for input strings are NULL, then those input string parameters are treated
+*   as if they pointed to an empty string.
+*   However, this is <em>not</em> the case for char * parameters for charset names
+*   or other IDs.
+* - Most UnicodeString methods do not take a UErrorCode parameter because
+*   there are usually very few opportunities for failure other than a shortage
+*   of memory, error codes in low-level C++ string methods would be inconvenient,
+*   and the error code as the last parameter (ICU convention) would prevent
+*   the use of default parameter values.
+*   Instead, such methods set the UnicodeString into a "bogus" state
+*   (see isBogus()) if an error occurs.
+*
+* In string comparisons, two UnicodeString objects that are both "bogus"
+* compare equal (to be transitive and prevent endless loops in sorting),
+* and a "bogus" string compares less than any non-"bogus" one.
+*
+* Const UnicodeString methods are thread-safe. Multiple threads can use
+* const methods on the same UnicodeString object simultaneously,
+* but non-const methods must not be called concurrently (in multiple threads)
+* with any other (const or non-const) methods.
+*
+* Similarly, const UnicodeString & parameters are thread-safe.
+* One object may be passed in as such a parameter concurrently in multiple threads.
+* This includes the const UnicodeString & parameters for
+* copy construction, assignment, and cloning.
+*
+* <p>UnicodeString uses several storage methods.
+* String contents can be stored inside the UnicodeString object itself,
+* in an allocated and shared buffer, or in an outside buffer that is "aliased".
+* Most of this is done transparently, but careful aliasing in particular provides
+* significant performance improvements.
+* Also, the internal buffer is accessible via special functions.
+* For details see the
+* <a href="http://icu.sourceforge.net/userguide/strings.html">User Guide Strings chapter</a>.</p>
+*
+* @see utf.h
+* @see CharacterIterator
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+class U_COMMON_API UnicodeString : public Replaceable
+{
+public:
+/**
+* Constant to be used in the UnicodeString(char *, int32_t, EInvariant) constructor
+* which constructs a Unicode string from an invariant-character char * string.
+* Use the macro US_INV instead of the full qualification for this value.
+*
+* @see US_INV
+* @draft ICU 3.2
+*/
+enum EInvariant {
+/**
+* @see EInvariant
+* @draft ICU 3.2
+*/
+kInvariant
+};
+//========================================
+// Read-only operations
+//========================================
+/* Comparison - bitwise only - for international comparison use collation */
+/**
+* Equality operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return TRUE if <TT>text</TT> contains the same characters as this one,
+* FALSE otherwise.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool operator== (const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Inequality operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return FALSE if <TT>text</TT> contains the same characters as this one,
+* TRUE otherwise.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool operator!= (const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Greater than operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
+* greater than the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool operator> (const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Less than operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
+* less than the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool operator< (const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Greater than or equal operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
+* greater than or equal to the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool operator>= (const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Less than or equal operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
+* less than or equal to the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool operator<= (const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in this UnicodeString to
+* the characters in <code>text</code>.
+* @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>text</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>text</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>text</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compare(const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters
+* in <TT>text</TT>
+* @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters of text to compare.
+* @param text the other text to be compared against this string.
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>text</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>text</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>text</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters
+* in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters in this to compare.
+* @param srcText the text to be compared
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start comparison
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>src</TT> to compare
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>srcText</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcText</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>srcText</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in this UnicodeString with the first
+* <TT>srcLength</TT> characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>.
+* @param srcChars The characters to compare to this UnicodeString.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to compare
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>srcChars</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcChars</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>srcChars</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compare(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the first
+* <TT>length</TT> characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters to compare.
+* @param srcChars the characters to be compared
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>srcChars</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcChars</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>srcChars</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters
+* in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters in this to compare
+* @param srcChars the characters to be compared
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> to start comparison
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to compare
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>srcChars</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcChars</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>srcChars</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Compare the characters bitwise in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>) with the characters
+* in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcLimit</TT>).
+* @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
+* @param limit the offset immediately following the compare operation
+* @param srcText the text to be compared
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start comparison
+* @param srcLimit the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to limit comparison
+* @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
+* contains the same characters as <code>srcText</code>, -1 if the characters in
+* this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcText</code>, +1 if the
+* characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
+* in <code>srcText</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param text Another string to compare this one to.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
+* This is different in UTF-16 from how compare(), operator==, startsWith() etc. work
+* if supplementary characters are present:
+*
+* In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
+* stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
+* which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
+* This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
+* If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param limit The offset after the last code unit from this string to compare.
+* @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param srcLimit The offset after the last code unit from that string to compare.
+* @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
+* this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
+* in code point order
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t compareCodePointOrderBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(text.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param text Another string to compare this one to.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompare(const UnicodeString& text, uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcText.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcText.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcChars.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompare(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcChars.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcChars.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
+* @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
+* This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compareBetween(text.foldCase(options)).
+*
+* @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param limit The offset after the last code unit from this string to compare.
+* @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
+* @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
+* @param srcLimit The offset after the last code unit from that string to compare.
+* @param options A bit set of options:
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
+*     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
+*
+*   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
+*     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
+*     (see u_strCompare for details).
+*
+*   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+*
+* @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int8_t caseCompareBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit,
+uint32_t options) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this starts with the characters in <TT>text</TT>
+* @param text The text to match.
+* @return TRUE if this starts with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool startsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this starts with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>
+* in the range [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* @param srcText The text to match.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
+* @return TRUE if this starts with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool startsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this starts with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @param srcChars The characters to match.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @return TRUE if this starts with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool startsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* in the range  [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* @param srcChars The characters to match.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
+* @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>, FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool startsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>text</TT>
+* @param text The text to match.
+* @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool endsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>
+* in the range [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* @param srcText The text to match.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
+* @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool endsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @param srcChars The characters to match.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* in the range  [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* @param srcChars The characters to match.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
+* @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>,
+* FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+/* Searching - bitwise only */
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The text to search for.
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The text to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>text</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The text to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @param length The number of characters to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+*  in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcText The text to search for.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> at which
+* to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the characters in
+* <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcChars The text to search for.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>srcChars</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcChars The text to search for.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @param length The number of characters to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>srcChars</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcChars The text to search for.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> at which
+* to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>,
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param c The code unit to search for.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(UChar c) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>,
+* using bitwise comparison.
+*
+* @param c The code point to search for.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(UChar32 c) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>,
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param c The code unit to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+*
+* @param c The code point to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>
+* in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param c The code unit to search for.
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the first occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
+* in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+*
+* @param c The code point to search for.
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t indexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The text to search for.
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The text to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>text</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param text The text to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @param length The number of characters to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcText The text to search for.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> at which
+* to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcChars The text to search for.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>srcChars</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcChars The text to search for.
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @param length The number of characters to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>srcChars</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
+* in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param srcChars The text to search for.
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> at which
+* to start matching
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
+* or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>,
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param c The code unit to search for.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar c) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>,
+* using bitwise comparison.
+*
+* @param c The code point to search for.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar32 c) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+* @param c The code unit to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
+* starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
+*
+* @param c The code point to search for.
+* @param start The offset at which searching will start.
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>
+* in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+* @param c The code unit to search for.
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/**
+* Locate in this the last occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
+* in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
+* using bitwise comparison.
+*
+* @param c The code point to search for.
+* @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
+* @param length the number of characters in this to search
+* @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+/* Character access */
+/**
+* Return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>.
+* If the offset is not valid (0..length()-1) then U+ffff is returned.
+* @param offset a valid offset into the text
+* @return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>
+*         or 0xffff if the offset is not valid for this string
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UChar charAt(int32_t offset) const;
+/**
+* Return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>.
+* If the offset is not valid (0..length()-1) then U+ffff is returned.
+* @param offset a valid offset into the text
+* @return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UChar operator[] (int32_t offset) const;
+/**
+* Return the code point that contains the code unit
+* at offset <tt>offset</tt>.
+* If the offset is not valid (0..length()-1) then U+ffff is returned.
+* @param offset a valid offset into the text
+* that indicates the text offset of any of the code units
+* that will be assembled into a code point (21-bit value) and returned
+* @return the code point of text at <tt>offset</tt>
+*         or 0xffff if the offset is not valid for this string
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UChar32 char32At(int32_t offset) const;
+/**
+* Adjust a random-access offset so that
+* it points to the beginning of a Unicode character.
+* The offset that is passed in points to
+* any code unit of a code point,
+* while the returned offset will point to the first code unit
+* of the same code point.
+* In UTF-16, if the input offset points to a second surrogate
+* of a surrogate pair, then the returned offset will point
+* to the first surrogate.
+* @param offset a valid offset into one code point of the text
+* @return offset of the first code unit of the same code point
+* @see U16_SET_CP_START
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t getChar32Start(int32_t offset) const;
+/**
+* Adjust a random-access offset so that
+* it points behind a Unicode character.
+* The offset that is passed in points behind
+* any code unit of a code point,
+* while the returned offset will point behind the last code unit
+* of the same code point.
+* In UTF-16, if the input offset points behind the first surrogate
+* (i.e., to the second surrogate)
+* of a surrogate pair, then the returned offset will point
+* behind the second surrogate (i.e., to the first surrogate).
+* @param offset a valid offset after any code unit of a code point of the text
+* @return offset of the first code unit after the same code point
+* @see U16_SET_CP_LIMIT
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t getChar32Limit(int32_t offset) const;
+/**
+* Move the code unit index along the string by delta code points.
+* Interpret the input index as a code unit-based offset into the string,
+* move the index forward or backward by delta code points, and
+* return the resulting index.
+* The input index should point to the first code unit of a code point,
+* if there is more than one.
+*
+* Both input and output indexes are code unit-based as for all
+* string indexes/offsets in ICU (and other libraries, like MBCS char*).
+* If delta<0 then the index is moved backward (toward the start of the string).
+* If delta>0 then the index is moved forward (toward the end of the string).
+*
+* This behaves like CharacterIterator::move32(delta, kCurrent).
+*
+* Behavior for out-of-bounds indexes:
+* <code>moveIndex32</code> pins the input index to 0..length(), i.e.,
+* if the input index<0 then it is pinned to 0;
+* if it is index>length() then it is pinned to length().
+* Afterwards, 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 length().
+* The resulting index return value will be in between 0 and length(), inclusively.
+*
+* Examples:
+* <pre>
+* // s has code points 'a' U+10000 'b' U+10ffff U+2029
+* UnicodeString s=UNICODE_STRING("a\\U00010000b\\U0010ffff\\u2029", 31).unescape();
+*
+* // initial index: position of U+10000
+* int32_t index=1;
+*
+* // the following examples will all result in index==4, position of U+10ffff
+*
+* // skip 2 code points from some position in the string
+* index=s.moveIndex32(index, 2); // skips U+10000 and 'b'
+*
+* // go to the 3rd code point from the start of s (0-based)
+* index=s.moveIndex32(0, 3); // skips 'a', U+10000, and 'b'
+*
+* // go to the next-to-last code point of s
+* index=s.moveIndex32(s.length(), -2); // backward-skips U+2029 and U+10ffff
+* </pre>
+*
+* @param index input code unit index
+* @param delta (signed) code point count to move the index forward or backward
+*        in the string
+* @return the resulting code unit index
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t moveIndex32(int32_t index, int32_t delta) const;
+/* Substring extraction */
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range
+* [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>start + length</tt>) into the array <tt>dst</tt>,
+* beginning at <tt>dstStart</tt>.
+* If the string aliases to <code>dst</code> itself as an external buffer,
+* then extract() will not copy the contents.
+*
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied into the array
+* @param length the number of characters to extract
+* @param dst array in which to copy characters.  The length of <tt>dst</tt>
+* must be at least (<tt>dstStart + length</tt>).
+* @param dstStart the offset in <TT>dst</TT> where the first character
+* will be extracted
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline void extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+UChar *dst,
+int32_t dstStart = 0) const;
+/**
+* Copy the contents of the string into dest.
+* This is a convenience function that
+* checks if there is enough space in dest,
+* extracts the entire string if possible,
+* and NUL-terminates dest if possible.
+*
+* If the string fits into dest but cannot be NUL-terminated
+* (length()==destCapacity) then the error code is set to U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_WARNING.
+* If the string itself does not fit into dest
+* (length()>destCapacity) then the error code is set to U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR.
+*
+* If the string aliases to <code>dest</code> itself as an external buffer,
+* then extract() will not copy the contents.
+*
+* @param dest Destination string buffer.
+* @param destCapacity Number of UChars available at dest.
+* @param errorCode ICU error code.
+* @return length()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t
+extract(UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
+UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range
+* [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>start + length</tt>) into the  UnicodeString
+* <tt>target</tt>.
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied
+* @param length the number of characters to extract
+* @param target UnicodeString into which to copy characters.
+* @return A reference to <TT>target</TT>
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline void extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+UnicodeString& target) const;
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>limit</tt>)
+* into the array <tt>dst</tt>, beginning at <tt>dstStart</tt>.
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied into the array
+* @param limit offset immediately following the last character to be copied
+* @param dst array in which to copy characters.  The length of <tt>dst</tt>
+* must be at least (<tt>dstStart + (limit - start)</tt>).
+* @param dstStart the offset in <TT>dst</TT> where the first character
+* will be extracted
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline void extractBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+UChar *dst,
+int32_t dstStart = 0) const;
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>limit</tt>)
+* into the UnicodeString <tt>target</tt>.  Replaceable API.
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied
+* @param limit offset immediately following the last character to be copied
+* @param target UnicodeString into which to copy characters.
+* @return A reference to <TT>target</TT>
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+virtual void extractBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+UnicodeString& target) const;
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range
+* [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters.
+* All characters must be invariant (see utypes.h).
+* Use US_INV as the last, signature-distinguishing parameter.
+*
+* This function does not write any more than <code>targetLength</code>
+* characters but returns the length of the entire output string
+* so that one can allocate a larger buffer and call the function again
+* if necessary.
+* The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
+*
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied
+* @param startLength the number of characters to extract
+* @param target the target buffer for extraction, can be NULL
+*               if targetLength is 0
+* @param targetCapacity the length of the target buffer
+* @param inv Signature-distinguishing paramater, use US_INV.
+* @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
+* @draft ICU 3.2
+*/
+int32_t extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t startLength,
+char *target,
+int32_t targetCapacity,
+enum EInvariant inv) const;
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range
+* [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters
+* in a specified codepage.
+* The output string is NUL-terminated.
+*
+* Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use
+* extract(int32_t start, int32_t length, char *target, int32_t targetCapacity, enum EInvariant inv) const
+* because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
+* the conversion code.
+*
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied
+* @param startLength the number of characters to extract
+* @param target the target buffer for extraction
+* @param codepage the desired codepage for the characters.  0 has
+* the special meaning of the default codepage
+* If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
+* then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
+* subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
+* If <TT>target</TT> is NULL, then the number of bytes required for
+* <TT>target</TT> is returned. It is assumed that the target is big enough
+* to fit all of the characters.
+* @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t startLength,
+char *target,
+const char *codepage = 0) const;
+/**
+* Copy the characters in the range
+* [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters
+* in a specified codepage.
+* This function does not write any more than <code>targetLength</code>
+* characters but returns the length of the entire output string
+* so that one can allocate a larger buffer and call the function again
+* if necessary.
+* The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
+*
+* Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use
+* extract(int32_t start, int32_t length, char *target, int32_t targetCapacity, enum EInvariant inv) const
+* because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
+* the conversion code.
+*
+* @param start offset of first character which will be copied
+* @param startLength the number of characters to extract
+* @param target the target buffer for extraction
+* @param targetLength the length of the target buffer
+* @param codepage the desired codepage for the characters.  0 has
+* the special meaning of the default codepage
+* If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
+* then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
+* subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
+* If <TT>target</TT> is NULL, then the number of bytes required for
+* <TT>target</TT> is returned.
+* @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t startLength,
+char *target,
+uint32_t targetLength,
+const char *codepage = 0) const;
+/**
+* Convert the UnicodeString into a codepage string using an existing UConverter.
+* The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
+*
+* This function avoids the overhead of opening and closing a converter if
+* multiple strings are extracted.
+*
+* @param dest destination string buffer, can be NULL if destCapacity==0
+* @param destCapacity the number of chars available at dest
+* @param cnv the converter object to be used (ucnv_resetFromUnicode() will be called),
+*        or NULL for the default converter
+* @param errorCode normal ICU error code
+* @return the length of the output string, not counting the terminating NUL;
+*         if the length is greater than destCapacity, then the string will not fit
+*         and a buffer of the indicated length would need to be passed in
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t extract(char *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
+UConverter *cnv,
+UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
+#endif
+/* Length operations */
+/**
+* Return the length of the UnicodeString object.
+* The length is the number of UChar code units are in the UnicodeString.
+* If you want the number of code points, please use countChar32().
+* @return the length of the UnicodeString object
+* @see countChar32
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t length(void) const;
+/**
+* Count Unicode code points in the length UChar code units of the string.
+* A code point may occupy either one or two UChar code units.
+* Counting code points involves reading all code units.
+*
+* This functions is basically the inverse of moveIndex32().
+*
+* @param start the index of the first code unit to check
+* @param length the number of UChar code units to check
+* @return the number of code points in the specified code units
+* @see length
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+int32_t
+countChar32(int32_t start=0, int32_t length=INT32_MAX) const;
+/**
+* Check if the length UChar code units of the string
+* contain more Unicode code points than a certain number.
+* This is more efficient than counting all code points in this part of the string
+* and comparing that number with a threshold.
+* This function may not need to scan the string at all if the length
+* falls within a certain range, and
+* never needs to count more than 'number+1' code points.
+* Logically equivalent to (countChar32(start, length)>number).
+* A Unicode code point may occupy either one or two UChar code units.
+*
+* @param start the index of the first code unit to check (0 for the entire string)
+* @param length the number of UChar code units to check
+*               (use INT32_MAX for the entire string; remember that start/length
+*                values are pinned)
+* @param number The number of code points in the (sub)string is compared against
+*               the 'number' parameter.
+* @return Boolean value for whether the string contains more Unicode code points
+*         than 'number'. Same as (u_countChar32(s, length)>number).
+* @see countChar32
+* @see u_strHasMoreChar32Than
+* @stable ICU 2.4
+*/
+UBool
+hasMoreChar32Than(int32_t start, int32_t length, int32_t number) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this string is empty.
+* @return TRUE if this string contains 0 characters, FALSE otherwise.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool isEmpty(void) const;
+/**
+* Return the capacity of the internal buffer of the UnicodeString object.
+* This is useful together with the getBuffer functions.
+* See there for details.
+*
+* @return the number of UChars available in the internal buffer
+* @see getBuffer
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t getCapacity(void) const;
+/* Other operations */
+/**
+* Generate a hash code for this object.
+* @return The hash code of this UnicodeString.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline int32_t hashCode(void) const;
+/**
+* Determine if this object contains a valid string.
+* A bogus string has no value. It is different from an empty string.
+* It can be used to indicate that no string value is available.
+* getBuffer() and getTerminatedBuffer() return NULL, and
+* length() returns 0.
+*
+* @return TRUE if the string is valid, FALSE otherwise
+* @see setToBogus()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool isBogus(void) const;
+//========================================
+// Write operations
+//========================================
+/* Assignment operations */
+/**
+* Assignment operator.  Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
+* with the characters from <TT>srcText</TT>.
+* @param srcText The text containing the characters to replace
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString &operator=(const UnicodeString &srcText);
+/**
+* Almost the same as the assignment operator.
+* Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
+* with the characters from <code>srcText</code>.
+*
+* This function works the same for all strings except for ones that
+* are readonly aliases.
+* Starting with ICU 2.4, the assignment operator and the copy constructor
+* allocate a new buffer and copy the buffer contents even for readonly aliases.
+* This function implements the old, more efficient but less safe behavior
+* of making this string also a readonly alias to the same buffer.
+* The fastCopyFrom function must be used only if it is known that the lifetime of
+* this UnicodeString is at least as long as the lifetime of the aliased buffer
+* including its contents, for example for strings from resource bundles
+* or aliases to string contents.
+*
+* @param src The text containing the characters to replace.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.4
+*/
+UnicodeString &fastCopyFrom(const UnicodeString &src);
+/**
+* Assignment operator.  Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
+* with the code unit <TT>ch</TT>.
+* @param ch the code unit to replace
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& operator= (UChar ch);
+/**
+* Assignment operator.  Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
+* with the code point <TT>ch</TT>.
+* @param ch the code point to replace
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& operator= (UChar32 ch);
+/**
+* Set the text in the UnicodeString object to the characters
+* in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcText.length()</TT>).
+* <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart);
+/**
+* Set the text in the UnicodeString object to the characters
+* in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in the
+* replace string.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Set the text in the UnicodeString object to the characters in
+* <TT>srcText</TT>.
+* <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText);
+/**
+* Set the characters in the UnicodeString object to the characters
+* in <TT>srcChars</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in srcChars.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Set the characters in the UnicodeString object to the code unit
+* <TT>srcChar</TT>.
+* @param srcChar the code unit which becomes the UnicodeString's character
+* content
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& setTo(UChar srcChar);
+/**
+* Set the characters in the UnicodeString object to the code point
+* <TT>srcChar</TT>.
+* @param srcChar the code point which becomes the UnicodeString's character
+* content
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& setTo(UChar32 srcChar);
+/**
+* Aliasing setTo() function, analogous to the readonly-aliasing UChar* constructor.
+* The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
+* it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
+* This has copy-on-write semantics:
+* When the string is modified, then the buffer is first copied into
+* newly allocated memory.
+* The aliased buffer is never modified.
+* In an assignment to another UnicodeString, the text will be aliased again,
+* so that both strings then alias the same readonly-text.
+*
+* @param isTerminated specifies if <code>text</code> is <code>NUL</code>-terminated.
+*                     This must be true if <code>textLength==-1</code>.
+* @param text The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
+* @param textLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>text</code> to alias.
+*                   If -1, then this constructor will determine the length
+*                   by calling <code>u_strlen()</code>.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString &setTo(UBool isTerminated,
+const UChar *text,
+int32_t textLength);
+/**
+* Aliasing setTo() function, analogous to the writable-aliasing UChar* constructor.
+* The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
+* it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
+* This has write-through semantics:
+* For as long as the capacity of the buffer is sufficient, write operations
+* will directly affect the buffer. When more capacity is necessary, then
+* a new buffer will be allocated and the contents copied as with regularly
+* constructed strings.
+* In an assignment to another UnicodeString, the buffer will be copied.
+* The extract(UChar *dst) function detects whether the dst pointer is the same
+* as the string buffer itself and will in this case not copy the contents.
+*
+* @param buffer The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
+* @param buffLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>buffer</code> to alias.
+* @param buffCapacity The size of <code>buffer</code> in UChars.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString &setTo(UChar *buffer,
+int32_t buffLength,
+int32_t buffCapacity);
+/**
+* Make this UnicodeString object invalid.
+* The string will test TRUE with isBogus().
+*
+* A bogus string has no value. It is different from an empty string.
+* It can be used to indicate that no string value is available.
+* getBuffer() and getTerminatedBuffer() return NULL, and
+* length() returns 0.
+*
+* This utility function is used throughout the UnicodeString
+* implementation to indicate that a UnicodeString operation failed,
+* and may be used in other functions,
+* especially but not exclusively when such functions do not
+* take a UErrorCode for simplicity.
+*
+* The following methods, and no others, will clear a string object's bogus flag:
+* - remove()
+* - remove(0, INT32_MAX)
+* - truncate(0)
+* - operator=() (assignment operator)
+* - setTo(...)
+*
+* The simplest ways to turn a bogus string into an empty one
+* is to use the remove() function.
+* Examples for other functions that are equivalent to "set to empty string":
+* \code
+* if(s.isBogus()) {
+*   s.remove();           // set to an empty string (remove all), or
+*   s.remove(0, INT32_MAX); // set to an empty string (remove all), or
+*   s.truncate(0);        // set to an empty string (complete truncation), or
+*   s=UnicodeString();    // assign an empty string, or
+*   s.setTo((UChar32)-1); // set to a pseudo code point that is out of range, or
+*   static const UChar nul=0;
+*   s.setTo(&nul, 0);     // set to an empty C Unicode string
+* }
+* \endcode
+*
+* @see isBogus()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+void setToBogus();
+/**
+* Set the character at the specified offset to the specified character.
+* @param offset A valid offset into the text of the character to set
+* @param ch The new character
+* @return A reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& setCharAt(int32_t offset,
+UChar ch);
+/* Append operations */
+/**
+* Append operator. Append the code unit <TT>ch</TT> to the UnicodeString
+* object.
+* @param ch the code unit to be appended
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline  UnicodeString& operator+= (UChar ch);
+/**
+* Append operator. Append the code point <TT>ch</TT> to the UnicodeString
+* object.
+* @param ch the code point to be appended
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline  UnicodeString& operator+= (UChar32 ch);
+/**
+* Append operator. Append the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to the
+* UnicodeString object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is
+* not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& operator+= (const UnicodeString& srcText);
+/**
+* Append the characters
+* in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) to the
+* UnicodeString object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT>
+* is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in
+* the append string
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& append(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Append the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to the UnicodeString object at
+* offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& append(const UnicodeString& srcText);
+/**
+* Append the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) to the UnicodeString
+* object at offset
+* <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> in
+* the append string
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& append(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Append the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to the UnicodeString object
+* at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& append(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Append the code unit <TT>srcChar</TT> to the UnicodeString object.
+* @param srcChar the code unit to append
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& append(UChar srcChar);
+/**
+* Append the code point <TT>srcChar</TT> to the UnicodeString object.
+* @param srcChar the code point to append
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& append(UChar32 srcChar);
+/* Insert operations */
+/**
+* Insert the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) into the UnicodeString
+* object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset where the insertion begins
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in
+* the insert string
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Insert the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> into the UnicodeString object
+* at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset where the insertion begins
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
+const UnicodeString& srcText);
+/**
+* Insert the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) into the UnicodeString
+*  object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the insertion begins
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* in the insert string
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Insert the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> into the UnicodeString object
+* at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset where the insertion begins
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in srcChars.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Insert the code unit <TT>srcChar</TT> into the UnicodeString object at
+* offset <TT>start</TT>.
+* @param start the offset at which the insertion occurs
+* @param srcChar the code unit to insert
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
+UChar srcChar);
+/**
+* Insert the code point <TT>srcChar</TT> into the UnicodeString object at
+* offset <TT>start</TT>.
+* @param start the offset at which the insertion occurs
+* @param srcChar the code point to insert
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
+UChar32 srcChar);
+/* Replace operations */
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters in
+* <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
+* <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
+* <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in
+* the replace string
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>)
+* with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>.  <TT>srcText</TT> is
+*  not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
+* <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters in
+* <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>). <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* is not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters to replace.  The character at
+* <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
+* in the replace string
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters in
+* <TT>srcChars</TT>.  <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param length number of characters to replace.  The character at
+* <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChars the source for the new characters
+* @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in srcChars
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the code unit
+* <TT>srcChar</TT>.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters to replace.  The character at
+* <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChar the new code unit
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+UChar srcChar);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the code point
+* <TT>srcChar</TT>.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param length the number of characters to replace.  The character at
+* <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
+* @param srcChar the new code point
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+UChar32 srcChar);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>)
+* with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param limit the offset immediately following the replace range
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& replaceBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText);
+/**
+* Replace the characters in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>)
+* with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
+* [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcLimit</TT>). <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
+* @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
+* @param limit the offset immediately following the replace range
+* @param srcText the source for the new characters
+* @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
+* will be obtained
+* @param srcLimit the offset immediately following the range to copy
+* in <TT>srcText</TT>
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& replaceBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit);
+/**
+* Replace a substring of this object with the given text.
+* @param start the beginning index, inclusive; <code>0 <= start
+* <= limit</code>.
+* @param limit the ending index, exclusive; <code>start <= limit
+* <= length()</code>.
+* @param text the text to replace characters <code>start</code>
+* to <code>limit - 1</code>
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+virtual void handleReplaceBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& text);
+/**
+* Replaceable API
+* @return TRUE if it has MetaData
+* @stable ICU 2.4
+*/
+virtual UBool hasMetaData() const;
+/**
+* Copy a substring of this object, retaining attribute (out-of-band)
+* information.  This method is used to duplicate or reorder substrings.
+* The destination index must not overlap the source range.
+*
+* @param start the beginning index, inclusive; <code>0 <= start <=
+* limit</code>.
+* @param limit the ending index, exclusive; <code>start <= limit <=
+* length()</code>.
+* @param dest the destination index.  The characters from
+* <code>start..limit-1</code> will be copied to <code>dest</code>.
+* Implementations of this method may assume that <code>dest <= start ||
+* dest >= limit</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+virtual void copy(int32_t start, int32_t limit, int32_t dest);
+/* Search and replace operations */
+/**
+* Replace all occurrences of characters in oldText with the characters
+* in newText
+* @param oldText the text containing the search text
+* @param newText the text containing the replacement text
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& findAndReplace(const UnicodeString& oldText,
+const UnicodeString& newText);
+/**
+* Replace all occurrences of characters in oldText with characters
+* in newText
+* in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>).
+* @param start the start of the range in which replace will performed
+* @param length the length of the range in which replace will be performed
+* @param oldText the text containing the search text
+* @param newText the text containing the replacement text
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& findAndReplace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& oldText,
+const UnicodeString& newText);
+/**
+* Replace all occurrences of characters in oldText in the range
+* [<TT>oldStart</TT>, <TT>oldStart + oldLength</TT>) with the characters
+* in newText in the range
+* [<TT>newStart</TT>, <TT>newStart + newLength</TT>)
+* in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>).
+* @param start the start of the range in which replace will performed
+* @param length the length of the range in which replace will be performed
+* @param oldText the text containing the search text
+* @param oldStart the start of the search range in <TT>oldText</TT>
+* @param oldLength the length of the search range in <TT>oldText</TT>
+* @param newText the text containing the replacement text
+* @param newStart the start of the replacement range in <TT>newText</TT>
+* @param newLength the length of the replacement range in <TT>newText</TT>
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& findAndReplace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& oldText,
+int32_t oldStart,
+int32_t oldLength,
+const UnicodeString& newText,
+int32_t newStart,
+int32_t newLength);
+/* Remove operations */
+/**
+* Remove all characters from the UnicodeString object.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& remove(void);
+/**
+* Remove the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) from the UnicodeString object.
+* @param start the offset of the first character to remove
+* @param length the number of characters to remove
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& remove(int32_t start,
+int32_t length = (int32_t)INT32_MAX);
+/**
+* Remove the characters in the range
+* [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>) from the UnicodeString object.
+* @param start the offset of the first character to remove
+* @param limit the offset immediately following the range to remove
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& removeBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit = (int32_t)INT32_MAX);
+/* Length operations */
+/**
+* Pad the start of this UnicodeString with the character <TT>padChar</TT>.
+* If the length of this UnicodeString is less than targetLength,
+* length() - targetLength copies of padChar will be added to the
+* beginning of this UnicodeString.
+* @param targetLength the desired length of the string
+* @param padChar the character to use for padding. Defaults to
+* space (U+0020)
+* @return TRUE if the text was padded, FALSE otherwise.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UBool padLeading(int32_t targetLength,
+UChar padChar = 0x0020);
+/**
+* Pad the end of this UnicodeString with the character <TT>padChar</TT>.
+* If the length of this UnicodeString is less than targetLength,
+* length() - targetLength copies of padChar will be added to the
+* end of this UnicodeString.
+* @param targetLength the desired length of the string
+* @param padChar the character to use for padding. Defaults to
+* space (U+0020)
+* @return TRUE if the text was padded, FALSE otherwise.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UBool padTrailing(int32_t targetLength,
+UChar padChar = 0x0020);
+/**
+* Truncate this UnicodeString to the <TT>targetLength</TT>.
+* @param targetLength the desired length of this UnicodeString.
+* @return TRUE if the text was truncated, FALSE otherwise
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UBool truncate(int32_t targetLength);
+/**
+* Trims leading and trailing whitespace from this UnicodeString.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& trim(void);
+/* Miscellaneous operations */
+/**
+* Reverse this UnicodeString in place.
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& reverse(void);
+/**
+* Reverse the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) in
+* this UnicodeString.
+* @param start the start of the range to reverse
+* @param length the number of characters to to reverse
+* @return a reference to this
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline UnicodeString& reverse(int32_t start,
+int32_t length);
+/**
+* Convert the characters in this to UPPER CASE following the conventions of
+* the default locale.
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& toUpper(void);
+/**
+* Convert the characters in this to UPPER CASE following the conventions of
+* a specific locale.
+* @param locale The locale containing the conventions to use.
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& toUpper(const Locale& locale);
+/**
+* Convert the characters in this to lower case following the conventions of
+* the default locale.
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& toLower(void);
+/**
+* Convert the characters in this to lower case following the conventions of
+* a specific locale.
+* @param locale The locale containing the conventions to use.
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString& toLower(const Locale& locale);
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION
+/**
+* Titlecase this string, convenience function using the default locale.
+*
+* Casing is locale-dependent and context-sensitive.
+* Titlecasing uses a break iterator to find the first characters of words
+* that are to be titlecased. It titlecases those characters and lowercases
+* all others.
+*
+* The titlecase break iterator can be provided to customize for arbitrary
+* styles, using rules and dictionaries beyond the standard iterators.
+* It may be more efficient to always provide an iterator to avoid
+* opening and closing one for each string.
+* The standard titlecase iterator for the root locale implements the
+* algorithm of Unicode TR 21.
+*
+* This function uses only the first() and next() methods of the
+* provided break iterator.
+*
+* @param titleIter A break iterator to find the first characters of words
+*                  that are to be titlecased.
+*                  If none is provided (0), then a standard titlecase
+*                  break iterator is opened.
+*                  Otherwise the provided iterator is set to the string's text.
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.1
+*/
+UnicodeString &toTitle(BreakIterator *titleIter);
+/**
+* Titlecase this string.
+*
+* Casing is locale-dependent and context-sensitive.
+* Titlecasing uses a break iterator to find the first characters of words
+* that are to be titlecased. It titlecases those characters and lowercases
+* all others.
+*
+* The titlecase break iterator can be provided to customize for arbitrary
+* styles, using rules and dictionaries beyond the standard iterators.
+* It may be more efficient to always provide an iterator to avoid
+* opening and closing one for each string.
+* The standard titlecase iterator for the root locale implements the
+* algorithm of Unicode TR 21.
+*
+* This function uses only the first() and next() methods of the
+* provided break iterator.
+*
+* @param titleIter A break iterator to find the first characters of words
+*                  that are to be titlecased.
+*                  If none is provided (0), then a standard titlecase
+*                  break iterator is opened.
+*                  Otherwise the provided iterator is set to the string's text.
+* @param locale    The locale to consider.
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.1
+*/
+UnicodeString &toTitle(BreakIterator *titleIter, const Locale &locale);
+#endif
+/**
+* Case-fold the characters in this string.
+* Case-folding is locale-independent and not context-sensitive,
+* but there is an option for whether to include or exclude mappings for dotted I
+* and dotless i that are marked with 'I' in CaseFolding.txt.
+* The result may be longer or shorter than the original.
+*
+* @param options Either U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
+* @return A reference to this.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString &foldCase(uint32_t options=0 /*U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT*/);
+//========================================
+// Access to the internal buffer
+//========================================
+/**
+* Get a read/write pointer to the internal buffer.
+* The buffer is guaranteed to be large enough for at least minCapacity UChars,
+* writable, and is still owned by the UnicodeString object.
+* Calls to getBuffer(minCapacity) must not be nested, and
+* must be matched with calls to releaseBuffer(newLength).
+* If the string buffer was read-only or shared,
+* then it will be reallocated and copied.
+*
+* An attempted nested call will return 0, and will not further modify the
+* state of the UnicodeString object.
+* It also returns 0 if the string is bogus.
+*
+* The actual capacity of the string buffer may be larger than minCapacity.
+* getCapacity() returns the actual capacity.
+* For many operations, the full capacity should be used to avoid reallocations.
+*
+* While the buffer is "open" between getBuffer(minCapacity)
+* and releaseBuffer(newLength), the following applies:
+* - The string length is set to 0.
+* - Any read API call on the UnicodeString object will behave like on a 0-length string.
+* - Any write API call on the UnicodeString object is disallowed and will have no effect.
+* - You can read from and write to the returned buffer.
+* - The previous string contents will still be in the buffer;
+*   if you want to use it, then you need to call length() before getBuffer(minCapacity).
+*   If the length() was greater than minCapacity, then any contents after minCapacity
+*   may be lost.
+*   The buffer contents is not NUL-terminated by getBuffer().
+*   If length()<getCapacity() then you can terminate it by writing a NUL
+*   at index length().
+* - You must call releaseBuffer(newLength) before and in order to
+*   return to normal UnicodeString operation.
+*
+* @param minCapacity the minimum number of UChars that are to be available
+*        in the buffer, starting at the returned pointer;
+*        default to the current string capacity if minCapacity==-1
+* @return a writable pointer to the internal string buffer,
+*         or 0 if an error occurs (nested calls, out of memory)
+*
+* @see releaseBuffer
+* @see getTerminatedBuffer()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UChar *getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity);
+/**
+* Release a read/write buffer on a UnicodeString object with an
+* "open" getBuffer(minCapacity).
+* This function must be called in a matched pair with getBuffer(minCapacity).
+* releaseBuffer(newLength) must be called if and only if a getBuffer(minCapacity) is "open".
+*
+* It will set the string length to newLength, at most to the current capacity.
+* If newLength==-1 then it will set the length according to the
+* first NUL in the buffer, or to the capacity if there is no NUL.
+*
+* After calling releaseBuffer(newLength) the UnicodeString is back to normal operation.
+*
+* @param newLength the new length of the UnicodeString object;
+*        defaults to the current capacity if newLength is greater than that;
+*        if newLength==-1, it defaults to u_strlen(buffer) but not more than
+*        the current capacity of the string
+*
+* @see getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity)
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+void releaseBuffer(int32_t newLength=-1);
+/**
+* Get a read-only pointer to the internal buffer.
+* This can be called at any time on a valid UnicodeString.
+*
+* It returns 0 if the string is bogus, or
+* during an "open" getBuffer(minCapacity).
+*
+* It can be called as many times as desired.
+* The pointer that it returns will remain valid until the UnicodeString object is modified,
+* at which time the pointer is semantically invalidated and must not be used any more.
+*
+* The capacity of the buffer can be determined with getCapacity().
+* The part after length() may or may not be initialized and valid,
+* depending on the history of the UnicodeString object.
+*
+* The buffer contents is (probably) not NUL-terminated.
+* You can check if it is with
+* <code>(s.length()<s.getCapacity() && buffer[s.length()]==0)</code>.
+* (See getTerminatedBuffer().)
+*
+* The buffer may reside in read-only memory. Its contents must not
+* be modified.
+*
+* @return a read-only pointer to the internal string buffer,
+*         or 0 if the string is empty or bogus
+*
+* @see getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity)
+* @see getTerminatedBuffer()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+inline const UChar *getBuffer() const;
+/**
+* Get a read-only pointer to the internal buffer,
+* making sure that it is NUL-terminated.
+* This can be called at any time on a valid UnicodeString.
+*
+* It returns 0 if the string is bogus, or
+* during an "open" getBuffer(minCapacity), or if the buffer cannot
+* be NUL-terminated (because memory allocation failed).
+*
+* It can be called as many times as desired.
+* The pointer that it returns will remain valid until the UnicodeString object is modified,
+* at which time the pointer is semantically invalidated and must not be used any more.
+*
+* The capacity of the buffer can be determined with getCapacity().
+* The part after length()+1 may or may not be initialized and valid,
+* depending on the history of the UnicodeString object.
+*
+* The buffer contents is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
+* getTerminatedBuffer() may reallocate the buffer if a terminating NUL
+* is written.
+* For this reason, this function is not const, unlike getBuffer().
+* Note that a UnicodeString may also contain NUL characters as part of its contents.
+*
+* The buffer may reside in read-only memory. Its contents must not
+* be modified.
+*
+* @return a read-only pointer to the internal string buffer,
+*         or 0 if the string is empty or bogus
+*
+* @see getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity)
+* @see getBuffer()
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+inline const UChar *getTerminatedBuffer();
+//========================================
+// Constructors
+//========================================
+/** Construct an empty UnicodeString.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString();
+/**
+* Construct a UnicodeString with capacity to hold <TT>capacity</TT> UChars
+* @param capacity the number of UChars this UnicodeString should hold
+* before a resize is necessary; if count is greater than 0 and count
+* code points c take up more space than capacity, then capacity is adjusted
+* accordingly.
+* @param c is used to initially fill the string
+* @param count specifies how many code points c are to be written in the
+*              string
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(int32_t capacity, UChar32 c, int32_t count);
+/**
+* Single UChar (code unit) constructor.
+* @param ch the character to place in the UnicodeString
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(UChar ch);
+/**
+* Single UChar32 (code point) constructor.
+* @param ch the character to place in the UnicodeString
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(UChar32 ch);
+/**
+* UChar* constructor.
+* @param text The characters to place in the UnicodeString.  <TT>text</TT>
+* must be NULL (U+0000) terminated.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(const UChar *text);
+/**
+* UChar* constructor.
+* @param text The characters to place in the UnicodeString.
+* @param textLength The number of Unicode characters in <TT>text</TT>
+* to copy.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(const UChar *text,
+int32_t textLength);
+/**
+* Readonly-aliasing UChar* constructor.
+* The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
+* it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
+* This has copy-on-write semantics:
+* When the string is modified, then the buffer is first copied into
+* newly allocated memory.
+* The aliased buffer is never modified.
+* In an assignment to another UnicodeString, the text will be aliased again,
+* so that both strings then alias the same readonly-text.
+*
+* @param isTerminated specifies if <code>text</code> is <code>NUL</code>-terminated.
+*                     This must be true if <code>textLength==-1</code>.
+* @param text The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
+* @param textLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>text</code> to alias.
+*                   If -1, then this constructor will determine the length
+*                   by calling <code>u_strlen()</code>.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(UBool isTerminated,
+const UChar *text,
+int32_t textLength);
+/**
+* Writable-aliasing UChar* constructor.
+* The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
+* it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
+* This has write-through semantics:
+* For as long as the capacity of the buffer is sufficient, write operations
+* will directly affect the buffer. When more capacity is necessary, then
+* a new buffer will be allocated and the contents copied as with regularly
+* constructed strings.
+* In an assignment to another UnicodeString, the buffer will be copied.
+* The extract(UChar *dst) function detects whether the dst pointer is the same
+* as the string buffer itself and will in this case not copy the contents.
+*
+* @param buffer The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
+* @param buffLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>buffer</code> to alias.
+* @param buffCapacity The size of <code>buffer</code> in UChars.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(UChar *buffer, int32_t buffLength, int32_t buffCapacity);
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION
+/**
+* char* constructor.
+* @param codepageData an array of bytes, null-terminated
+* @param codepage the encoding of <TT>codepageData</TT>.  The special
+* value 0 for <TT>codepage</TT> indicates that the text is in the
+* platform's default codepage.
+*
+* If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
+* then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
+* subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
+* Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use the constructor
+* UnicodeString(const char *src, int32_t length, enum EInvariant inv)
+* because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
+* the conversion code.
+*
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(const char *codepageData,
+const char *codepage = 0);
+/**
+* char* constructor.
+* @param codepageData an array of bytes.
+* @param dataLength The number of bytes in <TT>codepageData</TT>.
+* @param codepage the encoding of <TT>codepageData</TT>.  The special
+* value 0 for <TT>codepage</TT> indicates that the text is in the
+* platform's default codepage.
+* If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
+* then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
+* subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
+* Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use the constructor
+* UnicodeString(const char *src, int32_t length, enum EInvariant inv)
+* because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
+* the conversion code.
+*
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(const char *codepageData,
+int32_t dataLength,
+const char *codepage = 0);
+/**
+* char * / UConverter constructor.
+* This constructor uses an existing UConverter object to
+* convert the codepage string to Unicode and construct a UnicodeString
+* from that.
+*
+* The converter is reset at first.
+* If the error code indicates a failure before this constructor is called,
+* or if an error occurs during conversion or construction,
+* then the string will be bogus.
+*
+* This function avoids the overhead of opening and closing a converter if
+* multiple strings are constructed.
+*
+* @param src input codepage string
+* @param srcLength length of the input string, can be -1 for NUL-terminated strings
+* @param cnv converter object (ucnv_resetToUnicode() will be called),
+*        can be NULL for the default converter
+* @param errorCode normal ICU error code
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(
+const char *src, int32_t srcLength,
+UConverter *cnv,
+UErrorCode &errorCode);
+#endif
+/**
+* Constructs a Unicode string from an invariant-character char * string.
+* About invariant characters see utypes.h.
+* This constructor has no runtime dependency on conversion code and is
+* therefore recommended over ones taking a charset name string
+* (where the empty string "" indicates invariant-character conversion).
+*
+* Use the macro US_INV as the third, signature-distinguishing parameter.
+*
+* For example:
+* \code
+* void fn(const char *s) {
+*   UnicodeString ustr(s, -1, US_INV);
+*   // use ustr ...
+* }
+* \endcode
+*
+* @param src String using only invariant characters.
+* @param length Length of src, or -1 if NUL-terminated.
+* @param inv Signature-distinguishing paramater, use US_INV.
+*
+* @see US_INV
+* @draft ICU 3.2
+*/
+UnicodeString(const char *src, int32_t length, enum EInvariant inv);
+/**
+* Copy constructor.
+* @param that The UnicodeString object to copy.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString(const UnicodeString& that);
+/**
+* 'Substring' constructor from tail of source string.
+* @param src The UnicodeString object to copy.
+* @param srcStart The offset into <tt>src</tt> at which to start copying.
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+UnicodeString(const UnicodeString& src, int32_t srcStart);
+/**
+* 'Substring' constructor from subrange of source string.
+* @param src The UnicodeString object to copy.
+* @param srcStart The offset into <tt>src</tt> at which to start copying.
+* @param srcLength The number of characters from <tt>src</tt> to copy.
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+UnicodeString(const UnicodeString& src, int32_t srcStart, int32_t srcLength);
+/**
+* Clone this object, an instance of a subclass of Replaceable.
+* Clones can be used concurrently in multiple threads.
+* If a subclass does not implement clone(), or if an error occurs,
+* then NULL is returned.
+* The clone functions in all subclasses return a pointer to a Replaceable
+* because some compilers do not support covariant (same-as-this)
+* return types; cast to the appropriate subclass if necessary.
+* The caller must delete the clone.
+*
+* @return a clone of this object
+*
+* @see Replaceable::clone
+* @see getDynamicClassID
+* @stable ICU 2.6
+*/
+virtual Replaceable *clone() const;
+/** Destructor.
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+virtual ~UnicodeString();
+/* Miscellaneous operations */
+/**
+* Unescape a string of characters and return a string containing
+* the result.  The following escape sequences are recognized:
+*
+* \\uhhhh       4 hex digits; h in [0-9A-Fa-f]
+* \\Uhhhhhhhh   8 hex digits
+* \\xhh         1-2 hex digits
+* \\ooo         1-3 octal digits; o in [0-7]
+* \\cX          control-X; X is masked with 0x1F
+*
+* as well as the standard ANSI C escapes:
+*
+* \\a => U+0007, \\b => U+0008, \\t => U+0009, \\n => U+000A,
+* \\v => U+000B, \\f => U+000C, \\r => U+000D, \\e => U+001B,
+* \\" => U+0022, \\' => U+0027, \\? => U+003F, \\\\ => U+005C
+*
+* Anything else following a backslash is generically escaped.  For
+* example, "[a\\-z]" returns "[a-z]".
+*
+* If an escape sequence is ill-formed, this method returns an empty
+* string.  An example of an ill-formed sequence is "\\u" followed by
+* fewer than 4 hex digits.
+*
+* This function is similar to u_unescape() but not identical to it.
+* The latter takes a source char*, so it does escape recognition
+* and also invariant conversion.
+*
+* @return a string with backslash escapes interpreted, or an
+* empty string on error.
+* @see UnicodeString#unescapeAt()
+* @see u_unescape()
+* @see u_unescapeAt()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UnicodeString unescape() const;
+/**
+* Unescape a single escape sequence and return the represented
+* character.  See unescape() for a listing of the recognized escape
+* sequences.  The character at offset-1 is assumed (without
+* checking) to be a backslash.  If the escape sequence is
+* ill-formed, or the offset is out of range, (UChar32)0xFFFFFFFF is
+* returned.
+*
+* @param offset an input output parameter.  On input, it is the
+* offset into this string where the escape sequence is located,
+* after the initial backslash.  On output, it is advanced after the
+* last character parsed.  On error, it is not advanced at all.
+* @return the character represented by the escape sequence at
+* offset, or (UChar32)0xFFFFFFFF on error.
+* @see UnicodeString#unescape()
+* @see u_unescape()
+* @see u_unescapeAt()
+* @stable ICU 2.0
+*/
+UChar32 unescapeAt(int32_t &offset) const;
+/**
+* ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this class.
+*
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+static UClassID U_EXPORT2 getStaticClassID();
+/**
+* ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual class.
+*
+* @stable ICU 2.2
+*/
+virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID() const;
+//========================================
+// Implementation methods
+//========================================
+protected:
+/**
+* Implement Replaceable::getLength() (see jitterbug 1027).
+* @stable ICU 2.4
+*/
+virtual int32_t getLength() const;
+/**
+* The change in Replaceable to use virtual getCharAt() allows
+* UnicodeString::charAt() to be inline again (see jitterbug 709).
+* @stable ICU 2.4
+*/
+virtual UChar getCharAt(int32_t offset) const;
+/**
+* The change in Replaceable to use virtual getChar32At() allows
+* UnicodeString::char32At() to be inline again (see jitterbug 709).
+* @stable ICU 2.4
+*/
+virtual UChar32 getChar32At(int32_t offset) const;
+private:
+inline int8_t
+doCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+int8_t doCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+inline int8_t
+doCompareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+int8_t doCompareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const;
+inline int8_t
+doCaseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString &srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const;
+int8_t
+doCaseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const;
+int32_t doIndexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+int32_t doIndexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+int32_t doLastIndexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+int32_t doLastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t length) const;
+void doExtract(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+UChar *dst,
+int32_t dstStart) const;
+inline void doExtract(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+UnicodeString& target) const;
+inline UChar doCharAt(int32_t offset)  const;
+UnicodeString& doReplace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+UnicodeString& doReplace(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength);
+UnicodeString& doReverse(int32_t start,
+int32_t length);
+// calculate hash code
+int32_t doHashCode(void) const;
+// get pointer to start of array
+inline UChar* getArrayStart(void);
+inline const UChar* getArrayStart(void) const;
+// allocate the array; result may be fStackBuffer
+// sets refCount to 1 if appropriate
+// sets fArray, fCapacity, and fFlags
+// returns boolean for success or failure
+UBool allocate(int32_t capacity);
+// release the array if owned
+void releaseArray(void);
+// turn a bogus string into an empty one
+void unBogus();
+// implements assigment operator, copy constructor, and fastCopyFrom()
+UnicodeString &copyFrom(const UnicodeString &src, UBool fastCopy=FALSE);
+// Pin start and limit to acceptable values.
+inline void pinIndex(int32_t& start) const;
+inline void pinIndices(int32_t& start,
+int32_t& length) const;
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION
+/* Internal extract() using UConverter. */
+int32_t doExtract(int32_t start, int32_t length,
+char *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
+UConverter *cnv,
+UErrorCode &errorCode) const;
+/*
+* Real constructor for converting from codepage data.
+* It assumes that it is called with !fRefCounted.
+*
+* If <code>codepage==0</code>, then the default converter
+* is used for the platform encoding.
+* If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
+* then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
+* subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
+*/
+void doCodepageCreate(const char *codepageData,
+int32_t dataLength,
+const char *codepage);
+/*
+* Worker function for creating a UnicodeString from
+* a codepage string using a UConverter.
+*/
+void
+doCodepageCreate(const char *codepageData,
+int32_t dataLength,
+UConverter *converter,
+UErrorCode &status);
+#endif
+/*
+* This function is called when write access to the array
+* is necessary.
+*
+* We need to make a copy of the array if
+* the buffer is read-only, or
+* the buffer is refCounted (shared), and refCount>1, or
+* the buffer is too small.
+*
+* Return FALSE if memory could not be allocated.
+*/
+UBool cloneArrayIfNeeded(int32_t newCapacity = -1,
+int32_t growCapacity = -1,
+UBool doCopyArray = TRUE,
+int32_t **pBufferToDelete = 0,
+UBool forceClone = FALSE);
+// common function for case mappings
+UnicodeString &
+caseMap(BreakIterator *titleIter,
+const char *locale,
+uint32_t options,
+int32_t toWhichCase);
+// ref counting
+void addRef(void);
+int32_t removeRef(void);
+int32_t refCount(void) const;
+// constants
+enum {
+US_STACKBUF_SIZE=7, // Size of stack buffer for small strings
+kInvalidUChar=0xffff, // invalid UChar index
+kGrowSize=128, // grow size for this buffer
+kInvalidHashCode=0, // invalid hash code
+kEmptyHashCode=1, // hash code for empty string
+// bit flag values for fFlags
+kIsBogus=1,         // this string is bogus, i.e., not valid or NULL
+kUsingStackBuffer=2,// fArray==fStackBuffer
+kRefCounted=4,      // there is a refCount field before the characters in fArray
+kBufferIsReadonly=8,// do not write to this buffer
+kOpenGetBuffer=16,  // getBuffer(minCapacity) was called (is "open"),
+// and releaseBuffer(newLength) must be called
+// combined values for convenience
+kShortString=kUsingStackBuffer,
+kLongString=kRefCounted,
+kReadonlyAlias=kBufferIsReadonly,
+kWritableAlias=0
+};
+friend class StringCharacterIterator;
+friend class StringThreadTest;
+/*
+* The following are all the class fields that are stored
+* in each UnicodeString object.
+* Note that UnicodeString has virtual functions,
+* therefore there is an implicit vtable pointer
+* as the first real field.
+* The fields should be aligned such that no padding is
+* necessary, mostly by having larger types first.
+* On 32-bit machines, the size should be 32 bytes,
+* on 64-bit machines (8-byte pointers), it should be 40 bytes.
+*/
+// (implicit) *vtable;
+int32_t   fLength;        // number of characters in fArray
+int32_t   fCapacity;      // sizeof fArray
+UChar     *fArray;        // the Unicode data
+uint16_t  fFlags;         // bit flags: see constants above
+UChar     fStackBuffer [ US_STACKBUF_SIZE ]; // buffer for small strings
+};
+/**
+* Create a new UnicodeString with the concatenation of two others.
+*
+* @param s1 The first string to be copied to the new one.
+* @param s2 The second string to be copied to the new one, after s1.
+* @return UnicodeString(s1).append(s2)
+* @stable ICU 2.8
+*/
+U_COMMON_API UnicodeString U_EXPORT2
+operator+ (const UnicodeString &s1, const UnicodeString &s2);
+U_NAMESPACE_END
+// inline implementations -------------------------------------------------- ***
+//========================================
+// Array copying
+//========================================
+/**
+* Copy an array of UnicodeString OBJECTS (not pointers).
+* @internal
+*/
+inline void
+uprv_arrayCopy(const U_NAMESPACE_QUALIFIER UnicodeString *src, U_NAMESPACE_QUALIFIER UnicodeString *dst, int32_t count)
+{ while(count-- > 0) *dst++ = *src++; }
+/**
+* Copy an array of UnicodeString OBJECTS (not pointers).
+* @internal
+*/
+inline void
+uprv_arrayCopy(const U_NAMESPACE_QUALIFIER UnicodeString *src, int32_t srcStart,
+U_NAMESPACE_QUALIFIER UnicodeString *dst, int32_t dstStart, int32_t count)
+{ uprv_arrayCopy(src+srcStart, dst+dstStart, count); }
+U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+//========================================
+// Inline members
+//========================================
+//========================================
+// Privates
+//========================================
+inline void
+UnicodeString::pinIndex(int32_t& start) const
+{
+// pin index
+if(start < 0) {
+start = 0;
+} else if(start > fLength) {
+start = fLength;
+}
+}
+inline void
+UnicodeString::pinIndices(int32_t& start,
+int32_t& _length) const
+{
+// pin indices
+if(start < 0) {
+start = 0;
+} else if(start > fLength) {
+start = fLength;
+}
+if(_length < 0) {
+_length = 0;
+} else if(_length > (fLength - start)) {
+_length = (fLength - start);
+}
+}
+inline UChar*
+UnicodeString::getArrayStart()
+{ return fArray; }
+inline const UChar*
+UnicodeString::getArrayStart() const
+{ return fArray; }
+//========================================
+// Read-only implementation methods
+//========================================
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::length() const
+{ return fLength; }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::getCapacity() const
+{ return fCapacity; }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::hashCode() const
+{ return doHashCode(); }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::isBogus() const
+{ return (UBool)(fFlags & kIsBogus); }
+inline const UChar *
+UnicodeString::getBuffer() const {
+if(!(fFlags&(kIsBogus|kOpenGetBuffer))) {
+return fArray;
+} else {
+return 0;
+}
+}
+//========================================
+// Read-only alias methods
+//========================================
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::doCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{
+if(srcText.isBogus()) {
+return (int8_t)!isBogus(); // 0 if both are bogus, 1 otherwise
+} else {
+srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
+return doCompare(start, length, srcText.fArray, srcStart, srcLength);
+}
+}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::operator== (const UnicodeString& text) const
+{
+if(isBogus()) {
+return text.isBogus();
+} else {
+return
+!text.isBogus() &&
+fLength == text.fLength &&
+doCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength) == 0;
+}
+}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::operator!= (const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return (! operator==(text)); }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::operator> (const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength) == 1; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::operator< (const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength) == -1; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::operator>= (const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength) != -1; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::operator<= (const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength) != 1; }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compare(const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText) const
+{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compare(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompare(0, fLength, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars) const
+{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcChars, 0, _length); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit) const
+{ return doCompare(start, limit - start,
+srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::doCompareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{
+if(srcText.isBogus()) {
+return (int8_t)!isBogus(); // 0 if both are bogus, 1 otherwise
+} else {
+srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
+return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, length, srcText.fArray, srcStart, srcLength);
+}
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(0, fLength, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcChars, 0, _length); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrderBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit) const
+{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, limit - start,
+srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart); }
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::doCaseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t length,
+const UnicodeString &srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const
+{
+if(srcText.isBogus()) {
+return (int8_t)!isBogus(); // 0 if both are bogus, 1 otherwise
+} else {
+srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
+return doCaseCompare(start, length, srcText.fArray, srcStart, srcLength, options);
+}
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompare(const UnicodeString &text, uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(0, fLength, text, 0, text.fLength, options);
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString &srcText,
+uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength, options);
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompare(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(0, fLength, srcChars, 0, srcLength, options);
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString &srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength, options);
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcChars, 0, _length, options);
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength, options);
+}
+inline int8_t
+UnicodeString::caseCompareBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString &srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit,
+uint32_t options) const {
+return doCaseCompare(start, limit - start, srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart, options);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{
+if(!srcText.isBogus()) {
+srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
+if(srcLength > 0) {
+return indexOf(srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength, start, _length);
+}
+}
+return -1;
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return indexOf(text, 0, text.fLength, 0, fLength); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return indexOf(text, 0, text.fLength, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return indexOf(text, 0, text.fLength, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return indexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return indexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return doIndexOf(c, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return doIndexOf(c, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar c) const
+{ return doIndexOf(c, 0, fLength); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar32 c) const
+{ return indexOf(c, 0, fLength); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return doIndexOf(c, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return indexOf(c, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return lastIndexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return lastIndexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{
+if(!srcText.isBogus()) {
+srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
+if(srcLength > 0) {
+return lastIndexOf(srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength, start, _length);
+}
+}
+return -1;
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return lastIndexOf(text, 0, text.fLength, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return lastIndexOf(text, 0, text.fLength, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return lastIndexOf(text, 0, text.fLength, 0, fLength); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const
+{ return doLastIndexOf(c, start, _length); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start,
+int32_t _length) const {
+return doLastIndexOf(c, start, _length);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar c) const
+{ return doLastIndexOf(c, 0, fLength); }
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar32 c) const {
+return lastIndexOf(c, 0, fLength);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar c,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return doLastIndexOf(c, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
+int32_t start) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+return lastIndexOf(c, start, fLength - start);
+}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::startsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return compare(0, text.fLength, text, 0, text.fLength) == 0; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::startsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompare(0, srcLength, srcText, srcStart, srcLength) == 0; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::startsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompare(0, srcLength, srcChars, 0, srcLength) == 0; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::startsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const
+{ return doCompare(0, srcLength, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength) == 0;}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::endsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const
+{ return doCompare(fLength - text.fLength, text.fLength,
+text, 0, text.fLength) == 0; }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::endsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const {
+srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
+return doCompare(fLength - srcLength, srcLength,
+srcText, srcStart, srcLength) == 0;
+}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength) const {
+if(srcLength < 0) {
+srcLength = u_strlen(srcChars);
+}
+return doCompare(fLength - srcLength, srcLength,
+srcChars, 0, srcLength) == 0;
+}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength) const {
+if(srcLength < 0) {
+srcLength = u_strlen(srcChars + srcStart);
+}
+return doCompare(fLength - srcLength, srcLength,
+srcChars, srcStart, srcLength) == 0;
+}
+//========================================
+// replace
+//========================================
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText)
+{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+UChar srcChar)
+{ return doReplace(start, _length, &srcChar, 0, 1); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+UChar32 srcChar) {
+UChar buffer[U16_MAX_LENGTH];
+int32_t count = 0;
+UBool isError = FALSE;
+U16_APPEND(buffer, count, U16_MAX_LENGTH, srcChar, isError);
+return doReplace(start, _length, buffer, 0, count);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replaceBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText)
+{ return doReplace(start, limit - start, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::replaceBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLimit)
+{ return doReplace(start, limit - start, srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::findAndReplace(const UnicodeString& oldText,
+const UnicodeString& newText)
+{ return findAndReplace(0, fLength, oldText, 0, oldText.fLength,
+newText, 0, newText.fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::findAndReplace(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+const UnicodeString& oldText,
+const UnicodeString& newText)
+{ return findAndReplace(start, _length, oldText, 0, oldText.fLength,
+newText, 0, newText.fLength); }
+// ============================
+// extract
+// ============================
+inline void
+UnicodeString::doExtract(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+UnicodeString& target) const
+{ target.replace(0, target.fLength, *this, start, _length); }
+inline void
+UnicodeString::extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+UChar *target,
+int32_t targetStart) const
+{ doExtract(start, _length, target, targetStart); }
+inline void
+UnicodeString::extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+UnicodeString& target) const
+{ doExtract(start, _length, target); }
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::extract(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length,
+char *dst,
+const char *codepage) const
+{
+// This dstSize value will be checked explicitly
+return extract(start, _length, dst, dst!=0 ? 0xffffffff : 0, codepage);
+}
+#endif
+inline void
+UnicodeString::extractBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit,
+UChar *dst,
+int32_t dstStart) const {
+pinIndex(start);
+pinIndex(limit);
+doExtract(start, limit - start, dst, dstStart);
+}
+inline UChar
+UnicodeString::doCharAt(int32_t offset) const
+{
+if((uint32_t)offset < (uint32_t)fLength) {
+return fArray[offset];
+} else {
+return kInvalidUChar;
+}
+}
+inline UChar
+UnicodeString::charAt(int32_t offset) const
+{ return doCharAt(offset); }
+inline UChar
+UnicodeString::operator[] (int32_t offset) const
+{ return doCharAt(offset); }
+inline UChar32
+UnicodeString::char32At(int32_t offset) const
+{
+if((uint32_t)offset < (uint32_t)fLength) {
+UChar32 c;
+U16_GET(fArray, 0, offset, fLength, c);
+return c;
+} else {
+return kInvalidUChar;
+}
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::getChar32Start(int32_t offset) const {
+if((uint32_t)offset < (uint32_t)fLength) {
+U16_SET_CP_START(fArray, 0, offset);
+return offset;
+} else {
+return 0;
+}
+}
+inline int32_t
+UnicodeString::getChar32Limit(int32_t offset) const {
+if((uint32_t)offset < (uint32_t)fLength) {
+U16_SET_CP_LIMIT(fArray, 0, offset, fLength);
+return offset;
+} else {
+return fLength;
+}
+}
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::isEmpty() const {
+return fLength == 0;
+}
+//========================================
+// Write implementation methods
+//========================================
+inline const UChar *
+UnicodeString::getTerminatedBuffer() {
+if(fFlags&(kIsBogus|kOpenGetBuffer)) {
+return 0;
+} else if(fLength<fCapacity && fArray[fLength]==0) {
+return fArray;
+} else if(cloneArrayIfNeeded(fLength+1)) {
+fArray[fLength]=0;
+return fArray;
+} else {
+return 0;
+}
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::operator= (UChar ch)
+{ return doReplace(0, fLength, &ch, 0, 1); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::operator= (UChar32 ch)
+{ return replace(0, fLength, ch); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{
+unBogus();
+return doReplace(0, fLength, srcText, srcStart, srcLength);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart)
+{
+unBogus();
+srcText.pinIndex(srcStart);
+return doReplace(0, fLength, srcText, srcStart, srcText.fLength - srcStart);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText)
+{
+unBogus();
+return doReplace(0, fLength, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::setTo(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{
+unBogus();
+return doReplace(0, fLength, srcChars, 0, srcLength);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::setTo(UChar srcChar)
+{
+unBogus();
+return doReplace(0, fLength, &srcChar, 0, 1);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::setTo(UChar32 srcChar)
+{
+unBogus();
+return replace(0, fLength, srcChar);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::operator+= (UChar ch)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, &ch, 0, 1); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::operator+= (UChar32 ch) {
+UChar buffer[U16_MAX_LENGTH];
+int32_t _length = 0;
+UBool isError = FALSE;
+U16_APPEND(buffer, _length, U16_MAX_LENGTH, ch, isError);
+return doReplace(fLength, 0, buffer, 0, _length);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::operator+= (const UnicodeString& srcText)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::append(const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::append(const UnicodeString& srcText)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::append(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::append(const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::append(UChar srcChar)
+{ return doReplace(fLength, 0, &srcChar, 0, 1); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::append(UChar32 srcChar) {
+UChar buffer[U16_MAX_LENGTH];
+int32_t _length = 0;
+UBool isError = FALSE;
+U16_APPEND(buffer, _length, U16_MAX_LENGTH, srcChar, isError);
+return doReplace(fLength, 0, buffer, 0, _length);
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
+const UnicodeString& srcText,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
+const UnicodeString& srcText)
+{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcText, 0, srcText.fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcStart,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
+const UChar *srcChars,
+int32_t srcLength)
+{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
+UChar srcChar)
+{ return doReplace(start, 0, &srcChar, 0, 1); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
+UChar32 srcChar)
+{ return replace(start, 0, srcChar); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::remove()
+{
+// remove() of a bogus string makes the string empty and non-bogus
+if(isBogus()) {
+unBogus();
+} else {
+fLength = 0;
+}
+return *this;
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::remove(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length)
+{
+if(start <= 0 && _length == INT32_MAX) {
+// remove(guaranteed everything) of a bogus string makes the string empty and non-bogus
+return remove();
+} else {
+return doReplace(start, _length, NULL, 0, 0);
+}
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::removeBetween(int32_t start,
+int32_t limit)
+{ return doReplace(start, limit - start, NULL, 0, 0); }
+inline UBool
+UnicodeString::truncate(int32_t targetLength)
+{
+if(isBogus() && targetLength == 0) {
+// truncate(0) of a bogus string makes the string empty and non-bogus
+unBogus();
+return FALSE;
+} else if((uint32_t)targetLength < (uint32_t)fLength) {
+fLength = targetLength;
+return TRUE;
+} else {
+return FALSE;
+}
+}
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::reverse()
+{ return doReverse(0, fLength); }
+inline UnicodeString&
+UnicodeString::reverse(int32_t start,
+int32_t _length)
+{ return doReverse(start, _length); }
+U_NAMESPACE_END
+#endif