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package android.text;


AndroidCharacter exposes some character properties that used to be not
easily accessed from java.lang.Character, but are now available in ICU.

Deprecated:Use various methods from UCharacter, instead.
/**
 * AndroidCharacter exposes some character properties that used to be not
 * easily accessed from java.lang.Character, but are now available in ICU.
 * @deprecated Use various methods from {@link android.icu.lang.UCharacter}, instead.
 */
@Deprecated
public class AndroidCharacter
{
    public static final int EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NEUTRAL = 0;
    public static final int EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_AMBIGUOUS = 1;
    public static final int EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_HALF_WIDTH = 2;
    public static final int EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_FULL_WIDTH = 3;
    public static final int EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NARROW = 4;
    public static final int EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_WIDE = 5;

    
Fill in the first count bytes of dest with the
directionalities from the first count chars of src.
This is just like Character.getDirectionality() except it is a
batch operation.

/**
     * Fill in the first <code>count</code> bytes of <code>dest</code> with the
     * directionalities from the first <code>count</code> chars of <code>src</code>.
     * This is just like Character.getDirectionality() except it is a
     * batch operation.
     */
    public native static void getDirectionalities(char[] src, byte[] dest,
                                                  int count);

    
Params:
  • input – the character to measure
Returns:the East Asian Width for input
/**
     * Calculate the East Asian Width of a character according to
     * <a href="http://unicode.org/reports/tr11/">Unicode TR#11</a>. The return
     * will be one of {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NEUTRAL},
     * {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_AMBIGUOUS}, {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_HALF_WIDTH},
     * {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_FULL_WIDTH}, {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NARROW},
     * or {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_WIDE}.
     * 
     * @param input the character to measure
     * @return the East Asian Width for input
     */
    public native static int getEastAsianWidth(char input);

    
Fill the first count bytes of dest with the
East Asian Width from count chars of src
starting at start. East Asian Width is calculated based on
Unicode TR#11. Each entry
in dest will be one of EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NEUTRAL, EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_AMBIGUOUS, EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_HALF_WIDTH, EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_FULL_WIDTH, EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NARROW, or EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_WIDE. 
Params:
  • src – character array of input to measure
  • start – first character in array to measure
  • count – maximum number of characters to measure
  • dest – byte array of results for each character in src
/**
     * Fill the first <code>count</code> bytes of <code>dest</code> with the
     * East Asian Width from <code>count</code> chars of <code>src</code>
     * starting at <code>start</code>. East Asian Width is calculated based on
     * <a href="http://unicode.org/reports/tr11/">Unicode TR#11</a>. Each entry
     * in <code>dest</code> will be one of {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NEUTRAL},
     * {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_AMBIGUOUS}, {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_HALF_WIDTH},
     * {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_FULL_WIDTH}, {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_NARROW},
     * or {@link #EAST_ASIAN_WIDTH_WIDE}.
     * 
     * @param src character array of input to measure
     * @param start first character in array to measure
     * @param count maximum number of characters to measure
     * @param dest byte array of results for each character in src
     */
    public native static void getEastAsianWidths(char[] src, int start,
                                                 int count, byte[] dest);

    
Replace the specified slice of text with the chars'
right-to-left mirrors (if any), returning true if any
replacements were made.

Params:
  • text – array of characters to apply mirror operation
  • start – first character in array to mirror
  • count – maximum number of characters to mirror
Returns:true if replacements were made
/**
     * Replace the specified slice of <code>text</code> with the chars'
     * right-to-left mirrors (if any), returning true if any
     * replacements were made.
     *
     * @param text array of characters to apply mirror operation
     * @param start first character in array to mirror
     * @param count maximum number of characters to mirror
     * @return true if replacements were made
     */
    public native static boolean mirror(char[] text, int start, int count);

    
Return the right-to-left mirror (or the original char if none)
of the specified char.

/**
     * Return the right-to-left mirror (or the original char if none)
     * of the specified char.
     */
    public native static char getMirror(char ch);
}