src/com/ibm/icu/lang/UCharacterDirection.java

/**
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* Copyright (C) 1996-2001, International Business Machines Corporation and    *
* others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *
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*
* $Source: 
*     /usr/cvs/icu4j/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/text/UCharacterDirection.java $ 
* $Date: 2002/12/03 00:47:50 $ 
* $Revision: 1.6 $
*
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*/

package com.ibm.icu.lang;

/**
 * Enumerated Unicode character linguistic direction constants.
 * Used as return results from <a href=UCharacter.html>UCharacter</a>
 * <p>
 * This class is not subclassable
 * </p>
 * @author Syn Wee Quek
 * @stable ICU 2.1
 */

public final class UCharacterDirection
{
    // private constructor =========================================
      
    /**
     * Private constructor to prevent initialisation
     */
    private UCharacterDirection()
    {
    }
      
    // public variable =============================================
      
    /**
     * Directional type L
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int LEFT_TO_RIGHT              = 0;
    /**
     * Directional type R
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int RIGHT_TO_LEFT              = 1;
    /**
     * Directional type EN
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int EUROPEAN_NUMBER            = 2;
   	/**
     * Directional type ES
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR  = 3;
    /**
     * Directional type ET
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR = 4;
    /**
     * Directional type AN
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */	                                               
   	public static final int ARABIC_NUMBER              = 5;
   	/**
     * Directional type CS
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR    = 6;
    /**
     * Directional type B
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int BLOCK_SEPARATOR            = 7;
    /**
     * Directional type S
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */      
   	public static final int SEGMENT_SEPARATOR          = 8;
   	/**
     * Directional type WS
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int WHITE_SPACE_NEUTRAL        = 9;
    	
    // start of 11 ---------------
    	
    /**
     * Directional type ON
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int OTHER_NEUTRAL              = 10;
   	/**
     * Directional type LRE
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING    = 11;
    /**
     * Directional type LRO
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE     = 12;  
    /**
     * Directional type AL
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC       = 13;
    /**
     * Directional type RLE
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING    = 14;
   	/**
     * Directional type RLO
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE     = 15;
   	/**
     * Directional type PDF
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
   	public static final int POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT     = 16;
    /**
     * Directional type NSM
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int DIR_NON_SPACING_MARK       = 17;
    /**
     * Directional type BN
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
    public static final int BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL           = 18;
    /**
     * Number of directional type
     * @stable ICU 2.1
     */
	public static final int CHAR_DIRECTION_COUNT       = 19;
	
	/**
	 * Gets the name of the argument direction
	 * @param dir direction type to retrieve name
	 * @return directional name
     * @stable ICU 2.1
	 */
	public static String toString(int dir)
	{
    	switch(dir)
    	{
    	    case LEFT_TO_RIGHT :
    	      return "Left-to-Right";
    	    case RIGHT_TO_LEFT :
    	      return "Right-to-Left";
    	    case EUROPEAN_NUMBER :
    	      return "European Number";
    	    case EUROPEAN_NUMBER_SEPARATOR :
    	      return "European Number Separator";
    	    case EUROPEAN_NUMBER_TERMINATOR :
    	      return "European Number Terminator";
    	    case ARABIC_NUMBER :
    	      return "Arabic Number";
    	    case COMMON_NUMBER_SEPARATOR :
    	      return "Common Number Separator";
    	    case BLOCK_SEPARATOR :
    	      return "Paragraph Separator";
    	    case SEGMENT_SEPARATOR :
    	      return "Segment Separator";
    	    case WHITE_SPACE_NEUTRAL :
    	      return "Whitespace";
    	    case OTHER_NEUTRAL :
    	      return "Other Neutrals";
    	    case LEFT_TO_RIGHT_EMBEDDING :
    	      return "Left-to-Right Embedding";
    	    case LEFT_TO_RIGHT_OVERRIDE :
    	      return "Left-to-Right Override";
    	    case RIGHT_TO_LEFT_ARABIC :
    	      return "Right-to-Left Arabic";
    	    case RIGHT_TO_LEFT_EMBEDDING :
    	      return "Right-to-Left Embedding";
    	    case RIGHT_TO_LEFT_OVERRIDE :
    	      return "Right-to-Left Override";
    	    case POP_DIRECTIONAL_FORMAT :
    	      return "Pop Directional Format";
    	    case DIR_NON_SPACING_MARK :
    	      return "Non-Spacing Mark";
    	    case BOUNDARY_NEUTRAL :
    	      return "Boundary Neutral";
    	}
    	return "Unassigned";
	}
}