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uloc.h File Reference

C API: Locale. More...

#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/uenum.h"

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Defines

#define ULOC_CHINESE   "zh"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_ENGLISH   "en"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_FRENCH   "fr"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_GERMAN   "de"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_ITALIAN   "it"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_JAPANESE   "ja"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_KOREAN   "ko"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE   "zh_CN"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_TRADITIONAL_CHINESE   "zh_TW"
 Useful constant for this language. More...

#define ULOC_CANADA   "en_CA"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_CANADA_FRENCH   "fr_CA"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_CHINA   "zh_CN"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_PRC   "zh_CN"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_FRANCE   "fr_FR"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_GERMANY   "de_DE"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_ITALY   "it_IT"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_JAPAN   "ja_JP"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_KOREA   "ko_KR"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_TAIWAN   "zh_TW"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_UK   "en_GB"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_US   "en_US"
 Useful constant for this country/region. More...

#define ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY   12
 Useful constant for the maximum size of the language part of a locale ID. More...

#define ULOC_SCRIPT_CAPACITY   6
 Useful constant for the maximum size of the script part of a locale ID (including the terminating NULL). More...

#define ULOC_COUNTRY_CAPACITY   4
 Useful constant for the maximum size of the country part of a locale ID (including the terminating NULL). More...

#define ULOC_FULLNAME_CAPACITY   56
 Useful constant for the maximum size of the whole locale ID (including the terminating NULL). More...

#define ULOC_KEYWORDS_CAPACITY   50
 Useful constant for the maximum size of keywords in a locale. More...

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_AND_VALUES_CAPACITY   100
 Useful constant for the maximum size of keywords in a locale. More...

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR   '@'
 Character separating keywords from the locale string different for EBCDIC - TODO. More...

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN   '='
 Character for assigning value to a keyword. More...

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR   ';'
 Character separating keywords. More...


Enumerations

enum  ULocDataLocaleType { ULOC_ACTUAL_LOCALE = 0, ULOC_VALID_LOCALE = 1, ULOC_REQUESTED_LOCALE = 2, ULOC_DATA_LOCALE_TYPE_LIMIT }
 Constants for *_getLocale() Allow user to select whether she wants information on requested, valid or actual locale. More...


Functions

const char * uloc_getDefault (void)
 Gets ICU's default locale. More...

void uloc_setDefault (const char *localeID, UErrorCode *status)
 Sets ICU's default locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getLanguage (const char *localeID, char *language, int32_t languageCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the language code for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getScript (const char *localeID, char *script, int32_t scriptCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the script code for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getCountry (const char *localeID, char *country, int32_t countryCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the country code for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getVariant (const char *localeID, char *variant, int32_t variantCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the variant code for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getName (const char *localeID, char *name, int32_t nameCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the full name for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_canonicalize (const char *localeID, char *name, int32_t nameCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the full name for the specified locale. More...

const char * uloc_getISO3Language (const char *localeID)
 Gets the ISO language code for the specified locale. More...

const char * uloc_getISO3Country (const char *localeID)
 Gets the ISO country code for the specified locale. More...

uint32_t uloc_getLCID (const char *localeID)
 Gets the Win32 LCID value for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayLanguage (const char *locale, const char *displayLocale, UChar *language, int32_t languageCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets the language name suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayScript (const char *locale, const char *displayLocale, UChar *script, int32_t scriptCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets the script name suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayCountry (const char *locale, const char *displayLocale, UChar *country, int32_t countryCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets the country name suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayVariant (const char *locale, const char *displayLocale, UChar *variant, int32_t variantCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets the variant name suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayKeyword (const char *keyword, const char *displayLocale, UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets the keyword name suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayKeywordValue (const char *locale, const char *keyword, const char *displayLocale, UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets the value of the keyword suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getDisplayName (const char *localeID, const char *inLocaleID, UChar *result, int32_t maxResultSize, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the full name suitable for display for the specified locale. More...

const char * uloc_getAvailable (int32_t n)
 Gets the specified locale from a list of all available locales. More...

int32_t uloc_countAvailable (void)
 Gets the size of the all available locale list. More...

const char *const * uloc_getISOLanguages (void)
 Gets a list of all available language codes defined in ISO 639. More...

const char *const * uloc_getISOCountries (void)
 Gets a list of all available 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 639. More...

int32_t uloc_getParent (const char *localeID, char *parent, int32_t parentCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Truncate the locale ID string to get the parent locale ID. More...

int32_t uloc_getBaseName (const char *localeID, char *name, int32_t nameCapacity, UErrorCode *err)
 Gets the full name for the specified locale. More...

UEnumerationuloc_openKeywords (const char *localeID, UErrorCode *status)
 Gets an enumeration of keywords for the specified locale. More...

int32_t uloc_getKeywordValue (const char *localeID, const char *keywordName, char *buffer, int32_t bufferCapacity, UErrorCode *status)
 Get the value for a keyword. More...


Detailed Description

C API: Locale.

ULoc C API for Locale

A Locale represents a specific geographical, political, or cultural region. An operation that requires a Locale to perform its task is called locale-sensitive and uses the Locale to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number is a locale-sensitive operation--the number should be formatted according to the customs/conventions of the user's native country, region, or culture. In the C APIs, a locales is simply a const char string.

You create a Locale with one of the three options listed below. Each of the component is separated by '_' in the locale string.

 
       newLanguage
 
       newLanguage + newCountry
 
       newLanguage + newCountry + newVariant
The first option is a valid ISO Language Code. These codes are the lower-case two-letter codes as defined by ISO-639. You can find a full list of these codes at a number of sites, such as:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt

The second option includes an additonal ISO Country Code. These codes are the upper-case two-letter codes as defined by ISO-3166. You can find a full list of these codes at a number of sites, such as:
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html

The third option requires another additonal information--the Variant. The Variant codes are vendor and browser-specific. For example, use WIN for Windows, MAC for Macintosh, and POSIX for POSIX. Where there are two variants, separate them with an underscore, and put the most important one first. For example, a Traditional Spanish collation might be referenced, with "ES", "ES", "Traditional_WIN".

Because a Locale is just an identifier for a region, no validity check is performed when you specify a Locale. If you want to see whether particular resources are available for the Locale you asked for, you must query those resources. For example, ask the UNumberFormat for the locales it supports using its getAvailable method.
Note: When you ask for a resource for a particular locale, you get back the best available match, not necessarily precisely what you asked for. For more information, look at UResourceBundle.

The Locale provides a number of convenient constants that you can use to specify the commonly used locales. For example, the following refers to a locale for the United States:

 
       ULOC_US

Once you've specified a locale you can query it for information about itself. Use uloc_getCountry to get the ISO Country Code and uloc_getLanguage to get the ISO Language Code. You can use uloc_getDisplayCountry to get the name of the country suitable for displaying to the user. Similarly, you can use uloc_getDisplayLanguage to get the name of the language suitable for displaying to the user. Interestingly, the uloc_getDisplayXXX methods are themselves locale-sensitive and have two versions: one that uses the default locale and one that takes a locale as an argument and displays the name or country in a language appropriate to that locale.

The ICU provides a number of services that perform locale-sensitive operations. For example, the unum_xxx functions format numbers, currency, or percentages in a locale-sensitive manner.

 
     UErrorCode success = U_ZERO_ERROR;
     UNumberFormat *nf;
     const char* myLocale = "fr_FR";
 
     nf = unum_open( UNUM_DEFAULT, NULL, success );          
     unum_close(nf);
     nf = unum_open( UNUM_CURRENCY, NULL, success );
     unum_close(nf);
     nf = unum_open( UNUM_PERCENT, NULL, success );   
     unum_close(nf);
Each of these methods has two variants; one with an explicit locale and one without; the latter using the default locale.
 
     nf = unum_open( UNUM_DEFAULT, myLocale, success );          
     unum_close(nf);
     nf = unum_open( UNUM_CURRENCY, myLocale, success );
     unum_close(nf);
     nf = unum_open( UNUM_PERCENT, myLocale, success );   
     unum_close(nf);
A Locale is the mechanism for identifying the kind of services (UNumberFormat) that you would like to get. The locale is just a mechanism for identifying these services.

Each international serivce that performs locale-sensitive operations allows you to get all the available objects of that type. You can sift through these objects by language, country, or variant, and use the display names to present a menu to the user. For example, you can create a menu of all the collation objects suitable for a given language. Such classes implement these three class methods:

 
       const char* uloc_getAvailable(int32_t index);
       int32_t uloc_countAvailable();
       int32_t
       uloc_getDisplayName(const char* localeID,
                 const char* inLocaleID, 
                 UChar* result,
                 int32_t maxResultSize,
                  UErrorCode* err);

Concerning POSIX/RFC1766 Locale IDs, the getLanguage/getCountry/getVariant/getName functions do understand the POSIX type form of language_COUNTRY.ENCODING@VARIANT and if there is not an ICU-stype variant, uloc_getVariant() for example will return the one listed after the @at sign. As well, the hyphen "-" is recognized as a country/variant separator similarly to RFC1766. So for example, "en-us" will be interpreted as en_US. As a result, uloc_getName() is far from a no-op, and will have the effect of converting POSIX/RFC1766 IDs into ICU form, although it does NOT map any of the actual codes (i.e. russian->ru) in any way. Applications should call uloc_getName() at the point where a locale ID is coming from an external source (user entry, OS, web browser) and pass the resulting string to other ICU functions. For example, don't use de-de@EURO as an argument to resourcebundle.

See also:
UResourceBundle

Definition in file uloc.h.


Define Documentation

#define ULOC_CANADA   "en_CA"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 220 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_CANADA_FRENCH   "fr_CA"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 222 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_CHINA   "zh_CN"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 224 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_CHINESE   "zh"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 201 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_COUNTRY_CAPACITY   4
 

Useful constant for the maximum size of the country part of a locale ID (including the terminating NULL).

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 261 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_ENGLISH   "en"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 203 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_FRANCE   "fr_FR"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 228 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_FRENCH   "fr"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 205 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_FULLNAME_CAPACITY   56
 

Useful constant for the maximum size of the whole locale ID (including the terminating NULL).

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 267 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_GERMAN   "de"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 207 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_GERMANY   "de_DE"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 230 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_ITALIAN   "it"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 209 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_ITALY   "it_IT"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 232 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_JAPAN   "ja_JP"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 234 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_JAPANESE   "ja"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 211 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KEYWORDS_CAPACITY   50
 

Useful constant for the maximum size of keywords in a locale.

Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

Definition at line 272 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_AND_VALUES_CAPACITY   100
 

Useful constant for the maximum size of keywords in a locale.

Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

Definition at line 277 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_ASSIGN   '='
 

Character for assigning value to a keyword.

Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

Definition at line 753 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_ITEM_SEPARATOR   ';'
 

Character separating keywords.

Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

Definition at line 758 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KEYWORD_SEPARATOR   '@'
 

Character separating keywords from the locale string different for EBCDIC - TODO.

Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

Definition at line 748 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KOREA   "ko_KR"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 236 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_KOREAN   "ko"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 213 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_LANG_CAPACITY   12
 

Useful constant for the maximum size of the language part of a locale ID.

(including the terminating NULL).

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 249 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_PRC   "zh_CN"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 226 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_SCRIPT_CAPACITY   6
 

Useful constant for the maximum size of the script part of a locale ID (including the terminating NULL).

Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

Definition at line 255 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_SIMPLIFIED_CHINESE   "zh_CN"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 215 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_TAIWAN   "zh_TW"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 238 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_TRADITIONAL_CHINESE   "zh_TW"
 

Useful constant for this language.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 217 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_UK   "en_GB"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 240 of file uloc.h.

#define ULOC_US   "en_US"
 

Useful constant for this country/region.

Stable:
ICU 2.0

Definition at line 242 of file uloc.h.


Enumeration Type Documentation

enum ULocDataLocaleType
 

Constants for *_getLocale() Allow user to select whether she wants information on requested, valid or actual locale.

For example, a collator for "en_US_CALIFORNIA" was requested. In the current state of ICU (2.0), the requested locale is "en_US_CALIFORNIA", the valid locale is "en_US" (most specific locale supported by ICU) and the actual locale is "root" (the collation data comes unmodified from the UCA) The locale is considered supported by ICU if there is a core ICU bundle for that locale (although it may be empty).

Stable:
ICU 2.1
Enumeration values:
ULOC_ACTUAL_LOCALE  This is locale the data actually comes from.
ULOC_VALID_LOCALE  This is the most specific locale supported by ICU.
ULOC_REQUESTED_LOCALE  This is the requested locale.
ULOC_DATA_LOCALE_TYPE_LIMIT 

Definition at line 293 of file uloc.h.


Function Documentation

int32_t uloc_canonicalize const char *    localeID,
char *    name,
int32_t    nameCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the full name for the specified locale.

Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the string to a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed, and if the components were in 'POSIX' format they are changed to ICU format. It does NOT map aliased names in any way. See the top of this header file.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the full name with
name  the full name for localeID
nameCapacity  the size of the name buffer to store the full name with
err  error information if retrieving the full name failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the full name. If it's greater than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_countAvailable void   
 

Gets the size of the all available locale list.

Returns:
the size of the locale list
Stable:
ICU 2.0

const char* uloc_getAvailable int32_t    n
 

Gets the specified locale from a list of all available locales.

The return value is a pointer to an item of a locale name array. Both this array and the pointers it contains are owned by ICU and should not be deleted or written through by the caller. The locale name is terminated by a null pointer.

Parameters:
n  the specific locale name index of the available locale list
Returns:
a specified locale name of all available locales
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getBaseName const char *    localeID,
char *    name,
int32_t    nameCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the full name for the specified locale.

Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the string to a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed, and if the components were in 'POSIX' format they are changed to ICU format. It does NOT map aliased names in any way. See the top of this header file. This API strips off the keyword part, so "de_DE@collation=phonebook" will become "de_DE". This API supports preflighting.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the full name with
name  fill in buffer for the name without keywords.
nameCapacity  capacity of the fill in buffer.
err  error information if retrieving the full name failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the full name. If it's greater than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

int32_t uloc_getCountry const char *    localeID,
char *    country,
int32_t    countryCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the country code for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the country code with
country  the country code for localeID
countryCapacity  the size of the country buffer to store the country code with
err  error information if retrieving the country code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the country code. If it's greater than countryCapacity, the returned country code will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

const char* uloc_getDefault void   
 

Gets ICU's default locale.

The returned string is a snapshot in time, and will remain valid and unchanged even when uloc_setDefault() is called. The returned storage is owned by ICU, and must not be altered or deleted by the caller.

Returns:
the ICU default locale
System:
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getDisplayCountry const char *    locale,
const char *    displayLocale,
UChar *    country,
int32_t    countryCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets the country name suitable for display for the specified locale.

Parameters:
locale  the locale to get the displayable country code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
displayLocale  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
country  the displayable country code for localeID
countryCapacity  the size of the country buffer to store the displayable country code with
status  error information if retrieving the displayable country code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable country code. If it's greater than countryCapacity, the returned displayable country code will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getDisplayKeyword const char *    keyword,
const char *    displayLocale,
UChar *    dest,
int32_t    destCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets the keyword name suitable for display for the specified locale.

E.g: for the locale string de_DE@collation=PHONEBOOK, this API gets the display string for the keyword collation. Usage: UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR; const char* keyword =NULL; int32_t keywordLen = 0; int32_t keywordCount = 0; UChar displayKeyword[256]; int32_t displayKeywordLen = 0; UEnumeration* keywordEnum = uloc_getKeywords("de_DE@collation=PHONEBOOK;calendar=TRADITIONAL", &status); for(keywordCount = uenum_count(keywordEnum, &status); keywordCount > 0 ; keywordCount--){ if(U_FAILURE(status)){ ...something went wrong so handle the error... break; } // the uenum_next returns NUL terminated string keyword = uenum_next(keywordEnum, &keywordLen, &status); displayKeywordLen = uloc_getDisplayKeyword(keyword, "en_US", displayKeyword, 256); ... do something interesting ..... } uenum_close(keywordEnum);

Parameters:
keyword  The keyword whose display string needs to be returned.
displayLocale  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
dest  the buffer to which the displayable keyword should be written.
destCapacity  The size of the buffer (number of UChars). If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the function will only return the length of the result without writing any of the result string (pre-flighting).
status  error information if retrieving the displayable string failed. Should not be NULL and should not indicate failure on entry.
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.
See also:
uloc_getKeywords
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

int32_t uloc_getDisplayKeywordValue const char *    locale,
const char *    keyword,
const char *    displayLocale,
UChar *    dest,
int32_t    destCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets the value of the keyword suitable for display for the specified locale.

E.g: for the locale string de_DE@collation=PHONEBOOK, this API gets the display string for PHONEBOOK, in the display locale, when "collation" is specified as the keyword.

Parameters:
locale  The locale to get the displayable variant code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
keyword  The keyword for whose value should be used.
displayLocale  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
dest  the buffer to which the displayable keyword should be written.
destCapacity  The size of the buffer (number of UChars). If it is 0, then dest may be NULL and the function will only return the length of the result without writing any of the result string (pre-flighting).
status  error information if retrieving the displayable string failed. Should not be NULL and must not indicate failure on entry.
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code.
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

int32_t uloc_getDisplayLanguage const char *    locale,
const char *    displayLocale,
UChar *    language,
int32_t    languageCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets the language name suitable for display for the specified locale.

Parameters:
locale  the locale to get the ISO language code with
displayLocale  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "Englisch".
language  the displayable language code for localeID
languageCapacity  the size of the language buffer to store the displayable language code with
status  error information if retrieving the displayable language code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable language code. If it's greater than languageCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getDisplayName const char *    localeID,
const char *    inLocaleID,
UChar *    result,
int32_t    maxResultSize,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the full name suitable for display for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the displayable name with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
inLocaleID  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
result  the displayable name for localeID
maxResultSize  the size of the name buffer to store the displayable full name with
err  error information if retrieving the displayable name failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable name. If it's greater than variantCapacity, the returned displayable name will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getDisplayScript const char *    locale,
const char *    displayLocale,
UChar *    script,
int32_t    scriptCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets the script name suitable for display for the specified locale.

Parameters:
locale  the locale to get the displayable script code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
displayLocale  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "". NULL may be used to specify the default.
script  the displayable country code for localeID
scriptCapacity  the size of the script buffer to store the displayable script code with
status  error information if retrieving the displayable script code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable script code. If it's greater than scriptCapacity, the returned displayable script code will be truncated.
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

int32_t uloc_getDisplayVariant const char *    locale,
const char *    displayLocale,
UChar *    variant,
int32_t    variantCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets the variant name suitable for display for the specified locale.

Parameters:
locale  the locale to get the displayable variant code with. NULL may be used to specify the default.
displayLocale  Specifies the locale to be used to display the name. In other words, if the locale's language code is "en", passing Locale::getFrench() for inLocale would result in "Anglais", while passing Locale::getGerman() for inLocale would result in "Englisch". NULL may be used to specify the default.
variant  the displayable variant code for localeID
variantCapacity  the size of the variant buffer to store the displayable variant code with
status  error information if retrieving the displayable variant code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the displayable variant code. If it's greater than variantCapacity, the returned displayable variant code will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

const char* uloc_getISO3Country const char *    localeID
 

Gets the ISO country code for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the ISO country code with
Returns:
country the ISO country code for localeID
Stable:
ICU 2.0

const char* uloc_getISO3Language const char *    localeID
 

Gets the ISO language code for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the ISO language code with
Returns:
language the ISO language code for localeID
Stable:
ICU 2.0

const char* const* uloc_getISOCountries void   
 

Gets a list of all available 2-letter country codes defined in ISO 639.

This is a pointer to an array of pointers to arrays of char. All of these pointers are owned by ICU-- do not delete them, and do not write through them. The array is terminated with a null pointer.

Returns:
a list of all available country codes
Stable:
ICU 2.0

const char* const* uloc_getISOLanguages void   
 

Gets a list of all available language codes defined in ISO 639.

This is a pointer to an array of pointers to arrays of char. All of these pointers are owned by ICU-- do not delete them, and do not write through them. The array is terminated with a null pointer.

Returns:
a list of all available language codes
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getKeywordValue const char *    localeID,
const char *    keywordName,
char *    buffer,
int32_t    bufferCapacity,
UErrorCode   status
 

Get the value for a keyword.

Locale name does not need to be normalized.

Parameters:
localeID  locale name containing the keyword ("de_DE@currency=EURO;collation=PHONEBOOK")
keywordName  name of the keyword for which we want the value. Case insensitive.
buffer  receiving buffer
bufferCapacity  capacity of receiving buffer
status  containing error code - buffer not big enough.
Returns:
the length of keyword value
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

uint32_t uloc_getLCID const char *    localeID
 

Gets the Win32 LCID value for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the Win32 LCID value with
Returns:
country the Win32 LCID for localeID
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getLanguage const char *    localeID,
char *    language,
int32_t    languageCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the language code for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the ISO language code with
language  the language code for localeID
languageCapacity  the size of the language buffer to store the language code with
err  error information if retrieving the language code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the language code. If it's greater than languageCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getName const char *    localeID,
char *    name,
int32_t    nameCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the full name for the specified locale.

Note: This has the effect of 'canonicalizing' the ICU locale ID to a certain extent. Upper and lower case are set as needed. It does NOT map aliased names in any way. See the top of this header file. This API supports preflighting.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the full name with
name  fill in buffer for the name without keywords.
nameCapacity  capacity of the fill in buffer.
err  error information if retrieving the full name failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the full name. If it's greater than nameCapacity, the returned full name will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getParent const char *    localeID,
char *    parent,
int32_t    parentCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Truncate the locale ID string to get the parent locale ID.

Copies the part of the string before the last underscore. The parent locale ID will be an empty string if there is no underscore, or if there is only one underscore at localeID[0].

Parameters:
localeID  Input locale ID string.
parent  Output string buffer for the parent locale ID.
parentCapacity  Size of the output buffer.
err  A UErrorCode value.
Returns:
The length of the parent locale ID.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

int32_t uloc_getScript const char *    localeID,
char *    script,
int32_t    scriptCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the script code for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the ISO language code with
script  the language code for localeID
scriptCapacity  the size of the language buffer to store the language code with
err  error information if retrieving the language code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the language code. If it's greater than scriptCapacity, the returned language code will be truncated.
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

int32_t uloc_getVariant const char *    localeID,
char *    variant,
int32_t    variantCapacity,
UErrorCode   err
 

Gets the variant code for the specified locale.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the variant code with
variant  the variant code for localeID
variantCapacity  the size of the variant buffer to store the variant code with
err  error information if retrieving the variant code failed
Returns:
the actual buffer size needed for the variant code. If it's greater than variantCapacity, the returned variant code will be truncated.
Stable:
ICU 2.0

UEnumeration* uloc_openKeywords const char *    localeID,
UErrorCode   status
 

Gets an enumeration of keywords for the specified locale.

Enumeration must get disposed of by the client using uenum_close function.

Parameters:
localeID  the locale to get the variant code with
err  error information if retrieving the keywords failed
Returns:
enumeration of keywords or NULL if there are no keywords.
Draft:
This API has been introduced in ICU 2.8. It is still in draft state and may be modified in a future release.

void uloc_setDefault const char *    localeID,
UErrorCode   status
 

Sets ICU's default locale.

By default (without calling this function), ICU's default locale will be based on information obtained from the underlying system environment.

Changes to ICU's default locale do not propagate back to the system environment.

Changes to ICU's default locale to not affect any ICU services that may already be open based on the previous default locale value.

Parameters:
localeID  the new ICU default locale. A value of NULL will try to get the system's default locale.
status  the error information if the setting of default locale fails
System:
Stable:
ICU 2.0


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