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/* RuleBasedCollator.java -- Concrete Collator Class
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package java.text;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;

/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, plus online
 * API docs for JDK 1.2 from http://www.javasoft.com.
 * Status: Believed complete and correct
 */

/**
 * This class is a concrete subclass of <code>Collator</code> suitable
 * for string collation in a wide variety of languages.  An instance of
 * this class is normally returned by the <code>getInstance</code> method
 * of <code>Collator</code> with rules predefined for the requested
 * locale.  However, an instance of this class can be created manually
 * with any desired rules.
 * <p>
 * Rules take the form of a <code>String</code> with the following syntax
 * <ul>
 * <li> Modifier: '@'</li>
 * <li> Relation: '&lt;' | ';' | ',' | '=' : &lt;text&gt;</li>
 * <li> Reset: '&amp;' : &lt;text&gt;</li>
 * </ul>
 * The modifier character indicates that accents sort backward as is the
 * case with French.  The modifier applies to all rules <b>after</b>
 * the modifier but before the next primary sequence. If placed at the end
 * of the sequence if applies to all unknown accented character.
 * The relational operators specify how the text 
 * argument relates to the previous term.  The relation characters have
 * the following meanings:
 * <ul>
 * <li>'&lt;' - The text argument is greater than the prior term at the primary
 * difference level.</li>
 * <li>';' - The text argument is greater than the prior term at the secondary
 * difference level.</li>
 * <li>',' - The text argument is greater than the prior term at the tertiary
 * difference level.</li>
 * <li>'=' - The text argument is equal to the prior term</li>
 * </ul>
 * <p>
 * As for the text argument itself, this is any sequence of Unicode
 * characters not in the following ranges: 0x0009-0x000D, 0x0020-0x002F,
 * 0x003A-0x0040, 0x005B-0x0060, and 0x007B-0x007E. If these characters are 
 * desired, they must be enclosed in single quotes.  If any whitespace is 
 * encountered, it is ignored.  (For example, "a b" is equal to "ab").  
 * <p>
 * The reset operation inserts the following rule at the point where the
 * text argument to it exists in the previously declared rule string.  This
 * makes it easy to add new rules to an existing string by simply including
 * them in a reset sequence at the end.  Note that the text argument, or
 * at least the first character of it, must be present somewhere in the
 * previously declared rules in order to be inserted properly.  If this
 * is not satisfied, a <code>ParseException</code> will be thrown. 
 * <p>
 * This system of configuring <code>RuleBasedCollator</code> is needlessly
 * complex and the people at Taligent who developed it (along with the folks
 * at Sun who accepted it into the Java standard library) deserve a slow
 * and agonizing death.
 * <p>
 * Here are a couple of example of rule strings:
 * <p>
 * "&lt; a &lt; b &lt; c" - This string says that a is greater than b which is 
 * greater than c, with all differences being primary differences.
 * <p>
 * "&lt; a,A &lt; b,B &lt; c,C" - This string says that 'A' is greater than 'a' with
 * a tertiary strength comparison.  Both 'b' and 'B' are greater than 'a' and
 * 'A' during a primary strength comparison.  But 'B' is greater than 'b'
 * under a tertiary strength comparison.
 * <p>
 * "&lt; a &lt; c &amp; a &lt; b " - This sequence is identical in function to the 
 * "&lt; a &lt; b &lt; c" rule string above.  The '&amp;' reset symbol indicates that
 * the rule "&lt; b" is to be inserted after the text argument "a" in the
 * previous rule string segment.
 * <p>
 * "&lt; a &lt; b &amp; y &lt; z" - This is an error.  The character 'y' does not appear
 * anywhere in the previous rule string segment so the rule following the
 * reset rule cannot be inserted.
 * <p>
 * "&lt; a &amp; A @ &lt; e &amp; E &lt; f&amp; F" - This sequence is equivalent to the following
 * "&lt; a &amp; A &lt; E &amp; e &lt; f &amp; F".
 * <p>
 * For a description of the various comparison strength types, see the
 * documentation for the <code>Collator</code> class.
 * <p>
 * As an additional complication to this already overly complex rule scheme,
 * if any characters precede the first rule, these characters are considered
 * ignorable.  They will be treated as if they did not exist during 
 * comparisons.  For example, "- &lt; a &lt; b ..." would make '-' an ignorable
 * character such that the strings "high-tech" and "hightech" would
 * be considered identical.
 * <p>
 * A <code>ParseException</code> will be thrown for any of the following
 * conditions:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Unquoted punctuation characters in a text argument.</li>
 * <li>A relational or reset operator not followed by a text argument</li>
 * <li>A reset operator where the text argument is not present in
 * the previous rule string section.</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
 * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@cygnus.com)
 * @author Guilhem Lavaux (guilhem@kaffe.org)
 */
public class RuleBasedCollator extends Collator
{
  /**
   * This class describes what rank has a character (or a sequence of characters) 
   * in the lexicographic order. Each element in a rule has a collation element.
   */
  static final class CollationElement
  {
    String key;
    int primary;
    short secondary;
    short tertiary;
    short equality;
    boolean ignore;
    String expansion;

    CollationElement(String key, int primary, short secondary, short tertiary,
		     short equality, String expansion, boolean ignore)
    {
      this.key = key;
      this.primary = primary;
      this.secondary = secondary;
      this.tertiary = tertiary;
      this.equality = equality;
      this.ignore = ignore;
      this.expansion = expansion;
    }

    int getValue()
    {
      return (primary << 16) + (secondary << 8) + tertiary;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Basic collation instruction (internal format) to build the series of
   * collation elements. It contains an instruction which specifies the new
   * state of the generator. The sequence of instruction should not contain
   * RESET (it is used by
   * {@link #mergeRules(int,java.lang.String,java.util.ArrayList,java.util.ArrayList)})
   * as a temporary state while merging two sets of instructions.
   */
  static final class CollationSorter
  {
    static final int GREATERP = 0;
    static final int GREATERS = 1;
    static final int GREATERT = 2;
    static final int EQUAL = 3;
    static final int RESET = 4;
    static final int INVERSE_SECONDARY = 5;
    
    int comparisonType;
    String textElement;
    int hashText;
    int offset;
    boolean ignore;

    String expansionOrdering;
  }

  /**
   * This the the original rule string.
   */
  private String rules;

  /**
   * This is the table of collation element values
   */
  private Object[] ce_table;

  /**
   * Quick-prefix finder.
   */
  HashMap prefix_tree;

  /**
   * This is the value of the last sequence entered into
   * <code>ce_table</code>. It is used to compute the
   * ordering value of unspecified character.
   */
  private int last_primary_value;

  /**
   * This is the value of the last secondary sequence of the
   * primary 0, entered into
   * <code>ce_table</code>. It is used to compute the
   * ordering value of an unspecified accented character.
   */
  private int last_tertiary_value;

  /**
   * This variable is true if accents need to be sorted
   * in the other direction.
   */
  private boolean inverseAccentComparison;

  /**
   * This collation element is special to unknown sequence.
   * The JDK uses it to mark and sort the characters which has
   * no collation rules.
   */
  static final CollationElement SPECIAL_UNKNOWN_SEQ = 
    new CollationElement("", (short) 32767, (short) 0, (short) 0,
			 (short) 0, null, false);
  
  /**
   * This method initializes a new instance of <code>RuleBasedCollator</code>
   * with the specified collation rules.  Note that an application normally
   * obtains an instance of <code>RuleBasedCollator</code> by calling the
   * <code>getInstance</code> method of <code>Collator</code>.  That method
   * automatically loads the proper set of rules for the desired locale.
   *
   * @param rules The collation rule string.
   *
   * @exception ParseException If the rule string contains syntax errors.
   */
  public RuleBasedCollator(String rules) throws ParseException
  {
    if (rules.equals(""))
      throw new ParseException("empty rule set", 0);
    
    this.rules = rules;

    buildCollationVector(parseString(rules));
    buildPrefixAccess();
  }

  /**
   * This method returns the number of common characters at the beginning
   * of the string of the two parameters.
   *
   * @param prefix A string considered as a prefix to test against
   * the other string.
   * @param s A string to test the prefix against.
   * @return The number of common characters.
   */
  static int findPrefixLength(String prefix, String s)
  {
    int index;
    int len = prefix.length();

    for (index = 0; index < len && index < s.length(); ++index)
      {
	if (prefix.charAt(index) != s.charAt(index))
	  return index;
      }


    return index;
  }

  /**
   * Here we are merging two sets of sorting instructions: 'patch' into 'main'. This methods
   * checks whether it is possible to find an anchor point for the rules to be merged and
   * then insert them at that precise point.
   *
   * @param offset Offset in the string containing rules of the beginning of the rules
   * being merged in.
   * @param starter Text of the rules being merged.
   * @param main Repository of all already parsed rules.
   * @param patch Rules to be merged into the repository.
   * @throws ParseException if it is impossible to find an anchor point for the new rules.
   */
  private void mergeRules(int offset, String starter, ArrayList main, ArrayList patch)
    throws ParseException 
  {
    int insertion_point = -1;
    int max_length = 0;
    
    /* We must check that no rules conflict with another already present. If it
     * is the case delete the old rule. 
     */
    
    /* For the moment good old O(N^2) algorithm.
     */
    for (int i = 0; i < patch.size(); i++)
      {
	int j = 0;
	
	while (j < main.size())
	  {
	    CollationSorter rule1 = (CollationSorter) patch.get(i);
	    CollationSorter rule2 = (CollationSorter) main.get(j);
	    
	    if (rule1.textElement.equals(rule2.textElement))
	      main.remove(j);
	    else
	      j++;
	  }
      }

    // Find the insertion point... O(N)
    for (int i = 0; i < main.size(); i++)
      {
	CollationSorter sorter = (CollationSorter) main.get(i);
	int length = findPrefixLength(starter, sorter.textElement);
		
	if (length > max_length)
	  {
	    max_length = length;
	    insertion_point = i+1;
	  }
      }

    if (insertion_point < 0)
      throw new ParseException("no insertion point found for " + starter, offset);

    if (max_length < starter.length())
      {
	/*
	 * We need to expand the first entry. It must be sorted
	 * like if it was the reference key itself (like the spec
	 * said. So the first entry is special: the element is
	 * replaced by the specified text element for the sorting.
	 * This text replace the old one for comparisons. However
	 * to preserve the behaviour we replace the first key (corresponding
	 * to the found prefix) by a new code rightly ordered in the
	 * sequence. The rest of the subsequence must be appended
	 * to the end of the sequence.
	 */
	CollationSorter sorter = (CollationSorter) patch.get(0);
	CollationSorter expansionPrefix =
	  (CollationSorter) main.get(insertion_point-1);
	
	sorter.expansionOrdering = starter.substring(max_length); // Skip the first good prefix element
		
	main.add(insertion_point, sorter);
	
	/*
	 * This is a new set of rules. Append to the list.
	 */
	patch.remove(0);
	insertion_point++;
      }

    // Now insert all elements of patch at the insertion point.
    for (int i = 0; i < patch.size(); i++)
      main.add(i+insertion_point, patch.get(i));
  }

  /**
   * This method parses a string and build a set of sorting instructions. The parsing
   * may only be partial on the case the rules are to be merged sometime later.
   * 
   * @param stop_on_reset If this parameter is true then the parser stops when it
   * encounters a reset instruction. In the other case, it tries to parse the subrules
   * and merged it in the same repository.
   * @param v Output vector for the set of instructions.
   * @param base_offset Offset in the string to begin parsing.
   * @param rules Rules to be parsed.
   * @return -1 if the parser reached the end of the string, an integer representing the
   * offset in the string at which it stopped parsing. 
   * @throws ParseException if something turned wrong during the parsing. To get details
   * decode the message.
   */
  private int subParseString(boolean stop_on_reset, ArrayList v,
			     int base_offset, String rules)
    throws ParseException
  {
    boolean ignoreChars = (base_offset == 0);
    int operator = -1;
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    boolean doubleQuote = false;
    boolean eatingChars = false;
    boolean nextIsModifier = false;
    boolean isModifier = false;
    int i;
    
main_parse_loop:
    for (i = 0; i < rules.length(); i++)
      {
	char c = rules.charAt(i);
	int type = -1;
	
	if (!eatingChars &&
	    ((c >= 0x09 && c <= 0x0D) || (c == 0x20)))
	      continue;

	isModifier = nextIsModifier;
	nextIsModifier = false;

	if (eatingChars && c != '\'')
	  {
	    doubleQuote = false;
	    sb.append(c);
	    continue;
	  }
	if (doubleQuote && eatingChars)
	  {
	    sb.append(c);
	    doubleQuote = false;
	    continue;
	  }

	switch (c)
	  {
	  case '!':
	    throw new ParseException
	      ("Modifier '!' is not yet supported by Classpath", i + base_offset);
	  case '<':
	    type = CollationSorter.GREATERP;
	    break;
	  case ';':
	    type = CollationSorter.GREATERS;
	    break;
	  case ',':
	    type = CollationSorter.GREATERT;
	    break;
	  case '=':
	    type = CollationSorter.EQUAL;
	    break;
	  case '\'':
	    eatingChars = !eatingChars;
	    doubleQuote = true;
	    break;
	  case '@':
	    if (ignoreChars)
	      throw new ParseException
		("comparison list has not yet been started. You may only use"
		 + "(<,;=&)", i + base_offset);
	    // Inverse the order of secondaries from now on.
	    nextIsModifier = true;
	    type = CollationSorter.INVERSE_SECONDARY;
	    break;
	  case '&':
	    type = CollationSorter.RESET;
	    if (stop_on_reset)
	      break main_parse_loop;
	    break;
	  default:
	    if (operator < 0)
	      throw new ParseException
		("operator missing at " + (i + base_offset), i + base_offset);
	    if (! eatingChars
		&& ((c >= 0x21 && c <= 0x2F) 
		    || (c >= 0x3A && c <= 0x40)
		    || (c >= 0x5B && c <= 0x60)
		    || (c >= 0x7B && c <= 0x7E)))
	      throw new ParseException
		("unquoted punctuation character '" + c + "'", i + base_offset);

	    //type = ignoreChars ? CollationSorter.IGNORE : -1;
	    sb.append(c);
	    break;
	  }

	if (type  < 0)
	  continue;

	if (operator < 0)
	  {
	    operator = type;
	    continue;
	  }

	if (sb.length() == 0 && !isModifier)
	  throw new ParseException
	    ("text element empty at " + (i+base_offset), i+base_offset);

	if (operator == CollationSorter.RESET)
	  {
	    /* Reposition in the sorting list at the position
	     * indicated by the text element.
	     */
	    String subrules = rules.substring(i);
	    ArrayList sorted_rules = new ArrayList();
	    int idx;

	    // Parse the subrules but do not iterate through all
	    // sublist. This is the priviledge of the first call.
	    idx = subParseString(true, sorted_rules, base_offset+i, subrules);
    
	    // Merge new parsed rules into the list.
	    mergeRules(base_offset+i, sb.toString(), v, sorted_rules);
	    sb.setLength(0);
	    
	    // Reset state to none.
	    operator = -1;
	    type = -1;
	    // We have found a new subrule at 'idx' but it has not been parsed.
	    if (idx >= 0)
	      {
		i += idx-1;
		continue main_parse_loop;
	      }
	    else
		// No more rules.
		break main_parse_loop;
	  }

	CollationSorter sorter = new CollationSorter();
	
	if (operator == CollationSorter.GREATERP)
	  ignoreChars = false;

	sorter.comparisonType = operator;
	sorter.textElement = sb.toString();
	sorter.hashText = sorter.textElement.hashCode();
	sorter.offset = base_offset+rules.length();
	sorter.ignore = ignoreChars;
	sb.setLength(0);

	v.add(sorter);
	operator = type;
      }

    if (operator >= 0)
      {
	CollationSorter sorter = new CollationSorter();
	int pos = rules.length() + base_offset;

	if ((sb.length() != 0 && nextIsModifier)
	    || (sb.length() == 0 && !nextIsModifier && !eatingChars))
	  throw new ParseException("text element empty at " + pos, pos);

	if (operator == CollationSorter.GREATERP)
	  ignoreChars = false;

	sorter.comparisonType = operator;
	sorter.textElement = sb.toString();
 	sorter.hashText = sorter.textElement.hashCode();
	sorter.offset = base_offset+pos;
	sorter.ignore = ignoreChars;
	v.add(sorter);
      }

    if (i == rules.length())
      return -1;
    else
      return i;
  }

  /**
   * This method creates a copy of this object.
   *
   * @return A copy of this object.
   */
  public Object clone()
  {
    return super.clone();
  }

  /**
   * This method completely parses a string 'rules' containing sorting rules.
   *
   * @param rules String containing the rules to be parsed. 
   * @return A set of sorting instructions stored in a Vector.
   * @throws ParseException if something turned wrong during the parsing. To get details
   * decode the message.
   */
  private ArrayList parseString(String rules) 
    throws ParseException
  {
    ArrayList v = new ArrayList();

    // result of the first subParseString is not absolute (may be -1 or a
    // positive integer). But we do not care.
    subParseString(false, v, 0, rules);
    
    return v;
  }

  /**
   * This method uses the sorting instructions built by {@link #parseString}
   * to build collation elements which can be directly used to sort strings.
   *
   * @param parsedElements Parsed instructions stored in a ArrayList.
   * @throws ParseException if the order of the instructions are not valid.
   */
  private void buildCollationVector(ArrayList parsedElements)
    throws ParseException
  {
    int primary_seq = 0;
    int last_tertiary_seq = 0;
    short secondary_seq = 0;
    short tertiary_seq = 0;
    short equality_seq = 0;
    boolean inverseComparisons = false;
    final boolean DECREASING = false;
    final boolean INCREASING = true;
    boolean secondaryType = INCREASING;
    ArrayList v = new ArrayList();

    // elts is completely sorted.
element_loop:
    for (int i = 0; i < parsedElements.size(); i++)
      {
	CollationSorter elt = (CollationSorter) parsedElements.get(i);
	boolean ignoreChar = false;

	switch (elt.comparisonType)
	  {
	  case CollationSorter.GREATERP:
	    primary_seq++;
	    if (inverseComparisons)
	      {
		secondary_seq = Short.MAX_VALUE;
		secondaryType = DECREASING;
	      }
	    else
	      {
		secondary_seq = 0;
		secondaryType = INCREASING;
	      }
	    tertiary_seq = 0;
	    equality_seq = 0;
	    inverseComparisons = false;
	    break;
	  case CollationSorter.GREATERS:
	    if (secondaryType == DECREASING)
	      secondary_seq--;
	    else
	      secondary_seq++;
	    tertiary_seq = 0;
	    equality_seq = 0;
	    break;
	  case CollationSorter.INVERSE_SECONDARY:
	    inverseComparisons = true;
	    continue element_loop;
	  case CollationSorter.GREATERT:
	    tertiary_seq++;
	    if (primary_seq == 0)
	      last_tertiary_seq = tertiary_seq;
	    equality_seq = 0;
	    break;
	  case CollationSorter.EQUAL:
	    equality_seq++;
	    break;
	  case CollationSorter.RESET:
	    throw new ParseException
	      ("Invalid reached state 'RESET'. Internal error", elt.offset);
	  default:
	    throw new ParseException
	      ("Invalid unknown state '" + elt.comparisonType + "'", elt.offset);
	  }

	v.add(new CollationElement(elt.textElement, primary_seq,
				   secondary_seq, tertiary_seq,
				   equality_seq, elt.expansionOrdering, elt.ignore));
      }

    this.inverseAccentComparison = inverseComparisons; 

    ce_table = v.toArray();

    last_primary_value = primary_seq+1;
    last_tertiary_value = last_tertiary_seq+1;
  }

  /**
   * Build a tree where all keys are the texts of collation elements and data is
   * the collation element itself. The tree is used when extracting all prefix
   * for a given text.
   */
  private void buildPrefixAccess()
  {
    prefix_tree = new HashMap();

    for (int i = 0; i < ce_table.length; i++)
      {
	CollationElement e = (CollationElement) ce_table[i];

	prefix_tree.put(e.key, e);
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an integer which indicates whether the first
   * specified <code>String</code> is less than, greater than, or equal to
   * the second.  The value depends not only on the collation rules in
   * effect, but also the strength and decomposition settings of this object.
   *
   * @param source The first <code>String</code> to compare.
   * @param target A second <code>String</code> to compare to the first.
   *
   * @return A negative integer if source &lt; target, a positive integer
   * if source &gt; target, or 0 if source == target.
   */
  public int compare(String source, String target)
  {
    CollationElementIterator cs, ct;
    CollationElement ord1block = null;
    CollationElement ord2block = null;
    boolean advance_block_1 = true;
    boolean advance_block_2 = true;

    cs = getCollationElementIterator(source);
    ct = getCollationElementIterator(target);

    for(;;)
      {
	int ord1;
	int ord2;

	/*
	 * We have to check whether the characters are ignorable.
	 * If it is the case then forget them. 
	 */
	if (advance_block_1)
	  {
	    ord1block = cs.nextBlock();
	    if (ord1block != null && ord1block.ignore)
	      continue;
	  }
	
	if (advance_block_2)
	  {
	    ord2block = ct.nextBlock();
	    if (ord2block != null && ord2block.ignore)
	      {
	        advance_block_1 = false;
	        continue;
	      }
	 }
	else
	  advance_block_2 = true;

	if (!advance_block_1)
	  advance_block_1 = true;

	if (ord1block != null)
	  ord1 = ord1block.getValue();
	else
	  {
	    if (ord2block == null)
	      return 0;
	    return -1;
	  }

	if (ord2block == null)
	  return 1;
	
	ord2 = ord2block.getValue();
	
	// We know chars are totally equal, so skip
        if (ord1 == ord2)
	  {
	    if (getStrength() == IDENTICAL)
	      if (!ord1block.key.equals(ord2block.key))
		return ord1block.key.compareTo(ord2block.key);
	    continue;
	  }

        // Check for primary strength differences
        int prim1 = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(ord1); 
        int prim2 = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(ord2); 
	
	if (prim1 == 0 && getStrength() < TERTIARY)
	  {
            advance_block_2 = false;
	    continue;
	  }
	else if (prim2 == 0 && getStrength() < TERTIARY)
	  {
	    advance_block_1 = false;
	    continue;
	  }

        if (prim1 < prim2)
          return -1;
        else if (prim1 > prim2)
          return 1;
        else if (getStrength() == PRIMARY)
          continue;

        // Check for secondary strength differences
        int sec1 = CollationElementIterator.secondaryOrder(ord1);
        int sec2 = CollationElementIterator.secondaryOrder(ord2);

	if (sec1 < sec2)
          return -1;
        else if (sec1 > sec2)
          return 1;
        else if (getStrength() == SECONDARY)
          continue;

        // Check for tertiary differences
        int tert1 = CollationElementIterator.tertiaryOrder(ord1);
        int tert2 = CollationElementIterator.tertiaryOrder(ord2);

        if (tert1 < tert2)
          return -1;
        else if (tert1 > tert2)
          return 1;
	else if (getStrength() == TERTIARY)
	  continue;

	// Apparently JDK does this (at least for my test case).
	return ord1block.key.compareTo(ord2block.key);    
      }
  }

  /**
   * This method tests this object for equality against the specified 
   * object.  This will be true if and only if the specified object is
   * another reference to this object.
   *
   * @param obj The <code>Object</code> to compare against this object.
   *
   * @return <code>true</code> if the specified object is equal to this object,
   * <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  {
    if (obj == this)
      return true;
    else
      return false;
  }

  /**
   * This method builds a default collation element without invoking
   * the database created from the rules passed to the constructor.
   *
   * @param c Character which needs a collation element.
   * @return A valid brand new CollationElement instance.
   */
  CollationElement getDefaultElement(char c)
  {
    int v;

    // Preliminary support for generic accent sorting inversion (I don't know if all
    // characters in the range should be sorted backward). This is the place
    // to fix this if needed.
    if (inverseAccentComparison && (c >= 0x02B9 && c <= 0x0361))
      v = 0x0361 - ((int) c - 0x02B9);
    else
      v = (short) c;
    return new CollationElement("" + c, last_primary_value + v,
				(short) 0, (short) 0, (short) 0, null, false);
  }

  /**
   * This method builds a default collation element for an accented character
   * without invoking the database created from the rules passed to the constructor.
   *
   * @param c Character which needs a collation element.
   * @return A valid brand new CollationElement instance.
   */
  CollationElement getDefaultAccentedElement(char c)
  {
    int v;

    // Preliminary support for generic accent sorting inversion (I don't know if all
    // characters in the range should be sorted backward). This is the place
    // to fix this if needed.
    if (inverseAccentComparison && (c >= 0x02B9 && c <= 0x0361))
      v = 0x0361 - ((int) c - 0x02B9);
    else
      v = (short) c;
    return new CollationElement("" + c, (short) 0,
				(short) 0, (short) (last_tertiary_value + v), (short) 0, null, false);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance for <code>CollationElementIterator</code>
   * for the specified <code>String</code> under the collation rules for this
   * object.
   *
   * @param source The <code>String</code> to return the
   * <code>CollationElementIterator</code> instance for.
   *
   * @return A <code>CollationElementIterator</code> for the specified
   * <code>String</code>.
   */
  public CollationElementIterator getCollationElementIterator(String source)
  {
    return new CollationElementIterator(this, source);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>CollationElementIterator</code>
   * for the <code>String</code> represented by the specified
   * <code>CharacterIterator</code>.
   *
   * @param source The <code>CharacterIterator</code> with the desired <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @return A <code>CollationElementIterator</code> for the specified <code>String</code>.
   */
  public CollationElementIterator getCollationElementIterator(CharacterIterator source)
  {
    StringBuffer expand = new StringBuffer("");
    
    // Right now we assume that we will read from the beginning of the string.
    for (char c = source.first();
	 c != CharacterIterator.DONE;
	 c = source.next())
      decomposeCharacter(c, expand);

    return getCollationElementIterator(expand.toString());
  }

  /**
   * This method returns an instance of <code>CollationKey</code> for the
   * specified <code>String</code>.  The object returned will have a
   * more efficient mechanism for its comparison function that could
   * provide speed benefits if multiple comparisons are performed, such
   * as during a sort.
   *
   * @param source The <code>String</code> to create a <code>CollationKey</code> for.
   *
   * @return A <code>CollationKey</code> for the specified <code>String</code>.
   */
  public CollationKey getCollationKey(String source)
  {
    CollationElementIterator cei = getCollationElementIterator(source);
    ArrayList vect = new ArrayList();

    int ord = cei.next();
    cei.reset(); //set to start of string

    while (ord != CollationElementIterator.NULLORDER)
      {
	// If the primary order is null, it means this is an ignorable
	// character.
	if (CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(ord) == 0)
	  {
            ord = cei.next();
	    continue;
	  }
        switch (getStrength())
          {
            case PRIMARY:
	      ord = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(ord);
	      break;
	      
            case SECONDARY:
	      ord = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(ord) << 8;
	      ord |= CollationElementIterator.secondaryOrder(ord);

            default:
               break;
          }

        vect.add(new Integer(ord)); 
	ord = cei.next(); //increment to next key
      }

    Object[] objarr = vect.toArray();
    byte[] key = new byte[objarr.length * 4];

    for (int i = 0; i < objarr.length; i++)
      {
        int j = ((Integer) objarr[i]).intValue();
        key [i * 4] = (byte) ((j & 0xFF000000) >> 24);
        key [i * 4 + 1] = (byte) ((j & 0x00FF0000) >> 16);
        key [i * 4 + 2] = (byte) ((j & 0x0000FF00) >> 8);
        key [i * 4 + 3] = (byte) (j & 0x000000FF);
      }

    return new CollationKey(this, source, key);
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a <code>String</code> containing the collation rules
   * for this object.
   *
   * @return The collation rules for this object.
   */
  public String getRules()
  {
    return rules;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a hash value for this object.
   *
   * @return A hash value for this object.
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return System.identityHashCode(this);
  }
}