net.sf.saxon.codenorm
Class Normalizer

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.codenorm.Normalizer

public class Normalizer
extends Object

Implements Unicode Normalization Forms C, D, KC, KD. Copyright (c) 1991-2005 Unicode, Inc. For terms of use, see http://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html For documentation, see UAX#15.
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Author:

Mark Davis Updates for supplementary code points: Vladimir Weinstein & Markus Scherer Modified to remove dependency on ICU code: Michael Kay

Field Summary

static byte	C Normalization Form Selector
static byte	D Normalization Form Selector
static byte	KC Normalization Form Selector
static byte	KD Normalization Form Selector
static byte	NO_ACTION Normalization Form Selector

Constructor Summary

Normalizer(byte form)
Create a normalizer for a given form.

Normalizer(CharSequence formCS)
Create a normalizer for a given form, expressed as a character string

Method Summary

CharSequence

normalize(CharSequence source) Normalizes text according to the chosen form

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

D

public static final byte D

Normalization Form Selector

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Constant Field Values

C

public static final byte C

Normalization Form Selector

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KD

public static final byte KD

Normalization Form Selector

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KC

public static final byte KC

Normalization Form Selector

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Constant Field Values

NO_ACTION

public static final byte NO_ACTION

Normalization Form Selector

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Constructor Detail

Normalizer

public Normalizer(byte form)

Create a normalizer for a given form.

Parameters:

form - the normalization form required: for example C, D

Normalizer

public Normalizer(CharSequence formCS)
           throws XPathException

Create a normalizer for a given form, expressed as a character string

Parameters:

formCS - the normalization form required: for example "NFC" or "NFD"

Throws:

XPathException

Method Detail

normalize

public CharSequence normalize(CharSequence source)

Normalizes text according to the chosen form

Parameters:

source - the original text, unnormalized

Returns:

target the resulting normalized text