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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.text;
+
+/**
+ * AndroidCharacter exposes some character properties that are not
+ * easily accessed from java.lang.Character.
+ */
+public class AndroidCharacter
+{
+ /**
+ * 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);
+ /**
+ * Replace the specified slice of <code>text</code> with the chars'
+ * right-to-left mirrors (if any), returning true if any
+ * 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.
+ */
+ public native static char getMirror(char ch);
+}