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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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37
38package sun.text.normalizer;
39
40/**
41 * <code>UnicodeMatcher</code> defines a protocol for objects that can
42 * match a range of characters in a Replaceable string.
43 * @stable ICU 2.0
44 */
45public interface UnicodeMatcher {
46
47 /**
48 * The character at index i, where i < contextStart || i >= contextLimit,
49 * is ETHER. This allows explicit matching by rules and UnicodeSets
50 * of text outside the context. In traditional terms, this allows anchoring
51 * at the start and/or end.
52 * @stable ICU 2.0
53 */
54 static final char ETHER = '\uFFFF';
55
56}
57
58//eof