org.axsl.common.i18n

Interface Script

public interface Script

A script code as defined by the ISO-15924 standard. According to Wikipedia, the ISO has appointed the Unicode Consortium as the Registration Authority.

See Also:

"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_15924", "http://unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924-codes.html", "http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/iso15924.txt.zip"

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getAlphaCode() Returns the four-letter alpha code for this script.
java.lang.String	getEnglishName() Optionally returns the English name of this script.
java.lang.String	getFrenchName() Optionally returns the French name of this script.
short	getNumericCode() Returns the numeric code for this script.

Method Detail

getAlphaCode

java.lang.String getAlphaCode()

Returns the four-letter alpha code for this script. This alpha code must match exactly the value published by the Unicode Consortium (see class documentation for references). Script codes are always in the form of one uppercase characters from the ISO basic Latin alphabet ("A" through "Z"), followed by three lowercase characters from the ISO basic Latin alphabet ("a" through "z"). For example, the published code for the script "Latin" is "Latn". Client applications may fail to match variants such as "latn".

Returns:

The alpha code for this script.

getNumericCode

short getNumericCode()

Returns the numeric code for this script.

Returns:

The numeric code for this script, lowercase.

getEnglishName

java.lang.String getEnglishName()

Optionally returns the English name of this script.

Returns:

The English name of this script, or an empty String if this feature is not supported.

getFrenchName

java.lang.String getFrenchName()

Optionally returns the French name of this script.

Returns:

The French name of this script, or an empty String if this feature is not supported.