package org.limewire.util;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Removes accents, symbols and normalizes strings for internationalization.
* <code>I18NConvert</code>'s current implementation delegates the
* internationalization conversion through the ICU4J library.
* <p>
* For example, Ã is normalized to a, ™ is normalized to tm and LiMEWirE is
* normalized to limewire. See
* <a href = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Components_for_Unicode">
* Unicode</a> for more information about international components.
*/
public class I18NConvert {
/** instance */
private final static I18NConvert _instance = new I18NConvert();
/** the class that handles the conversion */
private final AbstractI18NConverter _convertDelegator;
/**
* Empty constructor so nothing else can instantiate it.
*/
private I18NConvert() {
try {
//instantiates an implementation
//of abstract class AbstractI18NConverter
_convertDelegator = new I18NConvertICU();
_convertDelegator.getNorm("touch ICU code");
} catch(IOException te) {
throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(te);
} catch(ClassNotFoundException cnf) {
throw new ExceptionInInitializerError(cnf);
}
}
/** Accessor. */
public static I18NConvert instance() {
return _instance;
}
/** Delegate to AbstractI18NConverter instance. */
public String getNorm(String s) {
return _convertDelegator.getNorm(s);
}
/**
* Simple composition.
*/
public String compose(String s) {
return _convertDelegator.compose(s);
}
}