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/*
**********************************************************************
*   Copyright (C) 1998-2012, International Business Machines
*   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
**********************************************************************
*
* File unistr.h
*
* Modification History:
*
*   Date        Name        Description
*   09/25/98    stephen     Creation.
*   11/11/98    stephen     Changed per 11/9 code review.
*   04/20/99    stephen     Overhauled per 4/16 code review.
*   11/18/99    aliu        Made to inherit from Replaceable.  Added method
*                           handleReplaceBetween(); other methods unchanged.
*   06/25/01    grhoten     Remove dependency on iostream.
******************************************************************************
*/

#ifndef UNISTR_H
#define UNISTR_H

/**
 * \file 
 * \brief C++ API: Unicode String 
 */

#include "unicode/utypes.h"
#include "unicode/rep.h"
#include "unicode/std_string.h"
#include "unicode/stringpiece.h"
#include "unicode/bytestream.h"
#include "unicode/ucasemap.h"

struct UConverter;          // unicode/ucnv.h
class  StringThreadTest;

#ifndef U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
/* see also ustring.h and unorm.h */
/**
 * Option bit for u_strCaseCompare, u_strcasecmp, unorm_compare, etc:
 * Compare strings in code point order instead of code unit order.
 * @stable ICU 2.2
 */
#define U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER  0x8000
#endif

#ifndef USTRING_H
/**
 * \ingroup ustring_ustrlen
 */
U_STABLE int32_t U_EXPORT2
u_strlen(const UChar *s);
#endif

/**
 * \def U_STRING_CASE_MAPPER_DEFINED
 * @internal
 */

#ifndef U_STRING_CASE_MAPPER_DEFINED
#define U_STRING_CASE_MAPPER_DEFINED

/**
 * Internal string case mapping function type.
 * @internal
 */
typedef int32_t U_CALLCONV
UStringCaseMapper(const UCaseMap *csm,
                  UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
                  const UChar *src, int32_t srcLength,
                  UErrorCode *pErrorCode);

#endif

U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

class BreakIterator;        // unicode/brkiter.h
class Locale;               // unicode/locid.h
class StringCharacterIterator;
class UnicodeStringAppendable;  // unicode/appendable.h

/* The <iostream> include has been moved to unicode/ustream.h */

/**
 * Constant to be used in the UnicodeString(char *, int32_t, EInvariant) constructor
 * which constructs a Unicode string from an invariant-character char * string.
 * About invariant characters see utypes.h.
 * This constructor has no runtime dependency on conversion code and is
 * therefore recommended over ones taking a charset name string
 * (where the empty string "" indicates invariant-character conversion).
 *
 * @stable ICU 3.2
 */
#define US_INV icu::UnicodeString::kInvariant

/**
 * Unicode String literals in C++.
 * Dependent on the platform properties, different UnicodeString
 * constructors should be used to create a UnicodeString object from
 * a string literal.
 * The macros are defined for maximum performance.
 * They work only for strings that contain "invariant characters", i.e.,
 * only latin letters, digits, and some punctuation.
 * See utypes.h for details.
 *
 * The string parameter must be a C string literal.
 * The length of the string, not including the terminating
 * <code>NUL</code>, must be specified as a constant.
 * The U_STRING_DECL macro should be invoked exactly once for one
 * such string variable before it is used.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
#if defined(U_DECLARE_UTF16)
# define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) icu::UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)U_DECLARE_UTF16(cs), _length)
#elif U_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T==U_SIZEOF_UCHAR && (U_CHARSET_FAMILY==U_ASCII_FAMILY || (U_SIZEOF_UCHAR == 2 && defined(U_WCHAR_IS_UTF16)))
# define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) icu::UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)L ## cs, _length)
#elif U_SIZEOF_UCHAR==1 && U_CHARSET_FAMILY==U_ASCII_FAMILY
# define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) icu::UnicodeString(TRUE, (const UChar *)cs, _length)
#else
# define UNICODE_STRING(cs, _length) icu::UnicodeString(cs, _length, US_INV)
#endif

/**
 * \def UNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT
 * This can be defined to be empty or "explicit".
 * If explicit, then the UnicodeString(UChar) and UnicodeString(UChar32)
 * constructors are marked as explicit, preventing their inadvertent use.
 * @draft ICU 49
 */
#ifndef UNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT
# if defined(U_COMBINED_IMPLEMENTATION) || defined(U_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION) || defined(U_I18N_IMPLEMENTATION) || defined(U_IO_IMPLEMENTATION)
    // Auto-"explicit" in ICU library code.
#   define UNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT explicit
# else
    // Empty by default for source code compatibility.
#   define UNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT
# endif
#endif

/**
 * \def UNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT
 * This can be defined to be empty or "explicit".
 * If explicit, then the UnicodeString(const char *) and UnicodeString(const UChar *)
 * constructors are marked as explicit, preventing their inadvertent use.
 *
 * In particular, this helps prevent accidentally depending on ICU conversion code
 * by passing a string literal into an API with a const UnicodeString & parameter.
 * @draft ICU 49
 */
#ifndef UNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT
# if defined(U_COMBINED_IMPLEMENTATION) || defined(U_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION) || defined(U_I18N_IMPLEMENTATION) || defined(U_IO_IMPLEMENTATION)
    // Auto-"explicit" in ICU library code.
#   define UNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT explicit
# else
    // Empty by default for source code compatibility.
#   define UNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT
# endif
#endif

/**
 * UnicodeString is a string class that stores Unicode characters directly and provides
 * similar functionality as the Java String and StringBuffer classes.
 * It is a concrete implementation of the abstract class Replaceable (for transliteration).
 *
 * The UnicodeString class is not suitable for subclassing.
 *
 * For an overview of Unicode strings in C and C++ see the
 * <a href="http://icu-project.org/userguide/strings.html">User Guide Strings chapter</a>.
 *
 * In ICU, a Unicode string consists of 16-bit Unicode code units.
 * A Unicode character may be stored with either one code unit
 * (the most common case) or with a matched pair of special code units
 * ("surrogates"). The data type for code units is UChar. 
 * For single-character handling, a Unicode character code point is a value
 * in the range 0..0x10ffff. ICU uses the UChar32 type for code points.
 *
 * Indexes and offsets into and lengths of strings always count code units, not code points.
 * This is the same as with multi-byte char* strings in traditional string handling.
 * Operations on partial strings typically do not test for code point boundaries.
 * If necessary, the user needs to take care of such boundaries by testing for the code unit
 * values or by using functions like
 * UnicodeString::getChar32Start() and UnicodeString::getChar32Limit()
 * (or, in C, the equivalent macros U16_SET_CP_START() and U16_SET_CP_LIMIT(), see utf.h).
 *
 * UnicodeString methods are more lenient with regard to input parameter values
 * than other ICU APIs. In particular:
 * - If indexes are out of bounds for a UnicodeString object
 * (<0 or >length()) then they are "pinned" to the nearest boundary.
 * - If primitive string pointer values (e.g., const UChar * or char *)
 * for input strings are NULL, then those input string parameters are treated
 * as if they pointed to an empty string.
 * However, this is not the case for char * parameters for charset names
 * or other IDs.
 * - Most UnicodeString methods do not take a UErrorCode parameter because
 * there are usually very few opportunities for failure other than a shortage
 * of memory, error codes in low-level C++ string methods would be inconvenient,
 * and the error code as the last parameter (ICU convention) would prevent
 * the use of default parameter values.
 * Instead, such methods set the UnicodeString into a "bogus" state
 * (see isBogus()) if an error occurs.
 *
 * In string comparisons, two UnicodeString objects that are both "bogus"
 * compare equal (to be transitive and prevent endless loops in sorting),
 * and a "bogus" string compares less than any non-"bogus" one.
 *
 * Const UnicodeString methods are thread-safe. Multiple threads can use
 * const methods on the same UnicodeString object simultaneously,
 * but non-const methods must not be called concurrently (in multiple threads)
 * with any other (const or non-const) methods.
 *
 * Similarly, const UnicodeString & parameters are thread-safe.
 * One object may be passed in as such a parameter concurrently in multiple threads.
 * This includes the const UnicodeString & parameters for
 * copy construction, assignment, and cloning.
 *
 * UnicodeString uses several storage methods.
 * String contents can be stored inside the UnicodeString object itself,
 * in an allocated and shared buffer, or in an outside buffer that is "aliased".
 * Most of this is done transparently, but careful aliasing in particular provides
 * significant performance improvements.
 * Also, the internal buffer is accessible via special functions.
 * For details see the
 * <a href="http://icu-project.org/userguide/strings.html">User Guide Strings chapter</a>.
 *
 * @see utf.h
 * @see CharacterIterator
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
class U_COMMON_API UnicodeString : public Replaceable
{
public:

/**
   * Constant to be used in the UnicodeString(char *, int32_t, EInvariant) constructor
   * which constructs a Unicode string from an invariant-character char * string.
   * Use the macro US_INV instead of the full qualification for this value.
   *
   * @see US_INV
   * @stable ICU 3.2
   */
  enum EInvariant {
    /**
     * @see EInvariant
     * @stable ICU 3.2
     */
    kInvariant
  };

//========================================
  // Read-only operations
  //========================================

/* Comparison - bitwise only - for international comparison use collation */

/**
 * Equality operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return TRUE if <TT>text</TT> contains the same characters as this one,
 * FALSE otherwise.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool operator== (const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Inequality operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return FALSE if <TT>text</TT> contains the same characters as this one,
 * TRUE otherwise.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool operator!= (const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Greater than operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
 * greater than the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool operator> (const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Less than operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
 * less than the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool operator< (const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Greater than or equal operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
 * greater than or equal to the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool operator>= (const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Less than or equal operator. Performs only bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return TRUE if the characters in this are bitwise
 * less than or equal to the characters in <code>text</code>, FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool operator<= (const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in this UnicodeString to
 * the characters in <code>text</code>.
 * @param text The UnicodeString to compare to this one.
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>text</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>text</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>text</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compare(const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters
 * in <TT>text</TT>
 * @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters of text to compare.
 * @param text the other text to be compared against this string.
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>text</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>text</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>text</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters in this to compare.
 * @param srcText the text to be compared
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start comparison
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>src</TT> to compare
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>srcText</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcText</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>srcText</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in this UnicodeString with the first
 * <TT>srcLength</TT> characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>.
 * @param srcChars The characters to compare to this UnicodeString.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to compare
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>srcChars</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcChars</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>srcChars</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compare(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the first
 * <TT>length</TT> characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters to compare.
 * @param srcChars the characters to be compared
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>srcChars</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcChars</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>srcChars</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UChar *srcChars) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters
 * in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters in this to compare
 * @param srcChars the characters to be compared
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> to start comparison
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to compare
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>srcChars</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcChars</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>srcChars</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compare(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Compare the characters bitwise in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>) with the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcLimit</TT>).
 * @param start the offset at which the compare operation begins
 * @param limit the offset immediately following the compare operation
 * @param srcText the text to be compared
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start comparison
 * @param srcLimit the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to limit comparison
 * @return The result of bitwise character comparison: 0 if this
 * contains the same characters as <code>srcText</code>, -1 if the characters in
 * this are bitwise less than the characters in <code>srcText</code>, +1 if the
 * characters in this are bitwise greater than the characters
 * in <code>srcText</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLimit) const;

/**
 * Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
 * The result may be different from the results of compare(), operator<, etc.
 * if supplementary characters are present:
 *
 * In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
 * stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
 * which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
 * This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
 * If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
 *
 * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
 * @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
 * @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
 * this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
 * in code point order
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& srcText) const;

/**
 * Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
 * The result may be different from the results of compare(), operator<, etc.
 * if supplementary characters are present:
 *
 * In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
 * stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
 * which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
 * This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
 * If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
 *
 * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
 * @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
 * @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
 * @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
 * this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
 * in code point order
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
 * The result may be different from the results of compare(), operator<, etc.
 * if supplementary characters are present:
 *
 * In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
 * stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
 * which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
 * This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
 * If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
 *
 * @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
 * @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
 * @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
 * this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
 * in code point order
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
 * The result may be different from the results of compare(), operator<, etc.
 * if supplementary characters are present:
 *
 * In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
 * stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
 * which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
 * This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
 * If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
 *
 * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
 * @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
 * @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
 * this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
 * in code point order
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UChar *srcChars) const;

/**
 * Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
 * The result may be different from the results of compare(), operator<, etc.
 * if supplementary characters are present:
 *
 * In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
 * stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
 * which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
 * This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
 * If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
 *
 * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
 * @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
 * @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
 * @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
 * this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
 * in code point order
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Compare two Unicode strings in code point order.
 * The result may be different from the results of compare(), operator<, etc.
 * if supplementary characters are present:
 *
 * In UTF-16, supplementary characters (with code points U+10000 and above) are
 * stored with pairs of surrogate code units. These have values from 0xd800 to 0xdfff,
 * which means that they compare as less than some other BMP characters like U+feff.
 * This function compares Unicode strings in code point order.
 * If either of the UTF-16 strings is malformed (i.e., it contains unpaired surrogates), then the result is not defined.
 *
 * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param limit The offset after the last code unit from this string to compare.
 * @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
 * @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
 * @param srcLimit The offset after the last code unit from that string to compare.
 * @return a negative/zero/positive integer corresponding to whether
 * this string is less than/equal to/greater than the second one
 * in code point order
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int8_t compareCodePointOrderBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLimit) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(text.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param text Another string to compare this one to.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompare(const UnicodeString& text, uint32_t options) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcText.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
   * @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
         int32_t length,
         const UnicodeString& srcText,
         uint32_t options) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcText.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
   * @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
   * @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
         int32_t length,
         const UnicodeString& srcText,
         int32_t srcStart,
         int32_t srcLength,
         uint32_t options) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcChars.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
   * @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompare(const UChar *srcChars,
         int32_t srcLength,
         uint32_t options) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcChars.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
   * @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
         int32_t length,
         const UChar *srcChars,
         uint32_t options) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compare(srcChars.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param length The number of code units from this string to compare.
   * @param srcChars A pointer to another string to compare this one to.
   * @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param srcLength The number of code units from that string to compare.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompare(int32_t start,
         int32_t length,
         const UChar *srcChars,
         int32_t srcStart,
         int32_t srcLength,
         uint32_t options) const;

/**
   * Compare two strings case-insensitively using full case folding.
   * This is equivalent to this->foldCase(options).compareBetween(text.foldCase(options)).
   *
   * @param start The start offset in this string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param limit The offset after the last code unit from this string to compare.
   * @param srcText Another string to compare this one to.
   * @param srcStart The start offset in that string at which the compare operation begins.
   * @param srcLimit The offset after the last code unit from that string to compare.
   * @param options A bit set of options:
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or 0 is used for default options:
   *     Comparison in code unit order with default case folding.
   *
   *   - U_COMPARE_CODE_POINT_ORDER
   *     Set to choose code point order instead of code unit order
   *     (see u_strCompare for details).
   *
   *   - U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   *
   * @return A negative, zero, or positive integer indicating the comparison result.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int8_t caseCompareBetween(int32_t start,
            int32_t limit,
            const UnicodeString& srcText,
            int32_t srcStart,
            int32_t srcLimit,
            uint32_t options) const;

/**
 * Determine if this starts with the characters in <TT>text</TT>
 * @param text The text to match.
 * @return TRUE if this starts with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool startsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Determine if this starts with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>
 * in the range [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * @param srcText The text to match.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
 * @return TRUE if this starts with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool startsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Determine if this starts with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @param srcChars The characters to match.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @return TRUE if this starts with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool startsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * in the range [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * @param srcChars The characters to match.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
 * @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>, FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool startsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>text</TT>
 * @param text The text to match.
 * @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool endsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>
 * in the range [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * @param srcText The text to match.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
 * @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool endsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @param srcChars The characters to match.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/**
 * Determine if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * in the range [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * @param srcChars The characters to match.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
 * @return TRUE if this ends with the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>,
 * FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const;

/* Searching - bitwise only */

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The text to search for.
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The text to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>text</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The text to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @param length The number of characters to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcText The text to search for.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> at which
 * to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the characters in
 * <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcChars The text to search for.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>srcChars</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcChars The text to search for.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @param length The number of characters to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>srcChars</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcChars The text to search for.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> at which
 * to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 int32_t indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>,
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param c The code unit to search for.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(UChar c) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>,
 * using bitwise comparison.
 *
 * @param c The code point to search for.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(UChar32 c) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>,
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param c The code unit to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(UChar c,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 *
 * @param c The code point to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(UChar32 c,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>
 * in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param c The code unit to search for.
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(UChar c,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the first occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
 * in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 *
 * @param c The code point to search for.
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t indexOf(UChar32 c,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>,
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The text to search for.
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the characters in <TT>text</TT>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The text to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>text</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param text The text to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @param length The number of characters to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcText The text to search for.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> at which
 * to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to match
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcChars The text to search for.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>srcChars</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcChars The text to search for.
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @param length The number of characters to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>srcChars</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) of the characters
 * in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param srcChars The text to search for.
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> at which
 * to start matching
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to match
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of the start of <TT>text</TT>,
 * or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 int32_t lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>,
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param c The code unit to search for.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar c) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>,
 * using bitwise comparison.
 *
 * @param c The code point to search for.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar32 c) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 * @param c The code unit to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar c,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
 * starting at offset <TT>start</TT>, using bitwise comparison.
 *
 * @param c The code point to search for.
 * @param start The offset at which searching will start.
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
 int32_t start) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the BMP code point <code>c</code>
 * in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 * @param c The code unit to search for.
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar c,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/**
 * Locate in this the last occurrence of the code point <TT>c</TT>
 * in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>),
 * using bitwise comparison.
 *
 * @param c The code point to search for.
 * @param start the offset into this at which to start matching
 * @param length the number of characters in this to search
 * @return The offset into this of <TT>c</TT>, or -1 if not found.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
 int32_t start,
 int32_t length) const;

/* Character access */

/**
 * Return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>.
 * If the offset is not valid (0..length()-1) then U+ffff is returned.
 * @param offset a valid offset into the text
 * @return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>
 * or 0xffff if the offset is not valid for this string
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UChar charAt(int32_t offset) const;

/**
 * Return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>.
 * If the offset is not valid (0..length()-1) then U+ffff is returned.
 * @param offset a valid offset into the text
 * @return the code unit at offset <tt>offset</tt>
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UChar operator[] (int32_t offset) const;

/**
 * Return the code point that contains the code unit
 * at offset <tt>offset</tt>.
 * If the offset is not valid (0..length()-1) then U+ffff is returned.
 * @param offset a valid offset into the text
 * that indicates the text offset of any of the code units
 * that will be assembled into a code point (21-bit value) and returned
 * @return the code point of text at <tt>offset</tt>
 * or 0xffff if the offset is not valid for this string
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UChar32 char32At(int32_t offset) const;

/**
   * Adjust a random-access offset so that
   * it points to the beginning of a Unicode character.
   * The offset that is passed in points to
   * any code unit of a code point,
   * while the returned offset will point to the first code unit
   * of the same code point.
   * In UTF-16, if the input offset points to a second surrogate
   * of a surrogate pair, then the returned offset will point
   * to the first surrogate.
   * @param offset a valid offset into one code point of the text
   * @return offset of the first code unit of the same code point
   * @see U16_SET_CP_START
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  int32_t getChar32Start(int32_t offset) const;

/**
   * Adjust a random-access offset so that
   * it points behind a Unicode character.
   * The offset that is passed in points behind
   * any code unit of a code point,
   * while the returned offset will point behind the last code unit
   * of the same code point.
   * In UTF-16, if the input offset points behind the first surrogate
   * (i.e., to the second surrogate)
   * of a surrogate pair, then the returned offset will point
   * behind the second surrogate (i.e., to the first surrogate).
   * @param offset a valid offset after any code unit of a code point of the text
   * @return offset of the first code unit after the same code point
   * @see U16_SET_CP_LIMIT
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  int32_t getChar32Limit(int32_t offset) const;

/**
 * Move the code unit index along the string by delta code points.
 * Interpret the input index as a code unit-based offset into the string,
 * move the index forward or backward by delta code points, and
 * return the resulting index.
 * The input index should point to the first code unit of a code point,
 * if there is more than one.
 *
 * Both input and output indexes are code unit-based as for all
 * string indexes/offsets in ICU (and other libraries, like MBCS char*).
 * If delta<0 then the index is moved backward (toward the start of the string).
 * If delta>0 then the index is moved forward (toward the end of the string).
 *
 * This behaves like CharacterIterator::move32(delta, kCurrent).
 *
 * Behavior for out-of-bounds indexes:
 * <code>moveIndex32</code> pins the input index to 0..length(), i.e.,
 * if the input index<0 then it is pinned to 0;
 * if it is index>length() then it is pinned to length().
 * Afterwards, the index is moved by <code>delta</code> code points
 * forward or backward,
 * but no further backward than to 0 and no further forward than to length().
 * The resulting index return value will be in between 0 and length(), inclusively.
 *
 * Examples:
 * <pre>
 * // s has code points 'a' U+10000 'b' U+10ffff U+2029
 * UnicodeString s=UNICODE_STRING("a\\U00010000b\\U0010ffff\\u2029", 31).unescape();
 *
 * // initial index: position of U+10000
 * int32_t index=1;
 *
 * // the following examples will all result in index==4, position of U+10ffff
 *
 * // skip 2 code points from some position in the string
 * index=s.moveIndex32(index, 2); // skips U+10000 and 'b'
 *
 * // go to the 3rd code point from the start of s (0-based)
 * index=s.moveIndex32(0, 3); // skips 'a', U+10000, and 'b'
 *
 * // go to the next-to-last code point of s
 * index=s.moveIndex32(s.length(), -2); // backward-skips U+2029 and U+10ffff
 * </pre>
 *
 * @param index input code unit index
 * @param delta (signed) code point count to move the index forward or backward
 * in the string
 * @return the resulting code unit index
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 int32_t moveIndex32(int32_t index, int32_t delta) const;

/* Substring extraction */

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range
 * [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>start + length</tt>) into the array <tt>dst</tt>,
 * beginning at <tt>dstStart</tt>.
 * If the string aliases to <code>dst</code> itself as an external buffer,
 * then extract() will not copy the contents.
 *
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied into the array
 * @param length the number of characters to extract
 * @param dst array in which to copy characters. The length of <tt>dst</tt>
 * must be at least (<tt>dstStart + length</tt>).
 * @param dstStart the offset in <TT>dst</TT> where the first character
 * will be extracted
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline void extract(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 UChar *dst,
 int32_t dstStart = 0) const;

/**
 * Copy the contents of the string into dest.
 * This is a convenience function that
 * checks if there is enough space in dest,
 * extracts the entire string if possible,
 * and NUL-terminates dest if possible.
 *
 * If the string fits into dest but cannot be NUL-terminated
 * (length()==destCapacity) then the error code is set to U_STRING_NOT_TERMINATED_WARNING.
 * If the string itself does not fit into dest
 * (length()>destCapacity) then the error code is set to U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR.
 *
 * If the string aliases to <code>dest</code> itself as an external buffer,
 * then extract() will not copy the contents.
 *
 * @param dest Destination string buffer.
 * @param destCapacity Number of UChars available at dest.
 * @param errorCode ICU error code.
 * @return length()
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 int32_t
 extract(UChar *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
 UErrorCode &errorCode) const;

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range
 * [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>start + length</tt>) into the UnicodeString
 * <tt>target</tt>.
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
 * @param length the number of characters to extract
 * @param target UnicodeString into which to copy characters.
 * @return A reference to <TT>target</TT>
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline void extract(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 UnicodeString& target) const;

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>limit</tt>)
 * into the array <tt>dst</tt>, beginning at <tt>dstStart</tt>.
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied into the array
 * @param limit offset immediately following the last character to be copied
 * @param dst array in which to copy characters. The length of <tt>dst</tt>
 * must be at least (<tt>dstStart + (limit - start)</tt>).
 * @param dstStart the offset in <TT>dst</TT> where the first character
 * will be extracted
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline void extractBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 UChar *dst,
 int32_t dstStart = 0) const;

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range [<tt>start</tt>, <tt>limit</tt>)
 * into the UnicodeString <tt>target</tt>. Replaceable API.
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
 * @param limit offset immediately following the last character to be copied
 * @param target UnicodeString into which to copy characters.
 * @return A reference to <TT>target</TT>
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 virtual void extractBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 UnicodeString& target) const;

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range 
 * [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters.
 * All characters must be invariant (see utypes.h).
 * Use US_INV as the last, signature-distinguishing parameter.
 *
 * This function does not write any more than <code>targetLength</code>
 * characters but returns the length of the entire output string
 * so that one can allocate a larger buffer and call the function again
 * if necessary.
 * The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
 *
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
 * @param startLength the number of characters to extract
 * @param target the target buffer for extraction, can be NULL
 * if targetLength is 0
 * @param targetCapacity the length of the target buffer
 * @param inv Signature-distinguishing paramater, use US_INV.
 * @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
 * @stable ICU 3.2
 */
 int32_t extract(int32_t start,
 int32_t startLength,
 char *target,
 int32_t targetCapacity,
 enum EInvariant inv) const;

#if U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 || !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range
 * [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters
 * in the platform's default codepage.
 * This function does not write any more than <code>targetLength</code>
 * characters but returns the length of the entire output string
 * so that one can allocate a larger buffer and call the function again
 * if necessary.
 * The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
 *
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
 * @param startLength the number of characters to extract
 * @param target the target buffer for extraction
 * @param targetLength the length of the target buffer
 * If <TT>target</TT> is NULL, then the number of bytes required for
 * <TT>target</TT> is returned.
 * @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 int32_t extract(int32_t start,
 int32_t startLength,
 char *target,
 uint32_t targetLength) const;

#endif

#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range
 * [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters
 * in a specified codepage.
 * The output string is NUL-terminated.
 *
 * Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use
 * extract(int32_t start, int32_t length, char *target, int32_t targetCapacity, enum EInvariant inv) const
 * because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
 * the conversion code.
 *
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
 * @param startLength the number of characters to extract
 * @param target the target buffer for extraction
 * @param codepage the desired codepage for the characters. 0 has
 * the special meaning of the default codepage
 * If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
 * then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
 * subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
 * If <TT>target</TT> is NULL, then the number of bytes required for
 * <TT>target</TT> is returned. It is assumed that the target is big enough
 * to fit all of the characters.
 * @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline int32_t extract(int32_t start,
 int32_t startLength,
 char *target,
 const char *codepage = 0) const;

/**
 * Copy the characters in the range
 * [<tt>start</TT>, <tt>start + length</TT>) into an array of characters
 * in a specified codepage.
 * This function does not write any more than <code>targetLength</code>
 * characters but returns the length of the entire output string
 * so that one can allocate a larger buffer and call the function again
 * if necessary.
 * The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
 *
 * Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use
 * extract(int32_t start, int32_t length, char *target, int32_t targetCapacity, enum EInvariant inv) const
 * because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
 * the conversion code.
 *
 * @param start offset of first character which will be copied
 * @param startLength the number of characters to extract
 * @param target the target buffer for extraction
 * @param targetLength the length of the target buffer
 * @param codepage the desired codepage for the characters. 0 has
 * the special meaning of the default codepage
 * If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
 * then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
 * subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
 * If <TT>target</TT> is NULL, then the number of bytes required for
 * <TT>target</TT> is returned.
 * @return the output string length, not including the terminating NUL
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 int32_t extract(int32_t start,
 int32_t startLength,
 char *target,
 uint32_t targetLength,
 const char *codepage) const;

/**
   * Convert the UnicodeString into a codepage string using an existing UConverter.
   * The output string is NUL-terminated if possible.
   *
   * This function avoids the overhead of opening and closing a converter if
   * multiple strings are extracted.
   *
   * @param dest destination string buffer, can be NULL if destCapacity==0
   * @param destCapacity the number of chars available at dest
   * @param cnv the converter object to be used (ucnv_resetFromUnicode() will be called),
   *        or NULL for the default converter
   * @param errorCode normal ICU error code
   * @return the length of the output string, not counting the terminating NUL;
   *         if the length is greater than destCapacity, then the string will not fit
   *         and a buffer of the indicated length would need to be passed in
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  int32_t extract(char *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
                  UConverter *cnv,
                  UErrorCode &errorCode) const;

#endif

/**
   * Create a temporary substring for the specified range.
   * Unlike the substring constructor and setTo() functions,
   * the object returned here will be a read-only alias (using getBuffer())
   * rather than copying the text.
   * As a result, this substring operation is much faster but requires
   * that the original string not be modified or deleted during the lifetime
   * of the returned substring object.
   * @param start offset of the first character visible in the substring
   * @param length length of the substring
   * @return a read-only alias UnicodeString object for the substring
   * @stable ICU 4.4
   */
  UnicodeString tempSubString(int32_t start=0, int32_t length=INT32_MAX) const;

/**
   * Create a temporary substring for the specified range.
   * Same as tempSubString(start, length) except that the substring range
   * is specified as a (start, limit) pair (with an exclusive limit index)
   * rather than a (start, length) pair.
   * @param start offset of the first character visible in the substring
   * @param limit offset immediately following the last character visible in the substring
   * @return a read-only alias UnicodeString object for the substring
   * @stable ICU 4.4
   */
  inline UnicodeString tempSubStringBetween(int32_t start, int32_t limit=INT32_MAX) const;

/**
   * Convert the UnicodeString to UTF-8 and write the result
   * to a ByteSink. This is called by toUTF8String().
   * Unpaired surrogates are replaced with U+FFFD.
   * Calls u_strToUTF8WithSub().
   *
   * @param sink A ByteSink to which the UTF-8 version of the string is written.
   *             sink.Flush() is called at the end.
   * @stable ICU 4.2
   * @see toUTF8String
   */
  void toUTF8(ByteSink &sink) const;

#if U_HAVE_STD_STRING

/**
 * Convert the UnicodeString to UTF-8 and append the result
 * to a standard string.
 * Unpaired surrogates are replaced with U+FFFD.
 * Calls toUTF8().
 *
 * @param result A standard string (or a compatible object)
 * to which the UTF-8 version of the string is appended.
 * @return The string object.
 * @stable ICU 4.2
 * @see toUTF8
 */
 template<typename StringClass>
 StringClass &toUTF8String(StringClass &result) const {
 StringByteSink<StringClass> sbs(&result);
 toUTF8(sbs);
 return result;
 }

#endif

/**
   * Convert the UnicodeString to UTF-32.
   * Unpaired surrogates are replaced with U+FFFD.
   * Calls u_strToUTF32WithSub().
   *
   * @param utf32 destination string buffer, can be NULL if capacity==0
   * @param capacity the number of UChar32s available at utf32
   * @param errorCode Standard ICU error code. Its input value must
   *                  pass the U_SUCCESS() test, or else the function returns
   *                  immediately. Check for U_FAILURE() on output or use with
   *                  function chaining. (See User Guide for details.)
   * @return The length of the UTF-32 string.
   * @see fromUTF32
   * @stable ICU 4.2
   */
  int32_t toUTF32(UChar32 *utf32, int32_t capacity, UErrorCode &errorCode) const;

/* Length operations */

/**
   * Return the length of the UnicodeString object.
   * The length is the number of UChar code units are in the UnicodeString.
   * If you want the number of code points, please use countChar32().
   * @return the length of the UnicodeString object
   * @see countChar32
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int32_t length(void) const;

/**
   * Count Unicode code points in the length UChar code units of the string.
   * A code point may occupy either one or two UChar code units.
   * Counting code points involves reading all code units.
   *
   * This functions is basically the inverse of moveIndex32().
   *
   * @param start the index of the first code unit to check
   * @param length the number of UChar code units to check
   * @return the number of code points in the specified code units
   * @see length
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  int32_t
  countChar32(int32_t start=0, int32_t length=INT32_MAX) const;

/**
   * Check if the length UChar code units of the string
   * contain more Unicode code points than a certain number.
   * This is more efficient than counting all code points in this part of the string
   * and comparing that number with a threshold.
   * This function may not need to scan the string at all if the length
   * falls within a certain range, and
   * never needs to count more than 'number+1' code points.
   * Logically equivalent to (countChar32(start, length)>number).
   * A Unicode code point may occupy either one or two UChar code units.
   *
   * @param start the index of the first code unit to check (0 for the entire string)
   * @param length the number of UChar code units to check
   *               (use INT32_MAX for the entire string; remember that start/length
   *                values are pinned)
   * @param number The number of code points in the (sub)string is compared against
   *               the 'number' parameter.
   * @return Boolean value for whether the string contains more Unicode code points
   *         than 'number'. Same as (u_countChar32(s, length)>number).
   * @see countChar32
   * @see u_strHasMoreChar32Than
   * @stable ICU 2.4
   */
  UBool
  hasMoreChar32Than(int32_t start, int32_t length, int32_t number) const;

/**
   * Determine if this string is empty.
   * @return TRUE if this string contains 0 characters, FALSE otherwise.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline UBool isEmpty(void) const;

/**
   * Return the capacity of the internal buffer of the UnicodeString object.
   * This is useful together with the getBuffer functions.
   * See there for details.
   *
   * @return the number of UChars available in the internal buffer
   * @see getBuffer
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int32_t getCapacity(void) const;

/* Other operations */

/**
   * Generate a hash code for this object.
   * @return The hash code of this UnicodeString.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline int32_t hashCode(void) const;

/**
   * Determine if this object contains a valid string.
   * A bogus string has no value. It is different from an empty string,
   * although in both cases isEmpty() returns TRUE and length() returns 0.
   * setToBogus() and isBogus() can be used to indicate that no string value is available.
   * For a bogus string, getBuffer() and getTerminatedBuffer() return NULL, and
   * length() returns 0.
   *
   * @return TRUE if the string is valid, FALSE otherwise
   * @see setToBogus()
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline UBool isBogus(void) const;

//========================================
  // Write operations
  //========================================

/* Assignment operations */

/**
 * Assignment operator. Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
 * with the characters from <TT>srcText</TT>.
 * @param srcText The text containing the characters to replace
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString &operator=(const UnicodeString &srcText);

/**
 * Almost the same as the assignment operator.
 * Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
 * with the characters from <code>srcText</code>.
 *
 * This function works the same as the assignment operator
 * for all strings except for ones that are readonly aliases.
 *
 * Starting with ICU 2.4, the assignment operator and the copy constructor
 * allocate a new buffer and copy the buffer contents even for readonly aliases.
 * This function implements the old, more efficient but less safe behavior
 * of making this string also a readonly alias to the same buffer.
 *
 * The fastCopyFrom function must be used only if it is known that the lifetime of
 * this UnicodeString does not exceed the lifetime of the aliased buffer
 * including its contents, for example for strings from resource bundles
 * or aliases to string constants.
 *
 * @param src The text containing the characters to replace.
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.4
 */
 UnicodeString &fastCopyFrom(const UnicodeString &src);

/**
 * Assignment operator. Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
 * with the code unit <TT>ch</TT>.
 * @param ch the code unit to replace
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& operator= (UChar ch);

/**
 * Assignment operator. Replace the characters in this UnicodeString
 * with the code point <TT>ch</TT>.
 * @param ch the code point to replace
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& operator= (UChar32 ch);

/**
 * Set the text in the UnicodeString object to the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcText.length()</TT>).
 * <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.2
 */
 inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart);

/**
 * Set the text in the UnicodeString object to the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in the
 * replace string.
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Set the text in the UnicodeString object to the characters in
 * <TT>srcText</TT>.
 * <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText);

/**
 * Set the characters in the UnicodeString object to the characters
 * in <TT>srcChars</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in srcChars.
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& setTo(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Set the characters in the UnicodeString object to the code unit
 * <TT>srcChar</TT>.
 * @param srcChar the code unit which becomes the UnicodeString's character
 * content
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& setTo(UChar srcChar);

/**
 * Set the characters in the UnicodeString object to the code point
 * <TT>srcChar</TT>.
 * @param srcChar the code point which becomes the UnicodeString's character
 * content
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& setTo(UChar32 srcChar);

/**
 * Aliasing setTo() function, analogous to the readonly-aliasing UChar* constructor.
 * The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
 * it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
 * This has copy-on-write semantics:
 * When the string is modified, then the buffer is first copied into
 * newly allocated memory.
 * The aliased buffer is never modified.
 *
 * In an assignment to another UnicodeString, when using the copy constructor
 * or the assignment operator, the text will be copied.
 * When using fastCopyFrom(), the text will be aliased again,
 * so that both strings then alias the same readonly-text.
 *
 * @param isTerminated specifies if <code>text</code> is <code>NUL</code>-terminated.
 * This must be true if <code>textLength==-1</code>.
 * @param text The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
 * @param textLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>text</code> to alias.
 * If -1, then this constructor will determine the length
 * by calling <code>u_strlen()</code>.
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString &setTo(UBool isTerminated,
 const UChar *text,
 int32_t textLength);

/**
 * Aliasing setTo() function, analogous to the writable-aliasing UChar* constructor.
 * The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
 * it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
 * This has write-through semantics:
 * For as long as the capacity of the buffer is sufficient, write operations
 * will directly affect the buffer. When more capacity is necessary, then
 * a new buffer will be allocated and the contents copied as with regularly
 * constructed strings.
 * In an assignment to another UnicodeString, the buffer will be copied.
 * The extract(UChar *dst) function detects whether the dst pointer is the same
 * as the string buffer itself and will in this case not copy the contents.
 *
 * @param buffer The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
 * @param buffLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>buffer</code> to alias.
 * @param buffCapacity The size of <code>buffer</code> in UChars.
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString &setTo(UChar *buffer,
 int32_t buffLength,
 int32_t buffCapacity);

/**
   * Make this UnicodeString object invalid.
   * The string will test TRUE with isBogus().
   *
   * A bogus string has no value. It is different from an empty string.
   * It can be used to indicate that no string value is available.
   * getBuffer() and getTerminatedBuffer() return NULL, and
   * length() returns 0.
   *
   * This utility function is used throughout the UnicodeString
   * implementation to indicate that a UnicodeString operation failed,
   * and may be used in other functions,
   * especially but not exclusively when such functions do not
   * take a UErrorCode for simplicity.
   *
   * The following methods, and no others, will clear a string object's bogus flag:
   * - remove()
   * - remove(0, INT32_MAX)
   * - truncate(0)
   * - operator=() (assignment operator)
   * - setTo(...)
   *
   * The simplest ways to turn a bogus string into an empty one
   * is to use the remove() function.
   * Examples for other functions that are equivalent to "set to empty string":
   * \code
   * if(s.isBogus()) {
   *   s.remove();           // set to an empty string (remove all), or
   *   s.remove(0, INT32_MAX); // set to an empty string (remove all), or
   *   s.truncate(0);        // set to an empty string (complete truncation), or
   *   s=UnicodeString();    // assign an empty string, or
   *   s.setTo((UChar32)-1); // set to a pseudo code point that is out of range, or
   *   static const UChar nul=0;
   *   s.setTo(&nul, 0);     // set to an empty C Unicode string
   * }
   * \endcode
   *
   * @see isBogus()
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  void setToBogus();

/**
   * Set the character at the specified offset to the specified character.
   * @param offset A valid offset into the text of the character to set
   * @param ch The new character
   * @return A reference to this
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString& setCharAt(int32_t offset,
               UChar ch);

/* Append operations */

/**
 * Append operator. Append the code unit <TT>ch</TT> to the UnicodeString
 * object.
 * @param ch the code unit to be appended
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& operator+= (UChar ch);

/**
 * Append operator. Append the code point <TT>ch</TT> to the UnicodeString
 * object.
 * @param ch the code point to be appended
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& operator+= (UChar32 ch);

/**
 * Append operator. Append the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to the
 * UnicodeString object. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& operator+= (const UnicodeString& srcText);

/**
 * Append the characters
 * in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) to the
 * UnicodeString object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT>
 * is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in
 * the append string
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& append(const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Append the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> to the UnicodeString object.
 * <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& append(const UnicodeString& srcText);

/**
 * Append the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) to the UnicodeString
 * object at offset
 * <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> in
 * the append string; can be -1 if <TT>srcChars</TT> is NUL-terminated
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& append(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Append the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> to the UnicodeString object
 * at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>;
 * can be -1 if <TT>srcChars</TT> is NUL-terminated
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& append(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Append the code unit <TT>srcChar</TT> to the UnicodeString object.
 * @param srcChar the code unit to append
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& append(UChar srcChar);

/**
 * Append the code point <TT>srcChar</TT> to the UnicodeString object.
 * @param srcChar the code point to append
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& append(UChar32 srcChar);

/* Insert operations */

/**
 * Insert the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) into the UnicodeString
 * object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset where the insertion begins
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in
 * the insert string
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Insert the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> into the UnicodeString object
 * at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset where the insertion begins
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
 const UnicodeString& srcText);

/**
 * Insert the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>) into the UnicodeString
 * object at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the insertion begins
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * in the insert string
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
 const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Insert the characters in <TT>srcChars</TT> into the UnicodeString object
 * at offset <TT>start</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset where the insertion begins
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in srcChars.
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
 const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Insert the code unit <TT>srcChar</TT> into the UnicodeString object at
 * offset <TT>start</TT>.
 * @param start the offset at which the insertion occurs
 * @param srcChar the code unit to insert
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
 UChar srcChar);

/**
 * Insert the code point <TT>srcChar</TT> into the UnicodeString object at
 * offset <TT>start</TT>.
 * @param start the offset at which the insertion occurs
 * @param srcChar the code point to insert
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& insert(int32_t start,
 UChar32 srcChar);

/* Replace operations */

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters in
 * <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>).
 * <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
 * <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcText</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in
 * the replace string
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>)
 * with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is
 * not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
 * <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& srcText);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters in
 * <TT>srcChars</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcStart + srcLength</TT>). <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * is not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
 * <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLength the number of characters in <TT>srcChars</TT>
 * in the replace string
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the characters in
 * <TT>srcChars</TT>. <TT>srcChars</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param length number of characters to replace. The character at
 * <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChars the source for the new characters
 * @param srcLength the number of Unicode characters in srcChars
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the code unit
 * <TT>srcChar</TT>.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
 * <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChar the new code unit
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 UChar srcChar);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) with the code point
 * <TT>srcChar</TT>.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param length the number of characters to replace. The character at
 * <TT>start + length</TT> is not modified.
 * @param srcChar the new code point
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& replace(int32_t start, int32_t length, UChar32 srcChar);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>)
 * with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT>. <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param limit the offset immediately following the replace range
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& replaceBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 const UnicodeString& srcText);

/**
 * Replace the characters in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>)
 * with the characters in <TT>srcText</TT> in the range
 * [<TT>srcStart</TT>, <TT>srcLimit</TT>). <TT>srcText</TT> is not modified.
 * @param start the offset at which the replace operation begins
 * @param limit the offset immediately following the replace range
 * @param srcText the source for the new characters
 * @param srcStart the offset into <TT>srcChars</TT> where new characters
 * will be obtained
 * @param srcLimit the offset immediately following the range to copy
 * in <TT>srcText</TT>
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& replaceBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 const UnicodeString& srcText,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLimit);

/**
 * Replace a substring of this object with the given text.
 * @param start the beginning index, inclusive; <code>0 <= start
 * <= limit</code>.
 * @param limit the ending index, exclusive; <code>start <= limit
 * <= length()</code>.
 * @param text the text to replace characters <code>start</code>
 * to <code>limit - 1</code>
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 virtual void handleReplaceBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit,
 const UnicodeString& text);

/**
   * Replaceable API
   * @return TRUE if it has MetaData
   * @stable ICU 2.4
   */
  virtual UBool hasMetaData() const;

/**
 * Copy a substring of this object, retaining attribute (out-of-band)
 * information. This method is used to duplicate or reorder substrings.
 * The destination index must not overlap the source range.
 *
 * @param start the beginning index, inclusive; <code>0 <= start <=
 * limit</code>.
 * @param limit the ending index, exclusive; <code>start <= limit <=
 * length()</code>.
 * @param dest the destination index. The characters from
 * <code>start..limit-1</code> will be copied to <code>dest</code>.
 * Implementations of this method may assume that <code>dest <= start ||
 * dest >= limit</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 virtual void copy(int32_t start, int32_t limit, int32_t dest);

/* Search and replace operations */

/**
   * Replace all occurrences of characters in oldText with the characters
   * in newText
   * @param oldText the text containing the search text
   * @param newText the text containing the replacement text
   * @return a reference to this
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline UnicodeString& findAndReplace(const UnicodeString& oldText,
                const UnicodeString& newText);

/**
 * Replace all occurrences of characters in oldText with characters
 * in newText
 * in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>).
 * @param start the start of the range in which replace will performed
 * @param length the length of the range in which replace will be performed
 * @param oldText the text containing the search text
 * @param newText the text containing the replacement text
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& findAndReplace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& oldText,
 const UnicodeString& newText);

/**
 * Replace all occurrences of characters in oldText in the range
 * [<TT>oldStart</TT>, <TT>oldStart + oldLength</TT>) with the characters
 * in newText in the range
 * [<TT>newStart</TT>, <TT>newStart + newLength</TT>)
 * in the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>).
 * @param start the start of the range in which replace will performed
 * @param length the length of the range in which replace will be performed
 * @param oldText the text containing the search text
 * @param oldStart the start of the search range in <TT>oldText</TT>
 * @param oldLength the length of the search range in <TT>oldText</TT>
 * @param newText the text containing the replacement text
 * @param newStart the start of the replacement range in <TT>newText</TT>
 * @param newLength the length of the replacement range in <TT>newText</TT>
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString& findAndReplace(int32_t start,
 int32_t length,
 const UnicodeString& oldText,
 int32_t oldStart,
 int32_t oldLength,
 const UnicodeString& newText,
 int32_t newStart,
 int32_t newLength);

/* Remove operations */

/**
   * Remove all characters from the UnicodeString object.
   * @return a reference to this
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline UnicodeString& remove(void);

/**
 * Remove the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) from the UnicodeString object.
 * @param start the offset of the first character to remove
 * @param length the number of characters to remove
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& remove(int32_t start,
 int32_t length = (int32_t)INT32_MAX);

/**
 * Remove the characters in the range
 * [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>limit</TT>) from the UnicodeString object.
 * @param start the offset of the first character to remove
 * @param limit the offset immediately following the range to remove
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& removeBetween(int32_t start,
 int32_t limit = (int32_t)INT32_MAX);

/**
 * Retain only the characters in the range
 * [<code>start</code>, <code>limit</code>) from the UnicodeString object.
 * Removes characters before <code>start</code> and at and after <code>limit</code>.
 * @param start the offset of the first character to retain
 * @param limit the offset immediately following the range to retain
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 4.4
 */
 inline UnicodeString &retainBetween(int32_t start, int32_t limit = INT32_MAX);

/* Length operations */

/**
 * Pad the start of this UnicodeString with the character <TT>padChar</TT>.
 * If the length of this UnicodeString is less than targetLength,
 * length() - targetLength copies of padChar will be added to the
 * beginning of this UnicodeString.
 * @param targetLength the desired length of the string
 * @param padChar the character to use for padding. Defaults to
 * space (U+0020)
 * @return TRUE if the text was padded, FALSE otherwise.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UBool padLeading(int32_t targetLength,
 UChar padChar = 0x0020);

/**
 * Pad the end of this UnicodeString with the character <TT>padChar</TT>.
 * If the length of this UnicodeString is less than targetLength,
 * length() - targetLength copies of padChar will be added to the
 * end of this UnicodeString.
 * @param targetLength the desired length of the string
 * @param padChar the character to use for padding. Defaults to
 * space (U+0020)
 * @return TRUE if the text was padded, FALSE otherwise.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UBool padTrailing(int32_t targetLength,
 UChar padChar = 0x0020);

/**
 * Truncate this UnicodeString to the <TT>targetLength</TT>.
 * @param targetLength the desired length of this UnicodeString.
 * @return TRUE if the text was truncated, FALSE otherwise
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UBool truncate(int32_t targetLength);

/**
   * Trims leading and trailing whitespace from this UnicodeString.
   * @return a reference to this
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString& trim(void);

/* Miscellaneous operations */

/**
   * Reverse this UnicodeString in place.
   * @return a reference to this
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  inline UnicodeString& reverse(void);

/**
 * Reverse the range [<TT>start</TT>, <TT>start + length</TT>) in
 * this UnicodeString.
 * @param start the start of the range to reverse
 * @param length the number of characters to to reverse
 * @return a reference to this
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline UnicodeString& reverse(int32_t start,
 int32_t length);

/**
   * Convert the characters in this to UPPER CASE following the conventions of
   * the default locale.
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString& toUpper(void);

/**
   * Convert the characters in this to UPPER CASE following the conventions of
   * a specific locale.
   * @param locale The locale containing the conventions to use.
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString& toUpper(const Locale& locale);

/**
   * Convert the characters in this to lower case following the conventions of
   * the default locale.
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString& toLower(void);

/**
   * Convert the characters in this to lower case following the conventions of
   * a specific locale.
   * @param locale The locale containing the conventions to use.
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString& toLower(const Locale& locale);

#if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION

/**
   * Titlecase this string, convenience function using the default locale.
   *
   * Casing is locale-dependent and context-sensitive.
   * Titlecasing uses a break iterator to find the first characters of words
   * that are to be titlecased. It titlecases those characters and lowercases
   * all others.
   *
   * The titlecase break iterator can be provided to customize for arbitrary
   * styles, using rules and dictionaries beyond the standard iterators.
   * It may be more efficient to always provide an iterator to avoid
   * opening and closing one for each string.
   * The standard titlecase iterator for the root locale implements the
   * algorithm of Unicode TR 21.
   *
   * This function uses only the setText(), first() and next() methods of the
   * provided break iterator.
   *
   * @param titleIter A break iterator to find the first characters of words
   *                  that are to be titlecased.
   *                  If none is provided (0), then a standard titlecase
   *                  break iterator is opened.
   *                  Otherwise the provided iterator is set to the string's text.
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.1
   */
  UnicodeString &toTitle(BreakIterator *titleIter);

/**
   * Titlecase this string.
   *
   * Casing is locale-dependent and context-sensitive.
   * Titlecasing uses a break iterator to find the first characters of words
   * that are to be titlecased. It titlecases those characters and lowercases
   * all others.
   *
   * The titlecase break iterator can be provided to customize for arbitrary
   * styles, using rules and dictionaries beyond the standard iterators.
   * It may be more efficient to always provide an iterator to avoid
   * opening and closing one for each string.
   * The standard titlecase iterator for the root locale implements the
   * algorithm of Unicode TR 21.
   *
   * This function uses only the setText(), first() and next() methods of the
   * provided break iterator.
   *
   * @param titleIter A break iterator to find the first characters of words
   *                  that are to be titlecased.
   *                  If none is provided (0), then a standard titlecase
   *                  break iterator is opened.
   *                  Otherwise the provided iterator is set to the string's text.
   * @param locale    The locale to consider.
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.1
   */
  UnicodeString &toTitle(BreakIterator *titleIter, const Locale &locale);

/**
   * Titlecase this string, with options.
   *
   * Casing is locale-dependent and context-sensitive.
   * Titlecasing uses a break iterator to find the first characters of words
   * that are to be titlecased. It titlecases those characters and lowercases
   * all others. (This can be modified with options.)
   *
   * The titlecase break iterator can be provided to customize for arbitrary
   * styles, using rules and dictionaries beyond the standard iterators.
   * It may be more efficient to always provide an iterator to avoid
   * opening and closing one for each string.
   * The standard titlecase iterator for the root locale implements the
   * algorithm of Unicode TR 21.
   *
   * This function uses only the setText(), first() and next() methods of the
   * provided break iterator.
   *
   * @param titleIter A break iterator to find the first characters of words
   *                  that are to be titlecased.
   *                  If none is provided (0), then a standard titlecase
   *                  break iterator is opened.
   *                  Otherwise the provided iterator is set to the string's text.
   * @param locale    The locale to consider.
   * @param options Options bit set, see ucasemap_open().
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @see U_TITLECASE_NO_LOWERCASE
   * @see U_TITLECASE_NO_BREAK_ADJUSTMENT
   * @see ucasemap_open
   * @stable ICU 3.8
   */
  UnicodeString &toTitle(BreakIterator *titleIter, const Locale &locale, uint32_t options);

#endif

/**
   * Case-folds the characters in this string.
   *
   * Case-folding is locale-independent and not context-sensitive,
   * but there is an option for whether to include or exclude mappings for dotted I
   * and dotless i that are marked with 'T' in CaseFolding.txt.
   *
   * The result may be longer or shorter than the original.
   *
   * @param options Either U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT or U_FOLD_CASE_EXCLUDE_SPECIAL_I
   * @return A reference to this.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString &foldCase(uint32_t options=0 /*U_FOLD_CASE_DEFAULT*/);

//========================================
  // Access to the internal buffer
  //========================================

/**
 * Get a read/write pointer to the internal buffer.
 * The buffer is guaranteed to be large enough for at least minCapacity UChars,
 * writable, and is still owned by the UnicodeString object.
 * Calls to getBuffer(minCapacity) must not be nested, and
 * must be matched with calls to releaseBuffer(newLength).
 * If the string buffer was read-only or shared,
 * then it will be reallocated and copied.
 *
 * An attempted nested call will return 0, and will not further modify the
 * state of the UnicodeString object.
 * It also returns 0 if the string is bogus.
 *
 * The actual capacity of the string buffer may be larger than minCapacity.
 * getCapacity() returns the actual capacity.
 * For many operations, the full capacity should be used to avoid reallocations.
 *
 * While the buffer is "open" between getBuffer(minCapacity)
 * and releaseBuffer(newLength), the following applies:
 * - The string length is set to 0.
 * - Any read API call on the UnicodeString object will behave like on a 0-length string.
 * - Any write API call on the UnicodeString object is disallowed and will have no effect.
 * - You can read from and write to the returned buffer.
 * - The previous string contents will still be in the buffer;
 * if you want to use it, then you need to call length() before getBuffer(minCapacity).
 * If the length() was greater than minCapacity, then any contents after minCapacity
 * may be lost.
 * The buffer contents is not NUL-terminated by getBuffer().
 * If length()<getCapacity() then you can terminate it by writing a NUL
 * at index length().
 * - You must call releaseBuffer(newLength) before and in order to
 * return to normal UnicodeString operation.
 *
 * @param minCapacity the minimum number of UChars that are to be available
 * in the buffer, starting at the returned pointer;
 * default to the current string capacity if minCapacity==-1
 * @return a writable pointer to the internal string buffer,
 * or 0 if an error occurs (nested calls, out of memory)
 *
 * @see releaseBuffer
 * @see getTerminatedBuffer()
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UChar *getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity);

/**
   * Release a read/write buffer on a UnicodeString object with an
   * "open" getBuffer(minCapacity).
   * This function must be called in a matched pair with getBuffer(minCapacity).
   * releaseBuffer(newLength) must be called if and only if a getBuffer(minCapacity) is "open".
   *
   * It will set the string length to newLength, at most to the current capacity.
   * If newLength==-1 then it will set the length according to the
   * first NUL in the buffer, or to the capacity if there is no NUL.
   *
   * After calling releaseBuffer(newLength) the UnicodeString is back to normal operation.
   *
   * @param newLength the new length of the UnicodeString object;
   *        defaults to the current capacity if newLength is greater than that;
   *        if newLength==-1, it defaults to u_strlen(buffer) but not more than
   *        the current capacity of the string
   *
   * @see getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity)
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  void releaseBuffer(int32_t newLength=-1);

/**
 * Get a read-only pointer to the internal buffer.
 * This can be called at any time on a valid UnicodeString.
 *
 * It returns 0 if the string is bogus, or
 * during an "open" getBuffer(minCapacity).
 *
 * It can be called as many times as desired.
 * The pointer that it returns will remain valid until the UnicodeString object is modified,
 * at which time the pointer is semantically invalidated and must not be used any more.
 *
 * The capacity of the buffer can be determined with getCapacity().
 * The part after length() may or may not be initialized and valid,
 * depending on the history of the UnicodeString object.
 *
 * The buffer contents is (probably) not NUL-terminated.
 * You can check if it is with
 * <code>(s.length()<s.getCapacity() && buffer[s.length()]==0)</code>.
 * (See getTerminatedBuffer().)
 *
 * The buffer may reside in read-only memory. Its contents must not
 * be modified.
 *
 * @return a read-only pointer to the internal string buffer,
 * or 0 if the string is empty or bogus
 *
 * @see getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity)
 * @see getTerminatedBuffer()
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 inline const UChar *getBuffer() const;

/**
   * Get a read-only pointer to the internal buffer,
   * making sure that it is NUL-terminated.
   * This can be called at any time on a valid UnicodeString.
   *
   * It returns 0 if the string is bogus, or
   * during an "open" getBuffer(minCapacity), or if the buffer cannot
   * be NUL-terminated (because memory allocation failed).
   *
   * It can be called as many times as desired.
   * The pointer that it returns will remain valid until the UnicodeString object is modified,
   * at which time the pointer is semantically invalidated and must not be used any more.
   *
   * The capacity of the buffer can be determined with getCapacity().
   * The part after length()+1 may or may not be initialized and valid,
   * depending on the history of the UnicodeString object.
   *
   * The buffer contents is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
   * getTerminatedBuffer() may reallocate the buffer if a terminating NUL
   * is written.
   * For this reason, this function is not const, unlike getBuffer().
   * Note that a UnicodeString may also contain NUL characters as part of its contents.
   *
   * The buffer may reside in read-only memory. Its contents must not
   * be modified.
   *
   * @return a read-only pointer to the internal string buffer,
   *         or 0 if the string is empty or bogus
   *
   * @see getBuffer(int32_t minCapacity)
   * @see getBuffer()
   * @stable ICU 2.2
   */
  inline const UChar *getTerminatedBuffer();

//========================================
  // Constructors
  //========================================

/** Construct an empty UnicodeString.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString();

/**
 * Construct a UnicodeString with capacity to hold <TT>capacity</TT> UChars
 * @param capacity the number of UChars this UnicodeString should hold
 * before a resize is necessary; if count is greater than 0 and count
 * code points c take up more space than capacity, then capacity is adjusted
 * accordingly.
 * @param c is used to initially fill the string
 * @param count specifies how many code points c are to be written in the
 * string
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(int32_t capacity, UChar32 c, int32_t count);

/**
 * Single UChar (code unit) constructor.
 *
 * It is recommended to mark this constructor "explicit" by
 * <code>-DUNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT=explicit</code>
 * on the compiler command line or similar.
 * @param ch the character to place in the UnicodeString
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT UnicodeString(UChar ch);

/**
 * Single UChar32 (code point) constructor.
 *
 * It is recommended to mark this constructor "explicit" by
 * <code>-DUNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT=explicit</code>
 * on the compiler command line or similar.
 * @param ch the character to place in the UnicodeString
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UNISTR_FROM_CHAR_EXPLICIT UnicodeString(UChar32 ch);

/**
 * UChar* constructor.
 *
 * It is recommended to mark this constructor "explicit" by
 * <code>-DUNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT=explicit</code>
 * on the compiler command line or similar.
 * @param text The characters to place in the UnicodeString. <TT>text</TT>
 * must be NULL (U+0000) terminated.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT UnicodeString(const UChar *text);

/**
 * UChar* constructor.
 * @param text The characters to place in the UnicodeString.
 * @param textLength The number of Unicode characters in <TT>text</TT>
 * to copy.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(const UChar *text,
 int32_t textLength);

/**
 * Readonly-aliasing UChar* constructor.
 * The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
 * it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
 * This has copy-on-write semantics:
 * When the string is modified, then the buffer is first copied into
 * newly allocated memory.
 * The aliased buffer is never modified.
 *
 * In an assignment to another UnicodeString, when using the copy constructor
 * or the assignment operator, the text will be copied.
 * When using fastCopyFrom(), the text will be aliased again,
 * so that both strings then alias the same readonly-text.
 *
 * @param isTerminated specifies if <code>text</code> is <code>NUL</code>-terminated.
 * This must be true if <code>textLength==-1</code>.
 * @param text The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
 * @param textLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>text</code> to alias.
 * If -1, then this constructor will determine the length
 * by calling <code>u_strlen()</code>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(UBool isTerminated,
 const UChar *text,
 int32_t textLength);

/**
 * Writable-aliasing UChar* constructor.
 * The text will be used for the UnicodeString object, but
 * it will not be released when the UnicodeString is destroyed.
 * This has write-through semantics:
 * For as long as the capacity of the buffer is sufficient, write operations
 * will directly affect the buffer. When more capacity is necessary, then
 * a new buffer will be allocated and the contents copied as with regularly
 * constructed strings.
 * In an assignment to another UnicodeString, the buffer will be copied.
 * The extract(UChar *dst) function detects whether the dst pointer is the same
 * as the string buffer itself and will in this case not copy the contents.
 *
 * @param buffer The characters to alias for the UnicodeString.
 * @param buffLength The number of Unicode characters in <code>buffer</code> to alias.
 * @param buffCapacity The size of <code>buffer</code> in UChars.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(UChar *buffer, int32_t buffLength, int32_t buffCapacity);

#if U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 || !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION

/**
 * char* constructor.
 * Uses the default converter (and thus depends on the ICU conversion code)
 * unless U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 is set to 1.
 *
 * For ASCII (really "invariant character") strings it is more efficient to use
 * the constructor that takes a US_INV (for its enum EInvariant).
 * For ASCII (invariant-character) string literals, see UNICODE_STRING and
 * UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE.
 *
 * It is recommended to mark this constructor "explicit" by
 * <code>-DUNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT=explicit</code>
 * on the compiler command line or similar.
 * @param codepageData an array of bytes, null-terminated,
 * in the platform's default codepage.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 * @see UNICODE_STRING
 * @see UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE
 */
 UNISTR_FROM_STRING_EXPLICIT UnicodeString(const char *codepageData);

/**
 * char* constructor.
 * Uses the default converter (and thus depends on the ICU conversion code)
 * unless U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 is set to 1.
 * @param codepageData an array of bytes in the platform's default codepage.
 * @param dataLength The number of bytes in <TT>codepageData</TT>.
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(const char *codepageData, int32_t dataLength);

#endif

#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION

/**
 * char* constructor.
 * @param codepageData an array of bytes, null-terminated
 * @param codepage the encoding of <TT>codepageData</TT>. The special
 * value 0 for <TT>codepage</TT> indicates that the text is in the
 * platform's default codepage.
 *
 * If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
 * then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
 * subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
 * Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use the constructor
 * UnicodeString(const char *src, int32_t length, enum EInvariant inv)
 * because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
 * the conversion code.
 *
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(const char *codepageData, const char *codepage);

/**
 * char* constructor.
 * @param codepageData an array of bytes.
 * @param dataLength The number of bytes in <TT>codepageData</TT>.
 * @param codepage the encoding of <TT>codepageData</TT>. The special
 * value 0 for <TT>codepage</TT> indicates that the text is in the
 * platform's default codepage.
 * If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
 * then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
 * subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
 * Recommendation: For invariant-character strings use the constructor
 * UnicodeString(const char *src, int32_t length, enum EInvariant inv)
 * because it avoids object code dependencies of UnicodeString on
 * the conversion code.
 *
 * @stable ICU 2.0
 */
 UnicodeString(const char *codepageData, int32_t dataLength, const char *codepage);

/**
   * char * / UConverter constructor.
   * This constructor uses an existing UConverter object to
   * convert the codepage string to Unicode and construct a UnicodeString
   * from that.
   *
   * The converter is reset at first.
   * If the error code indicates a failure before this constructor is called,
   * or if an error occurs during conversion or construction,
   * then the string will be bogus.
   *
   * This function avoids the overhead of opening and closing a converter if
   * multiple strings are constructed.
   *
   * @param src input codepage string
   * @param srcLength length of the input string, can be -1 for NUL-terminated strings
   * @param cnv converter object (ucnv_resetToUnicode() will be called),
   *        can be NULL for the default converter
   * @param errorCode normal ICU error code
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString(
        const char *src, int32_t srcLength,
        UConverter *cnv,
        UErrorCode &errorCode);

#endif

/**
   * Constructs a Unicode string from an invariant-character char * string.
   * About invariant characters see utypes.h.
   * This constructor has no runtime dependency on conversion code and is
   * therefore recommended over ones taking a charset name string
   * (where the empty string "" indicates invariant-character conversion).
   *
   * Use the macro US_INV as the third, signature-distinguishing parameter.
   *
   * For example:
   * \code
   * void fn(const char *s) {
   *   UnicodeString ustr(s, -1, US_INV);
   *   // use ustr ...
   * }
   * \endcode
   *
   * @param src String using only invariant characters.
   * @param length Length of src, or -1 if NUL-terminated.
   * @param inv Signature-distinguishing paramater, use US_INV.
   *
   * @see US_INV
   * @stable ICU 3.2
   */
  UnicodeString(const char *src, int32_t length, enum EInvariant inv);

/**
   * Copy constructor.
   * @param that The UnicodeString object to copy.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString(const UnicodeString& that);

/**
 * 'Substring' constructor from tail of source string.
 * @param src The UnicodeString object to copy.
 * @param srcStart The offset into <tt>src</tt> at which to start copying.
 * @stable ICU 2.2
 */
 UnicodeString(const UnicodeString& src, int32_t srcStart);

/**
 * 'Substring' constructor from subrange of source string.
 * @param src The UnicodeString object to copy.
 * @param srcStart The offset into <tt>src</tt> at which to start copying.
 * @param srcLength The number of characters from <tt>src</tt> to copy.
 * @stable ICU 2.2
 */
 UnicodeString(const UnicodeString& src, int32_t srcStart, int32_t srcLength);

/**
   * Clone this object, an instance of a subclass of Replaceable.
   * Clones can be used concurrently in multiple threads.
   * If a subclass does not implement clone(), or if an error occurs,
   * then NULL is returned.
   * The clone functions in all subclasses return a pointer to a Replaceable
   * because some compilers do not support covariant (same-as-this)
   * return types; cast to the appropriate subclass if necessary.
   * The caller must delete the clone.
   *
   * @return a clone of this object
   *
   * @see Replaceable::clone
   * @see getDynamicClassID
   * @stable ICU 2.6
   */
  virtual Replaceable *clone() const;

/** Destructor.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  virtual ~UnicodeString();

/**
   * Create a UnicodeString from a UTF-8 string.
   * Illegal input is replaced with U+FFFD. Otherwise, errors result in a bogus string.
   * Calls u_strFromUTF8WithSub().
   *
   * @param utf8 UTF-8 input string.
   *             Note that a StringPiece can be implicitly constructed
   *             from a std::string or a NUL-terminated const char * string.
   * @return A UnicodeString with equivalent UTF-16 contents.
   * @see toUTF8
   * @see toUTF8String
   * @stable ICU 4.2
   */
  static UnicodeString fromUTF8(const StringPiece &utf8);

/**
   * Create a UnicodeString from a UTF-32 string.
   * Illegal input is replaced with U+FFFD. Otherwise, errors result in a bogus string.
   * Calls u_strFromUTF32WithSub().
   *
   * @param utf32 UTF-32 input string. Must not be NULL.
   * @param length Length of the input string, or -1 if NUL-terminated.
   * @return A UnicodeString with equivalent UTF-16 contents.
   * @see toUTF32
   * @stable ICU 4.2
   */
  static UnicodeString fromUTF32(const UChar32 *utf32, int32_t length);

/* Miscellaneous operations */

/**
   * Unescape a string of characters and return a string containing
   * the result.  The following escape sequences are recognized:
   *
   * \\uhhhh       4 hex digits; h in [0-9A-Fa-f]
   * \\Uhhhhhhhh   8 hex digits
   * \\xhh         1-2 hex digits
   * \\ooo         1-3 octal digits; o in [0-7]
   * \\cX          control-X; X is masked with 0x1F
   *
   * as well as the standard ANSI C escapes:
   *
   * \\a => U+0007, \\b => U+0008, \\t => U+0009, \\n => U+000A,
   * \\v => U+000B, \\f => U+000C, \\r => U+000D, \\e => U+001B,
   * \\&quot; => U+0022, \\' => U+0027, \\? => U+003F, \\\\ => U+005C
   *
   * Anything else following a backslash is generically escaped.  For
   * example, "[a\\-z]" returns "[a-z]".
   *
   * If an escape sequence is ill-formed, this method returns an empty
   * string.  An example of an ill-formed sequence is "\\u" followed by
   * fewer than 4 hex digits.
   *
   * This function is similar to u_unescape() but not identical to it.
   * The latter takes a source char*, so it does escape recognition
   * and also invariant conversion.
   *
   * @return a string with backslash escapes interpreted, or an
   * empty string on error.
   * @see UnicodeString#unescapeAt()
   * @see u_unescape()
   * @see u_unescapeAt()
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UnicodeString unescape() const;

/**
   * Unescape a single escape sequence and return the represented
   * character.  See unescape() for a listing of the recognized escape
   * sequences.  The character at offset-1 is assumed (without
   * checking) to be a backslash.  If the escape sequence is
   * ill-formed, or the offset is out of range, (UChar32)0xFFFFFFFF is
   * returned.
   *
   * @param offset an input output parameter.  On input, it is the
   * offset into this string where the escape sequence is located,
   * after the initial backslash.  On output, it is advanced after the
   * last character parsed.  On error, it is not advanced at all.
   * @return the character represented by the escape sequence at
   * offset, or (UChar32)0xFFFFFFFF on error.
   * @see UnicodeString#unescape()
   * @see u_unescape()
   * @see u_unescapeAt()
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  UChar32 unescapeAt(int32_t &offset) const;

/**
   * ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for this class.
   *
   * @stable ICU 2.2
   */
  static UClassID U_EXPORT2 getStaticClassID();

/**
   * ICU "poor man's RTTI", returns a UClassID for the actual class.
   *
   * @stable ICU 2.2
   */
  virtual UClassID getDynamicClassID() const;

//========================================
  // Implementation methods
  //========================================

protected:
  /**
   * Implement Replaceable::getLength() (see jitterbug 1027).
   * @stable ICU 2.4
   */
  virtual int32_t getLength() const;

/**
   * The change in Replaceable to use virtual getCharAt() allows
   * UnicodeString::charAt() to be inline again (see jitterbug 709).
   * @stable ICU 2.4
   */
  virtual UChar getCharAt(int32_t offset) const;

/**
   * The change in Replaceable to use virtual getChar32At() allows
   * UnicodeString::char32At() to be inline again (see jitterbug 709).
   * @stable ICU 2.4
   */
  virtual UChar32 getChar32At(int32_t offset) const;

private:
  // For char* constructors. Could be made public.
  UnicodeString &setToUTF8(const StringPiece &utf8);
  // For extract(char*).
  // We could make a toUTF8(target, capacity, errorCode) public but not
  // this version: New API will be cleaner if we make callers create substrings
  // rather than having start+length on every method,
  // and it should take a UErrorCode&.
  int32_t
  toUTF8(int32_t start, int32_t len,
         char *target, int32_t capacity) const;

/**
   * Internal string contents comparison, called by operator==.
   * Requires: this & text not bogus and have same lengths.
   */
  UBool doEquals(const UnicodeString &text, int32_t len) const;

inline int8_t
  doCompare(int32_t start,
           int32_t length,
           const UnicodeString& srcText,
           int32_t srcStart,
           int32_t srcLength) const;

int8_t doCompare(int32_t start,
           int32_t length,
           const UChar *srcChars,
           int32_t srcStart,
           int32_t srcLength) const;

inline int8_t
  doCompareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                          int32_t length,
                          const UnicodeString& srcText,
                          int32_t srcStart,
                          int32_t srcLength) const;

int8_t doCompareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                                 int32_t length,
                                 const UChar *srcChars,
                                 int32_t srcStart,
                                 int32_t srcLength) const;

inline int8_t
  doCaseCompare(int32_t start,
                int32_t length,
                const UnicodeString &srcText,
                int32_t srcStart,
                int32_t srcLength,
                uint32_t options) const;

int8_t
  doCaseCompare(int32_t start,
                int32_t length,
                const UChar *srcChars,
                int32_t srcStart,
                int32_t srcLength,
                uint32_t options) const;

int32_t doIndexOf(UChar c,
            int32_t start,
            int32_t length) const;

int32_t doIndexOf(UChar32 c,
                        int32_t start,
                        int32_t length) const;

int32_t doLastIndexOf(UChar c,
                int32_t start,
                int32_t length) const;

int32_t doLastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
                            int32_t start,
                            int32_t length) const;

void doExtract(int32_t start,
         int32_t length,
         UChar *dst,
         int32_t dstStart) const;

inline void doExtract(int32_t start,
         int32_t length,
         UnicodeString& target) const;

inline UChar doCharAt(int32_t offset)  const;

UnicodeString& doReplace(int32_t start,
               int32_t length,
               const UnicodeString& srcText,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength);

UnicodeString& doReplace(int32_t start,
               int32_t length,
               const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength);

UnicodeString& doReverse(int32_t start,
               int32_t length);

// calculate hash code
  int32_t doHashCode(void) const;

// get pointer to start of array
  // these do not check for kOpenGetBuffer, unlike the public getBuffer() function
  inline UChar* getArrayStart(void);
  inline const UChar* getArrayStart(void) const;

// A UnicodeString object (not necessarily its current buffer)
  // is writable unless it isBogus() or it has an "open" getBuffer(minCapacity).
  inline UBool isWritable() const;

// Is the current buffer writable?
  inline UBool isBufferWritable() const;

// None of the following does releaseArray().
  inline void setLength(int32_t len);        // sets only fShortLength and fLength
  inline void setToEmpty();                  // sets fFlags=kShortString
  inline void setArray(UChar *array, int32_t len, int32_t capacity); // does not set fFlags

// allocate the array; result may be fStackBuffer
  // sets refCount to 1 if appropriate
  // sets fArray, fCapacity, and fFlags
  // returns boolean for success or failure
  UBool allocate(int32_t capacity);

// release the array if owned
  void releaseArray(void);

// turn a bogus string into an empty one
  void unBogus();

// implements assigment operator, copy constructor, and fastCopyFrom()
  UnicodeString &copyFrom(const UnicodeString &src, UBool fastCopy=FALSE);

// Pin start and limit to acceptable values.
  inline void pinIndex(int32_t& start) const;
  inline void pinIndices(int32_t& start,
                         int32_t& length) const;

#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION

/* Internal extract() using UConverter. */
  int32_t doExtract(int32_t start, int32_t length,
                    char *dest, int32_t destCapacity,
                    UConverter *cnv,
                    UErrorCode &errorCode) const;

/*
 * Real constructor for converting from codepage data.
 * It assumes that it is called with !fRefCounted.
 *
 * If <code>codepage==0</code>, then the default converter
 * is used for the platform encoding.
 * If <code>codepage</code> is an empty string (<code>""</code>),
 * then a simple conversion is performed on the codepage-invariant
 * subset ("invariant characters") of the platform encoding. See utypes.h.
 */
 void doCodepageCreate(const char *codepageData,
 int32_t dataLength,
 const char *codepage);

/*
   * Worker function for creating a UnicodeString from
   * a codepage string using a UConverter.
   */
  void
  doCodepageCreate(const char *codepageData,
                   int32_t dataLength,
                   UConverter *converter,
                   UErrorCode &status);

#endif

/*
   * This function is called when write access to the array
   * is necessary.
   *
   * We need to make a copy of the array if
   * the buffer is read-only, or
   * the buffer is refCounted (shared), and refCount>1, or
   * the buffer is too small.
   *
   * Return FALSE if memory could not be allocated.
   */
  UBool cloneArrayIfNeeded(int32_t newCapacity = -1,
                            int32_t growCapacity = -1,
                            UBool doCopyArray = TRUE,
                            int32_t **pBufferToDelete = 0,
                            UBool forceClone = FALSE);

/**
   * Common function for UnicodeString case mappings.
   * The stringCaseMapper has the same type UStringCaseMapper
   * as in ustr_imp.h for ustrcase_map().
   */
  UnicodeString &
  caseMap(const UCaseMap *csm, UStringCaseMapper *stringCaseMapper);

// ref counting
  void addRef(void);
  int32_t removeRef(void);
  int32_t refCount(void) const;

// constants
  enum {
    // Set the stack buffer size so that sizeof(UnicodeString) is,
    // naturally (without padding), a multiple of sizeof(pointer).
    US_STACKBUF_SIZE= sizeof(void *)==4 ? 13 : 15, // Size of stack buffer for short strings
    kInvalidUChar=0xffff, // invalid UChar index
    kGrowSize=128, // grow size for this buffer
    kInvalidHashCode=0, // invalid hash code
    kEmptyHashCode=1, // hash code for empty string

// bit flag values for fFlags
    kIsBogus=1,         // this string is bogus, i.e., not valid or NULL
    kUsingStackBuffer=2,// using fUnion.fStackBuffer instead of fUnion.fFields
    kRefCounted=4,      // there is a refCount field before the characters in fArray
    kBufferIsReadonly=8,// do not write to this buffer
    kOpenGetBuffer=16,  // getBuffer(minCapacity) was called (is "open"),
                        // and releaseBuffer(newLength) must be called

// combined values for convenience
    kShortString=kUsingStackBuffer,
    kLongString=kRefCounted,
    kReadonlyAlias=kBufferIsReadonly,
    kWritableAlias=0
  };

friend class StringThreadTest;
  friend class UnicodeStringAppendable;

union StackBufferOrFields;        // forward declaration necessary before friend declaration
  friend union StackBufferOrFields; // make US_STACKBUF_SIZE visible inside fUnion

/*
 * The following are all the class fields that are stored
 * in each UnicodeString object.
 * Note that UnicodeString has virtual functions,
 * therefore there is an implicit vtable pointer
 * as the first real field.
 * The fields should be aligned such that no padding is necessary.
 * On 32-bit machines, the size should be 32 bytes,
 * on 64-bit machines (8-byte pointers), it should be 40 bytes.
 *
 * We use a hack to achieve this.
 *
 * With at least some compilers, each of the following is forced to
 * a multiple of sizeof(pointer) [the largest field base unit here is a data pointer],
 * rounded up with additional padding if the fields do not already fit that requirement:
 * - sizeof(class UnicodeString)
 * - offsetof(UnicodeString, fUnion)
 * - sizeof(fUnion)
 * - sizeof(fFields)
 *
 * In order to avoid padding, we make sizeof(fStackBuffer)=16 (=8 UChars)
 * which is at least as large as sizeof(fFields) on 32-bit and 64-bit machines.
 * (Padding at the end of fFields is ok:
 * As long as there is no padding after fStackBuffer, it is not wasted space.)
 *
 * We further assume that the compiler does not reorder the fields,
 * so that fRestOfStackBuffer (which holds a few more UChars) immediately follows after fUnion,
 * with at most some padding (but no other field) in between.
 * (Padding there would be wasted space, but functionally harmless.)
 *
 * We use a few more sizeof(pointer)'s chunks of space with
 * fRestOfStackBuffer, fShortLength and fFlags,
 * to get up exactly to the intended sizeof(UnicodeString).
 */
 // (implicit) *vtable;
 union StackBufferOrFields {
 // fStackBuffer is used iff (fFlags&kUsingStackBuffer)
 // else fFields is used
 UChar fStackBuffer[8]; // buffer for short strings, together with fRestOfStackBuffer
 struct {
 UChar *fArray; // the Unicode data
 int32_t fCapacity; // capacity of fArray (in UChars)
 int32_t fLength; // number of characters in fArray if >127; else undefined
 } fFields;
 } fUnion;
 UChar fRestOfStackBuffer[US_STACKBUF_SIZE-8];
 int8_t fShortLength; // 0..127: length <0: real length is in fUnion.fFields.fLength
 uint8_t fFlags; // bit flags: see constants above
};

/**
 * Create a new UnicodeString with the concatenation of two others.
 *
 * @param s1 The first string to be copied to the new one.
 * @param s2 The second string to be copied to the new one, after s1.
 * @return UnicodeString(s1).append(s2)
 * @stable ICU 2.8
 */
U_COMMON_API UnicodeString U_EXPORT2
operator+ (const UnicodeString &s1, const UnicodeString &s2);

//========================================
// Inline members
//========================================

//========================================
// Privates
//========================================

inline void
UnicodeString::pinIndex(int32_t& start) const
{
 // pin index
 if(start < 0) {
 start = 0;
 } else if(start > length()) {
 start = length();
 }
}

inline void
UnicodeString::pinIndices(int32_t& start,
 int32_t& _length) const
{
 // pin indices
 int32_t len = length();
 if(start < 0) {
 start = 0;
 } else if(start > len) {
 start = len;
 }
 if(_length < 0) {
 _length = 0;
 } else if(_length > (len - start)) {
 _length = (len - start);
 }
}

inline UChar*
UnicodeString::getArrayStart()
{ return (fFlags&kUsingStackBuffer) ? fUnion.fStackBuffer : fUnion.fFields.fArray; }

inline const UChar*
UnicodeString::getArrayStart() const
{ return (fFlags&kUsingStackBuffer) ? fUnion.fStackBuffer : fUnion.fFields.fArray; }

//========================================
// Read-only implementation methods
//========================================
inline int32_t
UnicodeString::length() const
{ return fShortLength>=0 ? fShortLength : fUnion.fFields.fLength; }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::getCapacity() const
{ return (fFlags&kUsingStackBuffer) ? US_STACKBUF_SIZE : fUnion.fFields.fCapacity; }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::hashCode() const
{ return doHashCode(); }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::isBogus() const
{ return (UBool)(fFlags & kIsBogus); }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::isWritable() const
{ return (UBool)!(fFlags&(kOpenGetBuffer|kIsBogus)); }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::isBufferWritable() const
{
  return (UBool)(
      !(fFlags&(kOpenGetBuffer|kIsBogus|kBufferIsReadonly)) &&
      (!(fFlags&kRefCounted) || refCount()==1));
}

inline const UChar *
UnicodeString::getBuffer() const {
  if(fFlags&(kIsBogus|kOpenGetBuffer)) {
    return 0;
  } else if(fFlags&kUsingStackBuffer) {
    return fUnion.fStackBuffer;
  } else {
    return fUnion.fFields.fArray;
  }
}

//========================================
// Read-only alias methods
//========================================
inline int8_t
UnicodeString::doCompare(int32_t start,
              int32_t thisLength,
              const UnicodeString& srcText,
              int32_t srcStart,
              int32_t srcLength) const
{
  if(srcText.isBogus()) {
    return (int8_t)!isBogus(); // 0 if both are bogus, 1 otherwise
  } else {
    srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
    return doCompare(start, thisLength, srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength);
  }
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::operator== (const UnicodeString& text) const
{
  if(isBogus()) {
    return text.isBogus();
  } else {
    int32_t len = length(), textLength = text.length();
    return !text.isBogus() && len == textLength && doEquals(text, len);
  }
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::operator!= (const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return (! operator==(text)); }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::operator> (const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompare(0, length(), text, 0, text.length()) == 1; }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::operator< (const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompare(0, length(), text, 0, text.length()) == -1; }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::operator>= (const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompare(0, length(), text, 0, text.length()) != -1; }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::operator<= (const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompare(0, length(), text, 0, text.length()) != 1; }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compare(const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompare(0, length(), text, 0, text.length()); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UnicodeString& srcText) const
{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compare(const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompare(0, length(), srcChars, 0, srcLength); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UnicodeString& srcText,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UChar *srcChars) const
{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcChars, 0, _length); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compare(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompare(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareBetween(int32_t start,
                  int32_t limit,
                  const UnicodeString& srcText,
                  int32_t srcStart,
                  int32_t srcLimit) const
{ return doCompare(start, limit - start,
           srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::doCompareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                                       int32_t thisLength,
                                       const UnicodeString& srcText,
                                       int32_t srcStart,
                                       int32_t srcLength) const
{
  if(srcText.isBogus()) {
    return (int8_t)!isBogus(); // 0 if both are bogus, 1 otherwise
  } else {
    srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
    return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, thisLength, srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength);
  }
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(0, length(), text, 0, text.length()); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                                     int32_t _length,
                                     const UnicodeString& srcText) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(const UChar *srcChars,
                                     int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(0, length(), srcChars, 0, srcLength); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                                     int32_t _length,
                                     const UnicodeString& srcText,
                                     int32_t srcStart,
                                     int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                                     int32_t _length,
                                     const UChar *srcChars) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcChars, 0, _length); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrder(int32_t start,
                                     int32_t _length,
                                     const UChar *srcChars,
                                     int32_t srcStart,
                                     int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::compareCodePointOrderBetween(int32_t start,
                                            int32_t limit,
                                            const UnicodeString& srcText,
                                            int32_t srcStart,
                                            int32_t srcLimit) const
{ return doCompareCodePointOrder(start, limit - start,
           srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart); }

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::doCaseCompare(int32_t start,
                             int32_t thisLength,
                             const UnicodeString &srcText,
                             int32_t srcStart,
                             int32_t srcLength,
                             uint32_t options) const
{
  if(srcText.isBogus()) {
    return (int8_t)!isBogus(); // 0 if both are bogus, 1 otherwise
  } else {
    srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
    return doCaseCompare(start, thisLength, srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength, options);
  }
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompare(const UnicodeString &text, uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(0, length(), text, 0, text.length(), options);
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
                           int32_t _length,
                           const UnicodeString &srcText,
                           uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.length(), options);
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompare(const UChar *srcChars,
                           int32_t srcLength,
                           uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(0, length(), srcChars, 0, srcLength, options);
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
                           int32_t _length,
                           const UnicodeString &srcText,
                           int32_t srcStart,
                           int32_t srcLength,
                           uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength, options);
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
                           int32_t _length,
                           const UChar *srcChars,
                           uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcChars, 0, _length, options);
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompare(int32_t start,
                           int32_t _length,
                           const UChar *srcChars,
                           int32_t srcStart,
                           int32_t srcLength,
                           uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength, options);
}

inline int8_t
UnicodeString::caseCompareBetween(int32_t start,
                                  int32_t limit,
                                  const UnicodeString &srcText,
                                  int32_t srcStart,
                                  int32_t srcLimit,
                                  uint32_t options) const {
  return doCaseCompare(start, limit - start, srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart, options);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{
  if(!srcText.isBogus()) {
    srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
    if(srcLength > 0) {
      return indexOf(srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength, start, _length);
    }
  }
  return -1;
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return indexOf(text, 0, text.length(), 0, length()); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return indexOf(text, 0, text.length(), start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return indexOf(text, 0, text.length(), start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcLength,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return indexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcLength,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return indexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar c,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return doIndexOf(c, start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar32 c,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return doIndexOf(c, start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar c) const
{ return doIndexOf(c, 0, length()); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar32 c) const
{ return indexOf(c, 0, length()); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar c,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return doIndexOf(c, start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::indexOf(UChar32 c,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return indexOf(c, start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcLength,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return lastIndexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcLength,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return lastIndexOf(srcChars, 0, srcLength, start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& srcText,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{
  if(!srcText.isBogus()) {
    srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
    if(srcLength > 0) {
      return lastIndexOf(srcText.getArrayStart(), srcStart, srcLength, start, _length);
    }
  }
  return -1;
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return lastIndexOf(text, 0, text.length(), start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return lastIndexOf(text, 0, text.length(), start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return lastIndexOf(text, 0, text.length(), 0, length()); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar c,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const
{ return doLastIndexOf(c, start, _length); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
               int32_t start,
               int32_t _length) const {
  return doLastIndexOf(c, start, _length);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar c) const
{ return doLastIndexOf(c, 0, length()); }

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar32 c) const {
  return lastIndexOf(c, 0, length());
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar c,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return doLastIndexOf(c, start, length() - start);
}

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::lastIndexOf(UChar32 c,
               int32_t start) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  return lastIndexOf(c, start, length() - start);
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::startsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return compare(0, text.length(), text, 0, text.length()) == 0; }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::startsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
              int32_t srcStart,
              int32_t srcLength) const
{ return doCompare(0, srcLength, srcText, srcStart, srcLength) == 0; }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::startsWith(const UChar *srcChars, int32_t srcLength) const {
 if(srcLength < 0) {
 srcLength = u_strlen(srcChars);
 }
 return doCompare(0, srcLength, srcChars, 0, srcLength) == 0;
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::startsWith(const UChar *srcChars, int32_t srcStart, int32_t srcLength) const {
 if(srcLength < 0) {
 srcLength = u_strlen(srcChars);
 }
 return doCompare(0, srcLength, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength) == 0;
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::endsWith(const UnicodeString& text) const
{ return doCompare(length() - text.length(), text.length(),
           text, 0, text.length()) == 0; }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::endsWith(const UnicodeString& srcText,
            int32_t srcStart,
            int32_t srcLength) const {
  srcText.pinIndices(srcStart, srcLength);
  return doCompare(length() - srcLength, srcLength,
                   srcText, srcStart, srcLength) == 0;
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcLength) const {
 if(srcLength < 0) {
 srcLength = u_strlen(srcChars);
 }
 return doCompare(length() - srcLength, srcLength,
 srcChars, 0, srcLength) == 0;
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::endsWith(const UChar *srcChars,
 int32_t srcStart,
 int32_t srcLength) const {
 if(srcLength < 0) {
 srcLength = u_strlen(srcChars + srcStart);
 }
 return doCompare(length() - srcLength, srcLength,
 srcChars, srcStart, srcLength) == 0;
}

//========================================
// replace
//========================================
inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UnicodeString& srcText)
{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UnicodeString& srcText,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               const UChar *srcChars,
               int32_t srcStart,
               int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(start, _length, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replace(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               UChar srcChar)
{ return doReplace(start, _length, &srcChar, 0, 1); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replaceBetween(int32_t start,
                  int32_t limit,
                  const UnicodeString& srcText)
{ return doReplace(start, limit - start, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::replaceBetween(int32_t start,
                  int32_t limit,
                  const UnicodeString& srcText,
                  int32_t srcStart,
                  int32_t srcLimit)
{ return doReplace(start, limit - start, srcText, srcStart, srcLimit - srcStart); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::findAndReplace(const UnicodeString& oldText,
                  const UnicodeString& newText)
{ return findAndReplace(0, length(), oldText, 0, oldText.length(),
            newText, 0, newText.length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::findAndReplace(int32_t start,
                  int32_t _length,
                  const UnicodeString& oldText,
                  const UnicodeString& newText)
{ return findAndReplace(start, _length, oldText, 0, oldText.length(),
            newText, 0, newText.length()); }

// ============================
// extract
// ============================
inline void
UnicodeString::doExtract(int32_t start,
             int32_t _length,
             UnicodeString& target) const
{ target.replace(0, target.length(), *this, start, _length); }

inline void
UnicodeString::extract(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               UChar *target,
               int32_t targetStart) const
{ doExtract(start, _length, target, targetStart); }

inline void
UnicodeString::extract(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               UnicodeString& target) const
{ doExtract(start, _length, target); }

#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION

inline int32_t
UnicodeString::extract(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length,
               char *dst,
               const char *codepage) const

{
  // This dstSize value will be checked explicitly
  return extract(start, _length, dst, dst!=0 ? 0xffffffff : 0, codepage);
}

#endif

inline void
UnicodeString::extractBetween(int32_t start,
                  int32_t limit,
                  UChar *dst,
                  int32_t dstStart) const {
  pinIndex(start);
  pinIndex(limit);
  doExtract(start, limit - start, dst, dstStart);
}

inline UnicodeString
UnicodeString::tempSubStringBetween(int32_t start, int32_t limit) const {
    return tempSubString(start, limit - start);
}

inline UChar
UnicodeString::doCharAt(int32_t offset) const
{
 if((uint32_t)offset < (uint32_t)length()) {
 return getArrayStart()[offset];
 } else {
 return kInvalidUChar;
 }
}

inline UChar
UnicodeString::charAt(int32_t offset) const
{ return doCharAt(offset); }

inline UChar
UnicodeString::operator[] (int32_t offset) const
{ return doCharAt(offset); }

inline UBool
UnicodeString::isEmpty() const {
  return fShortLength == 0;
}

//========================================
// Write implementation methods
//========================================
inline void
UnicodeString::setLength(int32_t len) {
 if(len <= 127) {
 fShortLength = (int8_t)len;
 } else {
 fShortLength = (int8_t)-1;
 fUnion.fFields.fLength = len;
 }
}

inline void
UnicodeString::setToEmpty() {
  fShortLength = 0;
  fFlags = kShortString;
}

inline void
UnicodeString::setArray(UChar *array, int32_t len, int32_t capacity) {
  setLength(len);
  fUnion.fFields.fArray = array;
  fUnion.fFields.fCapacity = capacity;
}

inline const UChar *
UnicodeString::getTerminatedBuffer() {
 if(!isWritable()) {
 return 0;
 } else {
 UChar *array = getArrayStart();
 int32_t len = length();
 if(len < getCapacity() && ((fFlags&kRefCounted) == 0 || refCount() == 1)) {
 /*
 * kRefCounted: Do not write the NUL if the buffer is shared.
 * That is mostly safe, except when the length of one copy was modified
 * without copy-on-write, e.g., via truncate(newLength) or remove(void).
 * Then the NUL would be written into the middle of another copy's string.
 */
 if(!(fFlags&kBufferIsReadonly)) {
 /*
 * We must not write to a readonly buffer, but it is known to be
 * NUL-terminated if len<capacity.
 * A shared, allocated buffer (refCount()>1) must not have its contents
 * modified, but the NUL at [len] is beyond the string contents,
 * and multiple string objects and threads writing the same NUL into the
 * same location is harmless.
 * In all other cases, the buffer is fully writable and it is anyway safe
 * to write the NUL.
 *
 * Note: An earlier version of this code tested whether there is a NUL
 * at [len] already, but, while safe, it generated lots of warnings from
 * tools like valgrind and Purify.
 */
 array[len] = 0;
 }
 return array;
 } else if(cloneArrayIfNeeded(len+1)) {
 array = getArrayStart();
 array[len] = 0;
 return array;
 } else {
 return 0;
 }
 }
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::operator= (UChar ch)
{ return doReplace(0, length(), &ch, 0, 1); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::operator= (UChar32 ch)
{ return replace(0, length(), ch); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
             int32_t srcStart,
             int32_t srcLength)
{
  unBogus();
  return doReplace(0, length(), srcText, srcStart, srcLength);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText,
             int32_t srcStart)
{
  unBogus();
  srcText.pinIndex(srcStart);
  return doReplace(0, length(), srcText, srcStart, srcText.length() - srcStart);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::setTo(const UnicodeString& srcText)
{
  return copyFrom(srcText);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::setTo(const UChar *srcChars,
             int32_t srcLength)
{
  unBogus();
  return doReplace(0, length(), srcChars, 0, srcLength);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::setTo(UChar srcChar)
{
  unBogus();
  return doReplace(0, length(), &srcChar, 0, 1);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::setTo(UChar32 srcChar)
{
  unBogus();
  return replace(0, length(), srcChar);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::append(const UnicodeString& srcText,
              int32_t srcStart,
              int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::append(const UnicodeString& srcText)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::append(const UChar *srcChars,
              int32_t srcStart,
              int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::append(const UChar *srcChars,
              int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::append(UChar srcChar)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, &srcChar, 0, 1); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::operator+= (UChar ch)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, &ch, 0, 1); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::operator+= (UChar32 ch) {
  return append(ch);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::operator+= (const UnicodeString& srcText)
{ return doReplace(length(), 0, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
              const UnicodeString& srcText,
              int32_t srcStart,
              int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcText, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
              const UnicodeString& srcText)
{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcText, 0, srcText.length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
              const UChar *srcChars,
              int32_t srcStart,
              int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcChars, srcStart, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
              const UChar *srcChars,
              int32_t srcLength)
{ return doReplace(start, 0, srcChars, 0, srcLength); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
              UChar srcChar)
{ return doReplace(start, 0, &srcChar, 0, 1); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::insert(int32_t start,
              UChar32 srcChar)
{ return replace(start, 0, srcChar); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::remove()
{
  // remove() of a bogus string makes the string empty and non-bogus
  // we also un-alias a read-only alias to deal with NUL-termination
  // issues with getTerminatedBuffer()
  if(fFlags & (kIsBogus|kBufferIsReadonly)) {
    setToEmpty();
  } else {
    fShortLength = 0;
  }
  return *this;
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::remove(int32_t start,
 int32_t _length)
{
 if(start <= 0 && _length == INT32_MAX) {
 // remove(guaranteed everything) of a bogus string makes the string empty and non-bogus
 return remove();
 }
 return doReplace(start, _length, NULL, 0, 0);
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::removeBetween(int32_t start,
                int32_t limit)
{ return doReplace(start, limit - start, NULL, 0, 0); }

inline UnicodeString &
UnicodeString::retainBetween(int32_t start, int32_t limit) {
  truncate(limit);
  return doReplace(0, start, NULL, 0, 0);
}

inline UBool
UnicodeString::truncate(int32_t targetLength)
{
 if(isBogus() && targetLength == 0) {
 // truncate(0) of a bogus string makes the string empty and non-bogus
 unBogus();
 return FALSE;
 } else if((uint32_t)targetLength < (uint32_t)length()) {
 setLength(targetLength);
 if(fFlags&kBufferIsReadonly) {
 fUnion.fFields.fCapacity = targetLength; // not NUL-terminated any more
 }
 return TRUE;
 } else {
 return FALSE;
 }
}

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::reverse()
{ return doReverse(0, length()); }

inline UnicodeString&
UnicodeString::reverse(int32_t start,
               int32_t _length)
{ return doReverse(start, _length); }

U_NAMESPACE_END

#endif