text: /*
  **********************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 1998-2013, 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
  
  /**
   * 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 improved 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.
   * @stable ICU 2.0
   */
  #define UNICODE_STRING_SIMPLE(cs) UNICODE_STRING(cs, -1)
  
  /**
   * \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.
   * @stable 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 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.
   * @stable 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 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.
   *
   * <p>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>.</p>
   *
   * <p>In ICU, a Unicode string consists of 16-bit Unicode <em>code units</em>.
   * 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 <em>point</em> is a value
   * in the range 0..0x10ffff. ICU uses the UChar32 type for code points.</p>
   *
   * <p>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).</p>
   *
   * 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 <em>not</em> 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.
   *
   * <p>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>.</p>
   *
   * @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 the <b>entire string</b> <TT>text</TT>.
     * (The parameters "start" and "length" are not applied to the other text "text".)
     * @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 text 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(const UnicodeString& text) 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 bogus/invalid, 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
     */
    const UChar *getTerminatedBuffer();
  
    //========================================
    // Constructors
    //========================================
  
    /** Construct an empty UnicodeString.
     * @stable ICU 2.0
     */
    inline 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, U_SENTINEL=-1 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 U_SENTINEL=-1 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; }
  
  //========================================
  // Default constructor
  //========================================
  
  inline
  UnicodeString::UnicodeString()
    : fShortLength(0),
      fFlags(kShortString)
  {}
  
  //========================================
  // 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 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
    if(isBogus()) {
      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);
      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
  