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