CollationElementIterator
Class CollationElementIterator
- java.lang.Object
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- java.text.CollationElementIterator
public final class CollationElementIterator extends Object
The CollationElementIterator class is used as an iterator to walk through each character of an international string. Use the iterator to return the ordering priority of the positioned character. The ordering priority of a character, which we refer to as a key, defines how a character is collated in the given collation object.
For example, consider the following in Spanish:
"ca" → the first key is key('c') and second key is key('a').
"cha" → the first key is key('ch') and second key is key('a'). And in German, "äb" → the first key is key('a'), the seco