* \code
* #define ICU_DATA_DIR "path"
* \endcode
* use that,
* otherwise no data directory is available.
*
* @return the data directory, or an empty string ("") if no data directory has
* been specified.
*
* @stable ICU 2.0
*/
U_STABLE const char* U_EXPORT2 u_getDataDirectory(void);
/**
* Set the ICU data directory.
* The data directory is where common format ICU data files (.dat files)
* are loaded from. Note that normal use of the built-in ICU
* facilities does not require loading of an external data file;
* unless you are adding custom data to ICU, the data directory
* does not need to be set.
*
* This function should be called at most once in a process, before the
* first ICU operation (e.g., u_init()) that will require the loading of an
* ICU data file.
* This function is not thread-safe. Use it before calling ICU APIs from
* multiple threads.
*
* @param directory The directory to be set.
*
* @see u_init
* @stable ICU 2.0
*/
U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2 u_setDataDirectory(const char *directory);
/**
* @{
* Filesystem file and path separator characters.
* Example: '/' and ':' on Unix, '\\' and ';' on Windows.
* @stable ICU 2.0
*/
#if U_PLATFORM == U_PF_CLASSIC_MACOS
# define U_FILE_SEP_CHAR ':'
# define U_FILE_ALT_SEP_CHAR ':'
# define U_PATH_SEP_CHAR ';'
# define U_FILE_SEP_STRING ":"
# define U_FILE_ALT_SEP_STRING ":"
# define U_PATH_SEP_STRING ";"
#elif U_PLATFORM_USES_ONLY_WIN32_API
# define U_FILE_SEP_CHAR '\\'
# define U_FILE_ALT_SEP_CHAR '/'
# define U_PATH_SEP_CHAR ';'
# define U_FILE_SEP_STRING "\\"
# define U_FILE_ALT_SEP_STRING "/"
# define U_PATH_SEP_STRING ";"
#else
# define U_FILE_SEP_CHAR '/'
# define U_FILE_ALT_SEP_CHAR '/'
# define U_PATH_SEP_CHAR ':'
# define U_FILE_SEP_STRING "/"
# define U_FILE_ALT_SEP_STRING "/"
# define U_PATH_SEP_STRING ":"
#endif
/** @} */
/**
* Convert char characters to UChar characters.
* This utility function is useful only for "invariant characters"
* that are encoded in the platform default encoding.
* They are a small, constant subset of the encoding and include
* just the latin letters, digits, and some punctuation.
* For details, see U_CHARSET_FAMILY.
*
* @param cs Input string, points to length
* character bytes from a subset of the platform encoding.
* @param us Output string, points to memory for length
* Unicode characters.
* @param length The number of characters to convert; this may
* include the terminating NUL.
*
* @see U_CHARSET_FAMILY
* @stable ICU 2.0
*/
U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
u_charsToUChars(const char *cs, UChar *us, int32_t length);
/**
* Convert UChar characters to char characters.
* This utility function is useful only for "invariant characters"
* that can be encoded in the platform default encoding.
* They are a small, constant subset of the encoding and include
* just the latin letters, digits, and some punctuation.
* For details, see U_CHARSET_FAMILY.
*
* @param us Input string, points to length
* Unicode characters that can be encoded with the
* codepage-invariant subset of the platform encoding.
* @param cs Output string, points to memory for length
* character bytes.
* @param length The number of characters to convert; this may
* include the terminating NUL.
*
* @see U_CHARSET_FAMILY
* @stable ICU 2.0
*/
U_STABLE void U_EXPORT2
u_UCharsToChars(const UChar *us, char *cs, int32_t length);
#endif