Collation API

A Java library providing locale-sensitive string comparison and sorting capabilities that currently support for French and Spanish locales. This is a Java translation of the GNU C Library Collation Functions.

Source

This is a Java translation of the GNU C Library Collation Functions:

https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Collation-Functions.html

Project Structure

Collation/
├── src/
│   ├── collation/              # API implementation
│   │   ├── Collation.java
│   │   ├── CollationKey.java
│   │   ├── CollationRules.java
│   │   └── package-info.java
│   └── example/                # Usage examples
│       └── CollationSample.java
├── docs/                       # Generated API documentation
└── out/                        # Compiled classes

Building the Project

Generate API Documentation

# Generate Javadoc in docs directory
javadoc -d docs src/collation/*.java

Compile the API

# Compile collation package
javac -d out src/collation/*.java

Compile and Run Examples

# Compile the sample code
javac -cp out -d out/example src/example/CollationSample.java

# Run the sample program
java -cp "out:out/example" CollationSample

Documentation

After generating the documentation, open docs/index.html in a web browser to view the complete API documentation.

Supported Locales

• French (Locale.FRENCH)
• Spanish (Collation.SPANISH)