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RuleBasedCollator getCollationElementIterator(CharacterIterator) method in Java

The getCollationElementIterator() method of java.text.RuleBasedCollator class is used to get the object of collation element iterator for the given character iterator object.

Syntax:

public CollationElementIterator getCollationElementIterator(CharacterIterator source)

Parameter: This method accepts the character iterator object as a parameter.

Return Value: This method returns the object of collation element iterator for the given string.

Below are the examples to illustrate the getCollationElementIterator() method:

Example 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// getCollationElementIterator() method
  
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        try {
  
            // Creating and initializing
            // new simple rule
            String simple
                = "< a < b < c < d";
  
            // Creating and initializing
            // new RuleBasedCollator Object
            RuleBasedCollator col
                = new RuleBasedCollator(simple);
  
            // Creating and initializing
            // StringCharacterIterator Object
            StringCharacterIterator obj
                = new StringCharacterIterator("Geeks");
  
            // getting CollationElementIterator Object
            // for the given String
            // using getCollationElementIterator() method
            CollationElementIterator key
                = col.getCollationElementIterator(obj);
  
            // display result
            System.out.println(
                "CollationElementIterator is : "
                + key);
        }
  
        catch (ClassCastException e) {
  
            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
        catch (ParseException e) {
  
            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
    }
}


Output:

CollationElementIterator is : java.text.CollationElementIterator@7d4991ad

Example 2:




// Java program to demonstrate
// getCollationElementIterator() method
  
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        try {
  
            // Creating and initializing
            // new simple rule
            String simple
                = "< a < b & a < c";
  
            // Creating and initializing
            // new RuleBasedCollator Object
            RuleBasedCollator col
                = new RuleBasedCollator(simple);
  
            // Creating and initializing
            // StringCharacterIterator Object
            StringCharacterIterator obj
                = new StringCharacterIterator("ABCDEF");
  
            // getting CollationElementIterator Object
            // for the given StringCharacterIterator Object
            // using getCollationElementIterator() method
            CollationElementIterator key
                = col.getCollationElementIterator(obj);
  
            // display result
            System.out.println(
                "CollationElementIterator is : "
                + key);
        }
  
        catch (ClassCastException e) {
  
            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
        catch (ParseException e) {
  
            System.out.println("Exception thrown : " + e);
        }
    }
}


Output:

CollationElementIterator is : java.text.CollationElementIterator@7d4991ad

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/RuleBasedCollator.html#getCollationElementIterator-java.text.CharacterIterator-

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