The text analysis classes also include a group of pattern iterator classes that support language-sensitive pattern matching. These pattern iterators use a particular instance of a text ordering class to provide language-sensitive searching capabilities for that language. Use these iterators to implement language-sensitive, case-insensitive searching.
You can easily customize these collation sequences or merge them for multilingual text analysis. The CommonPoint application system currently provides language-sensitive ordering objects for English, French, and Japanese. The intent is to provide collation tables for other European languages, Japanese, and Arabic in a later release.
The text analysis classes also include a set of classes that provide language-sensitive analysis for character, word, and sentence boundaries, providing the capability for language-sensitive text selection. These classes also perform analysis to determine proper line breaking. The analysis is based on a table of word-break rules for that language. The Text Editing framework currently uses these classes to implement the ability for end users to select words by double-clicking the mouse, and to provide correct line breaking in formatted text.
See Chapter 8, "Text analysis," for more information on these classes.
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