Add BreakIterator::getRuleStatus

source/common/unicode/brkiter.h

 /*
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 *   Copyright (C) 1997-2010, International Business Machines
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 *
 * File brkiter.h
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 * Modification History:
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      * @param n which boundary to return.  A value of 0
      * does nothing.  Negative values move to previous boundaries
      * and positive values move to later boundaries.
      * @return The index of the nth boundary from the current position, or
      * DONE if there are fewer than |n| boundaries in the specfied direction.
      * @stable ICU 2.0
      */
     virtual int32_t next(int32_t n) = 0;
 
     /**
+     * For RuleBasedBreakIterators, return the status tag from the
+     * break rule that determined the most recently
+     * returned break position.
+     * <p>
+     * For break iterator types that do not support a rule status,
+     * a default value of 0 is returned.
+     * <p>
+     * @return the status from the break rule that determined the most recently
+     *         returned break position.
+     * @see RuleBaseBreakIterator::getRuleStatus()
+     * @see UWordBreak
+     */
+    virtual int32_t getRuleStatus() const;
+
+    /**
      * Create BreakIterator for word-breaks using the given locale.
      * Returns an instance of a BreakIterator implementing word breaks.
      * WordBreak is useful for word selection (ex. double click)
      * @param where the locale.
      * @param status the error code
      * @return A BreakIterator for word-breaks.  The UErrorCode& status
      * parameter is used to return status information to the user.
      * To check whether the construction succeeded or not, you should check
      * the value of U_SUCCESS(err).  If you wish more detailed information, you
      * can check for informational error results which still indicate success.
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     return fBufferClone;
 }
 
 U_NAMESPACE_END
 
 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_BREAK_ITERATION */
 
 #endif // _BRKITER
 //eof