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icu46/source/i18n/uregexc.cpp

+/*
+*******************************************************************************
+*   Copyright (C) 2003-2006, International Business Machines
+*   Corporation and others.  All Rights Reserved.
+*******************************************************************************
+*   file name:   regexc.cpp
+*   description: The purpose of this function is to separate the codepage
+*       conversion from the rest of the uregex_ API. This can removes any
+*       dependency on codepage conversion, which reduces the overhead of 
+*/
+
+#include "unicode/uregex.h"
+#include "unicode/unistr.h"
+
+U_NAMESPACE_USE
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+//    uregex_openC
+//
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#if !UCONFIG_NO_CONVERSION && !UCONFIG_NO_REGULAR_EXPRESSIONS
+
+U_CAPI URegularExpression * U_EXPORT2
+uregex_openC( const char           *pattern,
+                    uint32_t        flags,
+                    UParseError    *pe,
+                    UErrorCode     *status) {
+    if (U_FAILURE(*status)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (pattern == NULL) {
+        *status = U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    UnicodeString patString(pattern);
+    return uregex_open(patString.getBuffer(), patString.length(), flags, pe, status);
+}
+#endif