Class Poco::Unicode
Author: Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH and Contributors
Date: 2009-11-24

# Poco

# class Unicode

Library: Foundation
Package: Text
Header: Poco/Unicode.h

## Description

This class contains enumerations and static utility functions for dealing with Unicode characters and their properties.

For more information on Unicode, see <http://www.unicode.org>.

The implementation is based on the Unicode support functions in PCRE.

## Member Summary

Member Functions: isLower, isUpper, properties, toLower, toUpper

## Nested Classes

### struct CharacterProperties

This structure holds the character properties of an Unicode character.

## Enumerations

### CharacterCategory

Unicode 5.0 character categories.

UCP_OTHER

UCP_LETTER

UCP_MARK

UCP_NUMBER

UCP_PUNCTUATION

UCP_SYMBOL

UCP_SEPARATOR

### CharacterType

Unicode 5.0 character types.

UCP_CONTROL

UCP_FORMAT

UCP_UNASSIGNED

UCP_PRIVATE_USE

UCP_SURROGATE

UCP_LOWER_CASE_LETTER

UCP_MODIFIER_LETTER

UCP_OTHER_LETTER

UCP_TITLE_CASE_LETTER

UCP_UPPER_CASE_LETTER

UCP_SPACING_MARK

UCP_ENCLOSING_MARK

UCP_NON_SPACING_MARK

UCP_DECIMAL_NUMBER

UCP_LETTER_NUMBER

UCP_OTHER_NUMBER

UCP_CONNECTOR_PUNCTUATION

UCP_DASH_PUNCTUATION

UCP_CLOSE_PUNCTUATION

UCP_FINAL_PUNCTUATION

UCP_INITIAL_PUNCTUATION

UCP_OTHER_PUNCTUATION

UCP_OPEN_PUNCTUATION

UCP_CURRENCY_SYMBOL

UCP_MODIFIER_SYMBOL

UCP_MATHEMATICAL_SYMBOL

UCP_OTHER_SYMBOL

UCP_LINE_SEPARATOR

UCP_PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR

UCP_SPACE_SEPARATOR

### Script

Unicode 5.0 scripts.

UCP_ARABIC

UCP_ARMENIAN

UCP_BENGALI

UCP_BOPOMOFO

UCP_BRAILLE

UCP_BUGINESE

UCP_BUHID

UCP_CANADIAN_ABORIGINAL

UCP_CHEROKEE

UCP_COMMON

UCP_COPTIC

UCP_CYPRIOT

UCP_CYRILLIC

UCP_DESERET

UCP_DEVANAGARI

UCP_ETHIOPIC

UCP_GEORGIAN

UCP_GLAGOLITIC

UCP_GOTHIC

UCP_GREEK

UCP_GUJARATI

UCP_GURMUKHI

UCP_HAN

UCP_HANGUL

UCP_HANUNOO

UCP_HEBREW

UCP_HIRAGANA

UCP_INHERITED

UCP_KANNADA

UCP_KATAKANA

UCP_KHAROSHTHI

UCP_KHMER

UCP_LAO

UCP_LATIN

UCP_LIMBU

UCP_LINEAR_B

UCP_MALAYALAM

UCP_MONGOLIAN

UCP_MYANMAR

UCP_NEW_TAI_LUE

UCP_OGHAM

UCP_OLD_ITALIC

UCP_OLD_PERSIAN

UCP_ORIYA

UCP_OSMANYA

UCP_RUNIC

UCP_SHAVIAN

UCP_SINHALA

UCP_SYLOTI_NAGRI

UCP_SYRIAC

UCP_TAGALOG

UCP_TAGBANWA

UCP_TAI_LE

UCP_TAMIL

UCP_TELUGU

UCP_THAANA

UCP_THAI

UCP_TIBETAN

UCP_TIFINAGH

UCP_UGARITIC

UCP_YI

UCP_BALINESE

UCP_CUNEIFORM

UCP_NKO

UCP_PHAGS_PA

UCP_PHOENICIAN

UCP_CARIAN

UCP_CHAM

UCP_KAYAH_LI

UCP_LEPCHA

UCP_LYCIAN

UCP_LYDIAN

UCP_OL_CHIKI

UCP_REJANG

UCP_SAURASHTRA

UCP_SUNDANESE

UCP_VAI

## Member Functions

### isLower

static bool isLower(
int ch
);

Returns true if and only if the given character is a lowercase character.

### isUpper

static bool isUpper(
int ch
);

Returns true if and only if the given character is an uppercase character.

### properties

static void properties(
int ch,
CharacterProperties & props
);

Return the Unicode character properties for the character with the given Unicode value.

### toLower

static int toLower(
int ch
);

If the given character is an uppercase character, return its lowercase counterpart, otherwise return the character.

### toUpper

static int toUpper(
int ch
);

If the given character is a lowercase character, return its uppercase counterpart, otherwise return the character.