3 * Database row sorting.
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25 * @author Tim Starling
27 abstract class Collation
{
28 private static $instance;
34 public static function singleton() {
35 if ( !self
::$instance ) {
36 global $wgCategoryCollation;
37 self
::$instance = self
::factory( $wgCategoryCollation );
39 return self
::$instance;
45 * @param string $collationName
48 public static function factory( $collationName ) {
51 switch ( $collationName ) {
53 return new UppercaseCollation
;
55 return new NumericUppercaseCollation( $wgContLang );
57 return new IdentityCollation
;
59 return new IcuCollation( 'root' );
60 case 'uca-default-u-kn':
61 return new IcuCollation( 'root-u-kn' );
63 return new CollationCkb
;
65 return new CollationEt
;
67 return new CollationFa
;
70 if ( preg_match( '/^uca-([A-Za-z@=-]+)$/', $collationName, $match ) ) {
71 return new IcuCollation( $match[1] );
74 # Provide a mechanism for extensions to hook in.
75 $collationObject = null;
76 Hooks
::run( 'Collation::factory', [ $collationName, &$collationObject ] );
78 if ( $collationObject instanceof Collation
) {
79 return $collationObject;
82 // If all else fails...
83 throw new MWException( __METHOD__
. ": unknown collation type \"$collationName\"" );
88 * Given a string, convert it to a (hopefully short) key that can be used
89 * for efficient sorting. A binary sort according to the sortkeys
90 * corresponds to a logical sort of the corresponding strings. Current
91 * code expects that a line feed character should sort before all others, but
92 * has no other particular expectations (and that one can be changed if
97 * @param string $string UTF-8 string
98 * @return string Binary sortkey
100 abstract function getSortKey( $string );
103 * Given a string, return the logical "first letter" to be used for
104 * grouping on category pages and so on. This has to be coordinated
105 * carefully with convertToSortkey(), or else the sorted list might jump
106 * back and forth between the same "initial letters" or other pathological
107 * behavior. For instance, if you just return the first character, but "a"
108 * sorts the same as "A" based on getSortKey(), then you might get a
120 * etc., assuming for the sake of argument that $wgCapitalLinks is false.
124 * @param string $string UTF-8 string
125 * @return string UTF-8 string corresponding to the first letter of input
127 abstract function getFirstLetter( $string );