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package sun.text.normalizer;

/**

 * <code>UnicodeMatcher</code> defines a protocol for objects that can

 * match a range of characters in a Replaceable string.

 * @stable ICU 2.0

 */

public interface UnicodeMatcher {

    /**

     * The character at index i, where i < contextStart || i >= contextLimit,

     * is ETHER.  This allows explicit matching by rules and UnicodeSets

     * of text outside the context.  In traditional terms, this allows anchoring

     * at the start and/or end.

     * @stable ICU 2.0

     */

    static final char ETHER = '\uFFFF';

}

//eof