/*
** Copyright 2003, Haiku, Inc.
** Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
*/


#ifndef _LANGUAGE_H_
#define _LANGUAGE_H_


#include <String.h>
#include <SupportDefs.h>
#include <LocaleStrings.h>


// We must not include the icu headers in there as it could mess up binary
// compatibility.
namespace icu_4_2 {
	class Locale;
}


enum script_direction {
	B_LEFT_TO_RIGHT = 0,
	B_RIGHT_TO_LEFT,
	B_TOP_TO_BOTTOM,	// seems not to be supported anywhere else?
};


class BLanguage {
	public:
		~BLanguage();

		// language name, e.g. "english", "deutsch"
		status_t GetName(BString* name);
		// ISO-639 language code, e.g. "en", "de"
		const char* Code();
		bool	IsCountry();

		uint8 Direction() const;

		// see definitions below
		const char *GetString(uint32 id) const;

	private:
		friend class BLocaleRoster;

		BLanguage(const char *language);
		void Default();

		char	*fStrings[B_NUM_LANGUAGE_STRINGS];
		uint8	fDirection;
		icu_4_2::Locale* fICULocale;
};

#endif	/* _LANGUAGE_H_ */