return the String collation key - Android java.text

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return the String collation key

Demo Code

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//package com.book2s;

import java.text.Collator;

public class Main {
    private static Collator mColl = null;

    /**
     * return the collation key
     * @param name
     * @return the collation key
     */
    public static String getCollationKey(String name) {
        byte[] arr = getCollationKeyInBytes(name);
        try {
            return new String(arr, 0, getKeyLen(arr), "ISO8859_1");
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            return "";
        }
    }

    private static byte[] getCollationKeyInBytes(String name) {
        if (mColl == null) {
            mColl = Collator.getInstance();
            mColl.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
        }
        return mColl.getCollationKey(name).toByteArray();
    }

    private static int getKeyLen(byte[] arr) {
        if (arr[arr.length - 1] != 0) {
            return arr.length;
        } else {
            // remove zero "termination"
            return arr.length - 1;
        }
    }
}

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