78      * @return UCharacterIterator object
  79      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the argument is null
  80      * @stable ICU 2.4
  81      */
  82     public static final UCharacterIterator getInstance(String source){
  83         return new ReplaceableUCharacterIterator(source);
  84     }
  85 
  86     /**
  87      * Returns a <code>UCharacterIterator</code> object given a
  88      * source StringBuffer.
  89      * @param source an string buffer of UTF-16 code units
  90      * @return UCharacterIterator object
  91      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the argument is null
  92      * @stable ICU 2.4
  93      */
  94     public static final UCharacterIterator getInstance(StringBuffer source){
  95         return new ReplaceableUCharacterIterator(source);
  96     }
  97 
  98    /**
  99      * Returns a <code>UCharacterIterator</code> object given a
 100      * CharacterIterator.
 101      * @param source a valid CharacterIterator object.
 102      * @return UCharacterIterator object
 103      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the argument is null
 104      * @stable ICU 2.4
 105      */
 106     public static final UCharacterIterator getInstance(CharacterIterator source){
 107         return new CharacterIteratorWrapper(source);
 108     }
 109 
 110     // public methods ----------------------------------------------------------
 111 
 112     /**
 113      * Returns the length of the text
 114      * @return length of the text
 115      * @stable ICU 2.4
 116      */
 117     public abstract int getLength();
 118 

  78      * @return UCharacterIterator object
  79      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the argument is null
  80      * @stable ICU 2.4
  81      */
  82     public static final UCharacterIterator getInstance(String source){
  83         return new ReplaceableUCharacterIterator(source);
  84     }
  85 
  86     /**
  87      * Returns a <code>UCharacterIterator</code> object given a
  88      * source StringBuffer.
  89      * @param source an string buffer of UTF-16 code units
  90      * @return UCharacterIterator object
  91      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the argument is null
  92      * @stable ICU 2.4
  93      */
  94     public static final UCharacterIterator getInstance(StringBuffer source){
  95         return new ReplaceableUCharacterIterator(source);
  96     }
  97 
  98     /**
  99      * Returns a <code>UCharacterIterator</code> object given a
 100      * CharacterIterator.
 101      * @param source a valid CharacterIterator object.
 102      * @return UCharacterIterator object
 103      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the argument is null
 104      * @stable ICU 2.4
 105      */
 106     public static final UCharacterIterator getInstance(CharacterIterator source){
 107         return new CharacterIteratorWrapper(source);
 108     }
 109 
 110     // public methods ----------------------------------------------------------
 111 
 112     /**
 113      * Returns the length of the text
 114      * @return length of the text
 115      * @stable ICU 2.4
 116      */
 117     public abstract int getLength();
 118