com.google.i18n.phonenumbers

Class ShortNumberInfo

java.lang.Object

com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.ShortNumberInfo

public class ShortNumberInfo
extends Object

Methods for getting information about short phone numbers, such as short codes and emergency numbers. Note that most commercial short numbers are not handled here, but by the PhoneNumberUtil.

Author:

Shaopeng Jia, David Yonge-Mallo

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	ShortNumberInfo.ShortNumberCost Cost categories of short numbers.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	connectsToEmergencyNumber(String number, String regionCode) Returns true if the number might be used to connect to an emergency service in the given region.
ShortNumberInfo.ShortNumberCost	getExpectedCost(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number) Gets the expected cost category of a short number (however, nothing is implied about its validity).
ShortNumberInfo.ShortNumberCost	getExpectedCostForRegion(String shortNumber, String regionDialingFrom) Gets the expected cost category of a short number when dialled from a region (however, nothing is implied about its validity).
static ShortNumberInfo	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance of the ShortNumberInfo.
boolean	isCarrierSpecific(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number) Given a valid short number, determines whether it is carrier-specific (however, nothing is implied about its validity).
boolean	isEmergencyNumber(String number, String regionCode) Returns true if the number exactly matches an emergency service number in the given region.
boolean	isPossibleShortNumber(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number) Check whether a short number is a possible number.
boolean	isPossibleShortNumberForRegion(String shortNumber, String regionDialingFrom) Check whether a short number is a possible number when dialled from a region, given the number in the form of a string, and the region where the number is dialed from.
boolean	isValidShortNumber(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number) Tests whether a short number matches a valid pattern.
boolean	isValidShortNumberForRegion(String shortNumber, String regionDialingFrom) Tests whether a short number matches a valid pattern in a region.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ShortNumberInfo getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance of the ShortNumberInfo.

isPossibleShortNumberForRegion

public boolean isPossibleShortNumberForRegion(String shortNumber,
                                     String regionDialingFrom)

Check whether a short number is a possible number when dialled from a region, given the number in the form of a string, and the region where the number is dialed from. This provides a more lenient check than isValidShortNumberForRegion(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

Parameters:

shortNumber - the short number to check as a string

regionDialingFrom - the region from which the number is dialed

Returns:

whether the number is a possible short number

isPossibleShortNumber

public boolean isPossibleShortNumber(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number)

Check whether a short number is a possible number. If a country calling code is shared by multiple regions, this returns true if it's possible in any of them. This provides a more lenient check than isValidShortNumber(com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonenumber.PhoneNumber). See isPossibleShortNumberForRegion(String, String) for details.

Parameters:

number - the short number to check

Returns:

whether the number is a possible short number

isValidShortNumberForRegion

public boolean isValidShortNumberForRegion(String shortNumber,
                                  String regionDialingFrom)

Tests whether a short number matches a valid pattern in a region. Note that this doesn't verify the number is actually in use, which is impossible to tell by just looking at the number itself.

Parameters:

shortNumber - the short number to check as a string

regionDialingFrom - the region from which the number is dialed

Returns:

whether the short number matches a valid pattern

isValidShortNumber

public boolean isValidShortNumber(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number)

Tests whether a short number matches a valid pattern. If a country calling code is shared by multiple regions, this returns true if it's valid in any of them. Note that this doesn't verify the number is actually in use, which is impossible to tell by just looking at the number itself. See isValidShortNumberForRegion(String, String) for details.

Parameters:

number - the short number for which we want to test the validity

Returns:

whether the short number matches a valid pattern

getExpectedCostForRegion

public ShortNumberInfo.ShortNumberCost getExpectedCostForRegion(String shortNumber,
                                                       String regionDialingFrom)

Gets the expected cost category of a short number when dialled from a region (however, nothing is implied about its validity). If it is important that the number is valid, then its validity must first be checked using isValidShortNumberForRegion. Note that emergency numbers are always considered toll-free. Example usage:

ShortNumberInfo shortInfo = ShortNumberInfo.getInstance();
 String shortNumber = "110";
 String regionCode = "FR";
 if (shortInfo.isValidShortNumberForRegion(shortNumber, regionCode)) {
   ShortNumberInfo.ShortNumberCost cost = shortInfo.getExpectedCostForRegion(shortNumber,
       regionCode);
   // Do something with the cost information here.
 }

Parameters:

shortNumber - the short number for which we want to know the expected cost category, as a string

regionDialingFrom - the region from which the number is dialed

Returns:

the expected cost category for that region of the short number. Returns UNKNOWN_COST if the number does not match a cost category. Note that an invalid number may match any cost category.

getExpectedCost

public ShortNumberInfo.ShortNumberCost getExpectedCost(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number)

Gets the expected cost category of a short number (however, nothing is implied about its validity). If the country calling code is unique to a region, this method behaves exactly the same as getExpectedCostForRegion(String, String). However, if the country calling code is shared by multiple regions, then it returns the highest cost in the sequence PREMIUM_RATE, UNKNOWN_COST, STANDARD_RATE, TOLL_FREE. The reason for the position of UNKNOWN_COST in this order is that if a number is UNKNOWN_COST in one region but STANDARD_RATE or TOLL_FREE in another, its expected cost cannot be estimated as one of the latter since it might be a PREMIUM_RATE number. For example, if a number is STANDARD_RATE in the US, but TOLL_FREE in Canada, the expected cost returned by this method will be STANDARD_RATE, since the NANPA countries share the same country calling code. Note: If the region from which the number is dialed is known, it is highly preferable to call getExpectedCostForRegion(String, String) instead.

Parameters:

number - the short number for which we want to know the expected cost category

Returns:

the highest expected cost category of the short number in the region(s) with the given country calling code

connectsToEmergencyNumber

public boolean connectsToEmergencyNumber(String number,
                                String regionCode)

Returns true if the number might be used to connect to an emergency service in the given region. This method takes into account cases where the number might contain formatting, or might have additional digits appended (when it is okay to do that in the region specified).

Parameters:

number - the phone number to test

regionCode - the region where the phone number is being dialed

Returns:

whether the number might be used to connect to an emergency service in the given region

isEmergencyNumber

public boolean isEmergencyNumber(String number,
                        String regionCode)

Returns true if the number exactly matches an emergency service number in the given region. This method takes into account cases where the number might contain formatting, but doesn't allow additional digits to be appended.

Parameters:

number - the phone number to test

regionCode - the region where the phone number is being dialed

Returns:

whether the number exactly matches an emergency services number in the given region

isCarrierSpecific

public boolean isCarrierSpecific(Phonenumber.PhoneNumber number)

Given a valid short number, determines whether it is carrier-specific (however, nothing is implied about its validity). If it is important that the number is valid, then its validity must first be checked using isValidShortNumber(com.google.i18n.phonenumbers.Phonenumber.PhoneNumber) or isValidShortNumberForRegion(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

Parameters:

number - the valid short number to check

Returns:

whether the short number is carrier-specific (assuming the input was a valid short number).