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src/share/classes/java/text/CollationElementIterator.java

@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ import sun.text.normalizer.NormalizerBase;
  * <pre>
  *
  *  String testString = "This is a test";
- *  RuleBasedCollator ruleBasedCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)Collator.getInstance();
+ *  Collator col = Collator.getInstance();
+ *  if (col instanceof RuleBasedCollator) {
+ *      RuleBasedCollator ruleBasedCollator = (RuleBasedCollator)col;
  *      CollationElementIterator collationElementIterator = ruleBasedCollator.getCollationElementIterator(testString);
  *      int primaryOrder = CollationElementIterator.primaryOrder(collationElementIterator.next());
+ *          :
+ *  }
  * </pre>
  * </blockquote>
  *
@@ -93,6 +97,10 @@ import sun.text.normalizer.NormalizerBase;
  * is its primary order; the next 8 bits is the secondary order and the
  * last 8 bits is the tertiary order.
  *
+ * <p><b>Note:</b> <code>CollationElementIterator</code> is a part of
+ * <code>RuleBasedCollator</code> implementation. It is only usable
+ * with <code>RuleBasedCollator</code> instances.
+ *
  * @see                Collator
  * @see                RuleBasedCollator
  * @author             Helena Shih, Laura Werner, Richard Gillam