# icu_properties [](https://crates.io/crates/icu_properties)
`icu_properties` is one of the [`ICU4X`] components.
This component provides definitions of [Unicode Properties] and APIs for
retrieving property data in an appropriate data structure.
APIs that return a [`UnicodeSet`] exist for binary properties and certain enumerated
properties. See the [`sets`] module for more details.
APIs that return a [`CodePointTrie`] exist for certain enumerated properties. See the
[`maps`] module for more details.
## Examples
### Property data as `UnicodeSet`s
```rust
use icu::properties::{sets, GeneralCategory};
let provider = icu_testdata::get_provider();
// A binary property as a `UnicodeSet`
let payload =
sets::get_emoji(&provider)
.expect("The data should be valid");
let data_struct = payload.get();
let emoji = &data_struct.inv_list;
assert!(emoji.contains('🎃')); // U+1F383 JACK-O-LANTERN
assert!(!emoji.contains('木')); // U+6728
// An individual enumerated property value as a `UnicodeSet`
let payload =
sets::get_for_general_category(&provider, GeneralCategory::LineSeparator)
.expect("The data should be valid");
let data_struct = payload.get();
let line_sep = &data_struct.inv_list;
assert!(line_sep.contains_u32(0x2028));
assert!(!line_sep.contains_u32(0x2029));
```
### Property data as `CodePointTrie`s
```rust
use icu::properties::{maps, Script};
let provider = icu_testdata::get_provider();
let payload =
maps::get_script(&provider)
.expect("The data should be valid");
let data_struct = payload.get();
let script = &data_struct.code_point_trie;
assert_eq!(script.get('🎃' as u32), Script::Common); // U+1F383 JACK-O-LANTERN
assert_eq!(script.get('木' as u32), Script::Han); // U+6728
```
[`ICU4X`]: ../icu/index.html
[Unicode Properties]: https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/strings/properties.html
[`UnicodeSet`]: icu_uniset::UnicodeSet
[`CodePointTrie`]: icu_codepointtrie::codepointtrie::CodePointTrie
[`sets`]: crate::sets
## More Information
For more information on development, authorship, contributing etc. please visit [`ICU4X home page`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu4x).