Standard C++	Library
 		 Copyright 1996, Rogue Wave Software, Inc.

 NAME

   facets - Family of classes used to encapsulate categories of locale
   functionality.

 DESCRIPTION

   The Standard C++ Localization	library	provides a locale interface
   that contains	a collection of	diverse	facets.	 Each facet
   provides localization facilities for some specific area, such as
   character classification or numeric formatting.  Each facet also
   falls into one or more broad categories.  These categories	are
   defined in the locale class, and the standard facets fit into these
   categories as follows.

   Category     Facets

   collate      collate,	collate_byname
   ctype	       ctype, codecvt, ctype_byname, codecvt_byname
   monetary     moneypunct, moneypunct_byname, money_put,
 		  money_get
   numeric      numpunct, numpunct_byname, num_put, num_get
   time	       time_put, time_put_byname, time_get,
 		  time_get_byname
   messages     messages, messages_byname

   A facet must satisfy two properties.	First, it must be derived from
   the base class locale::facet, either directly or indirectly (for
   example,	facet -> ctype<char> -> my_ctype).	Second,	it
   must	contain	a member of type locale::id.  This ensures that the
   locale class can manage its collection of facets properly.

 SEE ALSO

   locale, specific facet reference sections

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
   ANSI X3J16/ISO WG21 Joint C++	Committee