public static bool ValidateSortRules(string rules, out string message) { Collator.CollationRuleErrorInfo errorInfo = Collator.CheckRules(LdmlCollationParser.ReplaceUnicodeEscapesForIcu(rules)); if (errorInfo != null) { message = string.Format("Invalid ICU rules (Line: {0}, Column: {1}).", errorInfo.Line, errorInfo.Offset); return(false); } message = null; return(true); }