Source for java.text.spi.CollatorProvider

   1: /* CollatorProvider.java -- Providers of localized instances
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  37: 
  38: package java.text.spi;
  39: 
  40: import java.text.Collator;
  41: 
  42: import java.util.Locale;
  43: 
  44: import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
  45: 
  46: /**
  47:  * A {@link CollatorProvider} provides localized
  48:  * instances of {@link java.text.Collator}.
  49:  *
  50:  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  51:  * @since 1.6
  52:  */
  53: public abstract class CollatorProvider
  54:   extends LocaleServiceProvider
  55: {
  56: 
  57:   /**
  58:    * Constructs a new {@link CollatorProvider}.
  59:    * Provided for implicit invocation by subclasses.
  60:    */
  61:   protected CollatorProvider()
  62:   {
  63:   }
  64: 
  65:   /**
  66:    * Returns a {@link java.text.Collator} instance
  67:    * for the specified {@link java.util.Locale}.
  68:    *
  69:    * @param locale the desired locale.
  70:    * @return the localized instance.
  71:    * @throws NullPointerException if the locale is null.
  72:    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the locale is not one
  73:    *                                  returned by
  74:    *                                  {@link getAvailableLocales()}
  75:    * @see java.text.Collator#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
  76:    */
  77:   public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale);
  78: 
  79: }