CollatorProvider (Java SE 17 & JDK 17)

java.lang.Object

java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

java.text.spi.CollatorProvider

public abstract class CollatorProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the Collator class.

Since:: 1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier

Constructor

Description

protected

CollatorProvider()

Sole constructor.
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

abstract Collator

getInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.

Methods declared in class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details
- CollatorProvider
  
  protected CollatorProvider()
  
  Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)
Method Details
- getInstance
  
  public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale)
  
  Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.
  Parameters:
  
  locale - the desired locale.
  
  Returns:
  
  the Collator for the desired locale.
  
  Throws:
  
  NullPointerException - if locale is null
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
  
  See Also:
  
  Collator.getInstance(java.util.Locale)