java.text.spi
Class CollatorProvider

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
protected	CollatorProvider()           Sole constructor.

 

Method Summary
abstract  Collator	getInstance(Locale locale)           Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.

 

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
getAvailableLocales

 

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

 

Constructor Detail

CollatorProvider

protected CollatorProvider()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

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)