java.text.spi
Class DateFormatSymbolsProvider

java.lang.Object
  java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
      java.text.spi.DateFormatSymbolsProvider

public abstract class DateFormatSymbolsProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide instances of the DateFormatSymbols class.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary
protected	DateFormatSymbolsProvider()           Sole constructor.

 

Method Summary
abstract  DateFormatSymbols	getInstance(Locale locale)           Returns a new DateFormatSymbols 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

DateFormatSymbolsProvider

protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider()

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

getInstance

public abstract DateFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new DateFormatSymbols instance for the specified locale.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Returns:

a DateFormatSymbols instance.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().

See Also:

DateFormatSymbols.getInstance(java.util.Locale)