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Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 7

DRAFT internal-b00

java.text.spi
Class DateFormatSymbolsProvider

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
      extended by 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.)

Method Detail

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)

Java™ Platform
Standard Ed. 7

DRAFT internal-b00

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