Class BreakIteratorProvider

java.lang.Object

java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

java.text.spi.BreakIteratorProvider

public abstract class BreakIteratorProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider

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

Since:: 1.6

Constructor Summary

BreakIteratorProvider()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getCharacterInstance(Locale locale)`	Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for character breaks for the given locale.
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getLineInstance(Locale locale)`	Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for line breaks for the given locale.
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getSentenceInstance(Locale locale)`	Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for sentence breaks for the given locale.
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getWordInstance(Locale locale)`	Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for word breaks for the given locale.

Methods declared in class LocaleServiceProvider

getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

BreakIteratorProvider

protected BreakIteratorProvider()

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

Method Details

getWordInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getWordInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for word breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Returns:

A break iterator for word breaks

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

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

See Also:

getLineInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getLineInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for line breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Returns:

A break iterator for line breaks

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

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

See Also:

getCharacterInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getCharacterInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for character breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Returns:

A break iterator for character breaks

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

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

See Also:

getSentenceInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getSentenceInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for sentence breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Returns:

A break iterator for sentence breaks

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

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

See Also:

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