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

DateFormatSymbolsProvider()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract DateFormatSymbols`	`getInstance(Locale locale)`	Returns a new `DateFormatSymbols` instance for the specified 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

DateFormatSymbolsProvider

protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider()

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

Method Details

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:

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