Module java.base

Package 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

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	CollatorProvider()	Sole constructor.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

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.)

Method Detail

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)