CollatorProvider (Java Platform SE 6)

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java.text.spi
Class CollatorProvider

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

public abstract class CollatorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

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

Since:: 1.6

Constructor Summary
`protected`	`CollatorProvider()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract Collator`	`getInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `Collator` 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

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)