CollatorProvider JDK 1.6)

Description

publicabstract abstract class CollatorProvider

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

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publicabstract Locale getAvailableLocales () [Inherited From LocaleServiceProvider]

Returns an array of all locales for which this locale service provider can provide localized objects or names.

publicabstract Collator getInstance (Locale locale)

Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.

Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.
Returns: the Collator for the desired locale.
Parameters:
- locale - the desired locale.
Throws:
- NullPointerException - if locale is null
- IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() getAvailableLocales()}.
See Also: Collator.getInstance(java.util.Locale),