/*
* @(#)DateFormatSymbolsProvider.java 1.2 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package java.text.spi;
import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
/**
* An abstract class for service providers that
* provide instances of the
* {@link java.text.DateFormatSymbols DateFormatSymbols} class.
*
* @since 1.6
* @version @(#)DateFormatSymbolsProvider.java 1.2 05/11/17
*/
public abstract class DateFormatSymbolsProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
/**
* Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
* implicit.)
*/
protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider() {
}
/**
* Returns a new <code>DateFormatSymbols</code> instance for the
* specified locale.
*
* @param locale the desired locale
* @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>locale</code> isn't
* one of the locales returned from
* {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
* getAvailableLocales()}.
* @return a <code>DateFormatSymbols</code> instance.
* @see java.text.DateFormatSymbols#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
*/
public abstract DateFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale);
}