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

Constructors

DateFormatSymbolsProvider

protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider()

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

Methods

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:

DateFormatSymbols.getInstance(java.util.Locale)