Package java.text.spi

Class CollatorProvider

java.lang.Object

java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

java.text.spi.CollatorProvider

public abstract class CollatorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

This abstract class should be extended by service providers which provide instances of Collator.

Note that Android does not support user-supplied locale service providers.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	CollatorProvider()	Default constructor, for use by subclasses.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Collator	getInstance(Locale locale)	Returns an instance of Collator for the given 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 Details

CollatorProvider

protected CollatorProvider()

Default constructor, for use by subclasses.

Method Details

getInstance

public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale)

Returns an instance of Collator for the given locale.

Parameters:

locale - the locale

Returns:

an instance of Collator

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale == null

IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().