Package tech.units.indriya.spi

Class UnitNameProvider

  • public abstract class UnitNameProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider
    An abstract class for service providers that provide localized unit symbols and display names for the unit class. Note that unit symbols are considered names when determining behaviors described in the LocaleServiceProvider specification.
    Since:
    2.0.3

    • Constructor Detail

      • UnitNameProvider

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

    • Method Detail

      • getSymbol

        public abstract String getSymbol​(String unitCode,
                                 Locale locale)
        Gets the symbol of the given unit for the specified locale. For example, for "m" (metre), the symbol is "m" if the specified locale is the US, while for other locales it may be "M". If no symbol can be determined, null should be returned.
        Parameters:
        unitCode - the unit code, which consists of three upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and 'Z' (U+005A)
        locale - the desired locale
        Returns:
        the symbol of the given unit for the specified locale, or null if the symbol is not available for the locale
        Throws:
        NullPointerException - if unitCode or locale is null
        IllegalArgumentException - if unitCode is not in the form of three upper-case letters, or locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
        See Also:
        javax.measure.Unit#getSymbol(java.util.Locale)

      • getDisplayName

        public String getDisplayName​(String unitCode,
                             Locale locale)
        Returns a name for the unit that is appropriate for display to the user. The default implementation returns null.
        Parameters:
        unitCode - the ISO 4217 unit, which consists of three upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and 'Z' (U+005A)
        locale - the desired locale
        Returns:
        the name for the unit that is appropriate for display to the user, or null if the name is not available for the locale
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if unitCode is not in the form of three upper-case letters, or locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
        NullPointerException - if unitCode or locale is null