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The DateFormatSymbolsProvider.java Java example source code

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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
 */
public abstract class DateFormatSymbolsProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {

    /**
     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
     * implicit.)
     */
    protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider() {
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new <code>DateFormatSymbols instance for the
     * specified locale.
     *
     * @param locale the desired locale
     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale is null
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>locale isn't
     *     one of the locales returned from
     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
     *     getAvailableLocales()}.
     * @return a <code>DateFormatSymbols instance.
     * @see java.text.DateFormatSymbols#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
     */
    public abstract DateFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale);
}