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package java.util.spi;

import java.util.Locale;

/**

 * An abstract class for service providers that

 * provide localized names for the

 * {@link java.util.Locale Locale} class.

 *

 * @since        1.6

 */

public abstract class LocaleNameProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {

    /**

     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically

     * implicit.)

     */

    protected LocaleNameProvider() {

    }

    /**

     * Returns a localized name for the given <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt">

     * IETF BCP47</a> language code and the given locale that is appropriate for

     * display to the user.

     * For example, if <code>languageCode</code> is "fr" and <code>locale</code>

     * is en_US, getDisplayLanguage() will return "French"; if <code>languageCode</code>

     * is "en" and <code>locale</code> is fr_FR, getDisplayLanguage() will return "anglais".

     * If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,

     * (say, the provider does not have a Japanese name for Croatian),

     * this method returns null.

     * @param languageCode the language code string in the form of two to eight

     *     lower-case letters between 'a' (U+0061) and 'z' (U+007A)

     * @param locale the desired locale

     * @return the name of the given language code for the specified locale, or null if it's not

     *     available.

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>languageCode</code> or <code>locale</code> is null

     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>languageCode</code> is not in the form of

     *     two or three lower-case letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't

     *     one of the locales returned from

     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()

     *     getAvailableLocales()}.

     * @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayLanguage(java.util.Locale)

     */

    public abstract String getDisplayLanguage(String languageCode, Locale locale);

    /**

     * Returns a localized name for the given <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt">

     * IETF BCP47</a> script code and the given locale that is appropriate for

     * display to the user.

     * For example, if <code>scriptCode</code> is "Latn" and <code>locale</code>

     * is en_US, getDisplayScript() will return "Latin"; if <code>scriptCode</code>

     * is "Cyrl" and <code>locale</code> is fr_FR, getDisplayScript() will return "cyrillique".

     * If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,

     * (say, the provider does not have a Japanese name for Cyrillic),

     * this method returns null. The default implementation returns null.

     * @param scriptCode the four letter script code string in the form of title-case

     *     letters (the first letter is upper-case character between 'A' (U+0041) and

     *     'Z' (U+005A) followed by three lower-case character between 'a' (U+0061)

     *     and 'z' (U+007A)).

     * @param locale the desired locale

     * @return the name of the given script code for the specified locale, or null if it's not

     *     available.

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>scriptCode</code> or <code>locale</code> is null

     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>scriptCode</code> is not in the form of

     *     four title case letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't

     *     one of the locales returned from

     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()

     *     getAvailableLocales()}.

     * @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayScript(java.util.Locale)

     * @since 1.7

     */

    public String getDisplayScript(String scriptCode, Locale locale) {

        return null;

    }

    /**

     * Returns a localized name for the given <a href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt">

     * IETF BCP47</a> region code (either ISO 3166 country code or UN M.49 area

     * codes) and the given locale that is appropriate for display to the user.

     * For example, if <code>countryCode</code> is "FR" and <code>locale</code>

     * is en_US, getDisplayCountry() will return "France"; if <code>countryCode</code>

     * is "US" and <code>locale</code> is fr_FR, getDisplayCountry() will return "Etats-Unis".

     * If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,

     * (say, the provider does not have a Japanese name for Croatia),

     * this method returns null.

     * @param countryCode the country(region) code string in the form of two

     *     upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and 'Z' (U+005A) or the UN M.49 area code

     *     in the form of three digit letters between '0' (U+0030) and '9' (U+0039).

     * @param locale the desired locale

     * @return the name of the given country code for the specified locale, or null if it's not

     *     available.

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>countryCode</code> or <code>locale</code> is null

     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>countryCode</code> is not in the form of

     *     two upper-case letters or three digit letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't

     *     one of the locales returned from

     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()

     *     getAvailableLocales()}.

     * @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayCountry(java.util.Locale)

     */

    public abstract String getDisplayCountry(String countryCode, Locale locale);

    /**

     * Returns a localized name for the given variant code and the given locale that

     * is appropriate for display to the user.

     * If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,

     * this method returns null.

     * @param variant the variant string

     * @param locale the desired locale

     * @return the name of the given variant string for the specified locale, or null if it's not

     *     available.

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>variant</code> or <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()}.

     * @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayVariant(java.util.Locale)

     */

    public abstract String getDisplayVariant(String variant, Locale locale);

}