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package java.util.spi;

import java.util.Locale;

/**

 * An abstract class for service providers that

 * provide localized time zone names for the

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

 * The localized time zone names available from the implementations of

 * this class are also the source for the

 * {@link java.text.DateFormatSymbols#getZoneStrings()

 * DateFormatSymbols.getZoneStrings()} method.

 *

 * @since        1.6

 */

public abstract class TimeZoneNameProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {

    /**

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

     * implicit.)

     */

    protected TimeZoneNameProvider() {

    }

    /**

     * Returns a name for the given time zone ID that's suitable for

     * presentation to the user in the specified locale. The given time

     * zone ID is "GMT" or one of the names defined using "Zone" entries

     * in the "tz database", a public domain time zone database at

     * <a href="ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/">ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/</a>.

     * The data of this database is contained in a file whose name starts with

     * "tzdata", and the specification of the data format is part of the zic.8

     * man page, which is contained in a file whose name starts with "tzcode".

     * <p>

     * If <code>daylight</code> is true, the method should return a name

     * appropriate for daylight saving time even if the specified time zone

     * has not observed daylight saving time in the past.

     *

     * @param ID a time zone ID string

     * @param daylight if true, return the daylight saving name.

     * @param style either {@link java.util.TimeZone#LONG TimeZone.LONG} or

     *    {@link java.util.TimeZone#SHORT TimeZone.SHORT}

     * @param locale the desired locale

     * @return the human-readable name of the given time zone in the

     *     given locale, or null if it's not available.

     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>style</code> is invalid,

     *     or <code>locale</code> isn't one of the locales returned from

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

     *     getAvailableLocales()}.

     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>ID</code> or <code>locale</code>

     *     is null

     * @see java.util.TimeZone#getDisplayName(boolean, int, java.util.Locale)

     */

    public abstract String getDisplayName(String ID, boolean daylight, int style, Locale locale);

}