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1 /* |
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2 * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
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4 * |
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5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
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6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
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7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this |
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8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
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9 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
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10 * |
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11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
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12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
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13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
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14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
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15 * accompanied this code). |
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16 * |
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17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
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18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
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19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
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20 * |
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21 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, |
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22 * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or |
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23 * have any questions. |
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24 */ |
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25 |
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26 package java.text.spi; |
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27 |
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28 import java.text.Collator; |
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29 import java.util.Locale; |
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30 import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider; |
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31 |
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32 /** |
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33 * An abstract class for service providers that |
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34 * provide concrete implementations of the |
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35 * {@link java.text.Collator Collator} class. |
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36 * |
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37 * @since 1.6 |
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38 */ |
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39 public abstract class CollatorProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider { |
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40 |
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41 /** |
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42 * Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically |
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43 * implicit.) |
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44 */ |
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45 protected CollatorProvider() { |
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46 } |
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47 |
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48 /** |
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49 * Returns a new <code>Collator</code> instance for the specified locale. |
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50 * @param locale the desired locale. |
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51 * @return the <code>Collator</code> for the desired locale. |
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52 * @exception NullPointerException if |
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53 * <code>locale</code> is null |
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54 * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>locale</code> isn't |
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55 * one of the locales returned from |
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56 * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() |
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57 * getAvailableLocales()}. |
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58 * @see java.text.Collator#getInstance(java.util.Locale) |
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59 */ |
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60 public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale); |
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61 } |