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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ */
+
+package java.text.spi;
+
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
+
+/**
+ * An abstract class for service providers that
+ * provide instances of the
+ * {@link java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols DecimalFormatSymbols} class.
+ *
+ * <p>The requested {@code Locale} may contain an <a
+ * href="../../util/Locale.html#def_locale_extension"> extension</a> for
+ * specifying the desired numbering system. For example, {@code "ar-u-nu-arab"}
+ * (in the BCP 47 language tag form) specifies Arabic with the Arabic-Indic
+ * digits and symbols, while {@code "ar-u-nu-latn"} specifies Arabic with the
+ * Latin digits and symbols. Refer to the <em>Unicode Locale Data Markup
+ * Language (LDML)</em> specification for numbering systems.
+ *
+ * @since        1.6
+ * @see Locale#forLanguageTag(String)
+ * @see Locale#getExtension(char)
+ */
+public abstract class DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
+     * implicit.)
+     */
+    protected DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new <code>DecimalFormatSymbols</code> instance for the
+     * specified locale.
+     *
+     * @param locale the desired locale
+     * @exception NullPointerException if <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()}.
+     * @return a <code>DecimalFormatSymbols</code> instance.
+     * @see java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
+     */
+    public abstract DecimalFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale);
+}