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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.text.spi;
+
+import java.text.Collator;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
+
+/**
+ * An abstract class for service providers that
+ * provide concrete implementations of the
+ * {@link java.text.Collator Collator} class.
+ *
+ * @since        1.6
+ */
+public abstract class CollatorProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
+     * implicit.)
+     */
+    protected CollatorProvider() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new <code>Collator</code> instance for the specified locale.
+     * @param locale the desired locale.
+     * @return the <code>Collator</code> for 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()}.
+     * @see java.text.Collator#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
+     */
+    public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale);
+}