jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/spi/LocaleNameProvider.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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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 ISO 639 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 ISO 639 language code string in the form of two
+     *     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 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 ISO 3166 country code 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 ISO 3166 country code string in the form of two
+     *     upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and 'Z' (U+005A)
+     * @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 <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);
+}