Class CollatorProvider

public abstract class CollatorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the Collator class.

Since:
1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description
protected CollatorProvider()

Sole constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description
abstract Collator getInstance​(Locale locale)

Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.

Methods declared in class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CollatorProvider

protected CollatorProvider()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

getInstance

public abstract Collator getInstance​(Locale locale)

Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.

Parameters:
locale - the desired locale.
Returns:
the Collator for the desired locale.
Throws:
NullPointerException - if locale is null
IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:
Collator.getInstance(java.util.Locale)