Class BreakIteratorProvider

public abstract class BreakIteratorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

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

Since:
1.6

Constructors

Modifier Constructor Description
protected BreakIteratorProvider()

Sole constructor.

Methods

Modifier and Type Method Description
abstract BreakIterator getCharacterInstance​(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for character breaks for the given locale.
abstract BreakIterator getLineInstance​(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for line breaks for the given locale.
abstract BreakIterator getSentenceInstance​(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for sentence breaks for the given locale.
abstract BreakIterator getWordInstance​(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for word breaks for the given 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

Constructors

BreakIteratorProvider

protected BreakIteratorProvider()

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

Methods

getWordInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getWordInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for word breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:
locale - the desired locale
Returns:
A break iterator for word breaks
Throws:
NullPointerException - if locale is null
IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:
BreakIterator.getWordInstance(java.util.Locale)

getLineInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getLineInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for line breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:
locale - the desired locale
Returns:
A break iterator for line breaks
Throws:
NullPointerException - if locale is null
IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:
BreakIterator.getLineInstance(java.util.Locale)

getCharacterInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getCharacterInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for character breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:
locale - the desired locale
Returns:
A break iterator for character breaks
Throws:
NullPointerException - if locale is null
IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:
BreakIterator.getCharacterInstance(java.util.Locale)

getSentenceInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getSentenceInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for sentence breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:
locale - the desired locale
Returns:
A break iterator for sentence breaks
Throws:
NullPointerException - if locale is null
IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:
BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance(java.util.Locale)