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

Constructors

Modifier Constructor Description
protected CollatorProvider()

Sole constructor.

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

Constructors

CollatorProvider

protected CollatorProvider()

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

Methods

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)