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25
26 package java.text.spi;
27
28 import java.text.DateFormat;
29 import java.util.Locale;
30 import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
31
32 /**
33 * An abstract class for service providers that
34 * provide concrete implementations of the
35 * {@link java.text.DateFormat DateFormat} class.
36 *
37 * @since 1.6
38 */
39 public abstract class DateFormatProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
40
41 /**
42 * Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
43 * implicit.)
44 */
45 protected DateFormatProvider() {
46 }
47
48 /**
49 * Returns a new <code>DateFormat</code> instance which formats time
50 * with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
51 * @param style the given formatting style. Either one of
52 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT},
53 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM},
54 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or
55 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}.
56 * @param locale the desired locale.
57 * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>style</code> is invalid,
58 * or if <code>locale</code> isn't
59 * one of the locales returned from
60 * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
61 * getAvailableLocales()}.
62 * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null
63 * @return a time formatter.
64 * @see java.text.DateFormat#getTimeInstance(int, java.util.Locale)
65 */
66 public abstract DateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, Locale locale);
67
68 /**
69 * Returns a new <code>DateFormat</code> instance which formats date
70 * with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
71 * @param style the given formatting style. Either one of
72 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT},
73 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM},
74 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or
75 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}.
76 * @param locale the desired locale.
77 * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>style</code> is invalid,
78 * or if <code>locale</code> isn't
79 * one of the locales returned from
80 * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
81 * getAvailableLocales()}.
82 * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null
83 * @return a date formatter.
84 * @see java.text.DateFormat#getDateInstance(int, java.util.Locale)
85 */
86 public abstract DateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale);
87
88 /**
89 * Returns a new <code>DateFormat</code> instance which formats date and time
90 * with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
91 * @param dateStyle the given date formatting style. Either one of
92 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT},
93 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM},
94 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or
95 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}.
96 * @param timeStyle the given time formatting style. Either one of
97 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT},
98 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM},
99 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or
100 * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}.
101 * @param locale the desired locale.
102 * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>dateStyle</code> or
103 * <code>timeStyle</code> is invalid,
104 * or if <code>locale</code> isn't
105 * one of the locales returned from
106 * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
107 * getAvailableLocales()}.
108 * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null
109 * @return a date/time formatter.
110 * @see java.text.DateFormat#getDateTimeInstance(int, int, java.util.Locale)
111 */
112 public abstract DateFormat
113 getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale);
114 }
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