/* * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ package java.text.spi; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider; /** * An abstract class for service providers that * provide concrete implementations of the * {@link java.text.DateFormat DateFormat} class. * * @since 1.6 */ public abstract class DateFormatProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider { /** * Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically * implicit.) */ protected DateFormatProvider() { } /** * Returns a new <code>DateFormat</code> instance which formats time * with the given formatting style for the specified locale. * @param style the given formatting style. Either one of * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}. * @param locale the desired locale. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>style</code> is invalid, * or if <code>locale</code> isn't * one of the locales returned from * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() * getAvailableLocales()}. * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null * @return a time formatter. * @see java.text.DateFormat#getTimeInstance(int, java.util.Locale) */ public abstract DateFormat getTimeInstance(int style, Locale locale); /** * Returns a new <code>DateFormat</code> instance which formats date * with the given formatting style for the specified locale. * @param style the given formatting style. Either one of * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}. * @param locale the desired locale. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>style</code> is invalid, * or if <code>locale</code> isn't * one of the locales returned from * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() * getAvailableLocales()}. * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null * @return a date formatter. * @see java.text.DateFormat#getDateInstance(int, java.util.Locale) */ public abstract DateFormat getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale); /** * Returns a new <code>DateFormat</code> instance which formats date and time * with the given formatting style for the specified locale. * @param dateStyle the given date formatting style. Either one of * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}. * @param timeStyle the given time formatting style. Either one of * {@link java.text.DateFormat#SHORT DateFormat.SHORT}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#MEDIUM DateFormat.MEDIUM}, * {@link java.text.DateFormat#LONG DateFormat.LONG}, or * {@link java.text.DateFormat#FULL DateFormat.FULL}. * @param locale the desired locale. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>dateStyle</code> or * <code>timeStyle</code> is invalid, * or if <code>locale</code> isn't * one of the locales returned from * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales() * getAvailableLocales()}. * @exception NullPointerException if <code>locale</code> is null * @return a date/time formatter. * @see java.text.DateFormat#getDateTimeInstance(int, int, java.util.Locale) */ public abstract DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale); }