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package java.nio.charset.spi;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.Iterator;
/**
* Charset service-provider class.
*
* <p> A charset provider is a concrete subclass of this class that has a
* zero-argument constructor and some number of associated charset
* implementation classes. Charset providers may be installed in an instance
* of the Java platform as extensions, that is, jar files placed into any of
* the usual extension directories. Providers may also be made available by
* adding them to the applet or application class path or by some other
* platform-specific means. Charset providers are looked up via the current
* thread's {@link java.lang.Thread#getContextClassLoader() </code>context
* class loader<code>}.
*
* <p> A charset provider identifies itself with a provider-configuration file
* named <tt>java.nio.charset.spi.CharsetProvider</tt> in the resource
* directory <tt>META-INF/services</tt>. The file should contain a list of
* fully-qualified concrete charset-provider class names, one per line. A line
* is terminated by any one of a line feed (<tt>'\n'</tt>), a carriage return
* (<tt>'\r'</tt>), or a carriage return followed immediately by a line feed.
* Space and tab characters surrounding each name, as well as blank lines, are
* ignored. The comment character is <tt>'#'</tt> (<tt>'\u0023'</tt>); on
* each line all characters following the first comment character are ignored.
* The file must be encoded in UTF-8.
*
* <p> If a particular concrete charset provider class is named in more than
* one configuration file, or is named in the same configuration file more than
* once, then the duplicates will be ignored. The configuration file naming a
* particular provider need not be in the same jar file or other distribution
* unit as the provider itself. The provider must be accessible from the same
* class loader that was initially queried to locate the configuration file;
* this is not necessarily the class loader that loaded the file. </p>
*
*
* @author Mark Reinhold
* @author JSR-51 Expert Group
* @since 1.4
*
* @see java.nio.charset.Charset
*/
public abstract class CharsetProvider {
/**
* Initializes a new charset provider. </p>
*
* @throws SecurityException
* If a security manager has been installed and it denies
* {@link RuntimePermission}<tt>("charsetProvider")</tt>
*/
protected CharsetProvider() {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if (sm != null)
sm.checkPermission(new RuntimePermission("charsetProvider"));
}
/**
* Creates an iterator that iterates over the charsets supported by this
* provider. This method is used in the implementation of the {@link
* java.nio.charset.Charset#availableCharsets Charset.availableCharsets}
* method. </p>
*
* @return The new iterator
*/
public abstract Iterator<Charset> charsets();
/**
* Retrieves a charset for the given charset name. </p>
*
* @param charsetName
* The name of the requested charset; may be either
* a canonical name or an alias
*
* @return A charset object for the named charset,
* or <tt>null</tt> if the named charset
* is not supported by this provider
*/
public abstract Charset charsetForName(String charsetName);
}