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package java.util.spi;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* An abstract class for service providers that
* provide localized names for the
* {@link java.util.Locale Locale} class.
*
* @since 1.6
*/
public abstract class LocaleNameProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
/**
* Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
* implicit.)
*/
protected LocaleNameProvider() {
}
/**
* Returns a localized name for the given ISO 639 language code and the
* given locale that is appropriate for display to the user.
* For example, if <code>languageCode</code> is "fr" and <code>locale</code>
* is en_US, getDisplayLanguage() will return "French"; if <code>languageCode</code>
* is "en" and <code>locale</code> is fr_FR, getDisplayLanguage() will return "anglais".
* If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,
* (say, the provider does not have a Japanese name for Croatian),
* this method returns null.
* @param languageCode the ISO 639 language code string in the form of two
* lower-case letters between 'a' (U+0061) and 'z' (U+007A)
* @param locale the desired locale
* @return the name of the given language code for the specified locale, or null if it's not
* available.
* @exception NullPointerException if <code>languageCode</code> or <code>locale</code> is null
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>languageCode</code> is not in the form of
* two lower-case letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't
* one of the locales returned from
* {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
* getAvailableLocales()}.
* @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayLanguage(java.util.Locale)
*/
public abstract String getDisplayLanguage(String languageCode, Locale locale);
/**
* Returns a localized name for the given ISO 3166 country code and the
* given locale that is appropriate for display to the user.
* For example, if <code>countryCode</code> is "FR" and <code>locale</code>
* is en_US, getDisplayCountry() will return "France"; if <code>countryCode</code>
* is "US" and <code>locale</code> is fr_FR, getDisplayCountry() will return "Etats-Unis".
* If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,
* (say, the provider does not have a Japanese name for Croatia),
* this method returns null.
* @param countryCode the ISO 3166 country code string in the form of two
* upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and 'Z' (U+005A)
* @param locale the desired locale
* @return the name of the given country code for the specified locale, or null if it's not
* available.
* @exception NullPointerException if <code>countryCode</code> or <code>locale</code> is null
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>countryCode</code> is not in the form of
* two upper-case letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't
* one of the locales returned from
* {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
* getAvailableLocales()}.
* @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayCountry(java.util.Locale)
*/
public abstract String getDisplayCountry(String countryCode, Locale locale);
/**
* Returns a localized name for the given variant code and the given locale that
* is appropriate for display to the user.
* If the name returned cannot be localized according to <code>locale</code>,
* this method returns null.
* @param variant the variant string
* @param locale the desired locale
* @return the name of the given variant string for the specified locale, or null if it's not
* available.
* @exception NullPointerException if <code>variant</code> or <code>locale</code> is null
* @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>locale</code> isn't
* one of the locales returned from
* {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
* getAvailableLocales()}.
* @see java.util.Locale#getDisplayVariant(java.util.Locale)
*/
public abstract String getDisplayVariant(String variant, Locale locale);
}