java.text.spi

Class DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider

java.lang.Object

java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

java.text.spi.DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider

public abstract class DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide instances of the DecimalFormatSymbols class.

The requested Locale may contain an extension for specifying the desired numbering system. For example, "ar-u-nu-arab" (in the BCP 47 language tag form) specifies Arabic with the Arabic-Indic digits and symbols, while "ar-u-nu-latn" specifies Arabic with the Latin digits and symbols. Refer to the Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML) specification for numbering systems.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

Locale.forLanguageTag(String), Locale.getExtension(char)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider() Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract DecimalFormatSymbols	getInstance(Locale locale) Returns a new DecimalFormatSymbols instance for the specified locale.

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider

protected DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider()

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public abstract DecimalFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new DecimalFormatSymbols instance for the specified locale.

Parameters:

locale - the desired locale

Returns:

a DecimalFormatSymbols instance.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if locale is null

IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().

See Also:

DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(java.util.Locale)