/* * Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */ package java.text.spi; import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;import java.util.Locale;import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider; /** * An abstract class for service providers that * provide instances of the * {@link java.text.DateFormatSymbols DateFormatSymbols} class. * * @since        1.6 */public abstract class DateFormatSymbolsProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {     /**     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically     * implicit.)     */    protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider() {    }     /**     * Returns a new <code>DateFormatSymbols</code> instance for the     * specified locale.     *     * @param locale the desired locale     * @exception NullPointerException if <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()}.     * @return a <code>DateFormatSymbols</code> instance.     * @see java.text.DateFormatSymbols#getInstance(java.util.Locale)     */    public abstract DateFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale);}