Class DateFormatProvider

java.lang.Object

java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider

java.text.spi.DateFormatProvider

public abstract class DateFormatProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the DateFormat class.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	DateFormatProvider()	Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract DateFormat	getDateInstance(int style, Locale locale)	Returns a new DateFormat instance which formats date with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
abstract DateFormat	getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle, int timeStyle, Locale locale)	Returns a new DateFormat instance which formats date and time with the given formatting style for the specified locale.
abstract DateFormat	getTimeInstance(int style, Locale locale)	Returns a new DateFormat instance which formats time with the given formatting style for the specified locale.

Methods declared in class LocaleServiceProvider

getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Locale[]	getAvailableLocales()	Returns an array of all locales for which this locale service provider can provide localized objects or names.
boolean	isSupportedLocale(Locale locale)	Returns true if the given locale is supported by this locale service provider.

Methods declared in class Object

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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Object	clone()	Answers a new instance of the same class as the receiver, whose slots have been filled in with the values in the slots of the receiver.
boolean	equals(Object o)	Compares the argument to the receiver, and answers true if they represent the same object using a class specific comparison.
protected void	finalize()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. May cause performance issues, deadlocks and hangs.
final Class<? extends Object>	getClass()	Answers the unique instance of java.lang.Class which represents the class of the receiver.
int	hashCode()	Answers an integer hash code for the receiver.
final void	notify()	Causes one thread which is waiting on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final void	notifyAll()	Causes all threads which are waiting on the receiver to be made ready to run.
String	toString()	Answers a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
final void	wait()	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll).
final void	wait(long time)	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll) or the expiration of the timeout.
final void	wait(long time, int frac)	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll) or the expiration of the timeout.

Constructor Details

DateFormatProvider

protected DateFormatProvider()

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

Method Details

getTimeInstance

public abstract DateFormat getTimeInstance(int style,
 Locale locale)

Returns a new DateFormat instance which formats time with the given formatting style for the specified locale.

Parameters:

style - the given formatting style. Either one of DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.LONG, or DateFormat.FULL.

locale - the desired locale.

Returns:

a time formatter.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if style is invalid, or if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().

NullPointerException - if locale is null

See Also:

• DateFormat.getTimeInstance(int, java.util.Locale)

getDateInstance

public abstract DateFormat getDateInstance(int style,
 Locale locale)

Returns a new DateFormat instance which formats date with the given formatting style for the specified locale.

Parameters:

style - the given formatting style. Either one of DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.LONG, or DateFormat.FULL.

locale - the desired locale.

Returns:

a date formatter.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if style is invalid, or if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().

NullPointerException - if locale is null

See Also:

• DateFormat.getDateInstance(int, java.util.Locale)

getDateTimeInstance

public abstract DateFormat getDateTimeInstance(int dateStyle,
 int timeStyle,
 Locale locale)

Returns a new DateFormat instance which formats date and time with the given formatting style for the specified locale.

Parameters:

dateStyle - the given date formatting style. Either one of DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.LONG, or DateFormat.FULL.

timeStyle - the given time formatting style. Either one of DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.LONG, or DateFormat.FULL.

locale - the desired locale.

Returns:

a date/time formatter.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if dateStyle or timeStyle is invalid, or if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().

NullPointerException - if locale is null

See Also:

• DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(int, int, java.util.Locale)