CollatorProvider

extends LocaleServiceProvider

java.lang.Object
↳	java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
	↳	java.text.spi.CollatorProvider

Class Overview

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

Protected Constructors
	CollatorProvider() Sole constructor.

Public Methods
abstract Collator	getInstance(Locale locale) Returns a new `Collator` instance for the specified locale.

Inherited Methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
void	finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
final void	notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
final void	notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.
final void	wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.

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

Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.

locale	the desired locale.

NullPointerException	if `locale` is null
IllegalArgumentException	if `locale` isn't one of the locales returned from `getAvailableLocales()`.