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| ↳ | java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider | |
| ↳ | java.text.spi.DateFormatProvider | |
Class Overview
An abstract class for service providers that
provide concrete implementations of the
DateFormat class.
Summary
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Sole constructor.
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Returns a new
DateFormat instance which formats date
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Returns a new
DateFormat instance which formats date and time
with the given formatting style for the specified locale. | |||||||||||
Returns a new
DateFormat instance which formats time
with the given formatting style for the specified locale. | |||||||||||
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From class
java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
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From class
java.lang.Object
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Protected Constructors
protected DateFormatProvider ()
Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)
Public Methods
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. |
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| 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(). |
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| NullPointerException | if locale is null |
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. |
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| 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(). |
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| NullPointerException | if locale is null |
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. |
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| 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(). |
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| NullPointerException | if locale is null |