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package java.text.spi;
import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider;
/**
* An abstract class for service providers that
* provide instances of the
* {@link java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols DecimalFormatSymbols} class.
*
* @since 1.6
*/
public abstract class DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {
/**
* Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
* implicit.)
*/
protected DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider() {
}
/**
* Returns a new <code>DecimalFormatSymbols</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>DecimalFormatSymbols</code> instance.
* @see java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols#getInstance(java.util.Locale)
*/
public abstract DecimalFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale);
}