public abstract class

CurrencyNameProvider

extends LocaleServiceProvider
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package java.util.spi;

import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * An abstract class for service providers that
 * provide localized currency symbols and display names for the
 * {@link java.util.Currency Currency} class.
 * Note that currency symbols are considered names when determining
 * behaviors described in the
 * {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider LocaleServiceProvider}
 * specification.
 *
 * @since        1.6
 */
public abstract class CurrencyNameProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider {

    /**
     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
     * implicit.)
     */
    protected CurrencyNameProvider() {
    }

    /**
     * Gets the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale.
     * For example, for "USD" (US Dollar), the symbol is "$" if the specified
     * locale is the US, while for other locales it may be "US$". If no
     * symbol can be determined, null should be returned.
     *
     * @param currencyCode the ISO 4217 currency code, which
     *     consists of three upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and
     *     'Z' (U+005A)
     * @param locale the desired locale
     * @return the symbol of the given currency code for the specified locale, or null if
     *     the symbol is not available for the locale
     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>currencyCode</code> or
     *     <code>locale</code> is null
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>currencyCode</code> is not in
     *     the form of three upper-case letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't
     *     one of the locales returned from
     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
     *     getAvailableLocales()}.
     * @see java.util.Currency#getSymbol(java.util.Locale)
     */
    public abstract String getSymbol(String currencyCode, Locale locale);

    /**
     * Returns a name for the currency that is appropriate for display to the
     * user.  The default implementation returns null.
     *
     * @param currencyCode the ISO 4217 currency code, which
     *     consists of three upper-case letters between 'A' (U+0041) and
     *     'Z' (U+005A)
     * @param locale the desired locale
     * @return the name for the currency that is appropriate for display to the
     *     user, or null if the name is not available for the locale
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if <code>currencyCode</code> is not in
     *     the form of three upper-case letters, or <code>locale</code> isn't
     *     one of the locales returned from
     *     {@link java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider#getAvailableLocales()
     *     getAvailableLocales()}.
     * @exception NullPointerException if <code>currencyCode</code> or
     *     <code>locale</code> is <code>null</code>
     * @since 1.7
     */
    private String getDisplayName(String currencyCode, Locale locale) {
        if (currencyCode == null || locale == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }

        return null;
    }
}