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 java.lang.Object

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

• 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)