public abstract class DateFormatProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider
An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the DateFormat
class.
protected DateFormatProvider()
Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)
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.
style
- the given formatting style. Either one of DateFormat.SHORT
, DateFormat.MEDIUM
, DateFormat.LONG
, or DateFormat.FULL
.locale
- the desired locale.IllegalArgumentException
- if style
is invalid, or if locale
isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales()
.NullPointerException
- if locale
is nullDateFormat.getTimeInstance(int, java.util.Locale)
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.
style
- the given formatting style. Either one of DateFormat.SHORT
, DateFormat.MEDIUM
, DateFormat.LONG
, or DateFormat.FULL
.locale
- the desired locale.IllegalArgumentException
- if style
is invalid, or if locale
isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales()
.NullPointerException
- if locale
is nullDateFormat.getDateInstance(int, java.util.Locale)
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.
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.IllegalArgumentException
- if dateStyle
or timeStyle
is invalid, or if locale
isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales()
.NullPointerException
- if locale
is nullDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(int, int, java.util.Locale)
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