BreakIteratorProvider (Java Platform SE 6)

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java.text.spi
Class BreakIteratorProvider

java.lang.Object
  java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
      java.text.spi.BreakIteratorProvider

public abstract class BreakIteratorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the BreakIterator class.

Since:: 1.6

Constructor Summary
`protected`	`BreakIteratorProvider()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getCharacterInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for character breaks for the given locale.
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getLineInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for line breaks for the given locale.
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getSentenceInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for sentence breaks for the given locale.
`abstract BreakIterator`	`getWordInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `BreakIterator` instance for word breaks for the given locale.

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
`getAvailableLocales`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

BreakIteratorProvider

protected BreakIteratorProvider()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

getWordInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getWordInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for word breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: A break iterator for word breaks
Throws:: NullPointerException - if locale is null; IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:: BreakIterator.getWordInstance(java.util.Locale)

getLineInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getLineInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for line breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: A break iterator for line breaks
Throws:: NullPointerException - if locale is null; IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:: BreakIterator.getLineInstance(java.util.Locale)

getCharacterInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getCharacterInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for character breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: A break iterator for character breaks
Throws:: NullPointerException - if locale is null; IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:: BreakIterator.getCharacterInstance(java.util.Locale)

getSentenceInstance

public abstract BreakIterator getSentenceInstance(Locale locale)

Returns a new BreakIterator instance for sentence breaks for the given locale.

Parameters:: locale - the desired locale
Returns:: A break iterator for sentence breaks
Throws:: NullPointerException - if locale is null; IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
See Also:: BreakIterator.getSentenceInstance(java.util.Locale)