java.text.spi
Class BreakIteratorProvider

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

public abstract class BreakIteratorProvider
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)