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java.text.spi
class BreakIteratorProvider

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

public abstract class BreakIteratorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the {@link java.text.BreakIterator BreakIterator} class.


Constructor Summary
protected

          Sole constructor.
 
Method Summary
abstract BreakIterator

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

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

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

          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

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

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

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

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


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