- Direct Known Subclasses:
BreakIteratorProvider,CalendarDataProvider,CalendarNameProvider,CollatorProvider,CurrencyNameProvider,DateFormatProvider,DateFormatSymbolsProvider,DecimalFormatSymbolsProvider,LocaleNameProvider,NumberFormatProvider,TimeZoneNameProvider
This is the super class of all the locale sensitive service provider interfaces (SPIs).
Locale sensitive service provider interfaces are interfaces that
correspond to locale sensitive classes in the java.text
and java.util packages. The interfaces enable the
construction of locale sensitive objects and the retrieval of
localized names for these packages. Locale sensitive factory methods
and methods for name retrieval in the java.text and
java.util packages use implementations of the provider
interfaces to offer support for locales beyond the set of locales
supported by the Java runtime environment itself.
Packaging of Locale Sensitive Service Provider Implementations
Implementations of these locale sensitive services can be made available by adding them to the application's class path. A provider identifies itself with a provider-configuration file in the resource directory META-INF/services, using the fully qualified provider interface class name as the file name. The file should contain a list of fully-qualified concrete provider class names, one per line. A line is terminated by any one of a line feed ('\n'), a carriage return ('\r'), or a carriage return followed immediately by a line feed. Space and tab characters surrounding each name, as well as blank lines, are ignored. The comment character is '#' ('#'); on each line all characters following the first comment character are ignored. The file must be encoded in UTF-8.If a particular concrete provider class is named in more than one configuration file, or is named in the same configuration file more than once, then the duplicates will be ignored. The configuration file naming a particular provider need not be in the same jar file or other distribution unit as the provider itself. The provider must be accessible from the same class loader that was initially queried to locate the configuration file; this is not necessarily the class loader that loaded the file.
For example, an implementation of the
DateFormatProvider class should
take the form of a jar file which contains the file:
META-INF/services/java.text.spi.DateFormatProviderAnd the file
java.text.spi.DateFormatProvider should have
a line such as:
com.foo.DateFormatProviderImpl
which is the fully qualified class name of the class implementing
DateFormatProvider.
Invocation of Locale Sensitive Services
Locale sensitive factory methods and methods for name retrieval in the
java.text and java.util packages invoke
service provider methods when needed to support the requested locale.
The methods first check whether the Java runtime environment itself
supports the requested locale, and use its support if available.
Otherwise, they call the isSupportedLocale
methods of installed providers for the appropriate interface to find one that
supports the requested locale. If such a provider is found, its other
methods are called to obtain the requested object or name. When checking
whether a locale is supported, the
locale's extensions are ignored by default. (If locale's extensions should
also be checked, the isSupportedLocale method must be overridden.)
If neither the Java runtime environment itself nor an installed provider
supports the requested locale, the methods go through a list of candidate
locales and repeat the availability check for each until a match is found.
The algorithm used for creating a list of candidate locales is same as
the one used by ResourceBundle by default (see
getCandidateLocales
for the details). Even if a locale is resolved from the candidate list,
methods that return requested objects or names are invoked with the original
requested locale including Locale extensions. The Java runtime
environment must support the root locale for all locale sensitive services in
order to guarantee that this process terminates.
Providers of names (but not providers of other objects) are allowed to
return null for some name requests even for locales that they claim to
support by including them in their return value for
getAvailableLocales. Similarly, the Java runtime
environment itself may not have all names for all locales that it
supports. This is because the sets of objects for which names are
requested can be large and vary over time, so that it's not always
feasible to cover them completely. If the Java runtime environment or a
provider returns null instead of a name, the lookup will proceed as
described above as if the locale was not supported.
The search order of locale sensitive services can
be configured by using the java.locale.providers system property.
This system property declares the user's preferred order for looking up
the locale sensitive services separated by a comma. It is only read at
the Java runtime startup, so the later call to System.setProperty() won't
affect the order.
Java Runtime Environment provides the following four locale providers:
- "CLDR": A provider based on Unicode Consortium's CLDR Project.
- "COMPAT": represents the locale sensitive services that is compatible with the prior JDK releases up to JDK8 (same as JDK8's "JRE").
- "SPI": represents the locale sensitive services implementing the subclasses of
this
LocaleServiceProviderclass. - "HOST": A provider that reflects the user's custom settings in the underlying operating system. This provider may not be available, depending on the Java Runtime Environment implementation.
- "JRE": represents a synonym to "COMPAT". This name is deprecated and will be removed in the future release of JDK.
For example, if the following is specified in the property:
java.locale.providers=SPI,CLDR,COMPATthe locale sensitive services in the SPI providers are looked up first. If the desired locale sensitive service is not available, then the runtime looks for CLDR, COMPAT in that order.
The default order for looking up the preferred locale providers is "CLDR,COMPAT", so specifying "CLDR,COMPAT" is identical to the default behavior. Applications which require implementations of the locale sensitive services must explicitly specify "SPI" in order for the Java runtime to load them from the classpath.
- Since:
- 1.6
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Constructor Summary
ConstructorsModifierConstructorDescriptionprotectedInitializes a new locale service provider. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionabstract Locale[]Returns an array of all locales for which this locale service provider can provide localized objects or names.booleanisSupportedLocale(Locale locale) Returnstrueif the givenlocaleis supported by this locale service provider.
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Constructor Details
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LocaleServiceProvider
protected LocaleServiceProvider()Initializes a new locale service provider.- Throws:
SecurityException- If a security manager has been installed and it deniesRuntimePermission("localeServiceProvider")
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Method Details
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getAvailableLocales
Returns an array of all locales for which this locale service provider can provide localized objects or names. This information is used to composegetAvailableLocales()values of the locale-dependent services, such asDateFormat.getAvailableLocales().The array returned by this method should not include two or more
Localeobjects only differing in their extensions.- Returns:
- An array of all locales for which this locale service provider can provide localized objects or names.
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isSupportedLocale
Returnstrueif the givenlocaleis supported by this locale service provider. The givenlocalemay contain extensions that should be taken into account for the support determination.The default implementation returns
trueif the givenlocaleis equal to any of the availableLocales returned bygetAvailableLocales()with ignoring any extensions in both the givenlocaleand the available locales. Concrete locale service provider implementations should override this method if those implementations areLocaleextensions-aware. For example,DecimalFormatSymbolsProviderimplementations will need to check extensions in the givenlocaleto see if any numbering system is specified and can be supported. However,CollatorProviderimplementations may not be affected by any particular numbering systems, and in that case, extensions for numbering systems should be ignored.- Parameters:
locale- aLocaleto be tested- Returns:
trueif the givenlocaleis supported by this provider;falseotherwise.- Throws:
NullPointerException- if the givenlocaleisnull- Since:
- 1.8
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