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## java.text.spi
Class DateFormatSymbolsProvider

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

    public abstract class DateFormatSymbolsProvider

extends LocaleServiceProvider

An abstract class for service providers that provide instances of the `DateFormatSymbols` class.

Since:
  1.6

Constructor Summary
`protected` | `DateFormatSymbolsProvider()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`abstract DateFormatSymbols` | `getInstance(Locale locale)` Returns a new `DateFormatSymbols` instance for the specified 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

### DateFormatSymbolsProvider

    protected DateFormatSymbolsProvider()

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

Method Detail

### getInstance

    public abstract DateFormatSymbols getInstance(Locale locale)

  Returns a new `DateFormatSymbols` instance for the specified locale.

  Parameters:
    `locale` - the desired locale
  Returns:
    a `DateFormatSymbols` instance.
  Throws:
    `NullPointerException` - if `locale` is null
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if `locale` isn't one of the locales returned from `getAvailableLocales()`.
  See Also:
    `DateFormatSymbols.getInstance(java.util.Locale)`

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