CollatorProvider

java.lang.Object
- java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
- - java.text.spi.CollatorProvider

```
public abstract class CollatorProvider
extends LocaleServiceProvider
```
An abstract class for service providers that provide concrete implementations of the Collator class.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected CollatorProvider()
Sole constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Collator`	`getInstance(Locale locale)`	Returns a new `Collator` instance for the specified locale.

Methods inherited from class java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
getAvailableLocales, isSupportedLocale

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

- Constructor Detail
  - CollatorProvider
```
protected CollatorProvider()
```
    Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public abstract Collator getInstance(Locale locale)
```
    Returns a new Collator instance for the specified locale.
    
    Parameters:
    
    locale - the desired locale.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Collator for the desired locale.
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - if locale is null
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if locale isn't one of the locales returned from getAvailableLocales().
    
    See Also:
    
    Collator.getInstance(java.util.Locale)