| java.lang.Object
 java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider
java.util.spi.TimeZoneNameProvider
| TimeZoneNameProvider | | abstract public class TimeZoneNameProvider extends LocaleServiceProvider (Code) | | An abstract class for service providers that
provide localized time zone names for the
java.util.TimeZone TimeZone class.
The localized time zone names available from the implementations of
this class are also the source for the
java.text.DateFormatSymbols.getZoneStrings DateFormatSymbols.getZoneStrings() method.
since:
1.6
version:
@(#)TimeZoneNameProvider.java 1.8 07/05/05 |
| Method Summary | |
| abstract public String | getDisplayName(String ID, boolean daylight, int style, Locale locale)
Returns a name for the given time zone ID that's suitable for
presentation to the user in the specified locale. |
| TimeZoneNameProvider | | protected TimeZoneNameProvider()(Code) | | Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
implicit.)
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| getDisplayName | | abstract public String getDisplayName(String ID, boolean daylight, int style, Locale locale)(Code) | | Returns a name for the given time zone ID that's suitable for
presentation to the user in the specified locale. The given time
zone ID is "GMT" or one of the names defined using "Zone" entries
in the "tz database", a public domain time zone database at
ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/.
The data of this database is contained in a file whose name starts with
"tzdata", and the specification of the data format is part of the zic.8
man page, which is contained in a file whose name starts with "tzcode".
If daylight is true, the method should return a name
appropriate for daylight saving time even if the specified time zone
has not observed daylight saving time in the past.
Parameters:
ID - a time zone ID string
Parameters:
daylight - if true, return the daylight saving name.
Parameters:
style - either java.util.TimeZone.LONG TimeZone.LONG or java.util.TimeZone.SHORT TimeZone.SHORT
Parameters:
locale - the desired locale the human-readable name of the given time zone in the given locale, or null if it's not available.
exception:
IllegalArgumentException - if style is invalid, or locale isn't one of the locales returned from java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider.getAvailableLocales getAvailableLocales().
exception:
NullPointerException - if ID or localeis null
See Also: java.util.TimeZone.getDisplayName(booleanintjava.util.Locale) |
| Methods inherited from java.util.spi.LocaleServiceProvider | abstract public Locale[] getAvailableLocales()(Code)(Java Doc)
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