jars/icu4j-52_1/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/impl/duration/PeriodFormatterService.java

   1 /*
   2  ******************************************************************************
   3  * Copyright (C) 2007-2009, International Business Machines Corporation and   *
   4  * others. All Rights Reserved.                                               *
   5  ******************************************************************************
   6  */
   7
   8 package com.ibm.icu.impl.duration;
   9
  10 import java.util.Collection;
  11
  12 /**
  13  * Provider of Factory instances for building PeriodBuilders, PeriodFormatters,
  14  * and DurationFormatters.
  15  */
  16 public interface PeriodFormatterService {
  17
  18     /**
  19      * Creates a new factory for creating DurationFormatters.
  20      *
  21      * @return a new DurationFormatterFactory.
  22      */
  23     DurationFormatterFactory newDurationFormatterFactory();
  24
  25     /**
  26      * Creates a new factory for creating PeriodFormatters.
  27      *
  28      * @return a new PeriodFormatterFactory
  29      */
  30     PeriodFormatterFactory newPeriodFormatterFactory();
  31
  32     /**
  33      * Creates a new factory for creating PeriodBuilders.
  34      *
  35      * @return a new PeriodBuilderFactory
  36      */
  37     PeriodBuilderFactory newPeriodBuilderFactory();
  38
  39     /**
  40      * Return the names of locales supported by factories produced by this
  41      * service.
  42      *
  43      * @return a collection of String (locale names)
  44      */
  45     Collection<String> getAvailableLocaleNames();
  46 }