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/*
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* Copyright (C) 2003-2012, International Business Machines Corporation and *
* others. All Rights Reserved. *
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*/
package com.ibm.icu.text;
import java.text.Format;
/**
* An abstract class that extends {@link java.text.Format} to provide
* additional ICU protocol, specifically, the getLocale()
* API. All ICU format classes are subclasses of this class.
*
* @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale
* @author weiv
* @author Alan Liu
* @draft ICU 2.8 (retain)
* @provisional This API might change or be removed in a future release.
*/
public abstract class UFormat extends Format {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
/**
* @draft ICU 2.8 (retain)
* @provisional This API might change or be removed in a future release.
*/
public UFormat() {}
// /**
// * Return the locale that was used to create this object, or null.
// * This may may differ from the locale requested at the time of
// * this object's creation. For example, if an object is created
// * for locale en_US_CALIFORNIA, the actual data may be
// * drawn from en (the actual locale), and
// * en_US may be the most specific locale that exists (the
// * valid locale).
// *
// * Note: This method will be implemented in ICU 3.0; ICU 2.8
// * contains a partial preview implementation. The actual
// * locale is returned correctly, but the valid locale is
// * not, in most cases.
// * @param type type of information requested, either {@link
// * com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale#VALID_LOCALE} or {@link
// * com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale#ACTUAL_LOCALE}.
// * @return the information specified by type, or null if
// * this object was not constructed from locale data.
// * @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale
// * @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale#VALID_LOCALE
// * @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale#ACTUAL_LOCALE
// * @draft ICU 2.8 (retain)
// * @provisional This API might change or be removed in a future release.
// */
// public final ULocale getLocale(ULocale.Type type) {
// throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not supported by com.ibm.icu.base");
// }
// /**
// * Set information about the locales that were used to create this
// * object. If the object was not constructed from locale data,
// * both arguments should be set to null. Otherwise, neither
// * should be null. The actual locale must be at the same level or
// * less specific than the valid locale. This method is intended
// * for use by factories or other entities that create objects of
// * this class.
// * @param valid the most specific locale containing any resource
// * data, or null
// * @param actual the locale containing data used to construct this
// * object, or null
// * @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale
// * @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale#VALID_LOCALE
// * @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale#ACTUAL_LOCALE
// */
// final void setLocale(ULocale valid, ULocale actual) {
// throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Method not supported by com.ibm.icu.base");
// }
}