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// © 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others.
// License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html#License
/*
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* Copyright (C) 2003-2015, International Business Machines Corporation and
* others. All Rights Reserved.
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*/
package com.ibm.icu.text;
import java.text.Format;
import com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale;
/**
* 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
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
public abstract class UFormat extends Format {
// jdk1.4.2 serialver
private static final long serialVersionUID = -4964390515840164416L;
/**
* Default constructor.
*
* @stable ICU 2.8
*/
public UFormat() {}
// -------- BEGIN ULocale boilerplate --------
/**
* 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) {
return type == ULocale.ACTUAL_LOCALE ?
this.actualLocale : this.validLocale;
}
/**
* 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) {
// Change the following to an assertion later
if ((valid == null) != (actual == null)) {
///CLOVER:OFF
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
///CLOVER:ON
}
// Another check we could do is that the actual locale is at
// the same level or less specific than the valid locale.
this.validLocale = valid;
this.actualLocale = actual;
}
/**
* The most specific locale containing any resource data, or null.
* @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale
*/
private ULocale validLocale;
/**
* The locale containing data used to construct this object, or
* null.
* @see com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale
*/
private ULocale actualLocale;
// -------- END ULocale boilerplate --------
}